Youth Quest for Baronial 12th Night

Youth Quest for Baronial 12th Night

“Someone has stolen Baroness Hilda’s Dragons! We need the Youth of the land to seek out tokens from the Baroness’s Seven Comets (7 adult volunteers wearing a Comet patch) to free the Dragons.”

Age categories 10-12, 6-9, and 5 and under

The Baroness will gather the participating children and tell them the story of her dragons. A period of two hours will be alotted for the quest.

The first youth in each age group to successfully find the Seven Comets and receive a token from each, will free a dragon, which is their prize, to be delivered by the Baroness during court.

The Baron is a Comet
Beren Goldring is a Comet

We need Five more volunteers. The volunteers will be provided with tokens to give away and comet patches to wear for the duration of the Quest. Please have volunteers contact Ranka via FB, Messenger or email (ranka.alfrun@gmail.com). We ask that volunteers plan to be at the event by Noon, as that is the earliest the quest will start.

The children will be provided with a pouch to carry their tokens. All children are encouraged to find all 7 Comets, even if their category has been won, to receive all of their tokens.

Kathryn, please feel free to post as much of this as you want. We don’t know the exact start time until the Baroness let’s us know. I believe we were waiting for the timing of the Snowball fight and choir performance and evening court to be planned. We want to have the quest no earlier than Noon so there are as many kids able to participate as possible.

In Service,
Ranka

Auction of Highly Desirable Things!

Good afternoon Debatable Lands,

 

Looking forward to Baronial 12th Night quickly approaching, we will be having a silent auction as we always do.

 

I am in charge of the Auction of Highly Desirable Things, along with Elss, and wanted to remind everyone to bring anything they wish to donate to the auction. Do you have garb, fabric, tools, cups, or anything else SCA related that needs a new home? Donate it to the auction and help out both the Barony and other local members.

 

Also make sure you remember your blue card, or a digital version, it will make everyone’s life easier because while it’s a free event there’s still paperwork for the trolls to do for non-members. Speaking of it being a free event, we will have a donation box out for the Barony and remember to bring money to bid in the auction!

 

Lastly, if you are bringing things to the auction and are able to please email me at exchequer@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org with what you are bringing so we can do our best to have enough tables to accommodate the entire auction.

 

Thank you and see you at 12th night!

 

In Service,

Lady Arthes MacLeod

End of Year Letter

With the end of one year and the beginning of another, it is the traditional time to reflect on the year past and the year to come. I am always pressed to find the words to express just how highly I think of everyone in this Barony. I am honored to serve as your Seneschal and proud of what we as a Barony accomplish every year. The kindness, talent, generosity, enthusiasm, knowledge, and volunteerism shown by all of you is inspiring.
From gathering items for gift baskets for the Royalty to sharing your expertise to train new martial participants you are all amazing volunteers. The countless hours that you put towards helping make the Barony, the Kingdom, and the SCA a vibrant organization is truly a gift to each of us. Your efforts are seen and appreciated.

Here are some highlights from the last year:

January
This year started with a lovely, smallish Baronial Twelfth Night, run by THL Elss and Lady Kathryn, where so many people received recognition from our Baron and Baroness, including the The Royal Livery Company (the first time they were recognized). It was also where we got to see Mistress Graidhne elevated to the Order of the Laurel.

February
Lady Zianna generously donated new list ropes for our use in indoor combat. They were immediately used for the Carnegie Science Center Demo where we had over 100 people join us to make this Demo so successful we are invited back and in a leading role. The William Blackfox awards were announced and the BMDL took home six awards. We also had a very successful Tavern in the Park event autocratted by THL Elss and Lady Elsa.

April
Baron Leonard passed away mid-month, which was a significant blow to the Barony as a whole. We had a demo at CCAC South that was very successful. The Comet Persuivant began a project to make Baldrics for everyone participating in a martial activity at Pennsic. The Brewers Guild came out of dormancy and set their first meeting date.

June
We hosted the Known World Heralds and Scribes event, coordinated by Master Alaric and THL The baldrics for martial activities at Pennsic were finished and handed out to as many people as possible, the rest to be distributed at Pennsic. We also had an Iron Comet event, autocratted by Don Jorundr and the Barony got new Champions.

July/August
PENNSIC – As always, the BMDL was everywhere – volunteering, coordinating,

September
The Barony hosted the first ever Known World Commedia gathering. We had the pleasure of hosting so many talented visitors and rumor has it that it’s going to be held again.

October
Agincourt, now in its 12th year, was held during its traditional weekend and was autocratted by Baroness Constance and Meesteres Odriana.

November
We had our traditional Harvest Revel Barony Meeting at the Castle – there was pie, GLORY!!!, singing, pumpkin launching, and fellowship.

December
We had our first joint fencing practice with Broken Plow, which will now be held the first Sunday of the month at the Broken Plow studios in Creighton, PA. We also had end-of-year retrospectives from quite a few people published on Stórfréttir. We also saw the untimely passing of Lady Amanda and Jamie MacMichael, over which most of us are still processing our grief and our hearts are with their families.

The coming year is starting out just as full as last year —
Kingdom Twelfth Night on 5 January.
Baronial Twelfth Night a week later, 12 January, where we will also have our Barony Meeting.
Aethelmearc Grand Tournament on 2 February.

There was a recent call for letters for the Office of Baronial Minister of Arts and Sciences, those letters are due at our February Business Meeting on Wednesday, 6 February. If you are interested in the position or serving as a Deputy to learn more about the realities of the office, please check out the call for letters on Stórfréttir. We welcome new people to put in letters and become part of the Barony’s Leadership.

We also have a call for letters for the Office of the Comet Persuivant. While the current Persuivant is interested in serving another two-year term, if you are interested in the position or would like to serve as a Deputy Herald to get an idea of what that job entails, please read the call for letters on Stórfréttir. Those letters are also due at our February Business Meeting.

We have the most amazing Barony in the Known World and I am perpetually impressed by the breadth and depth of opportunities that we have here, not only in knowledge but also in service and martial skill.

aude aliqid dignum*,

Odriana, Senschal

*dare something worthy

A and S — Sewing Circle – December 30th

Extra A&S Meeting in December!!

Date: SUNDAY December 30th
Time: 1 PM – 3PM more or less
NEW Location:
HackPGH
1936 5th Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(In the garage around the back of the building on Watson St.)

You can also put 1960 Watson Street, Pittsburgh, PA into your GPS.

Home

This A&S day is for all equestrians (or anyone actually) who would like to work on barding or garb. There will be sewing machines available. Please let me know if you are interested in a specific project, such as banners.

HackPGH is a maker space — sort of like the best basement or hobby room ever. We’ll be getting a tour of the facility – you won’t want to miss it.

Standard disclaimers here:
We are accessible to our less mobile friends, and have free parking on the street.

If you need assistance or have questions, please call or text me at 724-759-3333.

Thank you for asking! These meetings are free and we are generously supported by the Barony and the teachers themselves.
Elss