{"id":7906,"date":"2026-06-06T14:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:43:47","slug":"barony-news-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=7906","title":{"rendered":"Barony News and Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is a news update about baronial things that happened recently or are happening in the coming months. First, Noble Gerschon de Gervoi l’amiot is the newest officer in the barony. Gerschon is our new Minister of the Lists. You may have seen them at the MoL table last Pennsic, at War Practice, or at barony stellar tournaments. They were also the MoL for the fencing tournament at the Japanese Iris Festival and Iron Comet Challenge event.

At the Archery Muster at the Castle this year, we had a tournament to select our Baronial representative for the Scarlet Guard Challenge. Lady Arthes MacLeod won that tournament, and Ramir was second. Then at War Practice Arthes won Kingdom archery champion tournament and was elevated to the Scarlet Guard. Thus, she was no longer eligible to participate in the Scarlet Guard Challenge. Ramir will represent the Barony at the Scarlet Guard Challenge.
We also have a new barony archery champion, The Honorable Lady Arthes MacLeod won the Barony archery tournament.

The Iris Festival was held on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. We had martial tournaments in heavy, fencing, thrown weapons, and archery. We also had an Arts and Sciences competition and a display. We also had Japanese lawn games thanks to Fine and her helpers. There was an iron skillet dessert making competition organized by Arthes and her team of helpers and judges. Between Michi-san’s terrific bento boxes, the iron skillet desserts, and the vendor with coffee, tea, and cookies, everyone was quite full of food and the day was full of fun activities.

At the end of court at the Iris Festival, Baronessa Violeta and Praetoria Prima announced they plan to retire and are starting the Baronage Selection Process. The nomination meeting will be held at the end of the general business meeting at the July garb swap. I will be posting further information about the upcoming Baronage selection when we have dates and locations.

The Garb Swap is coming soon. The Garb Swap is an annual tradition that started years ago and the is coordinated by Baroness Constance Glyn Dwr. It will be help on Sunday, July 12th, at the Avalon Shelter in North Park, From 10:30 until 5pm. There will also be the baronial fencing tournament. Fencers should cone early to warm up and sign-up for the tournament at 11:30. The tournament will start promptly at noon, so it will be done in time for everyone to participate in the swap. There will also be a barony meeting starting around 2pm or so. The nominations for new Baronage candidates will be held at the end of the Barony meeting.

For directions and more information see the garb swap calendar entry on the baronial calendar: https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/u\/0\/event?eid=NWlxb2lpcDhtMHNzNTV2djNhc3NnbGZpNmYgaWJiNGVmajA3N3IzZ2M5a2txdmdjaWszOXNAZw<\/a>.

The Baronial Tournament to select the next heavy Baronial Champion will be held on Sunday, June 21st and the outdoor martial arts practice. Heavy practice usually starts at 2pm once archery is done. Practice is held in LAPR field in Highland Park, located at the intersection of Washington Blvd and Allegheny River Blvd. The thrown weapons baronial champs tournament date is still TBD.

If you are planning to attend Pennsic this year, the Barony will be holding a reception in Aethelmearc Royal on Sunday August 2nd from noon-4pm. There will be both Baronial and Royal Count. Royal Court is currently scheduled from 1-2ish. Please note that the actual time of Royal Court may vary depending on Their Majesties schedule. THL Robert Pour Maintnon’s elevation to the Order of the Pelican is scheduled for that royal court.

My last bit of new is that there will be a social media transition to Aethelmearc managed social media in November. For discord that is nothing more than changing the owner of the discord server. The barony google email lists will also transfer, but the members of the email list can be imported into the new email group. Facebook is a different issue. There is not a member or content transfer process. If there is content or contacts that you want to save, do so. Note that if content is not yours, you cannot upload it to the new server without written permission via online form or email. Please see the social media policy document regarding this. https:\/\/www.sca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Society-Social-Media-Policy-April-2021.pdf<\/a>. The transition for our barony is scheduled for November. It was scheduled this late so that the baronial election process won’t be interrupted by the transition.
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