The Kingdom of Drachenwald
Minister of Arts and Sciences Report for the First Quarter 2000
THL Caitrin O'Sullivan of Killarney Lake
Kingdom Minister of Arts and Sciences
Julie Sauer 9 Whitewood Walk Suffolk, IP27 9RR England
44 (0)1638 533 207 e-mail Jean1Cait1@aol.com
Greetings, this is my first report to you, and I am so very impressed
with the reporting standards that the local and Regional Officers have put
forth. It's not an easy task to gather information, but with the dedication
and love for the arts and sciences seen below it is surely evident. I would
like to commend Sophia Ross who has set up and is maintaining a new mailing
list for the Ministers of Arts and Sciences in Nordmark..This line of
communication is extremely important, especially when we are spread so far
apart. Master Terafan Greydragon has also agreed to become the Regional
Minister of Arts and Sciences for the Continent, I will rely on his expertise
and knowledge of the area a great deal.
Ld Adrian has agreed to continue maintaining the Drachenwald Arts and
Sciences Web pages, which I am extremely grateful for. It's certainly an
outstanding web page and I encourage everyone to look it up and submit.
And now, Drachenwald to date:
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Continental Report,
Continental MoAS Master Terafan Greydragon
Peter Barclay
Arkansas Str 2512 #A-5, Patch Kaserne 70569 Stuttgart, Germany phone 49-711
678 7542
e-mail barclayp@eucom.mil
Blauwasser
INDIVIDUAL activity:
- One member taught a class at Kingdom University on Medieval Mustards and
made the class notes available on the web
- One member drew up plans for benches and a rope bed and made them
available on the web
- One member created a painted chest, using images from the "Codex Manesse:
Die Miniaturen der Großen Heidelberger Liederhandschrift"
- The members have painted one tapestry using an image from the Codex
Manesse
- Two members constructed a rope bed
- One member brewed 7 gallons of mead for Coronation
- One member taught a "Constructing Butted Chain Mail" class at Coronation
- held a garb workshop for basic dresses and tunics
Current A&S plans include:
- a dance workshop in February
- a brewing workshop in March
- create a tapestry each month for the next 12 months
Chateau du Ciel (France)
Our MoAS activities have been slow to start. Last year all our energies
were focused on hosting our event Mithraic Madness (there were only 6 of
us.... We DID have a workshop, as most of us didn't have any garb at that
time. But I am pleased to say that now that our numbers have increased, I
have
set-up a monthly workshop. In January, we held a beginner's workshop for
the newcomers (topics covered were period name and costumes).
Next Sunday we'll have a calligraphy workshop - our Herald does
illumination for a living, and she is quite proficient at calligraphy (I'm
a dabbler myself !)
Coming next are a garb workshop (patterning and sewing), mead brewing and
heraldry (cohosted by our Herald and yours truly). Our only limits are time
and space (our apartments are getting crowded, and we are looking for a
room we could borrow / rent)
I also plan to organise group visits to museums and castles (the Musee de
Cluny in Paris is a must).
Finally, through one of our members we are getting in touch with
craftsmen, and I hope that before the end of the year we can spend a
weekend learning forging and steel working.
Drei Eichen
Our weekly meetings currently have classes. One is an introduction in the
basics of how to build chain mails and the second set of classes is a basic
introduction in how to build combat archery arrows. Both classes are thought
by M'Lord Thomas von Kinzwilre. Mistress Oriane D'Avallon continues her
never ending efforts to teach us the art of dance.
Some of our last years activities:
- We had a very nice demo at the Canton of Wolfsau were we could present,
besides the SCA and our good manners, heavy fighting, archery for kinds,
horseback riding, chain mail construction, and several other habits of
medieval life.
- Several Weeks of intense sewing where Renaissance and Elizabethan clothes
were made as a preparation for a Renaissance Ball.
- Last but not least we brew meet with one of our newest members M'Lady
Treja
Falkenhain
Very little activity due to spread out people and some loss of members.
