Hello Debatable Lands and Friends! Salve Accolens!
First, His Excellency Baron Brandubh has recovered and is testing negative from his bout with CoVID, and can attend 12th Night without restriction, according to CDC regulations! Hooray! His illness does serve as a good reminder to please stay home if you have symptoms, to home test before you come if at all possible, and to maintain the required people-density requirements in the no-mask zone at the event. Let’s keep each other safe!
Below read about important information about:
— Entering the Baronial A&S Champs virtually or in person
— Entering the Baronial Bardic Champs virtually or in person
— A note on streaming activities to social media
— A note about masks with see-through sections for better communication
— A note for people with sensory issues, and parents of small children
We are incredibly excited to finally be able to host, along with our current Champions THL Rachel and Master William, the Baronial A&S Championship, and the Baronial Bardic Championship! Because attendance at the event is limited, you may enter these Championships without being physically present. Note that only Debatable Landers or those with Green/Amicus comets (by our whim) are eligible to be Baronial Champions. But also remember that much of Gryffyn’s Keep’s old territory between Pittsburgh or Greensburg is now Debatable Lands! Welcome neighbors!
For A&S, you can send in your entry with someone, drop off and pick up with permission from the event staff, or send an electronic entry to baron@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org by Friday morning (make sure you get a confirmation email from him, or we didn’t get it). The theme is “plague projects” (stuff you’ve worked on since 2020), but feel free to enter what you like. Documentation is nice, but not required. For entries in person, please make sure to enter by 1:30pm at the latest! Contact us directly if that timing won’t work for you. Also, if you’d like to display your A&S pieces without entering, please do! Let’s show off! Just note “Display Only” on the paperwork, and we will not consider it part of the competition
For bardic not in person, well, that’s trickier. Please email us at baron@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org ASAP and at least by Tuesday to make arrangements (apologies for the short turnaround). For those entering who are physically in attendance, GREAT news! Our Seneschal, Muirgheal, has arranged permission for performers to perform maskless for this competition (with filter fans and social distancing)!
We know the attendance cap has caused some disappointment, and with us, too. HOWEVER, the Courts will the streamed to the Kingdom Facebook page (accessible to those without Facebook), thanks to Lord Niall. I (Baroness Hilda) will additionally be streaming some slice-of-event snippets throughout the day (as I am able) to the Facebook event (contact me if you want me to be careful to avoid you, or tell me at the event). Both links below. And don’t forget to add yourself to the waitlist if you’re interested in attending! Link at event announcement (link below).
So, while there will be a large room that’s maskless, much of the event is in masked areas. We’ve been talking to folks about how the lack of seeing people’s mouths makes it more difficult to communicate, from people like Baroness Hilda (who has minor a auditory processing issue), to folks that need to read lips to communicate. With this in mind, we are providing some masks with clear plastic by the lips. For those interested in wearing these as an inclusive adjustment, we’ll about about 50 at troll. Help yourselves, first come, first served. Baroness Hilda will have a couple extra on her if those run out and you find yourself if need of one.
The event steward, Lady Forveleth, has kindly set aside the kitchen downstairs for a Baronial Royalty Room, since we don’t have event food this year. Because it’s so big, and it’s not a public space, we the Baron and Baroness, would like to invite folks that have sensory issues that need a break, or parents with babes-in-arms/children who need feeding or a break, to join us in our room (kitchen) while you need some quiet time. You may use it without us present. Please do respect the quiet, and understand that we may need to ask you to leave for Court prep or if we otherwise need privacy.
Keep and eye our for more event info coming from the event staff and our Seneschal.
We are so excited to see everyone, both in person and virtually!
In Levitate et Caritate and Cheers!
Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda
Kingdom Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AEthelmearc
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/5755712804475639/ (go to Discussion tab)
Event announcement: http://debatablelands.org/events/2023-01-14%20Barony%2012th%20Night.php
