East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Birka event website has been updated with the (tentative) overall schedule. The schedule of classes and meetings should be posted soon. Please see: http://www.birka.org/cms/schedule/ This annual event is always chock-full of activities, and this year is no exception. There will be: fighting, fencing, dancing, Royal and Baronial Court, arts and sciences displays and classes, …
When: June 29, 2013 Where: Barony of Bhakail (Philadelphia, PA) Come, good gentles! Raise your banners and your voices high in celebration of the new Baron & Baroness of Bhakail. Join us as Their Majesties, Gregor & Kiena, invest our new Baron & Baroness, and for feasting & revelry only the likes of Bhakail can …
As many may have already heard, tragedy struck several of our own on New Year’s Day when a fire destroyed the home of Master Tearlach the Profane and his family. Everyone escaped the blaze safely, but the house, and everything in it, was lost.
If you do not know Master Tearlach personally, you have likely seen his helmets on the field. His skill with a hammer and anvil is renowned across the Known World, and many of the East’s best and brightest (as well as a whole lot of Northern Army Thugs) are proud to wear his handiwork.
As is typical in the SCA when disaster strikes, there are many who have stepped up to help and many more who have asked what they, too can do.
With only one event (East Kingdom 12th Night) on the calendar for this weekend, your choice is clear, but there are lots of exciting events taking place across the East Kingdom next weekend. Here’s your handy summary.
10 am – Site Opens – Day/Brunch Board begins in FH 10/11-ish – Vigils begin in Commons – Children’s/Youth Activities begin in Alcove: 10/10:30 – 11:30 – Gaming set up in FH – A&S displays displayed (various locations) – Scroll Clinic begins in Hayes Room – Open stage for Performers begins in FH 11:30 – 1PM …
The Roman feast that will be served at the Queen’s Meadhall (King’s and Queen’s Bardic Champions) in Carolingia has been posted by the cook, Baroness Aurelia Rufinia. If you’re considering going, you can get a feast reservation until January 15th online or by postal mail.
“There may be changes to it, due to availability of ingredients, or my whimsical nature, but I do promise that the ingredient list will be available in the kitchen for anyone who wants it,” wrote Baroness Rufinia. “The numbers after each dish correspond to the recipe listed in Sally Grainger and Christopher Grocock’s Apicius, a Critical Edition with an Introduction and English Translation.”
Her detailed description follows. (more…)
Message from Iron Bog regarding East Kingdom 12th Night There will be an ‘open stage’ opportunity and you are invited to share your skills of entertaining. Please check the information available at: http://eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.html?eid=2372 Additionally, if you know of any performers who might be interested, please share this information with them.
Musicians’ Day in Ostgardr was cancelled earlier this year due to the site losing electricity and running water when a winter storm hit the week after Hurricane Sandy. The site and almost all the teachers originally scheduled for the event are available on January 26, so the event will be happening on that day! …
There will be a meeting for the Order of the Pelican at noon at Twelfth Night, January 5th at Iron Bog. Posted on behalf of TRH Gregor & Kiena.
There will be a meeting of the Order of the Laurel at the A&S Championships, February 16 in the Barony of Dragonship Haven. Posted on behalf of TRH Gregor & Kiena.