Currently working on armor, doing some instrumental music, and singing.
Plans are to help new people make garb and armor.
Isengau
The Incipient Shire of Isengau took a bit of an Arts and Science break due
to the holidays and also due to preparations for and recovery from
Coronation. We are back again, and have begun our bi-weekly Thursday night
A & S gatherings.
We meet for about 4 hours every other Thursday in a school gym, which,
although lacking in atmosphere, provides enough space for sewing projects
(including the Viking tent that was at Coronation) to occur while the
heavies fight and the lights fence.
Our resident musical genius, German, has returned. He had had performances
every Thursday evening, but has managed to change his schedule. He plans on
putting together a Renaissance outift for himself. He and I will be working
out the
details at our next meeting. Our other musically gifted member, Lady
Marcellina d'Angelis, plans on copying a Renaissance dress that is in the
Deutsches Museum here in Munich.
Lord Maximilian von Brandenberg, completed a pair of shoes that are copied
from a pair I saw on a Madonna statue from 1350 (or so) in the Nationales
Museum here in Munich. They are red with black criss-crossed stripes.
There are many plans, from myself and other ladies, to begin sewing
projects. At our next A & S evening (next Thursday) I will begin a dress
from a 1450's tapestry I saw. I believe we are all planning
Houppeland-style dresses.
MeadowMarsh
We've been pretty busy since the last report...as always we work on
perfecting the demos we do for local schools and in particular working with
the American middle school in Hanau which every year puts on a full-blown,
50+ member cast play of Shakespeare. This is the 4th year our shire has
helped with period costuming, historical authenticity, choreography and
presenting the fight scenes. Henry V and Richard III required heavy weapons
fighting and this year our cadre of fencers presented fight scenes in As You
Like It.
At present we are working on our upcoming Riddle Quest which this year
requires a great amount of research through medieval literature, heraldry,
music, dance, armouring, cookery, and the martial arts. Our monthly A&S
meetings will be devoted to creating the numerous quests our participants
will be sent on.
As usual small groups are working on creating garb and persona as our shire
continues to grow.
Monarchs Rest
Currently the canton of Monarchs Rest has four officers:
- Lady Christin-Louise Weidling as Knight Marshal
- Lord Gorlan of the Redlands as Exchequer
- Lady Laura as Chronicler
- and myself as seneschal (I am also pushing an in-basket with several
old name and
device submissions and some other heraldry work), so I am late on
several accounts.
- We do not have a Minister of Arts and Sciences or a separate Herald at
this time.
As to A&S projects in work at this time. I know that Lady Christin-Louise
has been busy working on teaching armouring to some Lords and Ladies. She is
also working on a Spangen Helm for a Lord from the shire of Barenau. Lord
Gorlan is as always, busy penning new songs, filks and perhaps "scurrilous"
ballads for the entertainment of all here. As to the other members of the
canton, I unfortunately have not been paying attention to their A&S projects
enough to offer a report. I have not been doing any A&S work myself.
Since the majority of the populace of the Barony of Knights Crossing lives
in the canton of Monarchs Rest, the A&S report of Lady Cornelia, the Baronial
MoAS, should offer a better picture of A&S activities in my area of
responsibility. This as an explanation of canton A&S status (not as an
excuse of my laziness). I will see Lady Cornelia for information and
assistance on A&S in the canton and update you soonest.
Planinski Jahac
There has been some Arts and Sciences activity here, although we still do
not have an Arts and Sciences officer.
Derek Wagoner (no SCA name) gave an excellent class on brewing in
January at one of our business meetings. In December I gave a class on
tokens and favors, showing mine as examples.
In January, Symon du Campe, our cornet, made maroon tabards for each of
us to wear over our armor when we fight. (In the past we have just worn our
Army gear with armor over it, since we are barred from wearing mundane
attire.)
In November and early December, we made five shields, three of which
survive. These are unpainted, but very serviceable.
