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Some folks missed the announcement about Harvest Revel, and I went exploring to figure out why. Facebook is unreliable, Discord may not be your thing, and you might not remember to check the blog. But we all read email. And yet, we only have 89 addresses subscribed to the email list. The old list has been out of commission since before the pandemic. If you aren’t getting messages, please re-subscribe. Send an email to

SCA-BMDL+subscribe@googlegroups.com

You will get a response with a link to set your name and preferences. I’ll approve folks as quickly as I can.

Ceindrech

Edited for clarity:
Harvest Revel this Sunday!

Join us back at the castle, on Sunday Nov 3, don’t forget it’s time change day.

The annual fall contest theme will be SPREADS! Can you put it on a cracker, gluten-free or otherwise? Bring it and a list of its ingredients for our baronage to taste and judge! If you want both our lovely judges to taste your entry, please keep in mind that Praetoria Prima cannot eat mammal meat, including lard, but dairy and poultry are fine.

As many barony members have food sensitivities please have the ingredient list for your contributions to the potluck and the contest. We will have index cards if you need them. No one is required to follow any food guidelines- information is provided for those who choose to go the extra step to make their contributions accessible.

Come have fun with your friends, eat well, fight, fence, throw, shoot, hang inside with A&S… And of course, a short barony meeting.

A round-up of local A&S gatherings!

It’s been a minute since I’ve done one of these, but with so much going on in November, I felt it would be useful to corral the information for a bunch of the different guild meetings into one place. If I’ve missed your guild or gathering, please let me know and I’ll help make sure you’re on the next one! Contact links are to Facebook profiles because of cross-posting but if you need their email instead, those cited below are also in the Dark Pages.

Tonight, October 28 – rescheduled monthly A&S night at the home of Elinor Walden (hi, it me) from 6pm-10pm! Bring your projects and come have cozy crafting time with other members of the barony. (Contact point – Elle Kaplan)

Every Tuesday – Scribal West from 5pm-9pm with THLady Nicola Beese to complete scrolls, practice calligraphy and illumination, word-smith for awards, or make scribal blanks (Contact point – Nicola Fedorka). Additionally, the Debatable Choir (voice) and Consort (instruments) meet at the home of Mistress T’svee’a from 7pm-9:30pm (Contact point – Karen Arianna Kasper)

Monday, November 4th – monthly Fiber Guild night at the home of Mistress T’svee’a from 7pm-9pm to get together and work on projects and gifts for the holidays. (Contact point – Rei Morikawa)

Monday, November 11th – monthly Scriptorium with our baronial signet, THLady Lisabetta, to make scrolls for kingdom and barony. (Contact point – Ashley Carlton)

Wednesday, November 13 – Vikingr, hosted by Raven, will be meeting from 7pm-9pm to discuss Norse research, art, and recreation. (Contact point – Xan Fagelson)

Thursday, November 21 – online Sewing Guild meets via Zoom with Hara Kikumatsu from 7:30-10pm. (Contact point – Hara at sbooth@sbooth.net)

But wait, there’s more! Several events throughout the kingdom this month cater to the A&S-inclined, including Debatable Lands Harvest Revel (Barony Social), Æthelmearc Fall Æcademy and War College, Fiber, Fabric, Fighting, and Revel at the Cordial Stag Inn II ! Check out the event pages or kingdom calendar for additional details: https://aethelmearc.org/events/month/2024-11/

As always, most of this information is pulled from the baronial calendar and blog, but if you have trouble finding more details yourself, let me know and I can put you in touch with the right person! http://www.debatablelands.org/calendar.php

YIS, THLady Elinor Walden

The next fiber arts guild meeting will be on Monday, November 4th, from 7-9 pm. We will meet at our usual place, 5167 Rosecrest Drive, Pittsburgh PA.

The next two meetings will be cozy and relaxed meetings to get together and work on projects and gifts for the holidays. For this meeting, fall teas and pumpkin baked goods will be served.

Hello, fencers! This Sunday, we will have a C&T fencing focused practice in preparation for the Kingdom Cut and Thrust Championship at Agincourt next weekend. Bring your C&T gear if you’ve got it!

Greetings Debatable Lands!

How are we all doing? It’s been a quick two years and my term as baronial chatelaine is coming to an end.

As per our bylaws, I need to ask the populace for letters of intention to be baronial chatelaine. If you are interested, or know someone interested, please reach  to the following email addresses:
Seneschal (at) debatablelands.org
Baron (at) debatablelands.org
Chatelaine (at) debatablelands.org

It is my intention to also run again for a second term, but please don’t let that dissuade you from running! The more people we have to choose from the better!

Yours in Service,
Svava Jórudóttir

Hey Brewers;

Dont forget tonight is our monthly meeting. It will be hosted at Muirgheal and Jorundrs home at 6:30 pm. That address is in the dark pages or you can send a private message for it if you are not on the email list. We will have dinner and talk about the upcoming months and group projects.

Muirgheal

This is welcome to everyone; even if you are not a guild member but have an interest.

Reminder,  Debatable Lands business meeting is tonight at 8. This is, I hope, the last entirely virtual meeting before we move to a regular space at Ace Throwing, but we will continue to have a virtual option. As always meetings are open to all, and everyone can vote except on financial matters or if an officer calls for an officer only vote. Tonight we will be finalizing plans for Agincourt and looking forward to our next several events. If you are interested please join us. 

Here’s the link for tonight:

Debatable Lands Business Meeting Scheduled: Oct 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, EDT Location: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86356863438?pwd=onP4ybxhOaygujlILqvq2QSzbaUXGZ.1

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Magister Ceindrech verch Elidir

Happy Scribetober, all! Salve Accolens! It’s Bess, your Baronial Signet inviting you to a Scribal Night on Monday, October 14th.

Our most treasured Elinor and Michi will be opening their space for this event, same as the monthly Baronial A&S nights. We will be gathering 6:30-9:30pm in Stanton Heights to parallel play with our projects, or just to ask questions, support and socialize.

Have you made an award recommendation lately for your fellow barony member? Now is a great time to send an email to their excellencies at baronage@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org or via the google form here: http://www.debatablelands.org/award-recommendation.php

I anticipate having assignments to hand out for upcoming events from Prima and Violetta very soon, so this could be a great time to pick up an assignment, a scroll case, and even some blanks, if you’d like to do so. Looking forward to catching up with all who attend!

If there is interest in a zoom link, let me know no later than Sunday, October 13th at noon. Thanks!

YIS, THLady Lisabetta de Rossi

Harvest Revel is back! (mostly, but the roof isn’t safe yet, so no shooting off the roof or pumpkin toss this year, sorry). The baronesses would like a fall harvest themed potluck contest- keep in mind that Praetoria Prima cannot have mammal products, even lard. Fall jams and jellies, absolutely! Your fav squash soup, amazing! A pie with no lard, yum!

Come have fun with your friends, eat well, fight, fence, throw, shoot, hang inside with A&S… And of course, a short barony meeting.