East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
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…)
People traveling to this weekend’s Artifacts of Life event in Manchester, Connecticut should be aware of a travel advisory for I-84. At the border of Connecticut and New York, the westbound lane of I-84 will be closed starting at 5 pm on September 21 and stay closed through September 22. The westbound bridge over Dingle …
Attention heralds and those that want to be heralds!
I am Yehuda ben Moshe, currently serving as Elmet Herald, the East Kingdom heraldic education deputy.
Over the last few months, I’ve run a series of classes, titled “So you want to be a (book) herald?” Parts I-III. The classes were run both online, via Google Hangouts and YouTube, and in-person at certain events. When originally created, this was planned as a stand alone series of lectures. Since then, there have been requests for more classes covering related topics. Therefore, it’s time to change things up a bit.
I am hereby announcing the creation of the East Kingdom Herald University (EKHU). (more…)
Lord Duncan Thorfinnsson, OSC OTC passed away on the evening of September 11, 2013, after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Lady Alexandera Cupbearer, his brother Brian, and his SCA family. Details on services or memorials are not yet available. Lord Duncan was squired to Master Feral von Halstern and was …
The Tyger and Bucket Tavern (Saturday September 14th at 5:00 PM in South Hiram, Maine) is Malagentia’s semi-annual non-event event. Run with a skeleton staff of serving wenches and kitchen crew it seeks to bring the local community together by allowing everyone in attendance to participate in the central activities: schmoozing and eating.
The brain-child of Lady Honig von Sommerfeldt, currently Chatelaine for the Province of Malagentia, this event strives to be a fun event for the old timers who come to catch up with friends old and new, as well as an easy event for a newcomer to attend. Where other events are centered around activities that must be a developed skill before one can participate (such as fighting, archery, arts & sciences displays etc.) you don’t need to know how to do anything but eat to have a great time at this event and be a full participant in the goings-on. This will be the eighth incarnation of the Tavern, which materializes Brigadoon-like from the mists each spring and fall. There is an unwritten low-regalia dress code that helps new people feel at ease and lets those folks who wear the burden of peerage, crown, or coronet set it down for an evening and be “just like regular folks”. (more…)
The Kingdom of Acre in invites all to join them on September 20-22 for a Crusade. The weekend will include armored and rapier battles, archery, an Arts and Sciences display and classes. The event will be held at Camp Cedarcrest in Orange, Connecticut, which has tent camping and some cabins available. The weekend has a …
Artifacts of a Life, a new type of Arts & Sciences event that is jointly sponsored by The Barony Beyond the Mountain and the Barony of Carolingia, is coming on September 21!
The event centers around display of artifacts that could have been left behind by a plausible historic persona — it does not have to be your SCA persona. The goal is to be able to look at these as a whole for what they reveal about the material culture of that persona’s time, place, and social context.
Because this is a new way of looking at Arts & Sciences, there is an additional page of information to help both judges and entrants prepare, that can be found here: http://sca-artifactschallenge.blogspot.com/p/prospective-judges-and-entrants.html
Greetings Lords and Ladies, There is a special project that needs your attention. New underwear, socks and diapers are needed for Project Undercover. This organization provides these important items to under privileged children in Rhode Island. Most of us take these items for granted, but for the youngest, having enough diapers can be a health …
Harvest Moon Shoot is coming right up. Saturday, Sept. 14 at Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds in South Hiram, Maine. There are some great things in store. https://www.facebook.com/events/1385201558359050/
The site is spacious and rain resistant, with covered areas for most or all of the activities.
Archery is the focus of the day, with a hunt theme. Alexandre and Adrienne and their crew will be marshaling the fields, with standard and friend & foe targets, and Iain will be running the Wood’s Walk, a roving range through a forest path with 3D targets.
(more…)