. There has been a significant amount of armor repair, as our weapons are
wearing out rapidly due to the exercise we give them! This includes the
manufacture of new weapons (a harbard and a 2-handed sword). This is an
on-going process which never seems to end.
Rauchenderburg
We have a sewing party at least once a month, wherein we camp all weekend
and sew for anyone who needs garb.More like twice a month, lately. Now there
are no members without garb. I show them how to make it themselves and just
assist with lessons in cutting and sewing, then when they need more they can
help themselves. We have members making armor, merchanting bodices that
the shire has sewn,and making padded clothing for armor. We give lessons in
History, dancing, and one embroidery lesson, also,we have archives on
history and fashion available in four notebooks I have compiled.I give
handout booklets with neat stuff like
how to make shoes also.
Schwarz-Loch
Though our A&S meetings have been regular our attendance has been minimal
(around 4 per meetings) in the last six months. We have conducted classes on
many aspects of the SCA to include, Courtesies, Furniture making, Shoe
Making, Basic Dance, Galwin Made several Drop spindles and Felicitas has
arranged an unlimited supply of Sheep Wool pieces for use as Garb fringes and
for shearing to spin or spindle into thread and Yarn. Galwin has several
ideas for the next year
and we are waiting to see the results. With the recent rise in our populace
again, plus the medical delimma, Lord Spencer has volunteered and been
accepted as the new A&S Officer. Lord Lucas Spencer MKA : Gary Sunderland
Phone Number : 0981-977-4752 g.sunderland@mailexcite.com
Turmstadt
Time period covered by the report: about the last 2 years until now
General report: not much happened
List of regular and irregular meetings: 2 blacksmith-workshops, 1
chainmail-workshop, 1 enamel workshop, at least 2 armour-workshops, 1
brewers-workshop
Coming A&S-events: possibly a competition on our Harvest (Un)Fair
Austria
Ad Flumen Caerulum (incipient shire)
There have been several group activities and most of our members did finish
some of their projects.
1.) In November we had our X-mas meeting where Jean , Alessandra and myself
prepared a feast out of the new cookbooks we acquired:
We served crackles/lard on black bread with mead. Then we had veal, lamb,
venison, rice, Swiss chard (Mangold), leeks, and 7 different sauces,
stuffed baked apples and Hypocras. While we three cooked, Arnulf ( our one
and only member of the Minstrel's guild) and a friend of his, made music to
while a way the day. Attending: about 15 people where 10 stayed for feast.
2.) Coronation: Livia, Cornelia, and I attended the Arrow-making class and
also the "make your own pattern" class on Sunday (with Arnulf). I almost
finished my veil for the Houpeland and Livia finished hers. Some of us also
went on the Castle tour. Sir Wiglaf presented the crown with two stools.
3.) Fighters practice and Tavern on the second weekend in January: Wiglaf
gave us a short lesson in armor making and asked about a date for a sewing
workshop as he needed some T-tunics to cover up loaner armor and non period
stuff. I had some fabric handy and while Arnulf and Wiglaf where down in the
yard, Alex started to sew the tunic by the time I was to start my fighting
lessons the tunic was finished and I tried it in the "field". Arnulf
acquired an new padded Gambeson (mine which was to big and heavy for me,
faked leather and fur padding). In the evening Arnulf made a lentil stew and
we had black bread, with crackles and lard. Attending about 8-9 people We
had games and Markus and I gave "lessons" in 9 men morris;-) Arnulf and
his friend made Music and Alex managed to finish her belt. She stamped it
with Celtic knotwork.
On the same Weekend Alex and I also made a new Liripipe and I started my
Gugl (Hood and short cape w open front) I also finished my Veil. Next Tavern
date will be 29 Feb. theme: dance, song and music. We also did Jean d' Arc
the new film, but with a little twist : In garb! 6 out of 9 people
attending where causing quite a stir (two fighters in chainmail, two ladies
in velvet T-tunics, one lady in Cavalier and myself in the Sideless
surcote).
