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Class List and Schedule for Æthelmearc Æcademy

11 Saturday Jun 2022

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Greetings all!

We are very excited by the first in-person Æthelmearc Æcademy since 2019!  The Shire of Coppertree is graciously hosting us at Camp Kingsley in Ava, NY on June 18th 2022.  We have a wide array of classes ready for you, so come out and learn new things!

A preliminary schedule and class list are now available on the Æthelmearc Æcademy website

PLEASE NOTE some classes require additional fees for materials or that you bring your own supplies, so be prepared if you are interested in taking those classes.

Schedule for the day is as follows:

  • Site opens at 9:00am
  • Their Majesties will be holding a short court at 9:30am
  • Classes will run 10:00am to noon
  • Lunch break from noon to 1:00pm (bag lunches provided by Duchess Rowan and the Coppertree cooks, and you must preregister for the lunch)
  • Classes 1:00pm to 4:30pm
  • Royal Court at 5:00pm

Additional event information can be found here.

The site is a boy scout camp so the classes are spread out through various buildings and grounds. If you need assistance finding your classroom let us know! All of the classroom buildings have electricity, and all of the classrooms will have bottled water for general use. The tap water in the camp is from a well-regulated spring-fed lake so it is also quite potable.

Current COVID policy for the Kingdom of Æthelmearc (and we do not expect this to change anytime soon) is that everyone over the age of 2, regardless of vaccination status, must wear a mask indoors.

All of the classrooms with the exception of the War College are indoors and, therefore, EVERYONE over the age of 2 INCLUDING TEACHERS MUST BE MASKED FOR THE DURATION OF EACH CLASS.  The classrooms will have signs reminding attendees of this fact.

We know this might be difficult to manage but we are the SCA and courtesy dictates that we follow policy, and that we are patient with the difficulties this may present. We would recommend that you each bring one or more masks, and a straw to allow you to drink out of a bottle or mug without needing to remove your mask.

You must also eat out of doors, but the autocrat has assured us that there are plenty of tables in the various open structures and porches to allow for this.

Teachers are allowed to move classes outside if permitted by the weather and class structure.

Please feel free to contact either the Æcademy staff or the autocrat, Baron Snorri skyti Bjarnarsson, if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing all of you on the 18th!

Fridrikr, Orianna, and Beatrix
Chancellors of the Æcademy and War College

Spring Æthelmearc Æcademy and War College is a go!

30 Wednesday Mar 2022

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We are pleased to announce that Spring Æthelmearc Æcademy and War College is a go!

The Æthelmearc Æcademy and War College provides a forum for the sharing of topics, research, and skills as part of the Kingdom of Æthelmearc. This year, the Shire of Coppertree is hosting the event at Camp Kingsley in Ava, New York. We have lots of space for classes of all varieties including classes in the War College and the campground kitchen!

Have you never taught at Æthelmearc Æcademy before? Check out the Resources page on the Æcademy website for helpful hints on successfully teaching at Æcademy.

Please visit the Æcademy web page for more information and to register your class.

Fridrikr & Orianna
Chancellors of the Æcademy

Event Announcement: Virtual Feast of the 7 Deadly Sins

07 Monday Feb 2022

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Attention Fencers! Do you love to talk about fencing? Do you love to inspire other fencers? Have you ever found a subject you are passionate about and wish to share your knowledge?

Have I got an offer for you!

That’s right, if you ever have aspired to teach a class at war or academy or even among your peers we offer a great platform for you!

The Barony of Delftwood is holding its annual Feast of the Seven Deadly Sins this Saturday, February 12 on Zoom. The Barony is still in desperate need for 7 kind souls to lead roundtable discussions of their choice or teach upon their knowledge of a subject of their choice. Duration of discussion is between 20 to 30 minutes and format can be of your choosing. This opportunity is open to anyone in the SCA regardless of kingdom or local area.

We anticipate a good turnout for this event as it will be drawing people for the A&S classes, All Day Bardic, two Æthelmearc Courts (one in the morning to open the event which will be real short), Baronial Court, and more activities (link to the event).

Please consider lending a much needed hand, you may email me or you may private message me @Cainnech Obrion on Facebook Messenger.

