Shakespeare Movie Night Tomorrow

A reminder:

On Friday, February 26th we’ll be showing Richard II, starring David Tennant, starting at 7:30pm, followed by a chat until 10:30pm.

Please contact Alaric at alaric (at) pobox (dot) com for the Zoom room
information. He can also be reached via DM on Discord (Alaric #9264). Get your information before the movie starts, if possible, as Alaric is also watching and might not see your request to join right away.

If you attended a prior Shakespeare Movie Night, the Zoom room information is the same.

Hope to see some of you there!

Online Sewing Circle Thursday Mar 4th 7:30

Thursday March 4th at 7:30 we are having online sewing circle. There is a theme this time! I will present a short survey of basic Japanese clothing. The emphasis is on SCA practical clothing and not necessarily “courtly attire”. I will have pictures of the garments from some good costume resources as well as pictures of things I have made. However, I realize that not everyone may want this, that’s why we have breakout rooms. The advise with breakout rooms is to use the latest computer or app download vs the website because the website won’t allow you to switch rooms. As always if you have a question about this please contact sewing (at) debatablelands (dot) org. We request that you do not post the zoom information on public sites, but do appreciate when you spread the word.

Shakespeare Movie Night This Friday

Master Alaric sends:

Greetings All!

On Friday, February 26th we’ll be showing Richard II, starring David Tennant, starting at 7:30pm, followed by a chat until 10:30pm.

We’ll bring you this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England to
your living room via the AEther.

Here is the link to the schedule for the movie nights scheduled through May:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhlgwgRZ923RhRJrCPIXsHEhWI1eJJigCv2YRLEavrE/edit?usp=sharing

Please contact Alaric at alaric (at) pobox (dot) com for the Zoom room
information. He can also be reached via DM on Discord (Alaric #9264). Get your information before the movie starts, if possible, as Alaric is also watching and might not see your request to join right away.

If you attended a prior Shakespeare Movie Night, the Zoom room information is the same.

Hope to see some of you there!

Alaric & Elsbeth

Remembering John the Artificer (Stories and Pics Requested)

As reported by the Aethelmearc Gazette, Master John the Artificer (mka John Robert Rose), an important member of the the SCA and long-time contributor here in the Debatable Lands, passed away in November.

His family has requested that we share stories and pictures for a virtual memorial. The website to do so is here: https://memories.lifeweb360.com/john-robert-rose

Additionally, for those with Facebook accounts, you can join his memorial Facebook page to share memories and get updates on a planned virtual memorial: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1040029753186736/

There will be a small funeral mass this Friday in New York. As he niece writes:

A small funeral mass will be said on Friday, February 26th*, at 11am at Sacred Heart Church, in Highland Falls, NY. It will run live feed from [the Facebook page noted above], any who wish to attend virtually can sign on … at 11 am to catch the live service.

*If you would like to send Flowers for his Mass on Friday, you can contact Lilies of the Valley, in Highland Falls, NY. Their phone number is: 845-446-4446.*

We are currently planning a larger, virtual memorial to honor my uncle’s memory more in detail, and to invite friends and family to share together. The date of this is to be announced, anyone who wishes to be a speaker, or share pictures please let us know and we will gladly add you to the program. Thank you!!

Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda will be sending flowers to the funeral on behalf of the people of the Debatable Lands (no official SCA funds) in remembrance of the incredible impact he had on our Barony, the Kingdom, Pennsic, and the entire SCA. Feel free to contact Hilda to contribute to this unofficial gesture, if you wish.

*Note: The original version of this post had the date of the funeral mass on the 19th, but since it was delayed until the 26th due to inclement weather, the date was updated to the 26th.

Shakespeare Movie Night TONIGHT!

Greetings All!

This evening Friday, February 12th we’ll be showing As You Like It, directed by Kenneth Branagh, starting at 7:30pm, followed by a chat until 10:30pm. All the world’s a stage and we’re bringing the stage to your living room via the AEther.

Here is the link to the schedule for the movie nights scheduled through May:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhlgwgRZ923RhRJrCPIXsHEhWI1eJJigCv2YRLEavrE/edit?usp=sharing

Please contact Alaric at alaric (at) pobox (dot) com for the Zoom room information. He can also be reached via DM on Discord. Hope to see some of you there!

Alaric & Elsbeth

Thank You Baroness Isabel

Thank you Baroness Isabel for serving as our Barony’s Minister of Arts and Sciences. In the beforetimes when we had events, it was good to see you and your deputies there, reaching out to newcomers and established artisans in the Barony to organize us to work together. In these times when we are all more isolated for safety, it is more difficult to band together in the same ways that we used to.

During my term, I hope to provide direct support to both individual artisans and guilds, to draw out our best work and try to draw us together in spirit. We will do what we can for each other and for the Barony, like the friendly neighbors we are.

I am grateful for this opportunity to serve the Barony. Please, all of you, feel free to reach out to me if you think there is any way I can help you with your arts and research.

Shakespeare Movie Night

Greetings All!

This coming Friday, February 12th we’ll be showing As You Like It, directed
by Kenneth Branagh, starting at 7:30pm, followed by a chat until 10:30pm.
All the world’s a stage and we’re bringing the stage to your living room
via the AEther.

Here is the link to the schedule for the movie nights scheduled through May:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhlgwgRZ923RhRJrCPIXsHEhWI1eJJigCv2YRLEavrE/edit?usp=sharing

Please contact Alaric at alaric (at) pobox (dot) com for the Zoom room
information.

Hope to see some of you there!

Alaric & Elsbeth

Welcome to your new A&S Minister!

Unto the gracious citizens of BMDL,
It has been my pleasure to serve as your A&S minister for the past couple of years. With the end of my term at tonight’s officers’ meeting, please welcome Ishiyama Shonagon as your new A&S Minister! He brings with him past experience in this position and will assuredly continue helping all citizens of the barony know of all the A&S happenings, especially those that we hope to reinvigorate after the plague times.

Vivat to Ishiyama Shonagon as he assumes this role!

Yours in service,

Baroness Isabel Fleuretan, now retired. 🙂

Call for Letters: Webminister

Unto the Barony, greetings from Kameshima Zentarou Umakai, Webminister.

For the last four years, it has been my honor and privilege to serve as the Baronial Webminister. In that time, we have seen the modernization of the Baronial Website, the flourishing of Stórfréttir, the Baronial Blog, and its establishment as a primary means of information dissemination throughout the Barony.

Alas, all good things must come to an end, and my second term in this office will do so at the Baronial Business meeting currently scheduled for April 7th. Thus, as is tradition in our Barony, I am calling for letters of intent for this office.

The website is coded in HTML, CSS and PHP, so familiarity with those technologies is certainly desirable in a potential candidate. Stórfréttir is written on the WordPress platform, so again, experience with that platform is a plus. However, nothing on the website involves coding at a particularly deep level, so someone with basic programming knowledge should be able to pick up what is needed. And, of course, there is an Officer’s Handbook available that explains most of the ins and outs.

Letters of intent should be submitted to webminister@debatablelands.org and seneschal@debatablelands.org no later than April 7th. Any questions can be directed to me at webminister@debatablelands.org.

In Honor and Service,
亀島
Kameshima Zentarō Umakai
土地の議論のウェブサイト管理者
Webminister, Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands