What a busy many months it has been. I apologize for the lack of updates.
I want to take a moment and thank everyone who was involved with my Award of Arms at Fall Coronation, I'm honored to now be known as Lady Margery.
My plan is to submit my SCA name and device within the next month. I'll announce when it is approved :)
I'm also a proud owner of some stainless steel lamaller armor - YES, I will be getting out there and learning heavy fighting, now that the weather is a bit cooler :)
I'm also looking forward to submitting into my first Art/Sci on Oct 22nd, 2011 over at the Carpe Artes!
I will be submitting a Viking Knit piece.
Well, off to get ready for a Bacon and Brownies Documentation party!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
April 2011 Dates to Remember
Greetings everyone! Wow! As I look into April - there is ALOT going on! Please hold on to this email as the whole month of events and dates will be noted!
Dates of Interest for April:
Friday - Sunday April 1st-3rd - Spring Coronation - Camp Ocala
http://www.oldenfeld.net/events/coronationspring2011/
Copied from the Seneschal group via Lady Lucrezia sarta di Napoli:
Greetings Everyone,
The Order of the Rose will be sponsoring a William Marshal style Fundraiser tourney this weekend to support the Kingdom War Chest.
So please remember to have some $$cash$$ on hand to come participate in the Tourney.
The format is this:
The lyst will start at 2pm and run for one hour ending at 3pm. (It will run for one hour...it's scheduled for 2pm, but start time largely depends on the end time of the Champion Trimaris Lyst.)
The minimum buy-in for the Tourney is $5. For $5 dollars you will receive 3 flowers. You may purchase as many flowers as you like, there is no limit. The flowers will be $2 each or 3 for $5. As the fights are fought, the lady for whom the fighter is fighting holds their flowers. After each bout, the fighter that has not been victorious bestows one of his flowers to the lady of the victor.
At the end of the lyst, the fighter whose consort holds the most flowers will be declared the victor.
Please know that the Kingdom War Chest is one of things that enables things like, hay, propane, decorations, and many other things that benefit the whole Kingdom at War. When the Kingdom has a healthy War Chest it benefits the whole Kingdom at War.
I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!
HRM Grainne
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Saturday April 2nd - Shire Social - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - If you are participating and would like to eat, please bring your own cutting board, kitchen knife and $1 to go towards the food that will be prepared. The social needs to start at 4pm so we can prepare the stew and get it on the stove by 5pm - to eat by 7pm. While it is simmering, Thora will bread - This social will be entirely focused on Period Cooking. A few of the fighters will be heading to coronation, so there will be NO heavy fighter practice.
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Saturday April 9th - No Shire Social due to preparing for the Southern Trimaris Fighting Practice.
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Sunday April 10th - Southern Trimaris Fighting Practice - North Fort Myers - 12pm noon - be ready to fight at 1pm
All fighters are welcome to participate. This is the first of the monthly rotating fighter practices between Broward, West Palm, and Southwest Florida.
For more information be sure to join the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/southern-trimaris-fighter-practice?hl=en
If you are not a fighter, and would like to come out to support your fighters, or even come out for the day to learn more about it, please do. You will need to bring your own camp chair and whatnot for the afternoon. We will be outside for the afternoon.
If you have fabric, materials, garb, armor, etc., that you would like to barter or sell, there will be a few tables available to set up for a market row, Please let me know if you plan to set something up, so I can plan out the areas.
Also, it would be a lot easier on me if a couple people who were planning to come and watch could lend a hand in the beginning to help with parking and troll it'd be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you can be here by 11:30am - it would be great if at least 3 people could help out.
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Saturday April 16th - No Shire Social due to supporting our fighters at Tournament of the Rose.
Saturday April 16th - Tournament of the Rose - West Palm
http://www.seamarch.net/events.html
A number of Shire of Trisel light weapon fighters will be participating in this event.
Site Fee is $10 and if you choose to have feast it is also $10. Please see the link for more information.
There will be no Shire Social today to give people an opportunity to support our fighters in this tournament. If you are planning to go, please let me know, and we can all carpool over there.
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Sunday April 17th - Shire of Trisel Monthly Moot - 11am
We have 2 locations to choose from I Need everyone's response on this so we can set a new location: (The Butterfly Estates is now closed on Sundays)
--- Lakes Park in South Fort Myers - You have to pay to park - I think I was told it's $2 -
This is the same Park as the January Medieval Faire.
--- Centennial Park in Downtown Fort Myers - Park under the 41 Bridge and we can reserve a pavilion for up to 3 hours for free
Each location has it's pros and cons - I will gather everyone's input and a decision will be made by April 10th.