Future projects:
I will try to finish my fur cape till A&S (at least 4 are planing to attend
A&S) additionally I promised Markus a new Tunic, so I'll make that too. If
I can get my docu together I'll probably make something for the culinary
competition (Marzipan, Cordials, etc) Livia will make an entry into fine
arts but I dont exactly know what yet(probably a book). Armor is still a
prime item on all our *Things to do list*. Arnulf and Wiglaf and his group
are making some. Cornelia has some Tunics to finish and the rest promised me
will work also on their long time (no finish) projects.
Polderslot (Holland)
Regular meetings:
More or less regular meetings are: biweekly dancing/fencing, singing (both
choral and single melody stuff (bit of a vocabulary challenge this, hope I
got it right), bimonthly a&s night (bring your own project), dance music
(instrumental). All of these are going on as usual. The dancing/fencing has
been getting some potential members as visitors, since it's our most regular
meeting point.
Highlights from the last few months:
Sinterklaas and our Pelican ceremony were the inspiration for a lot of
projects. The whole Shire got together to work on ceremonial cloaks for
Floris and Hannah, the feastocrats went out of their way planning the feast,
which included a roast suckling pig and lots of pear dishes, a barrier was
built for the fighting, the music group practiced music for the peerage
ceremony, and various people helped us making the patterns for and finishing
up our cotehardies.
The Peer's Prize Tourney was a big success, with a wide range of projects,
and a lot of opportunity for people to talk about them. I was really happy
with how it went, and hope to have more A&S "competitions" in a similar
setup, with the "competitors" sitting with their entry. We had little bells
for the populace to pass out, which was meant to give an
additional reason for people to walk around the tables. Looking back, they
didn't seem to work very well; a lot of people didn't give them out at all,
and on the other hand, people enjoyed looking around and talking about the
entries anyway. For next time, I think we'll leave out any kind of "popular
vote" aspect. People from the Shire were there with various metalwork and
jewelry, garb, tablet weaving, heraldry and arrows, and people admired the
wall hanging.
Planned:
In the coming months, we'll be doing a beginners dance day. This is also
for the people of the music group to try their hand at teaching, so they
will be able to do dancing at events without needing a dance teacher.
At the next A&S night, we'll be looking at peasant costume (10th, 13th and
16th ct) that can be worn by the people who have volunteered to do living
history at the Open air museum in Eindhoven starting next year. Also, we'll
be looking at starting painted wall decorations, which will be a nice thing
to do at these nights for people who don't have portable projects of their
own at the time.
One of our new members took a year of fashion school, and has offered to do
a pattern drawing class, which we'll be planning in April. Finally we've got
a few new fighters in the group, and a couple of people with armor in
progress.
Infimus Mons Aureus
No real A&S activity for the last 3 months. We have started our monthly A&S
meetings in Jan. As always our main concern is simply trying to educate,
dress and take care of our members, especially the new ones.
South Africa:
The Shire of Adamastor
The excitement of Royal Wayfarer now over, we look to our Shire Birthday
Feast in May month, as the next highlight of our calendar.
To mark the festivities, we plan on holding an A&S competition. The
competition will be in the fields of Performance, Creation (objects and
artifacts), and a separate category of Heraldic Display. Being a small
shire, we have opted for judging by popular acclaim, with some extra votes
residing in the hands of certain experts in the shire. I hope to report well
on it when next I write.
We also have recently held the annual A&S social, where we, as a Shire,
decide what to do for the A&S evenings throughout the year. Various
suggestions were tabled, including talks on historical subjects as well as
more practical classes. As yet, the timetable still has to be finalised, but
I can say that the next A&S class will be on shoes, delivered by myself on
the 28th Feb. The members of the Embroiders' Guild have received their
starting badges,
and are proceeding apace. This past month was held an afternoon of tunic
making, the fruits of which
have gone to enriching the Gold Key chest. The recent Calligraphy evening
was also a great success. Of all our non-event meetings, this always seems
to attract the largest number of attendees. Also this past month, a new
guild, being of leatherwork, was started. A charter has yet to be drawn up,
but it is to be hoped that the new guild
will take off as have the others in the shire, for we have many skilled folk
in our demesne.
