East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Good gentles all; Greetings from Dagonell Collingwood, Society Deputy for Known World Symposium Advertising! Since my last posting, two of the symposiums now have event pages! Known World Ministers of Arts and Sciences Summit Kingdom of Gleann Abhann Gulf Wars Lumberton, MS March 14, 2019 *** https://www.facebook.com/events/648143032273676/ *** The Facebook Event Page has been created by Amenhotep Sa …
This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Æthelmearc and Northshield and their allies. EK-Mid Rapier earned another four War Points. The EK-Mid Rapier Army took all four time checks in the Woods Battle today. They captured 11 of 12 flags over …
This year’s Pennsic War is a contest between the Kingdoms of the East, the Middle, and Ealdormere and their allies vs Aethelmearc and Northshield and their allies. Today seven of the 41 war points were decided: The East/Mid Alliance swept the day. EK/Mid won all four passes of the Rapier Field Battle for four points. Their …
Unto the Kingdom of the East do I, Master Frasier MacLeod send greetings, It is with a great deal of sadness that I must announce that my Kingdom Deputy for Youth Rapier, Don Alfonso Pontelli, must step down from that position as soon as possible. I will include his letter after this …
Our third A&S Research Paper comes to us from Master Donovan Shinnock, of the Shire of Quintavia, and is drawn from his study of the historical masters of rapier fighting. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.) A Small Comparison of the Rapier Styles of Ridolfo Capo Ferro and Salvator Fabris Salvator Fabris …
The following message was sent out Monday evening to the SCA, Inc. Announcements mailing list. At the January 17, 2015 Board of Directors meeting in Milpitas, CA, the Board voted against revising Corpora to establish a rapier peerage. The Board also voted to delete wording that labeled rapier as an ancillary activity of the SCA …
The SCA released the following announcement this evening. Deadline for comments about this proposal is January 15, 2015. At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry, the Laurel and the Pelican. This …
Today saw the armored and rapier combatants of the East, Middle and Allies take to the filed in the epic confrontation that is the field battle. The armored fighters fought a best of five scenario with the East taking three of the five. The rapier fighters engaged in a best of three scenario with the Middle Kingdom …
The proposed new Rapier Marshal’s handbook has been approved. The BoD is still looking for a Society Rapier Marshal. The deadline for application is a month from now. Contact the BOD at directors@sca.org. for more info. The Social Media Policy is still in the revision process, and has been returned to the Social Media Deputies for …
Rapier Field Battle was Sunday, July 28, and the East won all three battles! No further details at hand, but the East took that war point. Rapier Champions Battle was Monday, July 28, and Midrealm took that War Point, though it was close. Of 21 total bouts, the Midrealm won 11 with East only winning …