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Saturday April 23rd - Shire Social & Heavy Fighters Practice - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - Topic to TBD at 4/2 Social
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Saturday April 30th - Shire Social & Heavy Fighters Practice - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - Topic to TBD at 4/23 Social
----------------------------------
Kingdom of Trimaris Upcoming Events:
http://trimaris.org/upcomingevents
-------------------------------------
Local fun events that you may be interested in:
Bay Area Ren Fest:
http://www.bayarearenaissancefest.com/index.html
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Rotating Fighter Practice Schedule (More info in the google group)
This is the schedule for the rest of the year --- it may change, but hopefully not much.
Sundays
April 10, 2011 - Ft. Myers
May 15, 2011 - Palm Beach
June 12, 2011 - Broward
July 17, 2011 - Ft. Myers
August 21, 2011 - Palm Beach
September 11, 2011 - Broward
October 23, 2011 - Palm Beach
November 20, 2011 - Ft Myers -- Trisel revel is that weekend so this is part of it
December 11, 2011 - Broward (conflicts with Oldenfeld Yule, but since that is 9 hours north, I thought it was okay
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All fighters! Make sure you join this google group! It gets you in connection with fighters from Broward and West Palm areas - it's always good to network with other areas to find more people to play with!
As you know the weekly fighter practices are well received and enjoyed by those that attend. In an effort to boost our numbers, I have been in contact with some out of area fighters to have a joint Fighter Practice. The plan is to have a once a month fighter practice that rotates between here, Broward, and West Palm. The first one is scheduled to be here April 10th (weekend after Coronation). The site is tentatively set to be our normal one (Margery and Warren's place), however if someone knows of a comfortable, safe, and more public place please speak up. Having a more public appearance would be good for the Shire I believe. We would like to get as many people out to fight and support this as we can since we will be having guests that have driven many hours to get here. There is a Google Group that has been formed to help keep track of what is going on, http://groups.google.com/group/southern-trimaris-fighter-practice?hl=en , please join it so you can keep track and can let folks know if you can make that months practice.
Thanks
Bjorn
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A number of us have been talking about doing a demo, possibly at a local college, like Edison or FGCU, I have personally contacted the kingdom hospitaller and asked about the steps. I'm also in the process of researching the colleges' groups to see who we can talk to at each place to get this rolling. However, I am not going to go too into detail, if we don't have the commitment. If you are interested in being a part of this demo, and can commit a full day on a weekend to do so, please respond. Based on the responses, I will go further in seeing where we can do a demo and recruit more people into our Shire.
**I'm still researching this, We will talk about this at Monthly Moot**
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Thora is still fundraising money for her 60 mile walk for the Cure. There is a canister in the house here at the social gatherings if anyone would like to donate spare change or what not. Every little bit helps! :)
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I would like to congratulate and welcome both Aimee and Jon Steele as our new Web minster and Chroniclers, as Gillian had to step down due to medical reasons. What a way to jump in head first within your first 2 months being part of our Shire ... hmm sounds familiar! :)
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I hope to see you all out this month!
~Margery
Dates of Interest for April:
Friday - Sunday April 1st-3rd - Spring Coronation - Camp Ocala
http://www.oldenfeld.net/events/coronationspring2011/
Copied from the Seneschal group via Lady Lucrezia sarta di Napoli:
Greetings Everyone,
The Order of the Rose will be sponsoring a William Marshal style Fundraiser tourney this weekend to support the Kingdom War Chest.
So please remember to have some $$cash$$ on hand to come participate in the Tourney.
The format is this:
The lyst will start at 2pm and run for one hour ending at 3pm. (It will run for one hour...it's scheduled for 2pm, but start time largely depends on the end time of the Champion Trimaris Lyst.)
The minimum buy-in for the Tourney is $5. For $5 dollars you will receive 3 flowers. You may purchase as many flowers as you like, there is no limit. The flowers will be $2 each or 3 for $5. As the fights are fought, the lady for whom the fighter is fighting holds their flowers. After each bout, the fighter that has not been victorious bestows one of his flowers to the lady of the victor.
At the end of the lyst, the fighter whose consort holds the most flowers will be declared the victor.
Please know that the Kingdom War Chest is one of things that enables things like, hay, propane, decorations, and many other things that benefit the whole Kingdom at War. When the Kingdom has a healthy War Chest it benefits the whole Kingdom at War.
I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend!
HRM Grainne
-----------------------------
Saturday April 2nd - Shire Social - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - If you are participating and would like to eat, please bring your own cutting board, kitchen knife and $1 to go towards the food that will be prepared. The social needs to start at 4pm so we can prepare the stew and get it on the stove by 5pm - to eat by 7pm. While it is simmering, Thora will bread - This social will be entirely focused on Period Cooking. A few of the fighters will be heading to coronation, so there will be NO heavy fighter practice.
