Scribal (East) (Online) tonight!

Tonight! Thursday February 24! BMDL’s Virtual Scribal East is happening once again! Join us as we come together online to make art, share stories and socialize from the comfort of our own homes! We start at 7:00 EDT and run until about 9:00. All are welcome!!

Contact Rachel Dalicieux (the Signet) via email or Facebook for Zoom information, or check the Scriptorium channel in the Baronial Discord.

Baronial Inventory Thank yous!

Greetings from the Baronial Steward!

I would like to thank Arianna, Robert, Rachel, Ian, Finé, Turlough, She’erah, Dani, and Elsbeth for helping make quick work of the counting of the larder. Extra thanks to Arianna for helping with the data entry after all the counting. This is a task that occurs annually in preparation for the budget meeting in April.

In Service,

Baron Alaric

Practice FEBRUARY 20TH

Heavy practice and fencing will be held this Sunday, February 20th, at our new winter site:
Ace Axe Throwing
(412) 368-8579
https://maps.app.goo.gl/K8E66Wg6MATVbwBp7
Parking is allowed in the Aldi’s lot behind the building. We will have the 5th floor.

Practice will be held 11am to 3pm.

Sir Bors will be filling in for me as MIC. No loaner gear will be available.

All persons attending will need to provide either proof of vaccination, or a negative covid test done within the prior 72 hours. All attendees must wear masks at all times while indoors regardless of vaccination status. This includes while fighting. If you have any questions regarding these policies, you can reach out to the Seneschal, or me.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Guillaume

Missive from the Ice Dragon A&S Pentathlon Coordinator

The folks who are planning on entering special instruction categories need to contact me by midnight tonight [February 15th]:

Several categories have special preparation needs, especially this year Entrants are required to contact the Pent Coordinator before registering

These categories are:
 – Beverages
 – Culinary Arts
 – Curiosa
 – Performance Arts

They have until the regular registration deadline of March 1st to upload their documentation, etc. – today is only pre-registration to indicate intent of entering.

Everybody’s documentation and photos, etc in all categories except written word and the written part of Applied Research needs to be uploaded by March 1st.

You cannot keep finetuning your documentation and turn the final version in at the event. The judges will start looking at stuff on March 2.

Mistress Cori

Winners of the Stellar Tournaments

Vivant! The Debatable Lands held the first Stellar Tournaments since October!

Congratulations to Lord Robert MacEwin of Thornhill, New Defender of the Moon, in the Rapier list!!

Congratulations to THL Rhys of Myles End, who successfully Defended his title of Defender of the Sun, in the Heavy list!!

Thank you to our marshals, Sir Koredono and Don Jorundr, our MOL Lady Vika, our herald, Baron Brandubh, and our Bye Fighter, Master Jussi.

Shouts out to Mistress Graidhne as covid checker, THL Guillaume and Don Jorundr as practice marshals, THL Elss for learning about MOLing, and THL Guillaume and Master Kieran as Stellar Tourney originators.

Online sewing Feb 17 at 7:30

The next online sewing is February 17 starting at 7:30 in the Kingdom zoom. You are welcome to knit, braid, sew, iron, or just hangout. We look forward to seeing you and finding out what you are making or mending. If you have questions, or want the zoom information, please email sewing (at) debatablelands (dot) org.

Practice/Stellar Tournament

In addition to our normal practice, their Excellencies will host the Stellar Tournaments for Heavy and Rapier this Sunday, February 13th, at our new winter site:
Ace Axe Throwing
(412) 368-8579
https://maps.app.goo.gl/K8E66Wg6MATVbwBp7
Parking is allowed in the Aldi’s lot behind the building. We will have the 5th floor. There is an elevator.

Practice will be held 11am to 3pm. Tournaments to start as early as possible at their Excellencies’ discretion.

If loaner gear is needed please respond here to let me know. Otherwise I will only have minimal gear available.

All persons attending will need to provide either proof of vaccination, or a negative covid test done within the prior 72 hours. All attendees must wear masks at all times while indoors regardless of vaccination status. This includes while fighting. If you have any questions regarding these policies, you can reach out to the Seneschal, or me.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Guillaume

Stellar Tourneys at Practice This Weekend!

Don’t forget! We’ll be holding both the Moon List (rapier) and Sun List (heavy) at practice this Sunday!

Timing is fluid, but rapier will be first (11:30 or noon-ish?) and heavy after (1:30-ish?).

We hope to see our fighters come our and vie for glory and practice for tourneys! And we hope to see our voice heralds and MOLs who’d like to get get some practice in as well! Time to shine like the sun and moon!

Practice runs from 11am to 3pm at Ace Axe throwing near the Waterfront. The actual practice announcements for that activity (with info you need about covid protocols!) will be announced by the marshals.

Practice February 6th

Heavy practice and fencing will be held this Sunday, February 6th, at our new winter site:
Ace Axe Throwing
(412) 368-8579
https://maps.app.goo.gl/K8E66Wg6MATVbwBp7
Parking is allowed in the Aldi’s lot behind the building. We will have the 5th floor.

Practice will be held 11am to 3pm.

If loaner gear is needed please respond here to let me know. Otherwise I will only have minimal gear available.

All persons attending will need to provide either proof of vaccination, or a negative covid test done within the prior 72 hours. All attendees must wear masks at all times while indoors regardless of vaccination status. This includes while fighting. If you have any questions regarding these policies, you can reach out to the Seneschal, or me.

Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to try to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Guillaume