28 Monday Mar 2022
Posted in Bardic, Court Reports
Here begins the Report of the Court of Gareth and Juliana King and Queen of Æthelmearc, at the Virtual Bardic Champions, February 5, AS 56. jorundr hinn rotinn Silver Buccle Herald reporting.
Their Majesties thanked all who entered Their championship, and then called both finalists to attend Them.
They named Master Morien MacBain King’s Bardic Champion and THLady Maggie Rue Queen’s Bardic Champion.
Court Closed.
19 Monday Oct 2020
Posted in Court Reports
The Report of the Æthereal Court of Maynard and Liadain, King and Queen of Æthelmearc, held on the 11th day of July Anno Societatis 55 at the Æthelmearc Æcademy, Baron Brandubh O’Donnghaile, Jewel Herald.
Their Majesties Maynard and Liadain opened Their Court and welcomed all who had attended the Æthelmearc Æcademy.
Baroness Elena de la Palma, Dean of the Æthelmearc Æcademy was invited to speak.
She spoke of her appreciation for all of the Teachers, Zoomerators, Class attendees, and Baroness Amalie Reinhardt for technical assistance. Their Majesties in turn thanked Baroness Elena and all her staff for hosting the Virtual Æthelmearc Æcademy.
Their Majesties invited the Kingdom Ministers of Arts and Sciences Master Hrolfr a Fjarfelli and Mistress Elska a Fjarfelli into court.
Hrolfr and Elska spoke about the Virtual Queen’s Prize Tournament which had just concluded.
They were truly in awe of the response.
In the Wake of Ice Dragon and Artisans Faire events being cancelled, Hrolfr and Elska wanted to give the artisans of Æthelmearc a forum to display the Arts and Sciences.
To this end, they opened the Virtual Queen’s Prize Tourney for artists to publicly share their work and documentation openly to all the Known World, and receive feedback on their work.
18 artisans had presented 23 separate entries into the virtual Tournament.
Master Hrolfr and Mistress Elska then presented the prize for best documentation and overall winner of the tournament to Lady Ilaria of Delftwood for her entry of Three Early 15th Century Bourrelet Headdresses. Scroll is a work in progress.
His Majesty Maynard awarded the King’s Choice honor to THL Gesa van Wellenstein for her entry of a White scarf Scroll award scroll. Scroll is a work in progress
Her Majesty Liadain presented the Queen’s Choice award to Baroness Aranwen Ap Rhys Verch Gwalter for her entry of a Pagan Lady of the Isle of Man Necklace from Late 900AD Recreation . Scroll a work in progress
Lady Fede di Fiore was then called into Their Majesties’ Court. Before all witnesses here assembled, Their Majesties inducted Lady Fede into the Order of the Fleur d’Æthelmearc for her outstanding and continuing work in tailoring garments, clothing and teaching the art of the seamstress. Scroll Border limning by Lady Serena Milani, scrivened and medallions painted by Lady Magdalena Txoperena, parchment prepared by Lady Niccola Beese, upon a text by Don Jehan le Blanc.
Her Majesty Liadain then spoke of her inspiration for the day, and spoke of Baroness Amalie Reinhardt for all of her support of the online efforts to hold the Virtual Æthelmearc Æcademy and Court. So Her Majesty presented her a personal token.
Their Majesties thanked everyone for attending Æcademy and Their Court. They are exploring some possible options for non-traditional courts, so please submit award recommendations.
Their Majesties thanked Baroness Elena de la Palma and Baroness Amalie Reinhardt and all their staff for their efforts in bringing the event to everyone this day.
They thanked scribes and medallion makers who had work to create the beautiful works of art that were given in Their Court, and reminded the populace to watch AE Live online.
Court closed.
02 Thursday Jul 2020
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online A&S, Online Activities, Pax Interruptus, Thescorre, virtual A&S, Virtual Court, Virtual Learning
Baron Sir Athos participating in the fighting at Pax in 2016. Photo by Baroness Katja.
Pax is happening tomorrow and Saturday!
Over the past four months, nearly all current and near-future events and practices across the Known World have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID19 pandemic.
The Barony of Thescorre, however, rather than cancelling its annual summer camping event, Pax Interruptus, decided to move it online to offer a virtual event this weekend.
