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Greetings Debatable Lands,

We return to our outdoor location for fencing practice this Sunday April 17 at the Washington Blvd parklet starting at 1PM.

Limited loaner gear is available. If you need loaner gear contact me at fencingmarshal (AT) debatablelands (DOT) org.

Masks will not be required for fully vaccinated individuals (2 weeks after the final dose of the vaccine). Masks are still required for unvaccinated individuals.

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.

See you at practice, jorundr

I have obligations for the holiday this Sunday and will be unavailable to run practice. Jorundr will need to make the call for fencing. My apologies.

Guillaume

Tomorrow was supposed to be our first outdoor practice for the year. However, based on the weather we had today it is unlikely to be good footing at the park. Therefore, fencing and armored combat practice is canceled. We will try again next week.

Guillaume

Hello Debatable Lands! Salve Accolens!

Thank you to those that attended our large practice in Boyce Park on April 2nd! In particular, thank you to King Gareth and Queen Juliana, who kindly requested the practice, so as to hold Their Court to make up for the one the plague drove in January. Thank you, too, to Prince Byron and Princess Ariella, and King Ioannes of the East.

I’d like to thank the staff and activity coordinators of the day:

– THLord Guillaume le Noir for Heavy Marshal,
– Baroness Gabrielle de Winter for Rapier Marshal,
– Lady Forveleth Dunde as CoVID checker (all day in the cold!),
– Lady Niamh O’Labhadha as Royal Liaison (you are good!),
– Master Alaric MacConnal for both beautification AND water,
– Baron Brandubh O’Donnghaile for steward assistance and sanity checker,
– Sir Boden the Lost for finding the site and initial site liaison,
– Master Jacob Martinson for providing the Royal yurt (and his crew!) and being vigil liaison,
– Baroness Muirgheal inghen Dubhghaill from providing signage,
– Lady Vika Vyborgskaia for MOL and fighter check in,
– Lord Niall Mac Raedwulf for Aetherial Heralding (streaming Court),
– Sir Bors of Rouen for being vigil liaison
– Also Mistress Graihne and Lady Maire for the fun egg hunt!

Also thanks to:

– Our Herald, Master Kieran,
– Our Signet, THL Rachel, and our most beloved scribes
– Lady Jehannette Bouchart, who seconded Baronial Court, and stepped in as East Court Herald, Baronial retainer before Court, helping our Covid checker
– THL Elaine Fairchild for stepping in as head Baronial retainer for the day,
– Our Baronial Court retainers: THL Hara Kikumatsu, Lady Tristan of Gryffyns Keep, Lady Dorothea Stark Schutz
– Those gentles who enacted small acts of kindness and courtesy that I saw, including (but not limited to!) Master William, THL Shirin, Lady Jehannette, Baroness Muirgheal, Lady Vaunda, Sir Bors, Lord Rhy and THL Rhys, Lady Elaine and Countess Genevieve, the passel of knights (Sirs Tig, Madison, Oliver I think) and THL Guillaume who fetched the water table at the end of the day for me.

If my memory has failed, please contact me that I may rectify.

CONGRATULATIONS to those that received awards in Court! In Baronial Court, Lady Forveleth, THL Sumayya, THL Robert, Master William, Lady Vika, and Sir Boden. Read more here!

CONGRATULATIONS to all those that received Kingdom awards that day, but in particular our Debatable Landers:
– Lord Yakub (AoA)
– Lady Diana Clare Chandler (AoA)
– Lady Cerva (AoA, from Agincourt)
– Lady Tristan (Golden Alce)
– Noble Sebastien (Sycamore)
– Sir Boden (Order of the Chivalry)
– Maitre Elena (Order of Defense)
– THL Shirin (writ to contemplate elevation to the Order of the Laurel)
– The scribes and wordsmiths who created scrolls for the day!

In Levitate et Caritate,
Baroness Hilda, April 2nd Practice Steward

From Lady Forveleth Dunde

Greetings all spinners, weavers, braiders, embroiderers, felters, nalbinders, and other workers in fiber!

Monthly fiber guild meetings will be at 6PM Eastern time on the third Tuesday of every month, with the first one being April 19th. The meetings will be held on Google Meet at this link: meet.google.com/fch-bdsu-zbd . Hope to see you there!

