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Spreading the word
Isn’t amazing when you find out how much fun something new is?
Last Friday I attended the demo at the Carnegie Science Center. They hosted an evening event for adults over 21 to enjoy a medieval-themed evening. I loved the amount of people who were interested and enchanted by our wonderful Barony, Kingdom, and Society.
We had around 100 volunteers present to speak about different aspects of the society. Our Baron and Baroness helped party-goers take pictures that made them look like royalty. We were able to offer pictures with a prince or princess. We performed, talked about fighting, archery, fencing, siege weapons, thrown weapons, A&S, and made the Science Center ring with our voices. People fought and fenced for the entertainment of the people. I spent the evening behind a table of archery and thrown weapons equipment.
People walked by and immediatly wanted to know more about what we did. They wanted to handle our axes, crossbows, and more. They asked questions about everything from what we did to historical information and many wanted to know how to find more information and how to join in our fun. Several people were sad that we couldn’t throw axes right there, inside the Science Center.
Telling people about our hobby is always the most fun thing for me. Between the myriad questions and excitement about something that I love, it always makes it a fun time that will never get old. Considering that this demo had over a thousand people that were some of the most interested people I’ve ever takled to it made it some of the most fun I’ve ever had in the SCA.
– Tigerna Alister Sionnach MacLeod
Captain of Archers
To continue our series on barony officer positions, here is a fantastic look into the position of Captain of Archers from Lady Katherine Tanzel.
The Captain of Archers is an archery marshal in charge of holding and running archery practices for the open populace. In that role they provide storage, care, transportation and maintenance for the target equipment and the loaner equipment. The loaner equipment provides those new to archery with equipment to participate in practices.
Following each practice the Captain of Archers is then responsible for submitting royal round scores and awarding new ranks to the archers as they advance up to Bowman, where the Captain then reports any advancements of Master Bowman or above to the Archer General for recognition through the ranks to the current royalty for recognition of such achievement.
The position of Achery Captain is a very public one open and easy for people outside the SCA to join in the fun. It’s up to the Captain of Archers to see that they are able to access what’s available to them, be that loaner equipment for the day if it’s available, saftey instructions for the range or for the proper use of the equipment, or just the Barony website or Barony blog (Storfetter) so they can see more about the Barony.
Althing 2017 A&S issue now available!
The Chronicler has provided us with a new issue of the Althing, and it is a revival of the concept of an Arts and Sciences issue! Please visit the Althing page on the web site and follow the instructions to download your copy of our Baronial newsletter!
BMDL History
The above photo of the current and former barons and Baronesses of the Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands is courtesy of Mistress Tsvee’a bas Tseepora Levi.
There were more historical photos and artifacts in a display at investiture, and I hope you got to see them. If not, Valentina de La Volpe has provided some photos of the display for the web site.
From the Chronicler
The Chronicler is an angel, and the most deserving person on Earth. And she didn’t force me to write this about her. No sir.
The Chronicler is an angel, and the most deserving person on Earth. And she didn’t force me to write this about her. No sir. The Chronicler is an angel, and the most deserving person on Earth. And she didn’t force me to write this about her. No sir. The Chronicler is an angel, and the most deserving person on Earth. And she didn’t force me to write this about her. No sir.