The regular meetings of the Singing , Instrumental and Dancing groups
continued as usual, with some preparation being made for the New Year, and
it's new faces. Since the local University term starts now, we have arranged
to be on campus during their orientation week ( With half the Shire either
employed there or studying there, this was easy to arrange. ), where we will
have a fighting demo, as well as ongoing craft work. We hope the attention
gained will swell the ranks of our populace. Next month, we will also be
holding a demo of dancing and singing at a large local craft market.
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Principality of Nordmark
Principality Officer Ld Leonardo di Pergola
Daniel Jonsson
Skogsbrynet 3
90343 Umeå
SWEDEN
Phone: +46-90-122569, +46-70-4495728
E-mail: lkj@acc.umu.se, lkj@obbit.se
Aros
Comment:
No report. She has turned over the office to Cecilia Aneer.
Haven't got a message from her. I have sent a letter to Lotta and she have
given it to Cecilia.
Attemark
no report
Frostheim
Occasional Activities:
They have had smithing classes and now and then they have armor classes.
Gotvik
Weekly activities:
Thursdays: Craft meeting. They have worked with an old textile technique
from the bronze age. They have also been making and playing some games.
They have also dance classes on the first Thursday every month.
Gyllengran
Occasional Activities:
They have many different types of classes like sewing cloths, Scottish
history, Armor history,
history of bagpipes, Whisky history and Religion.
They also have dance classes and many more.
Holmrike
Weekly Activities:
Mondays: Handicraft-days they make things together at the Holmrike-cabin,
depending on whim. Bows, arrows, embroidery, sewing, chainmail, painting a
tapestry
with heraldry, Illumination, repairing of armour. About 10-20 people.
Tuesdays: Fencing and archery with Morna ni Conchubor.
Wednesdays: Dance paractice with Cormac Lawless O'Toole. Haven't started
yet.
Thursday: Music with Morna ni Conchubor.
Friday: Pub even weeks.
Saturdays: Fencing with Morna ni Conchubor.
Sundays: Heavy fighter practice with Harmann Rogge and Gilliam Blackhorn.
About 4-10 people.
Juneborg
Occasional Activities:
They had a mead brewing class. They have also had some classes for new
members so they can sew there own garb.
Ulvberget
no report
Styringheim
Weekly Activities:
Wednesdays: Different A&S classes.
Sunday: Armor classes.
Uma
Weekly Activities:
Mondays: Different kinds of circles.
Tuesdays: Armor classes.
Wednesdays: Rapier practice.
Thursday: Heavy fighting and Dance practice.
Friday: Café
Saturdays: Heavy fighting.
Sunday: Beginners classes.
Demo:
Gammlia Julmarknad, 11-12 December
Läkarvillan, 4-5 December
Event:
Umas University, 19-21 November.
Umas Christmas tournament, 3-5 December.
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Arnemetsia Regional Report
MoAS of Aarnimetsa
Lady Alena
Hukka, Canton
The MoAS office is open at the moment. They are alive still, but not
flourishing. They are planning though, so hopefully I can report a bit more
next time.
Humalasalo, Canton
MoAS is still Aurora Winter whose information I believe you have. They have
been active as before, cooking, dancing and doing crafts (still continuing
with their monstrous shoe project). They are also planning a large canton
tapestry of some sort, with projects involving candlemaking and cooking.
Kaarnemaa, Canton
MoAS still remains Elisabeth Susi. They have also been busy with historical
costume lectures, cooking and dancing. They have even contructed a cd-rom
cookbook "The Best of Kaarnemaa". They've had a course on calligraphy and
continue to have their crafts circle every other Monday.