----------------------------------
Saturday April 9th - No Shire Social due to preparing for the Southern Trimaris Fighting Practice.
----------------------------------
Sunday April 10th - Southern Trimaris Fighting Practice - North Fort Myers - 12pm noon - be ready to fight at 1pm
All fighters are welcome to participate. This is the first of the monthly rotating fighter practices between Broward, West Palm, and Southwest Florida.
For more information be sure to join the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/southern-trimaris-fighter-practice?hl=en
If you are not a fighter, and would like to come out to support your fighters, or even come out for the day to learn more about it, please do. You will need to bring your own camp chair and whatnot for the afternoon. We will be outside for the afternoon.
If you have fabric, materials, garb, armor, etc., that you would like to barter or sell, there will be a few tables available to set up for a market row, Please let me know if you plan to set something up, so I can plan out the areas.
Also, it would be a lot easier on me if a couple people who were planning to come and watch could lend a hand in the beginning to help with parking and troll it'd be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you can be here by 11:30am - it would be great if at least 3 people could help out.
------------------------------------
Saturday April 16th - No Shire Social due to supporting our fighters at Tournament of the Rose.
Saturday April 16th - Tournament of the Rose - West Palm
http://www.seamarch.net/events.html
A number of Shire of Trisel light weapon fighters will be participating in this event.
Site Fee is $10 and if you choose to have feast it is also $10. Please see the link for more information.
There will be no Shire Social today to give people an opportunity to support our fighters in this tournament. If you are planning to go, please let me know, and we can all carpool over there.
-----------------------------------
Sunday April 17th - Shire of Trisel Monthly Moot - 11am
We have 2 locations to choose from I Need everyone's response on this so we can set a new location: (The Butterfly Estates is now closed on Sundays)
--- Lakes Park in South Fort Myers - You have to pay to park - I think I was told it's $2 -
This is the same Park as the January Medieval Faire.
--- Centennial Park in Downtown Fort Myers - Park under the 41 Bridge and we can reserve a pavilion for up to 3 hours for free
Each location has it's pros and cons - I will gather everyone's input and a decision will be made by April 10th.
-------------------------------
Saturday April 23rd - Shire Social & Heavy Fighters Practice - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - Topic to TBD at 4/2 Social
----------------------------------
Saturday April 30th - Shire Social & Heavy Fighters Practice - North Fort Myers - 4pm
We will be continuing with Winfield's Cooking Class - Topic to TBD at 4/23 Social
----------------------------------
Kingdom of Trimaris Upcoming Events:
http://trimaris.org/upcomingevents
-------------------------------------
Local fun events that you may be interested in:
Bay Area Ren Fest:
http://www.bayarearenaissancefest.com/index.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rotating Fighter Practice Schedule (More info in the google group)
This is the schedule for the rest of the year --- it may change, but hopefully not much.
Sundays
April 10, 2011 - Ft. Myers
May 15, 2011 - Palm Beach
June 12, 2011 - Broward
July 17, 2011 - Ft. Myers
August 21, 2011 - Palm Beach
September 11, 2011 - Broward
October 23, 2011 - Palm Beach
November 20, 2011 - Ft Myers -- Trisel revel is that weekend so this is part of it
December 11, 2011 - Broward (conflicts with Oldenfeld Yule, but since that is 9 hours north, I thought it was okay
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All fighters! Make sure you join this google group! It gets you in connection with fighters from Broward and West Palm areas - it's always good to network with other areas to find more people to play with!
As you know the weekly fighter practices are well received and enjoyed by those that attend. In an effort to boost our numbers, I have been in contact with some out of area fighters to have a joint Fighter Practice. The plan is to have a once a month fighter practice that rotates between here, Broward, and West Palm. The first one is scheduled to be here April 10th (weekend after Coronation). The site is tentatively set to be our normal one (Margery and Warren's place), however if someone knows of a comfortable, safe, and more public place please speak up. Having a more public appearance would be good for the Shire I believe. We would like to get as many people out to fight and support this as we can since we will be having guests that have driven many hours to get here. There is a Google Group that has been formed to help keep track of what is going on, http://groups.google.com/group/southern-trimaris-fighter-practice?hl=en , please join it so you can keep track and can let folks know if you can make that months practice.
Thanks
Bjorn
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A number of us have been talking about doing a demo, possibly at a local college, like Edison or FGCU, I have personally contacted the kingdom hospitaller and asked about the steps. I'm also in the process of researching the colleges' groups to see who we can talk to at each place to get this rolling. However, I am not going to go too into detail, if we don't have the commitment. If you are interested in being a part of this demo, and can commit a full day on a weekend to do so, please respond. Based on the responses, I will go further in seeing where we can do a demo and recruit more people into our Shire.
