05 Saturday Mar 2016
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The King’s and Queen’s Bardic Champions were announced today at the event held in the Shire of Owlsherst. The finalists were Lady Aethelfeid Flied Brewbane, Mistress Alys Mackyntoich, Lord Drake Oranwood, and Mistress Sol la Cantor. Queen’s Champion is Mistress Alys Mackyntoich. King’s Champion is Lady Aethelfleid Brewbane.
27 Thursday Mar 2014
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Lord Martyn, New King’s Champion. Photo by Lord Hugh Tauerner
Laughter from the audience and applause filled the Bardic champions event throughout the competition, but particularly during the finals. The crowded field was narrowed down to six performers, who were given challenges to perform in the final round by the Royalty. The final six are listed below with links to videos of their final round performances courtesy of Mistress Sol la Cantor. Many of the performances before the finals were wildly popular with the audience and can be viewed on YouTube also courtesy of Mistress Sol.
Lord Martyn de Halliwell (King’s Champion) – A Story of Flames and Salamanders
Mistress Aife, New Queen’s Champion. Photo by Lord Hugh Tauerner
Mistress Aife ingen Chonchobair (Queen’s Champion) – For the Alliance of King Kenric of the East and King Savaric of the Midrealm
Countess Marguerite ingen Lachlainn – A Short Speech on the Value of Temperance
Mistress Sol la Cantor– Quand je bois du vin clairet
Lady Isabeau d’Orleans – Ricecare by Orlando di Lassus
20 Monday Jan 2014
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What constitutes an “SCA Theme”?
The competition outline for the Kings and Queen’s Bardic Champions
event asks each competitor to perform at least one work “written on an
SCA theme”. Later, the outline states:
“For this competition, an ‘SCA theme’ may be broadly interpreted as
any work written about SCA persons, events, or culture, and does not
require documentation.”
http://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.html?eid=2594
We have received a few questions asking for clarification on what kind
of works might be categorized as “SCA Themed”.
To clarify:
Master Grim and I are asking competitors to bring a piece whose
subject matter is the modern SCA. It could be song about a particular
King, a poem about a tournament or battle, a riddle about feast dish
ingredients, a story about a particularly stormy Pennsic, etc.. The
spirit of the rule is to celebrate the Modern Middle Ages with work
which you or another SCAdian have written about us.
On that note: keep in mind that you, yourself, do not have to author
the piece you perform. You can pick from any other bard’s work, if you
wish (and within that performer’s restrictions on their own work) and
there is an enormous corpus to choose from. A hilarious song about
sketchy event feasts… a story, in skaldic verse, about a drunk
berserker at Pennsic who jammed a brooch into his own bare chest and
proceeded to flirt heavily with several women… a hauntingly beautiful
song about an inspiring SCAdian individual…
If you have questions about something you would like to perform,
please do not hesitate to email me.
Have fun!
Maistre Lucien de Pontivy
Queen’s Bard of the East
13 Monday Jan 2014
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The Barony of Bergental is pleased to be hosting this year’s King & Queen’s Bardic Championships in conjunction with our traditional Novice Schola and Baronial Birthday on March 8th.
The Bardic Championships are scheduled to begin at 11:00 am. Here are details of the format as provided by the current Queen’s Bard, Maistre Lucien:
East Kingdom Bardic Championship
The competition will take place over three rounds with the following parameters: first round, a piece written on an SCA theme OR a documentably period piece; second round, the other of the two options given in the first round; third round, Their Majesties’ choice.
Competitors will be judged by Their Majesties and an advisory committee on choice of material, artistic impression, audience impact,
technical skill, and individual response.
06 Monday Jan 2014
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Royal Bardic Champions will take place at Novice Schola in the Barony of Bergental on March 8. This event is traditionally for newcomers to learn about life in the Society, and thus there is no site fee required. Donations to defray the site cost are gratefully accepted.
The event will take place at the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Springfield, MA. Their Excellencies Bergental will be cooking a dayboard, which will be a separate fee still to be determined. Instead of a feast, they will be taking names for reservations at the Munich Haus Restaurant in Chicopee.
For further information, contact Sir Cedric of Armorica.
09 Saturday Feb 2013
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In the forty-seventh year of the Society, upon 2 February, in the Barony of Carolingia, Edward the King and Thyra the Queen did enact and cause to be enacted the following:
Item. Their Majesties accepted the fealty of Fergus and Imigla, Baron and Baroness of Carolingia.
Item. Their Majesties caused those good gentles new to our Society to be brought before the Tyger Thrones, and did gift each with tokens of the day.
Item. Their Majesties summoned the children of the East Kingdom and shared with them toys donated by la Chambre des Dames d’Alisay. Continue reading