Poukka, Canton
They have a new MoAS! Unfortunately she informed me a bit late so I don't
have a report from her, but I've now briefed her with her new job, so I (and
you) should be getting a report soon. In any case, here's her information:
Maria Maununtytar
mka Satu Helenius
Vuorenrinne 8 B 10
Fin-48350 Kotka
Finland
tel: +358-5-2287655
email: satu_helenius@hotmail.com
Unikankare, Canton
MoAS remains Dafydd Myfyrgar. The people are just as active as before with
dancing on Mondays, crafts on Thursdays and dancing in the local castle
every third saturday of the month. Apparantly the crafts circle is busy with
many different acivities and there is more to come. He also announces that
he'll be leaving the office to his successor Sunniva this April. More about
her in the next report.
Korpi, Village
The village of korpi is growing. They, at the moment, have only the dance
practise on every other Wednesday, but they're gathering lots of new people
for the practise. They are also looking at starting crafts and cooking
again.
Salpakallio, Village
The MoAS of Salpakallio did send in a report but apparently nothing has
really been happening there. Better luck next time!
Savilahti, Village
A baby-village and already I have a report. They don't have a MoAS yet but
they're working on it. Their village elder tells me they're practising
dancing once a week but nothing else yet.
Tervakannas, Village
They also have a new MoAS who seemed rather enthusiastic about her job. They
do dancing every other week and hold village meetings where they do
heraldry, cooking, and clothes.
Torna, Village
They too have a new MoAS and from experience I can say he's a good choice.
They have had several lectures on different things (though mainly armour
related), but I'm sure they'll find time for other things as well.
Walleiala, Village
Currently going for canton status. They have a new MoAS who I also know to
be a good choice. They did not send a report a such, but it's a start.
I held my first AS competition (at the Midwinter feast) and
people were just as pleased with it as I was.
The categories (and winners) were as follows:
Costuming (all periods): The winner was Myfanwy with a Tudor dress. Other
samples were also gorgeous and the judges had a hard time deciding. We had a
viking aged men's costume dyed with natural dyes, a woolshirt with beautiful
embroidery etc.
Wood and metalwork: Unfortunately we only had a single submission for
this category, but it was worth the victory. It was a wooden fork
beautifully carved with delicate flowers.
Fine arts (including all that doesn't fall into other categories): The
winner was Lady Isabella with her embroidered favor. Absolutely gorgeous.
Other submissions to this category were also more than wonderful. And for
the first time (at least in my brief history in the SCA) we had a lead-glass
work in the competition. it did, worthly, get recognised with a special
prize.
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Isles Report
Isles Regional Officer THL Margurite Dinard
Dumpling House,
Dumpling bridge Lane, Lakenheath IP27 9JU
44-(0)1842 862654 e-mail TondaPratt@aol.com
With the upcoming Rapier/A & S Champion of the Isles event, I have tried to
be in contact with all groups to make sure that everyone was notifed and/or
aware of this event. It is my hope that the winner of this event will go on
and represent the Isles with anyone else who wishes, to enter the Kingdom A &
S.
I have adopted in the past to notify all the Isles MoAS or if a group does
not have an MoAS the Senechal of each group about deadlines for reports. I
have had luck with all but a few responding in some form. It is my hope to
have a MoAs meeting at the Isles Rapier/A & S event in March. In stating
this I have received the following reports.
Flintheath:
The shire of Flintheath has been busy the last couple of months in
preparation for the 1st Isles Art/Sci championship. We are the host of the
event, to be held on the first weekend of March and in conjunction with the
Light Champion of the Isles tourney.
In December we held Yule Ball. During the event we had several contests:
Best Costume, Best Period Food, and an art/sci competition. All were judged
by populous favor.
