Heraldic night at BMDL’s A&S night!

Greetings from your Comet Pursuivant! Perhaps you missed last night’s Online Heraldic Office Hours because you were busy. Perhaps you were tired. And here you are, still with interesting questions or curiosities about heraldry. What to do?
Well, you’re in luck! Because this Thursday, May 25, starting at 7pm at Victory Pointe in the South Side (1113 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203), there will be a heraldic consult and class featured at the BMDL’s A&S night, organized by THL Elss Augsburg! Come down and speak up close, in person, with not just one herald, but at least three of the BMDL’s most skilled and abled heralds! Get help with your name, device, and/or badge! Find out how to help with announcements, heralding at court, and even how to become a herald!
I hope you will join us Thursday! It’s going to be a great time!
Kieran MacRae
Link to google map location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Victory+Pointe+Arcade+and+Gaming+Cafe/@40.428945,-79.986894,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9b86ffe6073f0426?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimrKO8vIbUAhUBPCYKHbjgCk0Q_BIIgQEwCw

Online Heraldic Office Hours tonight!

Good morning Debatable Lands!

I will be holding my online heraldic office hours tonight from 7pm – 9pm. Follow the link below to connect to a Google Hangout to discuss or ask questions about period devices, badges, names, or getting to talk REEEEEEAL loud at various times during events. Other heralds are welcome and encouraged to join in to aid in people’s questions!

Here is the link: https://plus.google.com/events/c8js5tueic0g97cr9aa440nciec?authkey=CO-n-MOlz5CZXQ

I hope you will join me!

Kieran MacRae

Seeking Archers to Represent the Debatable Lands at the Scarlet Guard Inn!

Hello Debatable Lands!

As many of our archers know the Scarlet Guard Inn is scheduled for June 9-11 and will feature the best archery experience in Aethelmearc. Prominently featured will be the Scarlet Guard Challenge where one archer from each group in the kingdom is invited to vie against all other group’s representatives in this kingdom wide challenge. How is that 1 representative chosen, you might ask?

Lord Ronan, who was the representative for the Barony at last year’s Scarlet Guard Inn, will host a challenge tournament on Sunday June 4 at Archery Practice, and invite the winner to compete in this intra-kingdom competition. So wax your strings and straighten your arrows, this will be fun and challenging!

Cheers,
Brandubh et Hilderun

Heavy and Rapier Fighting Champs – May 28th

Greetings Debatable Lands,

Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilderun send fond greetings to you on this fine May day. We wish to invite all Heavy Weapons Fighters and Fencers to join us at Practice on Sunday May 28th as we host tournaments to determine Our next Heavy weapons Champion and Fencing Champion. We will begin with the Fencing Championship to be held at 2:00 and then follow with the Heavy Weapons Championship at 3:00

All residents of the Barony are welcome to fight in either tournament, and any holders of the Comettus Amicus (Green Comet) are invited to compete as well. The winners and seconds will be expected to fight in the 7 Pearls Championships in Endless Hills on September 9. We look forward to the displays of skill and prowess!

Cheers,
Brandubh et Hilderun
In Levitate et Caritate

First Friday – TONIGHT!

This Friday, 5 May 2017 will be First Friday at Keiran and Odriana’s home in Hamption Township. There won’t be fighting as Keiran needs to work that evening, however, Odriana will be hosting.

What is First Friday? I’m glad that you asked. It’s an opportunity to socialize, for the most part. We have a loose framework of hanging out and enjoying/talking about Medieval food. You don’t like to cook, but you like food? Come and eat.

So, bring a medieval dish to share, print out or write up your recipe and tell us a little bit about what you find interesting about the dish, or what you enjoy about the dish. Tell us a little bit about your experience making it and we’ll eat and hang out.

If you’re unfamiliar with medieval cooking and need some direction, here are a couple of useful links for beginner recipes that you can try:

Godecookery – “A Boke of Good Cookery”
http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm

​Medievalcookery – “Medieval Recipes”
http://medievalcookery.com/recipes/

As it is looking like the weather is going to be rainy, no fire circle will be happening tonight.

If you have any questions, please contact Odriana at jenn.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Odriana

First Friday – TOMORROW

This Friday, 5 May 2017 will be First Friday at Keiran and Odriana’s. There won’t be fighting as Keiran needs to work that evening, however, Odriana will be hosting.

What is First Friday? I’m glad that you asked. It’s an opportunity to socialize, for the most part. We have a loose framework of hanging out and enjoying/talking about Medieval food. You don’t like to cook, but you like food? Come and eat.

So, bring a medieval dish to share, print out or write up your recipe and tell us a little bit about what you find interesting about the dish, or what you enjoy about the dish. Tell us a little bit about your experience making it and we’ll eat and hang out.

If you’re unfamiliar with medieval cooking and need some direction, here are a couple of useful links for beginner recipes that you can try:

Godecookery – “A Boke of Good Cookery”
http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/goderec.htm

​Medievalcookery – “Medieval Recipes”
http://medievalcookery.com/recipes/

If the weather is nice, we may move things outside to the fire circle, so bring a chair with you as we only have a few.

If you have any questions, please contact Odriana at jenn.strobel(at)gmail(dot)com.

Odriana