This Wednesday at the Baronial Business Meeting, a new Comet Pursuivant (our Baronial Herald) was elected: Lady Jehannette Bouchart (they/them).
Lady Jehannette comes to Æthelmearc and the Debatable Lands from the East and is currently attending the University of Pittsburgh. They have 22 years of experience in the SCA (but turn 21 this year!), have about 8 years’ experience in voice heraldry, and have served as Deputy Kingdom Chatelaine in the East Realm.
Jehannette looks forward to continuing their service in field and Court heraldry, serving as a Baronial officer, and being a resource to help people to find names and devices. They make their debut as Baronial Court Herald tomorrow at Iris Festival. Let’s welcome them!
We also sincerely thank Master Kieran for his long and loyal service to the Barony as he steps down.
The Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands Iron Comet Challenge, Japanese Iris Festival, and Kingdom Equestrian Champs event is only a few days away, on June 4th. We hope for a beautiful, fun-filled day.
Last minute reminders:
1. SCA Covid protocols as of the event date will be enforced. Please be prepared to show your vaccination record or proof of a negative Covid test upon arrival at the event or at event setup Friday evening.
2. No food will be served, so bring food and drink. No glass bottles please.
3. Remember sunscreen, bug spray, a hat, a chair to sit on and, if you have one, a pop-up for shade.
4. There is handicap accessible parking, next to handicap restrooms, and an all gender changing tent. There are also separate Lords & Ladies changing tents.
5. Service animals only (other than the horses). They must be on a leash.
Iron Comet Challenge Rules:
1. For adults to be eligible for the iron comet challenge, you must enter the A&S competition, and have fought in at least 3 of the four non-equestrian martial tournaments.
2. Scoring will be done by tournament winner get 10 points, second 9 points, etc for each of the tournaments. The scores are added.
3. Youth iron comet winner will be determined by a combined archery, thrown weapons, and arts and sciences tournaments score.
4. Youth scores are tallied for only the youth, not as part of adult scores.
A Little More on the Event:
Here is the event page: http://debatablelands.org/events/2022-06-04%20Japanese%20Iris%20Festival.php. The event will have fencing, thrown weapons, heavy fighting, and archery tournaments. In addition there is kingdom equestrian champion tournament for horses and riders. There is also a arts and sciences competition with no theme. There is an equestrian arts and sciences competition. In addition to the arts and sciences competition, there is a arts and sciences display with an Asian theme.
The combined iron comet challenge is combination of the results from all the non-equestrian competitions.
The event will be held in the horse arena at Brady’s Run, 121 Brady’s Run Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. Preregistration is closed, but you can pay at the door with cash or check.
Cost: Adult Event Registration: $12 Adult Member Discount Event Registration: $7 Youth 17 and under are free.
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After a winter rest, and with the return of the warm weather our (mostly) monthly Stellar Tournaments are returning!!
These monthly Tournaments are the perfect time to practice for our Kingdom’s biggest Champions events – Crown Tournament, Queen’s Rapier Tournament, and the Kingdom Archery Championship. What better way for our fighters, archers, marshals, MOLs, heralds and consorts to practice their crafts than happily among friends – no pressure, and with the opportunity for GLORY and sweet, sweet regalia!
June’s schedule: Sun List (Heavy Weapons) – June 12th (after Moon) Moon List (Rapier) – June 12th (before Sun) Sky List (Archery) – June 19th
[Note: These tournaments began at the behest of our martial communities. We will hold a Thrown Weapons tourney when the community comes and says we should 🙂 ]
If you’re a marshal, MOL, or herald, we need your help! Have a great time practicing, too!
Join us for a virtual Social Meeting on Zoom, TODAY 7:30pm, Tuesday May 24th (Zoom info below).
Come and chat about what you learned and did at War Practice, your plans for Iris Festival and Iron Comet, and the triumphant return of Pennsic… and just enjoy each others’ company, conversation, and companionship.
See you there! ~Baroness Hilda
Zoom info:
Topic: May Social Meeting – Debatable Lands Time: May 24, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join us for a virtual Social Meeting on Zoom, 7:30pm, Tuesday May 24th (Zoom info below).
Come and chat about what you learned and did at War Practice, your plans for Iris Festival and Iron Comet, and the triumphant return of Pennsic… and just enjoy each others’ company, conversation, and companionship.
See you there! ~Baroness Hilda
Zoom info:
Topic: May Social Meeting – Debatable Lands Time: May 24, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Hello folks. I’m wearing both my Baronial Signet and my Regional Signet hat today.
Now that we’ve seen a return to in-person events, we have been blessed with a great many wonderful awards. Our scribes are awesome and talented and have risen to the challenge.
