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BMDL 12th Night Greatest Thanks

12th Night Greatest Thanks for such a Great Event!

Their Majesties Gareth Kincaid and Juliana Delamere who inspire us to visit the Kingdom and bring us good cheer as they travel across their lands to wish all of us a Happy Twelfth Night.

Their Highnesses Sven Gunnarsson of Fjathrudaland and Siobhán inghean uí Liatháin always bright our events and bring us happiness and jubilation.

Their Excellencies Brandubh Ó Donnghaile and Hilderun Hügelmann welcomed us all to their home and share their enthusiasm and spread happiness to all!

The Honorable Lady Murieghl Inghean Dubhghail – for her Autocrating throughout the full process of planning, setting up, changeing schedules, cleaning and closing up the site.

Lady Katheryn Täntel – for her smashing success her first time Autocratting, for getting us through the snow and into the building, for all her work and preparation every step of the way.

Lady Melodia Beaupel, who handled the kitchen with ease and helped to get us in to the site and stayed to help us get out!

Takamatsu-san Gentarou Yoshitaka, who set up the feast hall, carried, packed, cleaned, decorated, carried more, shoveled, and salted. From Set up to Strike; He is a good man to have on your team!

Drotinn Jorundr hinn Rotinn who helped carry, load, pack, decorate, undecorated, cleaned and re-packed. I am fortunate to have such a multi-talented Lord in my corner.

THL Elss of Auguburg who helped organize the event, took care of signs to site, and ran the silent auction and then made us a laugh with the comedia troupe! Thank you for always being in the right place!

Master Alaric MacConnal who helped with set up, worked troll, came baring waivers, and helped us clean up!

Hara-roku-I Kikumatsu who worked troll with a smile on her face!

Lady Zianna beguy udina de Zabaleta, our fantastic head troll! Thank you for all your hard work and for being so prepared!

Lady Alethea Cowle who ran Paladin’s Pantry and worked to see that those in need are being looked after.

Lady Arthis MacLeod who helped with the Silent Auction & provided the Misrule Cupcakes.

Meisteri Urho Waltterinen, our Cookie Master extraordinaire who always runs a fantastic competition!

Lady Aíbell ingen Chernacháin who ran children’s activities to keep the youth of our Barony entertained.

Lady Jasmine of Tarn Clan our outstanding Youth Marshal who came up with the indoor snowball fight on the fly to keep the Adults and the Children entertained on a snowy afternoon. The chaos was impressive!

Lady Ceindrech verch Elidir brought us the pillow fighting equipment!

Creature Twyne Dragon & The Twyne Dragon Syndicate for setting up an amazing spread at the Laurel Vigil Room. You folks know how to prepare a person for a party!

THL Bugga Bilibit ran a lovely Arts and Sciences competition in which there were superb entries with some interesting documentation.

THL Silence de Cherbourg for running the most entertaining Bardic Championship I have ever witnessed. So many talented people working to keep us amused!

Baroness Constance Glyn Dwr & Lady Dorothea Stark Shultz who helped see to the comfort of our Royal guests.

THL Madoc Arundel and the Brewers prepared many samples and kept the Tap Room running strong! We are lucky to have such fine people sharing their talents with us.

Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope who came and decorated our hall to warm our festivities and stayed to help take down the decorations.

Lord Robert pour Maintenant who always helps with keeping the snow clear and the sidewalks safe, he carries everything and takes over sweeping, he never stops helping us!
Lord Robert MacEwin of Thronhill who is everywhere all at once, decorating or carrying, dancing, acting, keeping us entertained and laughing as he works.

Fox was indispensable helping everyone carry their things in from the snowy parking lot. He’s a fantastic youth man.

Lord Rainald de Rohan helped us bring things in from the outside and then helped deliver them back! He’s always so helpful!

I Genesii did a wonderful job keeping us laughing with their playdate and seeing to the Court of MisRule! And that’s why we have the Greatest Comedia d’larte troupe in the Known World!!!!!

The Debatable Choir put together a lovely collection of medieval songs to bespell us before court.

Lord Pavel Dudoladov & The Musicians who stayed to instruct us in dance and played live music at our Ball!

The Fairy Court who came to grace our hall with their host and helped to see our vigilant properly elevated for her Arts.

4 Week Italian Rapier Class Series

Greetings,

Starting next week we will be starting a 4 week class series on Italian rapier taught by Comtesse Elena d’Artois. These will start at 2:30 giving people a chance to get warmed up before the class starts.

The currently planned classes are:

Week 1 – basic intro and the lunge – sword enters the space first and leaves the space last. the defensive footwork of Dociolini

Week 2 – circles in italian rapier- circular parries and cuts

Week 3 – so you didnt think terza had a purpose in our game? Terza and the bastard guards

Week 4 – cavazione\disengages verses cutovers.