Yours in Service to the Dream, Lord Claude DuViver

Baronial Rapier Champion of the Barony of Delftwood in the Sylvan Kingdom of Æthelmearc

Chancellors of Æcademy are looking for in-person bids

24 Friday Dec 2021

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Staff Only! Greetings Æthelmearc from the Chancellors of the Æcademy,

We are looking for bids for both the Spring and Fall Æcademies in hopes that both can be in-person events with the potential for a virtual component as well.

Spring Æcademy: Preferred date June 18, 2022. As we are past the bid deadline, we are open to any group hosting.  Bids are due March 1, 2022.

Fall Æcademy: Preferred date November 12, 2022.  Rotation is to Region 4.  Bids are due April 1, 2022.

We are looking for sites ideally with the following (but will entertain any proposed bid):

  • a minimum of 5 rooms suitable for classes
  • WiFi capability – this is not a requirement but as we would like to try a hybrid in-person/virtual event we are hoping for the possibility
  • an area (indoors or out) for martial classes
  • a large commons area and suitable changing rooms, royalty room, and bathrooms
  • handicap-accessibility

Please feel free to contact us with any questions!
fridrikrinngamli@gmail.com or baronessorianna@gmail.com

In service,
Fridrikr Tomasson and Orianna Fridrikskona

 

Classes Deadline for Pennsic Family Activities Is Next Week

28 Sunday Apr 2019

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Greetings from the Family Activities Staff of the Pennsic War!

The deadline to submit classes for Pennsic that will appear in the site book is mere days away, on May 1st!

The Family Activities department runs three separate tracks of classes and activities, and all three are still looking for teachers. Teachers do not have to have been background checked or have any specific youth qualifications. They just need enthusiasm for their subject and a willingness to teach. Having a second adult for the class is helpful, but not required.

Family Point, focused on those aged under 10, is looking for teachers of hands-on crafts, mostly for Peace Week slots. If you are not sure what to teach, we have pre-packaged activities ready to go, such as Viking bead lacing and rune carving, which just need teachers.

Youth University, aimed at those aged nine to 14 (and located at the playground), is looking for SCA history, persona-specific, and hands-on classes targeted to tweens. We have openings during both Peace and War Week.

Teen University, aimed at those 13 to 17 (and located in the regular university area), is also looking for classes on SCA history, actual history, heraldry, sewing, other hands-on classes, and practically everything in which adults are also interested. Many teens also take classes at the regular university, however we provide a lower-stress entry point for those who need it. We have openings both weeks.

If you are interested in teaching, you can either enter the class in the Pennsic University System in the parent/child category with a note in the additional scheduling for either TeenU, YouthU, or Family Point, or you can email me.

Please help us provide a full slate of classes for each group in order to help our next generation fully integrate and remain interested in our society.

Many thanks,

Mistress Leonete D’Angely, Pennsic Family Activities Coordinator and former teenaged Pennsic attendee

Spring Æthelmearc Æcademy and War College Teacher Registration Now Open!

21 Wednesday Mar 2018

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Have you sensed it? 

A change in the light? A soft smell in the air? A gentle kiss of a breeze instead of an ice-knifed gale? Well, ok, not today given the snowstorm blanketing much of southern Æthelmearc, but it’s coming!

If you are weary of the bite of winter, I invite you to think of the warmer months ahead … particularly June! 

The good folk of the Shire of Abhainn Ciach Ghlais look forward to welcoming you to the Spring 2018 session of Æthelmearc Æcademy and War College, which will be held on Saturday, June 16. Event information can be found here:   http://aecademy.net/spring2018/index.shtml

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The theme for this session will be Adornments, Embellishments, Flourishes, and Garnishes.

We can all find ways to up our game, whether by adorning a garment with intricate embroidery, embellishing a tale, adding flourish to a calligraphed signature, or garnishing a tasty dish.  

Teachers are thus encouraged to offer classes that will inspire others to “kick it up a notch.”

Already, we have classes in:

  • Making turnshoes (An all-day, make-it-and-take-it class!)
  • Protocol for RP events (Helpful tips for Royalty Liasons!)
  • Running an event (Great for autocrats wanting to up their game!)
  • Scandinavian boxes (Spiff up your camp!)
  • Sewing hats (Every outfit is better with a hat!)
  • Short-sleeved Italian gown (Just right for Pennsic!)
  • Viking humor (Who knew?)

