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Troll Help Needed for Iris Festival – June 10, 2023

Hello neighbors!
The June Iris Festival is coming up, and I need people to help run the troll table. We need two people at the table the whole time; please send me your availability and how long you’re willing to help out (forveleth@gmail.com).

No experience is necessary; everything you need to do will be explained when you get there. The troll table at the Iris Festival site has an excellent view of the horse arena, so it’s a great way to contribute to the event and watch the equestrian games at the same time. Finally, please forward this announcement to any other people or lists that might be interested!

Thank you, and looking forward to seeing you there!
Best,
Laird Forveleth Dunde
Iris Festival head troll

Scarlet Guard Inn VIII June 2, 2023 – June, 4, 2023

Greetings Archers of the Debatablelands,

The Scarlet Guard has issued a challenge to all Shires, Baronies, and Cantons to send their best archer to compete.

To enter an individual must have a signed letter of entry issued by their group’s seneschal declaring you as their representative in the competition.

Details about the challenge are below; In the interest of giving every archer an opportunity to complete for the bragging rights and the letter from your Seneschal; Their Excellencies and I have agreed that the winner of the next Stellar Tournament for Archery shall win the honor to complete.

Shoot True,
Muirgheal, Seneschal Debatable

Scarlet Guard Challenge:

The Scarlet Guard has issued a challenge to all Shires, Baronies, and Cantons to send their best archer to compete. To enter an individual must have a signed letter of entry issued by their group’s seneschal declaring you as their representative in the competition.

They also ask the competitor to add a small item or token to the prize basket for the winner.

In addition to the prize, the victor will walk away with the annual competition banner to display throughout the year.

Each year the winner’s and group’s name will be added to the banner to create a legacy of great archery and ultimate bragging rights (members of the Scarlet Guard are not allowed to enter).

If you have any questions regarding the challenge please e-mail the archery coordinator Juan Miguel Cezar at terry@belskicomputers.com.

Sharing Information with the Debatablelands and The Kingdom

Quick PSA: Social-media hip Æthelmearcians, please remember that many of our friends and fellow Æthelmearcians do not use social media. If you want to reach everyone, shoot your post out via email to announcements@aethelmearc.org. To reach your Barony you can email 2 places until we get the forwarder working again; sca-bmdl@lists.andrew.cmu.edu and sca-bmdl@googlegroups.com

Even if you just email them a Non-Facebook link to your group or kingdom website regarding events. They really want to know what’s going on and where to be and they have real world reasons for not using social media, like a job, not wanting it, personal safety or something else that makes it better not to use social media platforms.

Baroness Hilderun pointed out that non-facebook users can see your event page but they can only read what is listed in the “About” section of the page. Keep that in mind when directing people to Facebook for more details! Thanks for the tip, Your Excellency!

In Service,
Muirgheal, Seneschal Debatable

Thrown Weapons Championship

Salve Accolens Debatable Lands!

Sharpen your knives and axes, for this Sunday May 14th we will host the Thrown Weapons Championship for the Barony. THLord Meinolf will host the tournament this Sunday at Thrown Weapons practice. Make sure to arrive early to get practice in before the tournament starts. We look forward to seeing you there!

Remember that our champion earns an invitation to compete in the 7 Pearls Championships in Thescorre after Pennsic this year.

Cheers,

Brandubh et Hilderun

In Levitate et Caritate

Here’s the archery schedule for the rest of May

Hello Debatable Lands!

There are a lot of great opportunities for archery coming up in the next month. Here’s what our schedule looks like for the next few weeks:

  • May 14th – Regular practice at the Washington Blvd. site from 11am – 2pm.
  • May 21st – *PRACTICE CANCELLED* Come to War Practice instead and shoot in the Kingdom Archery Championship on Sat. May 20th!
  • May 28th – The Sky List Tournament! Come shoot in the latest competition in the Stellar Tournament series, the Sky List! This month’s winner will win a little something extra! Details below. (Regular practice will also take place at the site from 11am – 2pm.)
  • Sat. June 3rd – Scarlet Guard Inn! This 8th annual event run by the Shire of Hunter’s Home and the Scarlet Guard is back, and it’s the most archery you’ll ever find at any SCA event all year! You won’t want to miss this one!