**I'm still researching this, We will talk about this at Monthly Moot**
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thora is still fundraising money for her 60 mile walk for the Cure. There is a canister in the house here at the social gatherings if anyone would like to donate spare change or what not. Every little bit helps! :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I would like to congratulate and welcome both Aimee and Jon Steele as our new Web minster and Chroniclers, as Gillian had to step down due to medical reasons. What a way to jump in head first within your first 2 months being part of our Shire ... hmm sounds familiar! :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope to see you all out this month!
~Margery
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
From Bjorn to the heavy fighters:
As you know the weekly fighter practices are well received and enjoyed by those that attend. In an effort to boost our numbers, I have been in contact with some out of area fighters to have a joint Fighter Practice. The plan is to have a once a month fighter practice that rotates between here, Broward, and West Palm. The first one is scheduled to be here April 10th (weekend after Coronation). The site is tentatively set to be our normal one (Margery and Warin's place), however if someone knows of a comfortable, safe, and more public place please speak up. Having a more public appearance would be good for the Shire I believe. We would like to get as many people out to fight and support this as we can since we will be having guests that have driven many hours to get here. There is a Google Group that has been formed to help keep track of what is going on, http://groups.google.com/group/southern-trimaris-fighter-practice?hl=en , please join it so you can keep track and can let folks know if you can make that months practice
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I've also created an event on Facebook for those who use it, Message me, Margery ShireofTrisel Hospitaller, and I'll share it with you ... just to help with head counts for upcoming events and such :) ~ Margery
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I've also created an event on Facebook for those who use it, Message me, Margery ShireofTrisel Hospitaller, and I'll share it with you ... just to help with head counts for upcoming events and such :) ~ Margery
Thursday, February 17, 2011
This week's Shire of Trisel email
For those not in the facebook group, a couple topics of interest:
- Brandon would like to know if anyone has a tent he could borrow for the Bardic Weekend, you can reply to this email and I will get the response to him.
- Mary and Jenn can get to the Social Gathering tomorrow night, however, they would need a ride back into Fort Myers - can anyone help out?
- Heavy Fighters:
Edwert EagleHeart MIGHT be there tomorrow - so please come on out if you can tomorrow night, they are trying to get a head count :)
- This past Sunday, the LaBelle Archery range was open at 2pm, it was posted on the facebook group, if you are not on facebook and would like a notification when the range is open, please respond to this email, and I'll be sure to let you know when it opens again.
- There is talk about doing a cruise the Summer of 2012, if you have an interest, please respond to this email, and I will send you the info that has been shared so far.
- For the heavy fighters, and shire members, as we approach the summer months, would a Saturday afternoon to evening Social gathering / fighter practice be preferred? Please share your thoughts.
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The month's schedule is below, however, please take a moment and check out the following website/blog:
Our very own shire member, Thora will be participating as a survivor in the Susan G Komen 3-day Walk for the Cure - that means she will be walking 60 miles in total Halloween weekend later this year in Tampa!!!! Please if you can, help her with her goal, $2 is the minimum to donate on the website, and every little bit helps. (Also, if you would like to donate a few dollars to Thora, but dodn't want to use the website, feel free to bring it to the Socials on Fridays, we will set up a collection box for her cause.)
For those who can not place the name, Thora has taught us tablet weaving a couple times in past Friday night Shire Socials.
Please share this with all your know ... the more opportunities she has for people to learn about her journey and reach her fundraising goal, the better!
http://tiny.cc/Michelles3Day
Please share this link with all your friends, either it be through facebook, twitter, or even in your emails.
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This coming Friday - Shire of Trisel Social Gathering @ 17901 Old Bayshore Road - North Fort Myers, FL 33917
Friday February 18th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
For some other non SCA events - the Bay Area Ren Festival will be starting up the last week of February too - here's the link for those interested. http://bayarearenaissancefest.com/
Friday February 25th - 27th, 2011 - Shire of Trisel Bardic Weekend:
Well to help us all relax, and just chill out, SCA style .. we will be having a local camping weekend in North Fort Myers - a Shire of Trisel - Bardic Weekend - I threw together a little site about it - this is not an event, just a time that we, as a shire can hang out, learn more about bardic circles, practice with our fellow fighters, shoot some arrows, and craft together - You should bring your own meals and snacks ... Friday night a "travelers vegetable soup" will be available in the house.
Saturday night meal should include everyone's favorite chili or crock pot meal - we can plug them in at the house Saturday.
If you have tables, chairs, and pop up tents, to share for the weekend, please bring them if you can :)
If you have a basic or simple craft or SCA class that you would want to share with others, this could be another thing to add to Saturday's activities.