Complete descriptions for the classes being offered at Spring AEcademy can be found here:  http://aecademy.net/spring2018/classlist.php

For this session, we will be using two sites: one is a church with typical classrooms;  the other is a fire hall with one large open room.  

Having two kitchens means that those wishing to teach hands-on cooking classes will be able to do so without interfering with lunch prep. The fire hall is especially suited for multi-hour, messy classes.

Brewers will be pleased to learn that the fire hall will allow us to offer a Brewers’ Guild Roundtable. 

For the martially inclined, we have a large, flat open field that can accommodate any number of fighters and fencers.

In addition, Duchess Ilish is already working to line up a stellar slate of classes for our Youth Track. We welcome classes taught by our youthful artisans as well as for them.

I hope you will consider sharing your knowledge, skills, and passions with AEthelmearc by teaching a class (or two!)

To register your class, please visit   http://www.aecademy.net/registration/index.php?submit=+On+to+Registration+ and fill in the requested information.

The class schedules for recent sessions of AEcademy have filled up more than a month before the event. To avoid disappointment, please don’t wait to register your class … sign up TODAY!

Have something in mind that’s a little out-of-the-box? Write to me at   ae.aecademy@aethelmearc.org! 

Yours, in Service to the Arts and Æthelmearc,
Mistress Alicia Langland, Chancellor, Æthelmearc Æcademy

Share the Knowledge! How to Turn Your A&S Project Into a Class

07 Thursday Apr 2016

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From Mistress Alicia Langland, Chancellor of the Æthelmearc Æcademy:

Were you one of the many artisans who devoted uncounted hours to researching, crafting, and documenting your Ice Dragon entry?

Photo by Lady Aine ny Allane.

Photo by Lady Aine ny Allane.

So much time and effort went into your piece … Wouldn’t it be nice to have all that work transcend a single event?

Why not have your Pent entry do double duty by using what you’ve created as the basis for a class?

Here are some ideas to get you started:

Historical Background Class

The research you did for your entry provides you with the historical background and practices needed to understand who, when, where, why, and how someone in the Middle Ages would have crafted your item.  This information would also be of interest to students in a class.  In a Historical Background class based on your research, you might include information about:
  • the item’s time period, culture, or geographical area
  • the artifact, illustration or painting, historical document, or website that inspired your work
  • how your item would have been produced in the Middle Ages or Renaissance
  • additional books, websites, and other sources you used for researching your project

Sharing this information will speed your students on their way toward creating their own versions.

How-I-Did-It Class
Chances are, as you created your item, you had to make decisions along the way.  A class in which you describe in detail the decisions you made — about tools, materials, and procedures — would be of immense help to someone who’s always wanted to try doing what you’ve accomplished.  In a How-I-Did-It class based on your entry, you might include information about:
  • what tools and materials you used to make your item, why you chose them, and where you obtained them (If you made the tools you used, include how you did that as well!)
  • what techniques you used and why you used them
  • any particular steps you would change if you were to do this project again

Especially helpful — in addition to your finished project, of course — would be any practice pieces or missteps.  Sharing problems to avoid or solutions that worked for you would give your students confidence that they, too, can be successful.

Make-and-Take Class

With the knowledge and skills gained by creating your entry, you can help others make their own great thing.  By providing tried-and-tested materials and demonstrating recommended techniques, you can help your students avoid time-consuming and costly mistakes.  In a Make-and-Take class based on your entry, you might provide:
  • (for a reasonable fee) supplies and materials needed to make the item
  • loaner tools needed to make the item
  • step-by-step instructions needed to make the item

If you took progress photos of your entry as you worked on it, these would provide you with a step-by-step format to follow in your class.  Sharing the photos with the class would help visual learners — those who learn best by seeing — understand and remember what you’ve said.  They would also serve as a reminder for students who continue working after the class is over.

You’ve already done so much work to create your piece … in fact, much of the work of putting together a class is already done!

