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I do not anticipate being back from Blackstone Raids in time to run practice, therefore I am canceling this week. See you all on Sunday 5/5.

Guillaume

Good Brewers and Debatable Lander all;

This Saturday!!!! If you cant make Blackstone Raids…. you can make beer! We are going to be working on a English Ale with a gluten reduction agent (its in the parts per billion and did not kill any of our GF friends last time but… we cant call it Gluten-Free in the US… but we could in the UK.)

We are planning to start at 1 pm and the brew kickoff will be around 2 pm. Please bring a dish to go with a grilling day or bring some meat for the grill.

The Hosts for our day are Master Tofi Kerthjalfadsson and Countess Genevieve du Vent Argent.

Address and contact are in the dark pages. Please reach out to Muirgheal or Tofi for the address.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Muirgheal
muirgheall at gmail dot com or you can reach me on facebook or discord

Tofi
paul dot placeway at gmail dot com

Sunday Armored and Fencing practices will be cancelled on April 21st so we can all attend the Region 2 Muster (https://aethelmearc.org/event/region-2-muster) being held in Mercer PA, about 1 hour north of Pittsburgh. Archery and Thrown Weapons will be held as-usual at the Highland Park site, weather-permitting.

April 6th was the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands. To celebrate, we are planning a birthday party full of tournaments, displays, history, food and drink, entertainment, and a cookie table. We invite our populace, our friends, and neighbors to share the day with us. The birthday party will be held on Saturday May 25th at the barn at Old Economy, 5 Forcey Drive, Baden, PA 15005. The site is open from 9am to 9pm. Troll will close at 2pm.

Baronessa Violeta and Praetoria Prima want to choose their heavy, fencing, archery, and thrown weapons baronial champs that day. We are welcoming everyone to participate in the tournaments, but the winner of each tournament must be able and willing to be the barony champion at the Seven Pearls event.

In addition to the martial competitions, there is a Arts and Sciences display. See the post from Lady Elinor Walden.

We plan to have some birthday games, a sing-a-long, fabric dyeing, and a birthday pageant.

We plan to have a history display with video, pictures, memorabilia, and plenty of people with lots of stories about the good ole days. For all the retired officers, barons, baronesses, champs, and long time participants we welcome you to come and share your stories.

Now with all this activity you might work up quite a hunger and thirst. Not to worry. Master Alastar Scott MacCrummin and the Honorable Lady Elss of Augsburg have been planning a day of food from morning to evening. Our brewers are planning to ensure that we do not go thirsty.

See the event announcement http://bmdl.org/events/2024-05-25%20Debatable%20Lands%2050th%20Birthday.php We will post more information as we make our detailed plans and have a schedule.

We look forward to seeing you at the celebration of 50 years of hard work and good fun.

Did I hear someone say barony birthday festivities? Well that calls for more A&S! Next month, at the Debatable Lands 50th Birthday Celebration, we will have an A&S display themed “Something Old, Something New”! Bring two projects (one old and one new) that show the growth or evolution of your art over your time in the SCA. These projects can be a similar art or different mediums – the choice is yours!

When you submit your art at the event, there will be an option to receive rubric-based feedback in an noncompetitive setting. If your work is in-progress, this is a great chance to see how your art would do in a competition before actually submitting it or to receive guidance on next steps if you’re not sure how to improve. This is entirely optional and your work will be displayed regardless of your choice.

If you’re looking for guidance on an A&S project or just want to work amongst other artisans, the next A&S night will be held Wednesday, April 24th from 6pm-10pm! Please note the change in the day of the week!

YIS, Lady Elinor Walden

Starting Sunday 4/14, all Sunday martial practices will be outside at our Highland Park location (https://maps.app.goo.gl/RVop62SCQTgC3oTA9), on the following schedule:

Archery and Thrown Weapons: 11:30 – 2:00
Fencing: 1:00 – 5:00
Armored Combat: 2:00 – 5:00

In addition, this Sunday will see the return of the monthly Defender of the Sky archery tournament! Range setup for the tournament will begin at 12:45.