Our monthly moot for February will be the Friday night of the bardic weekend - 7pm - Feb. 25th
Our craft gathering will also be at the Bardic weekend - Saturday afternoon - lets focus on "portable period crafts" - great crafting projects to bring and work on at events - what are you working on?
http://www.wix.com/ladymargery/bardicweekend2011
I hope you are all doing well! And we see you soon!!
Margery
- Brandon would like to know if anyone has a tent he could borrow for the Bardic Weekend, you can reply to this email and I will get the response to him.
- Mary and Jenn can get to the Social Gathering tomorrow night, however, they would need a ride back into Fort Myers - can anyone help out?
- Heavy Fighters:
Edwert EagleHeart MIGHT be there tomorrow - so please come on out if you can tomorrow night, they are trying to get a head count :)
- This past Sunday, the LaBelle Archery range was open at 2pm, it was posted on the facebook group, if you are not on facebook and would like a notification when the range is open, please respond to this email, and I'll be sure to let you know when it opens again.
- There is talk about doing a cruise the Summer of 2012, if you have an interest, please respond to this email, and I will send you the info that has been shared so far.
- For the heavy fighters, and shire members, as we approach the summer months, would a Saturday afternoon to evening Social gathering / fighter practice be preferred? Please share your thoughts.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The month's schedule is below, however, please take a moment and check out the following website/blog:
Our very own shire member, Thora will be participating as a survivor in the Susan G Komen 3-day Walk for the Cure - that means she will be walking 60 miles in total Halloween weekend later this year in Tampa!!!! Please if you can, help her with her goal, $2 is the minimum to donate on the website, and every little bit helps. (Also, if you would like to donate a few dollars to Thora, but dodn't want to use the website, feel free to bring it to the Socials on Fridays, we will set up a collection box for her cause.)
For those who can not place the name, Thora has taught us tablet weaving a couple times in past Friday night Shire Socials.
Please share this with all your know ... the more opportunities she has for people to learn about her journey and reach her fundraising goal, the better!
http://tiny.cc/Michelles3Day
Please share this link with all your friends, either it be through facebook, twitter, or even in your emails.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This coming Friday - Shire of Trisel Social Gathering @ 17901 Old Bayshore Road - North Fort Myers, FL 33917
Friday February 18th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
For some other non SCA events - the Bay Area Ren Festival will be starting up the last week of February too - here's the link for those interested. http://bayarearenaissancefest.com/
Friday February 25th - 27th, 2011 - Shire of Trisel Bardic Weekend:
Well to help us all relax, and just chill out, SCA style .. we will be having a local camping weekend in North Fort Myers - a Shire of Trisel - Bardic Weekend - I threw together a little site about it - this is not an event, just a time that we, as a shire can hang out, learn more about bardic circles, practice with our fellow fighters, shoot some arrows, and craft together - You should bring your own meals and snacks ... Friday night a "travelers vegetable soup" will be available in the house.
Saturday night meal should include everyone's favorite chili or crock pot meal - we can plug them in at the house Saturday.
If you have tables, chairs, and pop up tents, to share for the weekend, please bring them if you can :)
If you have a basic or simple craft or SCA class that you would want to share with others, this could be another thing to add to Saturday's activities.
Our monthly moot for February will be the Friday night of the bardic weekend - 7pm - Feb. 25th
Our craft gathering will also be at the Bardic weekend - Saturday afternoon - lets focus on "portable period crafts" - great crafting projects to bring and work on at events - what are you working on?
http://www.wix.com/ladymargery/bardicweekend2011
I hope you are all doing well! And we see you soon!!
Margery
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Happy New Year Shire of Trisel!!!
I hope you had a wonderful New Year! It was great to see some of us out at Hero of the Chalice up in Brandon on the 1st! It was a great way to ring in the new year!
We have a busy month ahead of us and I will try my best to get updates out weekly, but keep this email in the top of your inbox, just incase :)
Tomorrow,
January 7th - Friday - ARTWalk - 6pm-9pmish - Downtown Fort Myers - Meet at the Sydney Berne Art Center, Corner of Davis and Lee Street - Come out in Garb and help promote the Kiwanis Medieval Faire - we'll be giving out flyers!
Thursday, January 13th - 6:30pm - Lakes Park - Volunteer Meeting For the Faire - if you are volunteering, you should try to go to this meeting
Saturday and Sunday January 15th and 16th - 9am-6pm - Kiwanis Medieval Faire - Lakes Park, Fort Myers
Saturday and Sunday January 22nd and 23rd - 9am - 6pm - Kiwainis Medieval Faire - Lakes Park, Fort Myers
Friday January 28th - 31st, 2011 - Kingdom Event: http://flyingchimp.com/sca/pas2011/
Friday January 28th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
Friday February 4th - 6th, 2011 - Kingdom Event - http://www.oldenfeld.net/events/tourney2011/flyer.pdf
Friday February 4th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
Whew ... and that's just January!
