Encampment VIII: Siege the Dane June 20, 21, & 22, 2008
Lincoln Way Recreation Center
2817 SR 602
Bucyrus, Ohio 44856
419-562-4363
Pre-register with the Gatekeeper by June 13, 2008:
$7.00 per adult (max $20 per family)
Ages 6 to 16 $3.00
5 and under - free
Camping: $5 per tent, per night
A $3.00 surcharge applies to all adult non-member admissions
On Thursday nights, City Park in Bowling Green, Ohio, is alive with the sounds of rattan on steel as members of the local SCA branch practice their armored combat skills. Adam Lewis of BG News (Bowling Green State University) has the story.
June 27-29, 2008
Camp Carlson, 9210 US Route 60, Fort Knox, Kentucky 40121
Join us as the forces of the Middle and Meridies once again clash on
the fields of Fort Carlson in Fort Knox Kentucky. We promise plenty of
melees and more fighting than you can shake a stick at.
The Barony of Brendoken, located in the northeastern part of the Middle Kingdom, chose its new martial and A&S champions last weekend at the Brendokenfest event. Our own THL Milica of Varna captured an extensive photo album from the day's festivities.
1297 years and 4 days earlier, on April 29, 711, Tariq ibn Ziyad (Taric the One Eyed) swept into Visigothic Hispania. After his Berber armies arrived at Gibraltar, the Iberian Peninsula would never be the same again.
The influences brought by Tariq and his men would resonate through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, making this area a crossroads of music, literature, and social practices.
The Barony of Fenix is proud to host The Spring Crown Tournament of the Middle Kingdom and the Kingdom Arts & Sciences Competition!
This will be held Memorial Day weekend at the Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center! This is a lovely site with reasonable room rates, restaurants, a tavern, a nightclub, and a lovely pool complex onsite.
Saturday will be a day of the best arts and sciences of our Kingdom on display for competition. There will be A&S roundtable discussions! There will be rapier combat! There will be a Scribal Meet-and-Greet!
Where:
Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds
259 S Tuscarawas Ave
Dover, OH
When:
April 12th -- 9:30 am – 9:00 pm
Activities Include:
Equestrian authorizations and open competition
Archery championship and open shoot
A&S championship, open competition, and noncompetitive display
Heavy combat championship & open tourney
A day of classes and sharing for heralds and scribes. There will be Herald's and Scribe's reference libraries, an active Herald's Point, and Roundtable discussions for both Heralds and Scribes. Also: general-interest classes, childcare, Lunch Tavern and Feast.
Officials in the Middle Kingdom confirmed today that selected, experienced fighters will soon be testing "probability-driven combat simulation" using equipment that departs radically from traditional SCA armour and weapon standards.
Sir Galen of Bristol, an SCA Knight resident in the Middle Kingdom, has announced that he will be an independent candidate for the Illinois state legislature.
Teribus (featuring Midrealm drummer Nevik) will be performing their first concert within the borders of the Barony of Fenix in the Middle Kingdom on March 22, 2008.
Kevin O'Shaughnessy reports that Christian Fournier, of the Middle Kingdom, has been elevated to the Order of the Laurel "for his studies and practice of period German wrestling, as well as support of period combat studies in general."
Clancy Returns to Japan Hosted by Starleaf Gate and the Barony of Roaring Wastes At the Hazel Park Recreation Center 620 W Woodward Heights Hazel Park, MI 48030
5th of April, 2008
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
Site Fee:
6 and under: FREE
6 to 12: $5.00
0ver 12: $8.00
Non-Member Fee: $3.00
$1.00 off if you come in Japanese garb.
Feast: $12.00 per person.
Feast will feature authentic Japanese cuisine, including: (No Fish)
Saint Valentine's Day in the Canton of Three Hills February 9, 2008, 9am-10pm; Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49001
BIGGER & BETTER THIS YEAR!
More Room for Heavy Fighters, Melees, Fencers and Spectators!! Including space in the large fight hall for small seating areas along the walls!!
Don’t forget we have the Best Shopping this side of the Pennsic War!!
This year will be themed on the Crusades that happened between 1095 and 1291. There will be classes, fighting and more all based around the Crusades. The event will also be a Tournament of Chivalry.