Jorundr

Cut n Thrust Practice

Greetings,

I know many of you are interested in Cut n Thrust, cuz it’s awesome.

Going forward the last Sunday of the month will be a Cut n Thrust focused practice. We will have multiple marshals available for instruction and practice as well getting your authorizations.

Loaner gear will also be available for those that need extra equipment.

The first of these Cut n Thrust practices will be next week 1/28.

Hope to see many of you there.

Jorundr

Paladin’s Pantry Drive Tomorrow

Paladin's Pantry, we put the "large" in "largesse"

The Paladin’s Pantry program is a drive that collects excess food, drink, blankets, and camping supplies at SCA events, and conveys them to local food banks to benefit those in need. We put the “large” is “largesse”!

Hey, Debatable Lands! Just a quick reminder that Twelfthnight is TOMORROW and a food and supplies drive is being held. All items are being donated to the Pittsburgh Food Bank.

We are collecting:
Food Items
Clean used blankets, gloves, mittens, and/or coats
Feminine Hygiene Products

The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank lists these as their most needed items:

  • Cereal (Low in sugar, high in fiber)
  • Tuna or Salmon (Packed in water)
  • Canned fruit (Packed in 100% juice or water)
  • Canned beans (Black, garbanzo, etc.)
  • Peanut Butter
  • Hand soap and other toiletries
  • Toilet/facial tissue
  • Laundry detergent
  • Diapers (Infant and adult)
  • Canned vegetables (No or low sodium)

There will be a table at BMDL Twelfthnight for your donations, just look for the Paladin’s Pantry signage. If you need additional information, please contact Lady Alethea Cowle at lake.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you so much, and I hope to see you at Twelfthnight!

~Alethea

REMINDER – Paladin’s Pantry at BMDL Twelfthnight

Paladin's Pantry, we put the "large" in "largesse"

The Paladin’s Pantry program is a drive that collects excess food, drink, blankets, and camping supplies at SCA events, and conveys them to local food banks to benefit those in need. We put the “large” is “largesse”!

Hey, Debatable Lands! Just a quick reminder that Twelfthnight is in 7 days and a food and supplies drive is being held. All items are being donated to the Pittsburgh Food Bank.

The time of giving is still here!

We are collecting:
Food Items
Clean used blankets, gloves, mittens, and/or coats
Feminine Hygiene Products

The Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank lists these as their most needed items:

  • Cereal (Low in sugar, high in fiber)
  • Tuna or Salmon (Packed in water)
  • Canned fruit (Packed in 100% juice or water)
  • Canned beans (Black, garbanzo, etc.)
  • Peanut Butter
  • Hand soap and other toiletries
  • Toilet/facial tissue
  • Laundry detergent
  • Diapers (Infant and adult)
  • Canned vegetables (No or low sodium)

There will be a table at BMDL Twelfthnight for your donations, just look for the Paladin’s Pantry signage. If you need additional information, please contact Lady Alethea Cowle at lake.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thank you so much, and I hope to see you at Twelfthnight!

~Alethea

Webminister FAQ

Good evening Barony!

Recently I asked the officers of the BMDL to tell me what they do to tell the populace what the offices are and their responsibility I plan on posting this as a weekly series here as well as having it published in the Althing, to start off let’s meet the Webminister!

Office: Webminister

What does the Webminister do? The Webminister maintains the content and oversees the administration of the Barony’s web presence, located at http://www.debatablelands.org/ (and also available at the easier to remember http://www.bmdl.org/). This includes both the static content of the Barony’s web site, as well as Stórfréttir, the Barony’s online blog. The Webminister also works with the Social Media Deputy to ensure that Stórfréttir information is properly disseminated to all the Barony’s various social media outlets.

What information does the website have? In addition to welcoming those who are learning about the SCA for the first time, the website has sections detailing the history of the Barony, upcoming events that the Barony is hosting, our regular activities such as guild meetings and martial activities, online resources such as a list of email lists relevant to Baronial activities, as well as contact information for all the officers, guildmasters and martial generals for the Barony.

What’s on the Blog? Stórfréttir, the Baronial blog, is the primary source of information for Barony-wide announcements, as well as various tidbits of information that the Barony might find useful or interesting. To get to Stórfréttir, go to https://debatablelands.aethelmearc.org/blog/, or go to the Barony’s website and click “Stórfréttir” on the menu.

What do I do if there’s something I want to have on the website? Send email to webminister@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org and we can start a conversation about getting your information out to the public. After all, we’re here to serve you!

In Honor and Service,
亀島
Kameshima Zentarō Umakai
土地の議論のウェブサイト管理者
Webminister, Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands