Month: June 2023

Greetings Noble Populace,

It is once again time for the Barony Social Meeting and New Comer Garb Swap!

Please join us Sunday July 16, 2023 at North Park in the picnic shelters called Devils Elbow 1 and 2 (near the hockey rink).

This practice will include the scheduled Heavy Weapons tournament and has a large field suitable for fencing and rattan combat. Archery and Axes are not permitted in North Park.

Mistress Constance Glyn Dwr will lead the Garb Swap; those who have donations please bring them with you! We will set up to allow those who have not participated or have recently joined us to accept gently loved garments, fabric, feast gear, ect.

We do NOT have the alcohol permit and we are not allowed to have glass.

Please continue to watch the Blog for more updates!

A Big Round of Applause for Her Ladyship Elss of Augsburg for helping secure our site!

In Service,
Muirgheal, Seneschal Debatable.

Salve Accolens Debatable Lands!

Championship Tournaments are coming up in the month of July!

July 9th will be the Fencing Championship, Master Cyrus will be running the tournament to select our next Fencing Champion. This will also be a Garnet and Steel event, where the winner of the tournament will win an invitation coin to the upcoming Garnet and Steel Tournament next year.

July 16 at baronial social meeting, more to follow on change of location, will also feature our Heavy Fighting Championship, Master William will preside over this tournament to select Our new Fighting Champion.

July 23rd will be the Archery Championship. Baroness Anastasie is working up a fun tournament to determine our next Archery Champion.

Many Thanks to our champions Cyrus, William and Anastasie, who have served the Barony well over the past year, and we look forward to seeing whose skill will win the honors in July.

As a reminder, Our champions have 1 obligation: That the champion and the second accompany us and compete in the 7 Pearls Inter baronial Championship for bragging rights against all other Baronial Champions in Aethelmearc. This year 7 Pearls will be hosted by the Barony of Thescorre on August 26. Our Champions have the invitation to process into court with us, to stand as our champions as part of our court (or not if this is uncomfortable). The champions also have invitations to compete in the Known World Baronial Championship Tournaments at Pennsic which are a grand amount of fun, and some great challenges to compete against other Baronial Champions from across the known world.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Cheers,

Brandubh et Hilderun

In Levitate et Caritate

Greetings Debatable Lands,

As a reminder this week fencing practice is going to be a traveling practice in Hunters Home.

The address is 1898 Grant St, Utica, PA 16362-2508 and practice will run 10AM-6PM.

There is a Facebook event for those interested https://www.facebook.com/events/163358813035450?ref=newsfeed

Fencing , Youth Fencing, Cut and Thrust, and Rattan combat are all welcome.

Practice will resume as usual next week.

jorundr

Hello everyone!

Coming to you live and in technicolor, it’s your chatelaine Svava! I’m actually in a bit of a pickle and looking for assistance from everyone.

As you know, part of my role is helping folks new to the SCA and new to the area find their niche in our game. From rapier to scribal to cooking and forestry, we have so many wonderful groups and guilds in our barony. I love seeing the various ways people play in the SCA and the different interests one could explore! I’d love to help people find new parts of the SCA they can fall in love with.

~HOWEVER~

Finding the information about these groups and their meetings is rough, even for me. If you run any official SCA activity in the barony could you please take a moment to check if it’s listed correctly on the baronial calendar and under the What We Do header on the website? This would help me guide folks curious about your area of interest to you AND show what a vibrant and active community we have in the barony.

If you find your meeting or practice information is incorrect or missing, please reach out to the Web Minister at webminister@debatablelands.org

If you need something added to the calendar, you can email the Seneschal at seneschal@debatabelands.org

Thank You Kindly,
Svava

Greetings noble populace,

We had a lovely Iris Festival again this year. Once again the weather was sunny and not too hot. The day full of horse play, classes, demos, food, and more cookies than you can possibly eat.

I’d like to start with lost and found, because if I don’t you will miss it in all the thanks. There was a palm leaf fan left in the picnic pavilion. Please contact sbooth (at) sbooth (dot) net, if it is yours or if you know who the owner is.

This event ran smoothly from the planning before event, to the setup Friday and Saturday, throughout the day, to the speedy cleanup, and beyond when I returned borrowed equipment, thanks to the help of so many people.

First, I want to thank everyone who attended. Special thanks to King Andreas Morgan and Queen Kallista Morganova who changed their plans to join us. Thanks to Baron Brandubh O Donnghaile and Baroness Hildarun Hugalmann for being such wonderful hosts. Thank you also to friends we have missed who came to the event, Master Creador, Mistress Ts’vee’a, and Mistress Amaryllis.

Thank you to THL Gesa, our equestrian marshal and inspiration for the queen and all the rest of us.

Thank you to THL Elss, THL Elsa, and THL Sasson for the food planning and the bento box lunches.

Thank you to royalty staff Bob the Herald and all the help his staff provided.

Thank you to the Elinor Walden, royalty liaison.

Thank you to the equestrian helpers for help before, during, and especially for cleanup: Jackie, Gloria, Jarden, Joel, Ronan, Sarah, and Megan.

Thank you to Bryheres Gwendolyn the Graceful for publicity and class/demo coordination.

Thank you to the teachers and demo presenters: Baroness Vika, Mistress Struirrin, THL Elaine, THL Wilhelm, THL Gesa, Lord Turlough, Ishiyama Shonagon, THL Oribe Tsukime, Lord Tatsukawa Gentarou Chisato

Thank you to the A&S Display coordinators Ishiyama Shonagon and Lady Fine

Thank you to the folks who displayed their works in the arts and sciences display.

Thank you to the hobby horse wranglers Lord Turlough and Lady Fine

Thank you to the kite creators and enthusiasts (and sorry about the lack of wind) THL Sasson and Lady Maire.

Thank you to the event equipment contributors Bryheres Muirgheal, THL Jorundr, Master Alaric for personal equipment and larder equipment

Thank you to Mistress Hrefna, Cendrech, Forveleth, Elinor, and others for the viewing of the cloak project. 

Thank yous to all the folks who helped with the vigil:
Planning: Hilda, Ts’vee’a
Canopies/tables/tablecloths/chairs/rugs/etc.: Illadore, Gesa, Rufina, Alaric, Muirgheal, Ceindrech, Irene, Arianna, and the Baronial larder via Alaric
Food/drink/cookies: Sorcha, Illadore, Helewys, Luceta, Libby, Arianna, Juliana, Ts’vee’a, Ceindrech, Jorundr, Elsa
Music: Alaric, Rachel, Elsbeth, the Debatable Choir
Hosts: Arianna, Hrefna, Reinhard
Setup and Tear down: Alaric, Hilda, Otto, Carl, Dorothea, Cadence, Robert, Arianna, Ceindrech, Helewys, Bill, Sabrina, Elsa, Broom, Rufina

Final thanks to everyone who helped with cleanup. I was completely done by then, but people emptied the tents, and then everyone took down tents and pop-ups, and carried them to the truck and packed them: Muirgheal, Jorundr, Hilda, Brandubh, Carl, Otto, Alaric, Dorothea, Cadence, Turlough, Fine, Daven, Hrefna, Ceindrech, Robet, Ishiyama, Elsa, Elss, Jabob, Bob, James, Kit, Jay, Gesa, Jarden, Jackie, Gloria, Joel, Ronan, Sarah, Megan, Abby, Nicolo, Gwen.

Thank you also to any I missed who contributed their time and energy to make this event a success.

In service,
Hara Kikumatsu