With each scroll, we try to include a scroll case so that the beautiful piece of art can be transported home safely without damage.
However, as a result, we are now running low on scroll cases!
This is a good problem to have! But now I’m asking folks to take a look around and see if they have any scroll cases at home that could be returned for Baronial and/or Kingdom use. (You should get that scroll framed and put on display anyway.)
Also, if folks have the time and inclination to make scroll cases, they are just two pieces of cardboard covered in fabric…a great way to use up scraps! Most scrolls fall between 9×12 and 12×20, so those sizes of scroll cases are the most useful.
I will be at BMDL’s Japanese Iris Festival on June 4. And, of course, Pennsic.
For those of you at or going to War Practice, have an amazing time! If not, have a good weekend. Either way, I know you’ll want more SCA awesomeness, soon! Here’s a quick summary of the next things coming up in our Barony:
–May 24th (Tues, 7:30pm) – May Social Meeting – Virtual –June 1st (Wed, 8pm) – Barony Business Meeting – Virtual –June 4th (Saturday, all day) – Iris Festival with Iron Comet Challenge and Kingdom Equestrian Champs! –June 12th (Sunday, at practice) – Stellar Tournaments! Sun List (Heavy) and Moon List (Rapier) –June 19th (Sunday, at practice) – Stellar Tournament! Sky List (Archery)
And of course our regular practices and gatherings!
Summer will soon be upon us and we are beginning to gather (safely) once again! We have several very special events taking place in the coming weeks, including the Endless Hills Investiture on May 28th, at which we will be celebrating our gracious neighbors and their good peoples. We also have our Barony’s own special events happening soon, at which we may likely be welcoming many newcomers!
Thusly, we would greatly appreciate any gifts of largesse you might wish to share with our Kingdom and populace. Please aid us in filling our Baronial coffers with fun and useful Things for the populace!
Should you have items to gift, I hope to be attending War Practice on Saturday, and I also hope to be at archery practice on Washington Blvd on the 28th, should weather and schedules align. Alternately, you can also arrange to get them directly to Their Excellencies. 🙂
This picture of largesse was taken by Her Majesty, Queen Ariella, of items received from BMDL by Their Majesties at their Coronation in April, as well as a box of beautiful beaded bracelets from our friends in the Barony of Rhydderech Hael. Often, I think people believe their contributions of one or two items to be too small to be of value… but oh, what a wonderful thank-you they make to those who receive them!
A list of possible ideas is below. As always, we thank you for your time, efforts, and creativity!! 🙂
Yours in service,
Rose O’Tierney
A (totally not complete) idea list of possible largesse items:
Items made with fragrances must be bagged and labeled. No food items, please!
Paper goods:Handmade paper. Parchment and pergamenata sheets, Thank you/appreciation cards (illuminated or blank), Mini notebooks, Bookmarks, Card-weaving cards, How-to crafting books for period items
Metal, wire-weaving, and woodworking: Raw materials and things to work them (wire, metal ingots, stones, tools, etc.), Beads, Tokens, Coins, Bracelets, Rings, Pendants, Brooches (big or small, penannular, turtle, etc.), Pins – decorative or purposeful (a bit of cork placed on sharp ends), Veil pins (a bit of cork placed on sharp ends), Buttons (metal or wood), Mug jewelry (IDs), Weaving shuttles, naalbinding needles
Sewing/fiber arts: Yarn of all types and appropriate colors, Trim for mugs (IDs), Mug covers, napkins, Fibers and fabrics, Wool needle books, Pouches & small bags, Kumihimo disks, Naalbinding needles, Fan cases, Ribbon bookmarks, Cloth buttons, Pin cushions, Archery tassles for cleaning arrows, Mini sewing kits for adults (emergency needle/thread/pins, or a kit to make a special item such as a veil), Sewing kits for children (such as embroidery hoop with yarn/needle/cloth with pattern to make a cup cover), Dolls or stuffed animals (for children), Period gaming sets (for children)
There is a Debatable Lands event on Saturday June 4th, 2022, at the Horse Arena at Brady’s Run, 121 Brady’s Run Rd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. The event opens at 9am and runs to 7pm. It is a full day of tournaments for fencing, thrown weapons, heavy fighting, archery, and arts and sciences. There will be adult and youth winner for each of those tournaments. In addition, there is a combined Iron Comet Challenge. Adult contestants in the combined challenge can omit one martial tournament, but must compete in the A&S. Youth challenge contestants can omit two martial tournaments, but must enter the A&S. There will be adult and youth winners for the Iron Comet Challenge.
There is also a separate Arts and Sciences display with an east Asian theme.
Wait, there’s more. The kingdom equestrian champs will also be happening during the day and if weather cooperates, there will be a joust to finish the fun.