In the last three months the people of Flintheath have been busy making
things. Foolowing is a list of the items and who made them:
THLord Hudd de Peth
sewed 2 1/2 15th century overcoats with lining, designed the covers for the
Jan and Feb 2000
Dragontales, baked a beer bread for Yule Ball contest
THLady Samilya Gyrhart of the Isles
finished embroidering celtic horses patch, attended a lecture on herbs 30
Nov 99
finished red wool t-tunic dress & added fur trim , started embroidery project
"Kings & Queens of
Drachenwald"
THLady Genna an Fhroaigh /Heather Fritz-Hammond 4 new tunics, and 1
calligraphy
Laurena working on Lanscennecht costume
Gideon planning a blacksmith forge
Dane wood working
Lady Margaret Hepburn of Ardrossan , made a Mary Queen of Scots cap ,
autocratted Yule Ball
THLady Catrin O'Sullivan Made 2 tunics, 2 pants, taught dance at
Coronation, made a Henin Hat, women's Tudor bodice and skirt panel
THLady Maruerite Dinard man's doublet and cannons, Tudor skirt
Lord Thorgrimr Olafsson shirt (work in progress)
Lady Elizabeth Hollingsworth stunning red velvet Elizabethian dress
I'm sure more work was done in the shire but since they didn't come to the
meetings and let me know what they've done, I can't report it.
I'll be stepping down from minister of art/sci for Flintheath sometime this
year and am looking for a replacement. I've held the position for almost 3
years and it's time to let someone else benefit from holding a local office.
I will be leaving the shire sometime before October 2000.
Lough Devnaree
Projects completed: Beatrice (Pauline in past reports) has continued her
work of garbing the Northern shire, making a number of beautiful dresses (5
magnificent dresses were produced for the Yule ball) and holding at least
two sewing workshops in tandem with other events/practices. Grace, a new
member (and resplendent in her new dress) assisted on several.
Caradoc & Beatrice & John de Barri made 4 fencing hoods. Ld. Etienne
made a scroll for Matthew of Anna.
Cu Derg & Cruibhne made two medals as prizes for a Shire fencing
tourney (cast metal) and ceramic feast tokens for the Yule feast.
Cu Derg's mincemeat wine was shared out at the Yule feast and was
exceptional.
Projects in Progress:
Moghrun uai Nuadat has undertaken to learn leatherwork and is working on
several period holders for his leatherworking tools.
Ld. Sigmundr Haakonsson is carving a walrus tusk as a dragon-head post
(after the manner of the Oseberg posts)
Morgan has begun making head-armour for a horse.
Ld. Etienne is working on John du Barry's AOA scroll and has begun
design of a period bolt-thrower (a long-term project).
Cernac is working on new fencing armour.
Lady Sagadis has dyed (with blackberries, onion peel, and alum) wool
from her own sheep, carded and hand-spun it, and is knitting it into a
fourteenth-century child's shirt (on the model of a painting of the Virgin
Mary knitting for the Christ-Child). Beatrice is continuing to garb the
Shire.
Overall: Beatrice's contributions are the most outstanding. She has worked
tirelessly and with great skill and talent to make sure that everyone, even
new members, looks *really good* at events. She is a brilliant seamstress,
willing to take considerable effort to do research into period costumes.
There has been a fair amount of activity this month because I have been
nagging everyone who does A&S to try to have something ready for the Isles
A&S competition; I think it will be good for our Shire to have a chance to
put their skills on display, and a lot of us are planning to go to the
event.
Pontalark:
We've had A&S meetings each of the last three months
and, as you guessed, the attendance was low due to
operations and holidays. I'm happy to report that the
Shire put on a demonstration for a member's children's
birthday party. Yes, there was dueling but we also provided
some education in the areas of dress and chivalry for
the youngsters. I must tell you that Dawn Watson made
for my daughter a wonderful blue satin/brocaid (sp?)
dress and head-dress for her school production. She
was the belle of the ball! A somewhat meager winter,
but I think respectable based on our available
resources.
Thamesreach:
We have two guilds:
Brewers' Guild-Guildmistress: Lady Meesha de Valence (Michelle Horowitz)
(no report provided)
Culinary Guild:Guildmistress: Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia (Tina Nevin)
(report attached below):
Meetings:
-We have weekly posted workshops for garb and armouring by Katherine
(Tricia Hunt)
-We also have irregular workshops for illumination, cooking, and persona
run by Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia.
-We have had a single inaugural Brewers Guild workshop.