Here begins the Court Report of Their Excellencies, Brandubh et Hilderun, Baron and Baroness of the Debatable Lands, for the Special Practice on the 2nd of April, AS 56. Kieran MacRae, Comet Pursuivant, reporting. Jehannette Bouchart seconded.

Their Excellencies offered sincerest of greetings to all present, thanked Their Majesties for making the day possible, and special 40th birthday wishes to Lord Reinhardt Regenbogen.

Their Excellencies invited Lady Forveleth Dunde to come forward. For her work being zoom deputy, scribe, weaver, deputy A&S minister, and current exchequer, she was awarded a Gold comet. Scroll by THL Shirin of Susa, wording by Master Alaric MacConnal.

Their Excellencies next invited THL Sumayya al Ghaziyya to join them. Though Sumayya lives beyond the borders of the Debatable Lands now, she still serves in ways that benefit our great Barony as Kingdom social media deputy, AElive staff, and zoomerator. For such, she was awarded a Cometus Amicus. Scroll by Lady Forveleth.

THL Robert Pour Maintenant was summoned next by Their Excellencies. His service as Knight Marshal being acknowledged as good and fine work, They wished to recognize his renewed focus on prowess on the field in armor, and was awarded an Iron Comet. Scroll by Scribal West and THL Nicola Beese.

Their Excellencies next asked Master William de Montegilt to join them. Long has he been a fighter of and for these Debatable Lands. Lonnnnnnnnng, indeed, which inspired Their Excellencies to award him a well deserved Iron Comet. Scroll by Mistress Arianna of Wynthrope.

Lady Vika Vyborgskaia was next invited to join Their Excellencies. Her service as MoL, training newer MoLs, helping the Stellar Tournaments run smoothly, has greatly benefited the fighting community and pleased Their Excellencies, so she was awarded a Gold Comet. Scroll by Lady Tierrany Rose, wording by Master Alaric.

Their Excellencies then asked THL Boden the Lost to cut in front of the line and be recognized for his prowess within the Debatable Lands and as one of its noble fighters. Thus he was awarded an Iron Comet. Scroll on self-flattened sheep parchment by THL Nicola.

Her Excellency Hilda then asked for all of the staff who made this Practice run so smoothly to stand and be individually recognized: THLord Guillaume le Noir, Baroness Gabriel de Winter, Lady Forveleth Dunde, Lady Niamh O’Labhadha, Master Alaric MacConnal, Baron Brandubh O’Donnghaile, THLord Boden the Lost, Master Jacob Martinson, Baroness Muirgheal inghen Dubhghaill, Lady Vika Vyborgskaia, and Lord Niall Mac Raedwulf.

The scribes who contributed wording and scrolls to the baronial awards that were given out this Practice were called to receive tokens of appreciation from Their Excellencies.

Their Excellencies gave final thanks to all who attended and enjoyed themselves. The Court of Their Excellencies was then closed.

Greetings from your new Chronicler!

The latest edition of the Althing, our Baronial newsletter, is now available on the website:

http://debatablelands.org/newsletter/download/althing_q1_2022.pdf

In it you’ll find letters from our Baronage and Seneschal, the financial report from last year, and the latest guidance regarding current COVID policies. If you have any sort of position within the barony, please take a moment to check that you are listed correctly at the end of the newsletter, under the right position and with the proper spelling of your name. If you think you should be on there and aren’t (or shouldn’t be on there and are!), my apologies, please email me at chronicler@debatablelands.org so that I may rectify it in our next issue! Many thanks to Skjoldr for his years of service as the prior Chronicler and for his help in transitioning the position.

Occasionally photographs from events, demos or practices may be published in the Althing. If you DO NOT want a photograph of you to appear or have specific instructions like “back is fine but not my face”, please contact me privately so that I can endeavor to honor your preferences.

As a reminder, anyone can submit articles or artwork to the Althing and I welcome any content relevant to the SCA! I crave content. Send me stuff, please! Anything received by the 15th of March, June, September or December will be published in that quarter’s Althing.

In Service and Song,
Silence

Greetings Noble Populace,

Our Bi-Monthly meeting to discuss the Business of making the Barony run is tomorrow at 8:30 PM.

The Populace Access to minutes and agendas is here https://drive.google.com/drive/u/7/folders/1hEGCojOZ4_zawYKdOqYymlYq1ne9IesP

Topic: Debatable Lands Business Meeting
Time: Apr 6, 2022 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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