Well to help us all relax, and just chill out, SCA style .. we will be having a local camping weekend in North Fort Myers - a Shire of Trisel - Bardic Weekend - I threw together a little site about it - this is not an event, just a time that we, as a shire can hang out, learn more about bardic circles, practice with our fellow fighters, shoot some arrows, and craft together - You should bring your own meals and snacks ... Friday night a "travelers vegetable soup" will be available in the house.
Saturday night meal should include everyone's favorite chili or crock pot meal - we can plug them in at the house Saturday.
If you have a basic or simple craft or SCA class that you would want to share with others, this could be another thing to add to Saturday's activities.
http://www.wix.com/ladymargery/bardicweekend2011
I know it sounds like a whirlwind of things coming up, but all will be fun! See you sometime in January!
Margery
We have a busy month ahead of us and I will try my best to get updates out weekly, but keep this email in the top of your inbox, just incase :)
Tomorrow,
January 7th - Friday - ARTWalk - 6pm-9pmish - Downtown Fort Myers - Meet at the Sydney Berne Art Center, Corner of Davis and Lee Street - Come out in Garb and help promote the Kiwanis Medieval Faire - we'll be giving out flyers!
Thursday, January 13th - 6:30pm - Lakes Park - Volunteer Meeting For the Faire - if you are volunteering, you should try to go to this meeting
Saturday and Sunday January 15th and 16th - 9am-6pm - Kiwanis Medieval Faire - Lakes Park, Fort Myers
Saturday and Sunday January 22nd and 23rd - 9am - 6pm - Kiwainis Medieval Faire - Lakes Park, Fort Myers
Friday January 28th - 31st, 2011 - Kingdom Event: http://flyingchimp.com/sca/pas2011/
Friday January 28th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
Friday February 4th - 6th, 2011 - Kingdom Event - http://www.oldenfeld.net/events/tourney2011/flyer.pdf
Friday February 4th, 2011 - 6pm - Social Gathering - North Fort Myers - Heavy Fighters Practice - Social Atmosphere - Bring a dish, snacks, or drinks for all to share
Whew ... and that's just January!
Well to help us all relax, and just chill out, SCA style .. we will be having a local camping weekend in North Fort Myers - a Shire of Trisel - Bardic Weekend - I threw together a little site about it - this is not an event, just a time that we, as a shire can hang out, learn more about bardic circles, practice with our fellow fighters, shoot some arrows, and craft together - You should bring your own meals and snacks ... Friday night a "travelers vegetable soup" will be available in the house.
Saturday night meal should include everyone's favorite chili or crock pot meal - we can plug them in at the house Saturday.
If you have a basic or simple craft or SCA class that you would want to share with others, this could be another thing to add to Saturday's activities.
http://www.wix.com/ladymargery/bardicweekend2011
I know it sounds like a whirlwind of things coming up, but all will be fun! See you sometime in January!
Margery
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
a Message from the SCA Board of Directors
Due to extraordinary legal expenses from an ongoing lawsuit, the SCA has determined that our best option is to raise membership fees in most classes by $8.00, effective January 1, 2011. Family membership rates will not increase, although the family cap for memberships will be raised by $5.00 effective the same time.
When we indicated in 2009 that membership fees would raise gradually over the next three years, we were not fully aware of the extent and impact of the legal fees required to defend our organization. Earlier this year we received a realistic projection for legal expenses through 2011. We are committed to protecting not only the SCA Inc., but the assets of every SCA group. This lawsuit may go on for additional years and cost-cutting alone will not be sufficient.
We are formulating a plan to get the SCA back on track and are selecting options to restructure our operating business model. One option is a move to electronic kingdom newsletters with a print-on-demand option for those who would like to get their version in hardcopy. With these changes, there are many details to consider
including: legal issues surrounding the fulfillment of our current subscription liability; the development of an electronic publishing framework for use by kingdom chroniclers that supports both web-publishing and print-on-demand; writing relevant changes to governing documents, officer handbooks, and kingdom procedures; and making dramatic programming changes to the SCA website and corporate systems.
The current migration of corporate and Society officer email addresses to a more robust infrastructure is a step in this direction.
It is our hope that as financial circumstances evolve we will be able to re-evaluate the entire membership fee structure once the effectiveness of the restructured business model can be determined. This would include evaluating the necessity of collecting NMS as well as potential reductions in membership fees.
There will be many stages in this process where feedback will be needed and solicited. We want to be completely transparent with any changes that will be made, and will share details as they become available. As every year, the budget will be posted on the SCA website as soon as it is approved for your review. Our job is to keep you as fully informed as possible and in that spirit we welcome any and all questions and comments. For the moment, please submit questions and comments through comments@sca.org.