If you have questions about how to turn your Ice Dragon entry into a class, please contact me at ae.aecademy@aethelmearc.org

Event Announcement and Call for Classes, College of Three Ravens

10 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Illumination by Lady Mairghread Stiobhard Inghean uí Choinn

 

The Avian and Industrious Barony of Thescorre is pleased to again announce that the College of Three Ravens will be in held on February 21st, 2015. The College will take place at the Western Presbyterian Church, located at 101 E. Main St, Palmyra, NY  14622. The site will open at 9:00am and close at 9:00pm. Those present after 9:00 pm may be pressed into clean-up duties! Classes will begin at 10:00am and continue until at least 4:00pm. The site is handicapped accessible and has ample parking.
We are anticipating a pleasing variety of classes. If you have a class that you would like to teach, please contact the Chancellor of Classes, Lady Kadlin Sigvaldakona kadlin@thescorre.org. Please see her call for classes, below.

With your paid reservation, please include “C3R” in the subject line.
The adult site fee of $7 includes a sideboard lunch (children under eighteen – $4, children under 5 – free). A family cap of $22 for the *site fees only* will be in effect. A $5 non-member surcharge must be collected at the door for adults without proof of membership. The site is dry, no alcohol permitted. No flames – open or enclosed are allowed.

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Lady Elen Woderose speaks with Lady Mairghread Stiobhard Inghean uí Choinn, the autocrat of College of Three Ravens 2014. Photo credit, Lord Simon Peregrin (Bob Wheeler).

 

A sideboard lunch will be prepared by Baroness Mistress Sadira bint Saleem-(315-524-9823) pchakalis@yahoo.com. A Tour Across Europe feast will be prepared by Baroness Nuzah bint Saleem-(585 615 0398 mins469@yahoo.com) with assistance from Lady Elzbieta and Lord Andrew. Please contact Baroness Nuzah by 1/31/15 with dietary restrictions. Adult feast is $9 (children under eighteen – $5, children under 5 – free). Feast seating is limited to 85. Feast reservation cannot be guaranteed unless reserved by 2/15/15.

Pre-reservation for this event is always appreciated for planning both the sideboard & feast. Please send reservations to the reservationist/tollner ­­­­­­­­­­­­ THL Otelia d’Alsace ( Esther Heller, 1355 Walworth-Penfield Rd, Walworth NY 14568 galoot@localnet.com). Checks are to be made payable to SCA NY Inc – Barony of Thescorre. Please do include modern name, SCAdian name & membership number (where appropriate) for each person to be covered by your payment. Also, indicate if any are minors, and for whom feast reservations are desired. Inclusion of contact info will be invaluable in clarifications. Please remember that the only good reservation is a paid reservation.

For further information or questions, please contact the autocrat: Lady Mairghread Stiobhard Inghean uí Choinn (Margaret Wilcox) at wilcox.margaret@gmail.com or 585-414-3748 before 8:30 pm.

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At the 2013 College of Three Ravens, the feast featured this delicious dessert sideboard. Photo Credit, Lady Mairghread Stiobhard Inghean uí Choinn.

 

Call for Classes

Unto the Good Gentles of Aethelmearc does Lady Kaðlin Sigvaldakona send Greetings!

As Chancellor of Classes for the upcoming College of Three Ravens event in the Industrious Barony of Thescorre, I am humbly requesting for gentles to share their knowledge and skills by signing up to teach a class (or two)!  This day of teaching and learning will be on February 21, 2015 at the Western Presbyterian Church, located at 101 E. Main St, Palmyra, NY 14622.

Please use the following format when supplying information:

 SCA Name: (as you wish it to appear in the class listings)

E-mail address:
Class Name:
Class Description:

Class Format: (lecture, round-table, hands-on, etc)
Length of Class: (one 50 min block or two 50 min blocks)

Handouts provided: (yes/no)

Participant Fees: (if any)

Class Limits/Restrictions: (# of participants, no children, children with supervision, etc.)
Room/equipment requirements: (table space, access to sink, use of projector, etc )

Preferred teaching time: (am, pm, either)

Please send emails to kadlin@thescorre.org with ‘C3R’ in the subject line.

 

Yours in service,

Lady Kaðlin Sigvaldakona

Chancellor of Classes

College of Three Ravens, 2015