East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
In a year of many changes at Pennsic, one of the biggest changes is the transformation of the ‘old barn’ — a space which has for decades hosted courts, dancing, and other large events at Pennsic, into an expanded market, bringing more access to fresh, local foods to Pennsic attendees without needing to leave the …
As of 9:48pm Tuesday, the on-site attendance at Pennsic was 5028! Land agents began checking-in on Friday, July 19. Saturday morning at 9am thousands of attendees once again began flooding into Cooper’s Lake Campground in Butler, PA for the 42nd Annual Pennsic War. By 8:30am on Sunday, the official Pennsic Twitter account was reporting that …
The Office of Society Rapier Marshal, a deputy to the Society Earl Marshal, is open for applications. Please send resumes (modern, SCA and rapier) to the the Society Earl Marshal at marshal@sca.org. The deadline for resumes is September 1, 2013. Warmest thanks go to the outgoing Society Rapier Marshal, Baroness Eyrny, for her service to …
Greetings unto the Populace of the East Kingdom,
A few months ago, the office of the East Kingdom Youth Clerk was created under the office of the Chancellor Minor to help handle the modern administrative burden of managing the Kingdom’s extensive youth officer background checks.
The duties of the Youth Clerk are to:
– Serve as the primary contact for all East Kingdom background check submissions, processing, and tracking.
– Maintain the rosters for all Kingdom youth programs (e.g. Branch and Youth Officers at Large, Youth Combat Marshals, and Youth Rapier Marshals).
The Youth Clerk does not make warranting, training or program decisions other than to advise rostered individuals and program coordinators of warrant status. Individual youth programs remain under the full control of the various Kingdom officers entrusted with those programs.
The creation of this new Kingdom position has already helped to reduce some duplicate workload of the SCA paid staff, improved the speed and efficiency of the background check submission process, and in many ways reduced the frustration of the various program officers and SCA members who have had to endure what was at times an unintentionally confusing and inconsistent process. Kingdom officers in charge of the various youth programs are now free to better concentrate on quality programming.
Reported from the fields of Pennsic (updated by Martyn de Halliwell) “You can go from I-79 N to 422. It’s only the 422 to I-79 N ramp that’s blocked, everything else works. To get to Rt 80, take 19N, do not follow the detour exactly, it tries to put you back on 79N before 80. …
Continuing with our Pennsic Theme, Baroness Leonete D’Angely tells us a little bit about the East Kingdom Teen Party and how it began:
It was April 2003, and Leonete D’Angely, then 16 and known as Nicola Angelini, was the only person under the age of 25 at the Speckled Trout Inn, an event in Northern Vermont. Chancellor Minor, Ardenia aRuadh was there as well, and they started talking about the lack of activities for teenagers in the SCA, specifically at Pennsic.
Their Majesties announced today that Maestro Dorio of the Oaks and Lady Jocelyn del Espada have been chosen as the next Baron and Baroness of Stonemarche.
Greetings Loyal Subjects of the Mighty East Kingdom from Baroness Ástríðr Sigrun Úlfkelsdóttir. I call upon you during this time of war to help maintain the safety of our most wonderful Majesties and of their encampment.We are seeking your help to guard the East Kingdom Royal encampment at its gates. Duties include; helping lost souls …
The Director of the Known World Youth Choir, Lady Rachel Dalicieux, has put out a call to youth ages 12 and older to participate in the choir’s inaugural year. “I have over 15 years of experience working with middle and high school students in both choir and band,” wrote Lady Rachel. “I love kids and …
This is a series of Q&A articles the Gazette is conducting with members of the Pennsic staff.
Lady Erlan Nordenskald is a Director Emeritus of the Known World Choir, and this year she is in charge of the choirs that are organized to perform as part of Pennsic. The Pennsic Choir was originally started over 20 years ago and was a single performing group. The program expanded to include other inter-kingdom wars and events, so renamed itself The Knowne World Choir. These are the four groups that rehearse at Pennsic.