Although there cannot be in-person heavy fighting, fencing, archery, and thrown weapons as the event has boasted for almost 40 years, there will be online classes, some drumming, a bardic circle, a baronial court, and videos to celebrate past Pax events and Thescorre history throughout the day on Saturday. Numerous Thescorreans provided photographs for the nostalgic slideshows.
For those of you desperately missing the opportunity to see friends and hang out as you normally do at the event, there will be open socializing time available throughout Saturday.
On Friday, the Barony will host a concert by the international minstrel group Wolgemut, famous and well loved for its performances at SCA events like Pennsic and Gulf Wars as well as numerous Renaissance faires and events throughout the world.
Further, to support the merchants who normally offer their wares at the event, there will be a virtual merchants row.
The event will take place in several rooms on Zoom.
According to Their Excellencies Eldjarn and Dubheasa:
It’s important for our SCA community to continue having opportunities to interact, even when required to be physically separate. We may not be able to have our usual martial activities, but we can still see, socialize, and learn from each other. It’s a time to reminisce and continue to acknowledge the contributions of our populace. Sharing goodwill and appreciation is critical to the emotional well-being of many while we must isolate away from our friends and family. We would much rather do so face to face, but for the time being at least, this is what we can do safely. Come join us this weekend.
Friday: 7 p.m., Room 4, Wolgemut concert
Saturday:
| 9:00 a.m. | Rooms Open
Rooms 4, 5, & 6 |
| 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. | Virtual Weedwalk with Sadira
Room 4 Since we can’t gather at the campground, come join me in my garden and field of weeds – I mean “lawn” – for a virtual weedwalk, featuring food, medicine, and tool plants that can be found in this area! Videography by Nuzah. The revised handout that would have been used for Pennsic 2020 can be accessed online here. Several poison plant handouts, originally intended for child care students who wanted to open home day care centers, which may be handy for parents in this time of “crisis schooling,” are here and here. |
| 10:00 to 10:50 a.m. | Wash Your Hands! with Gwenhwyvar Thredegold
Room 5 Making a felted wool soap ball. If you want to play along, you’ll need a bar or two of your favorite soap and some wool roving or felting wool in whatever colors you want. This is a kid-friendly project! |
| 11:00 to 11:50 a.m. | 14th Century Parti-Colored Cotehardie with Gwen Cooke
Room 6 14th century parti-colored cotehardie history and construction. Have you ever wanted to know a bit about the history of those lovely multi-color dresses we see folks wearing at events? Ever wanted to display your heraldry in an absolutely stunning fashion? Ever wanted to hide geeky references to your favorite things in some of the most comfortable garb you’ll ever own? Come on over to the cotehardie class! Creating a parti-colored cotehardie with handmade fabric buttons may be just the project you need to undertake. We’ll chat a bit about the history and documentation behind the construction of a parti-colored cotehardie and then I’ll walk through the steps in constructing the garment and how to add little bits of heraldry or other fun moments into your garb (like my Gryffindor-themed red and gold cotehardie). I’ll happily talk through the process as well as how the steps of construction of the dress can also be used to create a parti-colored tunic as well. The class will discuss history, documentation, the steps to create, and even the hand-sewing techniques that will help your clothing hold up for years of events. |
| Noon to 1:00 p.m. | Their Excellencies Eldjarn & Dubheasa Sit in State
Room 5 An open time for gentles to speak with the Baron and Baroness of Thescorre. Their Excellencies will speak to individuals or small groups in turn, so please be patient while waiting in the queue. |
| 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. | Middle Eastern Drumming & Dancing
Room 5 Raven Raqs Beladi, Thescorre’s longtime drumming and dancing troupe, will hold a casual circle/hafla. Gentles are welcome to listen, dance, or drum along, but please silence your microphones. Chat will be available. |
| 4:00 p.m. | Baronial Court
Room 4 Their Excellencies and Baronial Herald Andrew will address the populace. |
| 6:00 p.m. | Thescorre Fighters Video
Room 6 An entertaining video created by the Barony’s fighting community that they hope you will find amusing and touching. |
| 6:30 p.m. | Pax Through the Ages – A Slide Show
Room 5 A compilation of photographs of various activities and gentles at the event over the past several decades. |
| 7:00 p.m. | This Is Thescorre – A Slide Show
Room 4 A compilation of photographs celebrating the Barony and its people over the past several decades. |
| 7:30 p.m. | Bardic Circle
Room 6 An open circle for singers, storytellers, and poets to perform. |
In addition, Zoom rooms will be available for free chatting and hanging out at various times throughout Saturday:
Finally, the pandemic has taken a huge toll on merchants throughout the Society for Creative Anachronism, many of whom make a majority of their livelihoods at spring and summer events each year. In order to support them and provide visibility, the Barony is hosting a virtual Merchants Row.