Finally, this process will be very difficult and take many months to complete, so please bear with us. During this time, Board members will be attempting to attend as many events as possible to be available to answer your questions.
The SCA Board of Directors
Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas, CA 95036
You may also email comments@lists.sca.org.
When we indicated in 2009 that membership fees would raise gradually over the next three years, we were not fully aware of the extent and impact of the legal fees required to defend our organization. Earlier this year we received a realistic projection for legal expenses through 2011. We are committed to protecting not only the SCA Inc., but the assets of every SCA group. This lawsuit may go on for additional years and cost-cutting alone will not be sufficient.
We are formulating a plan to get the SCA back on track and are selecting options to restructure our operating business model. One option is a move to electronic kingdom newsletters with a print-on-demand option for those who would like to get their version in hardcopy. With these changes, there are many details to consider
including: legal issues surrounding the fulfillment of our current subscription liability; the development of an electronic publishing framework for use by kingdom chroniclers that supports both web-publishing and print-on-demand; writing relevant changes to governing documents, officer handbooks, and kingdom procedures; and making dramatic programming changes to the SCA website and corporate systems.
The current migration of corporate and Society officer email addresses to a more robust infrastructure is a step in this direction.
It is our hope that as financial circumstances evolve we will be able to re-evaluate the entire membership fee structure once the effectiveness of the restructured business model can be determined. This would include evaluating the necessity of collecting NMS as well as potential reductions in membership fees.
There will be many stages in this process where feedback will be needed and solicited. We want to be completely transparent with any changes that will be made, and will share details as they become available. As every year, the budget will be posted on the SCA website as soon as it is approved for your review. Our job is to keep you as fully informed as possible and in that spirit we welcome any and all questions and comments. For the moment, please submit questions and comments through comments@sca.org.
Finally, this process will be very difficult and take many months to complete, so please bear with us. During this time, Board members will be attempting to attend as many events as possible to be available to answer your questions.
The SCA Board of Directors
Comments are strongly encouraged and can be sent to:
SCA Inc.
Box 360789
Milpitas, CA 95036
You may also email comments@lists.sca.org.
Gulf Wars XX
ANNOUNCING GULF WARS XX!!!!!
March 13-20, 2011
Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
(King's Arrow Ranch, Lumberton, Mississippi)
Greetings to the Knowne World from your Gulf Wars XX Autocrats, Baron Godwin of Edington KSCA, OP and Duchess Mary-Grace of Gatland, OP !
It is with great excitement that we invite you to the 20th Anniversary to the "War with no Enemies"
Please join us as once again Ansteorra and Trimaris meet on the field of honor, hosted by Gleann Abhann and Meridies!
We know everyone's budgets are tight in this economy and that you have to be choosy when thinking about your vacation plans. So, why should you come to Gulf Wars?? We'll here is a few points to consider.....
Come for the Combat in all it's forms! Armored, Rapier, Archery, and Siege weaponry!
Come for the pageantry of the Equestrian activities from the grand procession of the Kingdoms, to equestrian games to mounted combat!
Come see the beauty of hound racing and get the opportunity to see these graceful animals run like the wind!
Come for the classes, and displays of artistic wonder both in the competitions and on our Artisans row!
Come see our Early Period Life encampment where you can walk among long houses!
Come see Al Mahala and become immersed in all things Middle Eastern!
Come for the hospitality, with the hosting Kingdoms offering you food and beverage beyond your wildest dreams!
Come for the shopping with merchant upon merchant, many of whom you don't get at other wars!
Come for the Bakery with fresh baked goods daily and Odyssey coffee!
Come for the Green Dragon Inn...our own 15th Century Tavern!
Come for the Shows at our performing arts stage with bardic presentations, plays and competitions.
Come for the Balls! With European dancing daily!
Come in a week early THIS YEAR and you can go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Mardi Gras day is March 8th, 2011)
Come for the KNOWNE WORLD PARTY! If you missed the amazing October Fest of last year, fear not...the Knowne World Party staff have another amazing party theme to knock your socks off this year!
COME JOIN US FOR FRIENDSHIP AND FUN at the FRIENDLIEST WAR IN THE KNOWNE WORLD! With all the activities the SCA has to offer, and may more reasons besides, we think you should make Gulf Wars XX apart of your vacation planning for 2011 and we promise you'll leave happy.
Please visit our website at www.gulfwars.org for more information. Online registration will be open this week. Registrations made by mail must be postmarked by January 31st and online registration must be completed by February 18th.
EARLY ARRIVAL OPTION NEW FOR THIS YEAR!!!!!