When: February 2, 2008
Where: Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, Ohio
Site will be open at 8:30 am and will close at 10:00 pm. This is a totally DRY site.
AUGLAIZE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
Wapakoneta OH
This is a site change from previous years.
The theme for the weekend is:
HOIST YOUR COLORS
so bring your banners and let's see them fly!!
As always we will have fighting and more fighting
Archery, and other sharp pointy things
Merchants (contact me if you want to merchant Ashgrove@bright.net)
Last weekend, the Marche of Alderford, a local group in the Middle Kingdom, hosted a fighter practice and ad hoc silent auction to help a cancer patient in a neighboring group pay for her medical expenses. SCAtoday.net's Editor, THL Milica of Varna, was there and has posted a photo album.
Submitted by Malcolm Mor on Sat, 2007/12/29 - 13:57.Middle | Milestones
The family of Tim Coy, known in these Current Middle ages as Lord Cedric Westbrooke, Squire to Sir Alan Culross, suffered a horrible tragedy when his wife Lady Audrey Westbrooke (MKA Lisa Coy) died in a house fire early on the morning of Christmas Eve.
Submitted by TheDragon515 on Fri, 2007/12/28 - 23:34.Middle | Milestones
On Thursday, December 20, Teresa Calderon, who was 20 years old, passed away due to a tragic accident. She was a member of The Crows Nest household founded by Garvin the Slow. She was also a lapsed member of the Barony of Cleftlands and the shires of Alderford and Gwyntarian, in the Middle Kingdom.
Viscountess Elashava bas Riva of Northshield recently braved the weather and traveled south for Bardic Madness South which took place December 15, 2007 in the March of Loch Morrow (Macomb, IL). She reports and shares photos.
It's time again to come together in mid-winter, enjoy the warmth of friendship & eat questionable food as Würm Wald Presents FESTIVAL Of MAIDENS 35: ÞORRABLÓT III
Saturday 19 January 2008
Historic Lincoln Hotel 209 South Broadway • Urbana, IL 61801
Come Join Us for the Usual Mayhem and Fun! Site Opens 9 am • Site closes 12 midnight
The Province of Tree-Girt-Sea presents our Annual Twelfth Night Celebration! Join us in celebrating the season and the traditions that make this time! Our theme is the Seven Deadly Sins – so expect some examination of them along with ways that we can combat them and embrace the virtues.
Site Fee:.
Adults $8 before 1/1/8,$10 day of, Children 6-12 $5, Children under 6 free, family cap $26 pre-reg, $30 day of. A $3 non-member surcharge applies to anyone without proof of membership. Please make checks payable to Society for Creative Anacronism, Inc./Province of Tree-Girt-Sea."
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/12/22 - 14:22.Cooking | Middle
2008/03/01 - 09:00
2008/03/01 - 21:00
US/Eastern
Join the Marche of Three Towers for the second Oaken Regional Cook's Symposium. Join us as the cooks of the kingdom share knowledge, discuss and learn new techniques (and old techniques), share recipes, and, of course, eat. The site is handicapped accessible. There will be activities on both floors, and there is an elevator between.
St. Timothy's Lutheran Church
1262 Ashland Rd
Mansfield, OH 44905
The Barony of the Middle Marches is pleased to invite all gentles to Middle Marches Baronial Twelfth Night: A day of Dancing, Feasting and Bardic Revelry!
January 19, 2008, A.S. 42
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Hilliard Presbyterian Church
3600 Leap Rd
Hilliard, OH 43026
Site fees: $6.00 per gentle over age 12, $3.00 for children 6-12, Free for babes in arms. Family fee maximum is $18.00 (does NOT include the $3.00 per person non-member surcharge, if applicable)
If music be the food of love – play on! The Marche of Alderford proudly presents The Masque of Courtly Love XII: Play On! February 23, 2008
9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
1720 Schneider St. NW
North Canton, Ohio 44720
New larger site ~ more list space ~ heavy and rapier fighting ~ spacious populace lounge ~ three tracks of classes ~ theatre and bardic performance opportunities ~ Brendoken baronial court ~ additional feast places ~ Medieval Science Fair.
Crimthann Becc, a self-described "annoying little shutterbug," posted a few pictures from the Christmas Tourney held in the Barony of Flame, in the southern reaches of the Middle Kingdom.