Links and business information for various merchants will be available here. The page will go live this weekend and be available through to the end of July (when Pennsic would have occurred). Please support SCA merchants if you can.
No login information will be released through any public social media channels in order to prevent scammers from joining the Zoom rooms.
If you are not on Thescorre’s email distribution list and wish to attend the event, please email Thescorre’s webminister, Baroness Nuzha bint Saleem, at webminister AT Thescorre DOT org.
She can also be reached via direct message on Facebook Messenger at “Melinda DeHollander.”
For more about the event, please see Thescorre’s website here and the event Facebook page here.
For more about Wolgemut, please see their Facebook page here or their website here.
Reporting by Baroness Katja Davidova Orlova Khazarina (Chris Adler-France)
24 Tuesday Mar 2020
Posted in Announcements, Royalty, Tidings
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Unto grand and glorious Æthelmearc do Timothy and Gabrielle send greetings.
We would like to first offer our condolences to any and all throughout the world who have lost friends or loved ones because of this pandemic. And, to those people across the world fighting the battle of their lives, our hearts and prayers go out to you. We are all cheering you on, and will make what sacrifices we may to halt the spread of this virus.
But, we’d like to do some small thing to give all of our lives here in Æthelmearc some semblance of normalcy. Most of us could use the distraction of an event. To this end, this Saturday at 1pm, we will live stream a court. We apologize for the length of the court, but we will be awarding everything, including our sigils and some back log scrolls. The only exceptions to this list are our peerage elevations.
So, put on garb if you like, put out some feast gear, fill your mug and join us Saturday when we will recognize the following gentles for their hard work, dedication and contributions to this society we all love:
Aaron the Swift
Abdullah al-Rashid
Aegis of Thescorre
Alan de Stanley
Amalie Reinhardt
Annika Iosafova
Antoinette de Lorraine
Aranwen verch Rhys ap Gwalter
Aurelie of Nithgaard
Cormacc mac Gilla Brigde
Edith Winterton
Elena de la Palma
Eli of Thescorre
Elisabetta Tempesta
Fede di Fiore
Genevieve O’Connor
Gesa von Wellenstein
Gille MacDhonuill
Guillaume le Noir
Hunda-dorir called the Pintsman
Master Illadore de Bedagrayne
Isolda De Leycestre
Ivan Doppletrigg Snorrisson
Jakob Krahe
Jan, Al-Tha’lab, known as Fox
Kara Ivarsdottir
Keris Silber
Leo Dietrich
Nycaise D’Ozier la Tailleresse
Ragnar inn raudi
Sarafina Kowalewska
Sebastianne La Rousse
Skeggi Thorfinnson
Snorri skyti Bjarnarson
Sorcha McKenzie
Steinervor Hest
Sumayya al Gaziyyah
Tassin Tresseaul
Ulf the Barelegged
Tychon Hearkleous
Vedis Aradottir
Wyllow of the Cliffs
The citizens of Æthelmearc have remained a shining example of kindness and generously, stepping up time and again to serve their fellow man, and we are humbled by the privilege of being surrounded by so many wonderful people. It is an honor for us both to call ourselves one of you, and we remain in your service,
Timothy and Gabrielle
Note: Per His Majesty, information on how to connect to the livestream will be provided later this week.
21 Saturday Mar 2020
Posted in Announcements, Kingdom News, Royalty, Tidings
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Unto Æthelmearc do Timothy and Gabrielle send greetings,
Strange times call for novel solutions. With that in mind, Gabrielle and I have started making the arrangements to live stream a court. On 3/28 at 1pm, we will begin to stream.
As you can imagine this plan is really just coming together. With the exception of the remaining peerage elevations, the rest of our docket will be cleared. This includes, amongst other things, our Jewel, a Fleur, a Millrind, and a pair of Gages.
Unless someone comes up with a better idea, we will be publishing the docket in advance, so the recipients know to watch the stream.
We will save our peerage elevations to be done in regency court once things settle back down.
Thank you, and please stay safe,
Timothy and Gabrielle