New for this year is Early-On NON Staff. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS OPTION:
You MUST register for the entire week of Gulf Wars ONLINE in order to be eligible for this option.
You MUST select the "EARLY-ON NON STAFF" option in Acceps
You may arrive between Sunday March 6th and Wednesday March 9th. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON SITE AFTER THIS DATE UNLESS YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER, AND ARE ON THE STAFF EARLY ON LIST.
You will be required to pay King's Arrow Ranch IN CASH at their designated daily rate upon your arrival for the ENTIRE WEEK of Sunday March 6th-Saturday March 12th. Your Gulf Wars Registration will then apply beginning Sunday March 12th.
If you arrive at King's Arrow Ranch early and you are not on the staff list and you are not on the Non-staff early-on list, and/or you do not meet any one of the above requirements you WILL NOT be allowed on site.
If you are arriving Early and have an RV- you MUST contact King's Arrow Ranch in advance to ensure they are ready for your arrival.
On Saturday March 12th the Merchant troll-in begins. If you are Early-on you MUST TROLL IN AT THIS TIME. If you do not, members of staff will come and find you and you will be removed from site.
See you there!
March 13-20, 2011
Kingdom of Gleann Abhann
(King's Arrow Ranch, Lumberton, Mississippi)
Greetings to the Knowne World from your Gulf Wars XX Autocrats, Baron Godwin of Edington KSCA, OP and Duchess Mary-Grace of Gatland, OP !
It is with great excitement that we invite you to the 20th Anniversary to the "War with no Enemies"
Please join us as once again Ansteorra and Trimaris meet on the field of honor, hosted by Gleann Abhann and Meridies!
We know everyone's budgets are tight in this economy and that you have to be choosy when thinking about your vacation plans. So, why should you come to Gulf Wars?? We'll here is a few points to consider.....
Come for the Combat in all it's forms! Armored, Rapier, Archery, and Siege weaponry!
Come for the pageantry of the Equestrian activities from the grand procession of the Kingdoms, to equestrian games to mounted combat!
Come see the beauty of hound racing and get the opportunity to see these graceful animals run like the wind!
Come for the classes, and displays of artistic wonder both in the competitions and on our Artisans row!
Come see our Early Period Life encampment where you can walk among long houses!
Come see Al Mahala and become immersed in all things Middle Eastern!
Come for the hospitality, with the hosting Kingdoms offering you food and beverage beyond your wildest dreams!
Come for the shopping with merchant upon merchant, many of whom you don't get at other wars!
Come for the Bakery with fresh baked goods daily and Odyssey coffee!
Come for the Green Dragon Inn...our own 15th Century Tavern!
Come for the Shows at our performing arts stage with bardic presentations, plays and competitions.
Come for the Balls! With European dancing daily!
Come in a week early THIS YEAR and you can go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Mardi Gras day is March 8th, 2011)
Come for the KNOWNE WORLD PARTY! If you missed the amazing October Fest of last year, fear not...the Knowne World Party staff have another amazing party theme to knock your socks off this year!
COME JOIN US FOR FRIENDSHIP AND FUN at the FRIENDLIEST WAR IN THE KNOWNE WORLD! With all the activities the SCA has to offer, and may more reasons besides, we think you should make Gulf Wars XX apart of your vacation planning for 2011 and we promise you'll leave happy.
Please visit our website at www.gulfwars.org for more information. Online registration will be open this week. Registrations made by mail must be postmarked by January 31st and online registration must be completed by February 18th.
EARLY ARRIVAL OPTION NEW FOR THIS YEAR!!!!!
New for this year is Early-On NON Staff. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FOR IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS OPTION:
You MUST register for the entire week of Gulf Wars ONLINE in order to be eligible for this option.
You MUST select the "EARLY-ON NON STAFF" option in Acceps
You may arrive between Sunday March 6th and Wednesday March 9th. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON SITE AFTER THIS DATE UNLESS YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER, AND ARE ON THE STAFF EARLY ON LIST.
You will be required to pay King's Arrow Ranch IN CASH at their designated daily rate upon your arrival for the ENTIRE WEEK of Sunday March 6th-Saturday March 12th. Your Gulf Wars Registration will then apply beginning Sunday March 12th.
If you arrive at King's Arrow Ranch early and you are not on the staff list and you are not on the Non-staff early-on list, and/or you do not meet any one of the above requirements you WILL NOT be allowed on site.
If you are arriving Early and have an RV- you MUST contact King's Arrow Ranch in advance to ensure they are ready for your arrival.
On Saturday March 12th the Merchant troll-in begins. If you are Early-on you MUST TROLL IN AT THIS TIME. If you do not, members of staff will come and find you and you will be removed from site.
See you there!
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