And now for the big news: The winner of this month’s Sky List will also be chosen as the Debatable Lands champion, and with a signed letter from our Seneschal, will be able to compete in a special tournament at the Scarlet Guard Inn! Let’s do our best and show the rest of the kingdom what we’re made of!

That’s all the archery we have to look forward to this month. If you need to borrow our loaner gear feel free to reach out to me on Facebook or Discord, or email me at archerymarshal at debatablelands.org.

Hope to see you all out on the range!

Ronan Ó Conaill

Debatable Lands Captain of Archers

Iris Festival and Equestrian Champs II: Main Schedule

Greetings, beloved populace!

In just a few short weeks, the Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands will host our second Iris Festival and Baronial Equestrian Champs!

This year, we are also pleased and proud to host the vigil of our own Honorable Lady Muirgheal inghen Dubhghaill. In addition, we have a packed lineup of amazing activities, classes, and more!

Here is the overall schedule for the day:

9:00 AM – Site Opens
10:30 AM – Morning Court
11:00 AM – Pages’ Tourney: an all-ages mounted game with hobby horses
Class: Minister of the List Training
Class: Beginning Taiko
11:30 AM – Mounted Archery
12:00 PM – Lunch Pickup (pre-orders required)
12:30 PM – Class: Domestication of a Wild Horse
Class: Beginning Taiko
1:00 PM – Baronial Equestrian Championships
Class: Mukashi Mukashi
Class: Kumihimo

1:30 PM – Class: Furoshiki Make and Take
2:00 PM – Field open for Kite Flying
2:30 PM – Class: Beginning Taiko
Class: Developing a Japanese Persona
3:00 PM – Daiku: Japanese Equestrian Games
3:30 PM – Class: Kute-Uchi
Class: Tea and Tanka
4:00 PM – Jousting
5:00 PM – Evening Court
7:00 PM – Site Closes

Additional details on classes, lunch, and other activities will be provided in separate posts.

We look forward to seeing you!

Hara Shonagon, The Honorable Lady Gesa von Wellenstein, and Gwendolyn the Graceful, Brehyres

In person Sewing Sun May 14 at 2pm

Scroll cases needed for Barony and Kingdom. With War Practice and Iris Festival coming up, both kingdom and barony will likely have plenty of scrolls to hand out to worthy nobles. It would be swell if there were scroll cases to protect the scrolls so they can be transported home free of damage. Come sew scroll cases. I have necessary materials, tools, and sewing machines. I need volunteers to come put the scroll cases together. Date: Sunday May 14th, Location: 1105 Shady Ave Pittsburgh, 15232, Time: 2-5pm.

In person sewing Sunday May 7th 2-5pm

In person sewing at my house this Sunday and most every Sunday, except war practice. Sewing is from 2pm to 5pm at 1105 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, 15232. We really really really need scroll cases. I have plenty of cardboard, fabric, table space, sewing machines and a serger, a power cutter for cardboard and scissors for fabric. This is an urgent call. Iris festival is in 5 weeks and we need scroll cases. Furthermore, so does the kingdom. I’d like to be able to donate some to the kingdom at war practice and possibly at iris festival. You can bring cardboard or fabric, but you must take any unused with you. I’m full here. I will also collect empty scroll cases to return them to the barony. You can also give them to the signet Rachel or the Baron or Baroness.

Although the sewing focus for the next few weeks is scroll cases, if you want help sewing Japanese or something else, please stop by.

Just a reminder, the marathon is this weekend. The route from fight practice to my house should open between 1:30 and 2pm on Sunday.