East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
100 Minutes War update: CHANGE OF VENUE !!!!!!! Due to a events beyond the organizers’ control…the 100 Minutes War has been moved to: The Ukrainian Homestead 1230 Beaver Run Road Lehighton, PA 18235 They apologize for any inconvenience this move has caused and extend many thanks to the Shire of Eisental for lending the event …
Their Royal Highnesses have chosen a lovely lake-side spot to celebrate their coronation. They would have you come and make this a weekend to remember. Last court of Gregor and Kiena is scheduled for 11am. We hope to serve feast about 6pm.
2pm in the porch section of the main hall: Accessibility Hour with Alayne – Come by and chat regarding any accessibility questions or ideas you might have with the new Accessibility Porter. Warning: she may try to get you to Do Stuff.
A meeting of the Keepers of Athena’s Thimble will be held in the porch section of the main hall between the coronation ceremony and First court. We estimate this to be at approximately one in the afternoon.
A delicious day board will be prepared by the revered Arianwen of Urquhart. Anyone who has been lucky enough to sample her food will attest to the pleasure that it evokes. Recipes are in keeping with the AngloSaxon tastes of our new King UPDATE: Arianwen will be unable to join us due to a death in the family. Johan Wanderer and the rest of the kitchen staff will attempt do justice to the plans and recipes she has worked so hard on.
There will be a feast prepared by Fergus Redmeade and Elspeth Kyfe of Neddingham; mistress of House Lucerna. “Above the salt” will feature very fine and elegant fare and will be seated inside the hall which is warmed by two large fireplaces and a smaller one of these fireplaces that hang on the wall.”Below the salt” will feature slightly simpler fare and will be seated in a large tent overlooking the lake.
UPDATE: “Above the salt” seats are SOLD OUT! There is a waiting list. If you ask for “above the salt” you will be given “below the salt” reservation(s) and on the waiting list for “above the salt”.
sanc·tion noun \ˈsaŋ(k)-shən\ :the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing the law1.
In an announcement posted today on the Society Seneschal’s web page, the Office of the Society Seneschal, which has been working on this project for over a year, is making it’s new proposed Sanction Guide available for review by the populace and is requesting commentary on it. In addition to the new guide, a set of proposed changes to Society Law (Corpora) that are required to support the new Sanction Guide are also available. Copies of these two documents have been made available on the society seneschal’s webpage. The announcement reminded readers that these are a matched pair, and neither one should be reviewed in a vacuum. Members may also request a hard copy of these changes by mail or email at membership@sca.org. (more…)
Looking for a place to trade goods and services? How about somewhere to meet other families with children? Or a place to chat about your latest project? Look no further than Facebook, where more groups are appearing every day. Here are some that we have come across, be sure to add others in the comments!
We have a new header on our webpage, which is a photo of the fiercest gate guards to protect East Kingdom Royal Camp this Pennsic. The photo courtesy of Baroness Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain (MKA: Meredith Bailin Hull). Our thanks to her and the parents who gave permission for us to use the photo.
The following announcement comes from the Elmet Herald, the East Kingdom’s Heraldic Education Deputy.
Greetings from Yehuda ben Moshe, Elmet Herald, the East Kingdom heraldic education deputy.
I will be running the next East Kingdom Herald University (EKHU) class next week.
On Mon, Sep 30, at 9:30pm EDT, I will be running “Armory 102”, the next in the series of Armory classes. This class will cover charge group theory and the SCA style rules. Before taking this class, you should either have watched the video for Armory 101 or have a good understanding of basic armorial terminology. You should also be able to understand blazon. If you have previously taken my “So you want to be a (book) herald? Part II – Armory” class, most of the material in this class was covered in that one, although a few topics are expanded. (more…)
At Artifacts of Life this last weekend, artists displayed items they made that could have been left behind by a single historic person – their own SCA persona or someone else. The goal of the event, which was sponsored by the Barony Beyond the Mountain and the Barony of Carolingia, was to look at what these items would reveal about the material culture of that person’s location in time, geography and social context. What follows is a brief description of the artist, the objects and photographs of many of these objects. (more…)
The following is an edited version of the Unofficial Court Report written by Baroness Theodora Bryennissa, called Treannah Vox Regis, for the Royal Court at River Wars.
As summer drew to a close Their Majesties attended the fourth River Wars in Their Barony of Iron Bog. (more…)
Tidings from the Brigantia Principal Herald. The East Kingdom College of Arms is proud to announce that the Order of Gawain is now Fully registered with the SCA College of Arms. The Badge which has been in use since Gryffith and Aikaterine, the Green Garter with Yellow Star, passed without conflicts. * East, Kingdom of the. …
A proposal is currently before the Board of Directors to create a peerage for Rapier and ‘Cut and Thrust’ martial activities. The proposal was created by the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee, which was created by the Board of Directors. It was comprised of representatives of eleven kingdoms, including representatives of the Chivalry, Laurel, Pelican, multiple Orders of High Merit for rapier combat, and heralds. The Easterners on the Committee were Earl Kenric aet Essex and Mistress Alys Mackyntoich.
SCA members have unofficially discussed for years the possibility of additional peerages for the martial activities of Rapier as well as for Archery, Equestrian, Thrown Weapons and Siege Weaponry. Currently the only avenue to a peerage open to someone for these activities is if their service to the sport is significant enough to merit a Pelican. Peerages are only given for Service (Pelican), Arts and Sciences (Laurel) or Armored Combat (Chivalry).
The Committee examined input collected by the 2010 SCA Census and correspondence received by the SCA on the subject. They summarized what they learned as follows. (more…)