a few words from our Seneschal

Greetings

Once again I am in awe of how wonderful and amazing my shirefolk are. I asked for some assistance at a school function and, of course, the Shire stood up and kicked butt. You smiled and played and let little, mean people beat you. Thanks rapiers. You shared your knowledge and instructed many. Thanks Sofia and Emilio. You even suited up my bosses and let them play with heavy weapons - thanks Yuri and Tuchux!!! What great pics we have of the day.

To all of you, I am proud to have you as friends and shirefolk. You are so kind and always are there to help with the crazy things I ask of you. Thanks for all you do to make the Shire of Trysel the best Shire in Trimaris.

Huzzah!

Lu

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Here are photos I took at the Fall Festival - Please feel free to share the link with anyone who would enjoy them. To save individual photos to your own desktop, just click the photo with your right mouse button and "save image as" it will then save the JPG image to your computer.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/SunshineElemFallFest2010#

Classes for Revel:

We still have room for a couple more volunteers for teaching SCA classes during the revel. It doesn't have to be extravagant, just something to share with others, and they can walk away with an "Ah ha" moment :) at the end. So far we have the following:

Getting started in the SCA - using thrift shop treasures by Lady Lucrezia

Drop Spinning by Sophia

Devices & Heraldry by Sieggy

We haven't scheduled time blocks yet, so if you are teaching a class, or want to teach a class, please let me know, I would imagine 30 minutes - 45 minutes per class? Please correct me if I am wrong.

Also, a reminder, to attend a class, it is one non-perishable food item, per person, per class.

Zombicon 2010!!!

It was a blast!!!! Braaaains ..... http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/Zombicon2010#

Shire Beach Day Photos!!!!

Take a look! more to come!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/ladymargerymcguire/ShireBeachDay#

Request for the Revel:

As a shire now's the time to come together, work together, and play together.

Do you have a pavilion that the shire could use for the weekend?
(we need a number of them, for feast, classes, and list fields)

Tables and chairs?

Do you have a craft or topic of interest that you would be willing to share your knowledge for a class for the revel?

It could be something as a craft, a musical instrument, even living in the modern world while preparing for the SCA (how to shop and craft as thrifty as possible - Great idea Lu :) - Please let me know.

There's also a thought of renting a porta potty, would you be willing to donate a few dollars for that purpose? - Please email me at ladymargerymcguire@gmail.com – or you can leave a comment on this blog post, whichever is easier.

A message from our Seneschal, Lady Lucrezia sarta di Napoli

I'm in need of people to do a five day - Oct. 23 - 24-29-30-31- Halloween spooky event at lakes Park. If you and a few of your favorite friends would be interested in putting on a five day - from 6:30-10:30 PM - scary vignette- I would be very appreciative. I believe we are also going to award a monetary prize for the best vignette. Please let me know whether you'd be interested or not.

If you want to help out, it's a Kiwanis and Lakes Park collaborative event.
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Greetings one and all,
Once again our shire of medieval friends has been asked to participate in our Fall Festival at Sunshine Elementary School.

It is Oct. 30, 2010. We will be on site from about 10-2. Set up and break-down about half hour on either side.

If possible I would love to showcase both our heavy fighters and light fighters this year. Can we get the heavies down here? This would be a demo. I don't think we can do bopper bats - Cathal??? or whack a knight? We would be allowed to keep part of the proceeds this year if we can do these two big "hits" from our past we can make a little money for the event / revel.

Please get back with me if you can do a demo of your specific talent at the Fall Fest. I will do an illumination class - with a paint in the lines type of activity for the kids. Who's in this year?

Shire of Trisel Revel 2010

Shire of Trisel Revel 2010

Cathal the Black Rogue brought up a wonderful idea, and we are going to go through this idea the best we can.
January marks our one year anniversary for officially being a shire. On a yearly basis, we as a shire should have some sort of "Celebration" and even an event in the future. But there are still many things we need to get in order to hold an event, so this year we will hold a Revel. Think of it as a shire only "Event - but not an event" for the weekend.

The weekend prior to Thanksgiving (The 3rd weekend of the month) will be our Shire yearly local "celebration". This year being November 19th, 20th, and 21st.

The details need to be ironed out a bit more, but the basics would be, check in Friday afternoon ... Saturday would have some fighting, classes, and a feast.

Feast would be $10, preferably paid in advance, and class admission would require a non-perishable food item.

It's the weekend before Thanksgiving, what a great way to give back to the community and do a food drive as a shire. For every food item donated, a token would be given to show the instructor that you "paid" for the class. I could get into more details, but then this email would be mega long .. so if you want more information, please respond to this email.

Also, as we grow as a shire, what kind of reputation would you like to be known as? By the end of the meeting a number of us thought it would be a good idea to be known for our Hospitality, especially for newbies to SCA. Whether it's a local get together (our social gatherings on Friday night), or a Kingdom event, we would help those get acquainted and familiar with what goes on.

With that said, on Friday nights, if you still need garb - now that we have our Revel in sight, and you would like something made, T-Tunics are a great starter piece of period clothing. And it's real simple to make. All you need to bring with you is a woven shirt that fits you comfortably and a bed sheet that fits around your body - normally a full or queen size would work just fine. Local thrift shops and goodwill and other shops like that you can find sheets for a great price. We will make you a t-tunic (Dress for women - shirt for men (men then would need scrubs pants for bottoms) during the Friday night social night, or during a specified Craft gathering. All with the focus to get you ready for an event. Then to give it shape, you would just need a belt, leather works fine, black or anything in the brown family of colors.

If you think you would like to have a t-tunic made for you, please respond and I can give more details.

Bring a woven shirt (button down) with you this Friday and we can get your tunic started!! :)

If anyone is interested in Tablet Card Weaving, please respond to this email - Thora has graciously informed me that she is willing to do a series of classes, if the interest is there.

OK, I'm sure I'm forgetting information .. but we have some time till our Revel, oh yeah ... at the Revel, please start thinking about any excess material, crafting supplies, tokens, etc that you would like to trade with other members - we'll be setting it up like a Market Square.

OH also, Tuchux fighters - If you would like to participate and fight in our Revel, it is considered an official SCA "Event" so you would need to be approved to fight in the SCA, with the correct gear and such, Please get with our heavies to make sure you all can play together :)