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Virtual Pax Interruptus Is This Weekend

02 Thursday Jul 2020

Posted by aethgazette in Arts & Sciences, Æthelmearc History, Event Announcements & Updates, Heavy List, Music, SCA @ Home

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Baron Sir Athos participating in the fighting at Pax in 2016. Photo by Baroness Katja

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.

Schedule

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.

Open Socializing

In addition, Zoom rooms will be available for free chatting and hanging out at various times throughout Saturday:

  • Room 4, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • Room 5, 11:00 a.m. to Noon
  • Room 6, Noon to 5:45 p.m.
  • Room 5, 3:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Merchants Row

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.

Login Access

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.”

The Zoom rooms will have waiting rooms associated with them. Baroness Nuzah will admit you as soon as she is able, based on what is happening in the room.
Also note that the login info for Room 4 is different for Friday night than it is for  Saturday. Please use the correct info for the correct day.

More Information

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)

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KMOAS Adds Virtual A&S Calendar to Website

22 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by aethgazette in Arts & Sciences, Kingdom News, SCA @ Home

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In addition the the Kingdom A&S Virtual Resource page, the A&S Minister’s Office offers a new resource:

With the Æthelmearc populace at large getting comfortable with going virtual, we suddenly have opportunities to attend local meetings which otherwise would be too far of a drive, especially on a week night. To help the populace find and attend local groups’ arts & sciences meetings and activities, the Kingdom Ministry of Arts & Sciences is adding a calendar of (virtual) arts & sciences practices, organized on a local level but in these times of change, available to the kingdom at large.

Are you planning a demo on baking bread? A show and tell of all the intriguing knickknacks you’ve collected over the years that normally don’t leave the house? A special on nalbinding, different seam treatments, what have you? Help us get the word out, and you might get some out-of-towners enjoying the wonderful things your demo, workshop, or practice has to offer!

We would ask of the arts & sciences ministers and organizers to give us a quick heads up of your special event so we can add your awesome event to our kingdom A&S roster. The Kingdom Ministry of Arts & Sciences website now has a simple fill-in form to report your special practice, and the information will be collated and available to everyone – similar to the kingdom event page.

Thank you,

Elska á Fjárfelli,
deputy KMOAS

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New to Æthelmearc? ÆLive Wants Your Stories!

08 Monday Jun 2020

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Covid-19, Newcomers, Virtual Learning

AELive VikingÆLive is looking for short 1- to 2-minute-long videos of new-to-Æthelmearc citizens. These videos would be your way of introducing yourself, or your family, to the Kingdom during these times of isolation.

These videos will be collected and featured in a future episode(s) of ÆLive. If you would like to join in, please send an e-mail stating your interest to aeliveentertainment@aethelmearc.org. Once the e-mail is received, further instructions will be given.

Many of us are missing the opportunity to meet new people during these strange times and we would LOVE to meet you! So please, reach out to me and let the Kingdom know who our new and future citizens of Æthelmearc are!

In Service to the Dream and Æthelmearc,

Duchess Siobhan

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The Kingdom Ministry of Arts & Sciences adds Virtual Resources to KMOAS website

14 Tuesday Apr 2020

Posted by aethgazette in Announcements, Arts & Sciences, KMOAS, Research

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To help our artisans navigate the medieval and renaissance arts & sciences while living through our current time of making history, the Kingdom Office of Arts & Sciences has added a chapter of Virtual Resources to our website. On this page you will find links to interesting and informative YouTube videos, websites and Facebook group pages devoted to various topics, as well as other useful A&S information.

The information is divided into two parts: first we list all our Kingdom and populace resources, and second we list virtual resources from all over the Knowne Worlde. Included are Æthelmearc Book of Faces arts & sciences groups, as well as Society-wide arts & sciences groups; Kingdom & populace YouTube channels and playlists; populace websites; populace publications (hosted on Academia). As well as society-wide Virtual Learning, of which the Book of Faces group SCA Virtual Classroom and Artisan Display has gained the most traction, and society-wide general arts & sciences Facebook groups (of which there are so many!).

To see Tony Robinson squirm his way through fulling woolen fabric with lots of human urine, watch The Worst Jobs in History: Middle Ages

I even included a list of my favorite free YouTube channels and playlists of documentaries and shows detailing medieval and renaissance life for those days we’d rather see someone else go through the effort of… fulling woolen cloth with human urine (Tony Robinson in The Worst Jobs in History)… cooking indoor dinner over open fire without a chimney (Lucy Worsley in If Walls Could Talk)… building a castle from scratch (I kid you not, and that would be Guedelon Castle in France)… or kitting out and training a medieval war horse (Modern History TV) – there is something funny, intriguing, educational, for anyone.

Our list will be updated as information becomes available –and we hope this will be soon, too! Are you an Æthelmearc citizen and do you have a blog, a website, a YouTube channel, or an Academia profile that we did not as of yet list? Please share! The more, the merrier!

Of course, it is our full intention to keep our Kingdom collection of Virtual Resources available and updated for now, as well as for the future.

Yours in service,
Elska

Email the deputy KMOAS office
The website for the KMOAS
A direct link to the Virtual Resources page

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