-We have a once monthly arts and sciences expedition to a
musuem/gallery/castle, this event is often attended by members from other
regions here on holiday, and this event also appears to be very popular
with non-englisht shire members, especially the more transient members who
make up a large portion of the shire. Recent outings include:
-Leeds Armoury
-Wallis Collection (London)
-London markets
-Museum of London
-Battle (battle of Hastings)
-Museum of London to see the "London Eats Out" and attend the "Chocolate:
from pod to palate seminar by Sara Jayne-Stanes, Director of the Academy of
Culinary Arts
-National Gallery to see the "Renaissance Florence in the 1470s" Exhibition
Officers of the shire also put some effort into arranging transportation
and accomodation for overseas visitors, and for transient shire members so
that they can attend Kingdom events.
Personal projects completed:
Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia has put a substaintial effort into the
shire Website which provides a range of infomation for those visiting
london, gives SCA contact names and addresses and most importantly holds
the most up to date calender for the shire.
http://members.tripod.co.uk/thamesreach, She has also been head cook at
several events in 1999 including Lammas and Corronation, and continues
these efforts having taken on the position of head cook for the comming
Coronation in Wales. She has also completed projects in illumination (AoA
scroll for Meesha de Valence), embroidery (Embroidered Needlecase for HM
Anna to use as a Pennsic gift), communication (Web page), making of garb
and translation (3 redactions of Italian medieval recipes), as well as
being our Seneschal!
Lord Ozbeg also has put SCA related material on his personal web site
http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Rapids/8858/, and has made several
shields, wrist guards and refined an old sword into a usable state.
Alan Hardwick (Alan) has made a pair of baggy pants.
Catherine (Dean) won the arts and sciences award at Yule Ball for a
blackwork coif.
Alethea (Allison Hewett) has been doing stuff because I've seen it but she
didn't reply to my general request.
Katherine (Tricia) has made a tudor gable hood, two tudor outfits (dress,
chemise, hat), a tudor court dress, a mongolian caftan and a sample
recreating the style and stiches of the bayeux tabestry.
Thamesreach Culinary Guild's first event Summary:
Tudor Feast - Saturday 31st July
This was an early sixteenth century English culinary theme combination of
cooking workshop and feast.
The workshop took place throughout the day, with the aim of presenting the
first course at 6pm. The feast itself was be garbed, and as it rained, had
to be held indoors. It started at 12, finished cooking at 6 and ate at 7. It
was timetabled so we were making two dishes at a time during the workshop.
We used only original Tudor reciepes and did our own redactions from them.
It was three courses, consisting of a first course of hot mutton pie of lamb
mince, raisins, currents, prunes and spices which was very rich and
everybody liked - quite surprising as a couple of people commented they
didn't usually like raisins. Also a chicken mortis (pate) with bread sops,
that was eclipsed by the pie, but which was rather liked by most for its
texture and delicate, slightly sweet flavour. There was also a salad.
The second course consisted of 'gobbets' (everyone was most amused by that
word) of cold roast pork. It was cooked the night before as this was all
done in Tricia and Zane's samllish apartment kitchen and it was stinking hot
for London (32 C / 89 F degrees) so we decided the less hot dishes the
better. There was a Jance Sauce (nice gingery-garlic blend) and Carmeline
Sauce (cinnamon and raisins in a base of almonds) to go with it. Everyone
were heartily sick of grinding almonds and other things in my mortar and
pestle by the time we had finished, as it is really only a spice-grinding
sized one (I gave them the "no you can't use the blender, cutting isn't the
same as grinding" spiel) so I have promised to buy a large industrial-sized
one before Lammas festival next month. I rather liked the Boiled Onions with
bread sops - (onions boiled together with spices and raisins), although some
people didn't. The raisins part was very tasty however. There was also a
Tarte of Bean that came out well but which I didn't like the taste at all,
and an Apple Moyse, which was light, fluffy and delicious, but others
thought it too much like apple sauce.
The third course was gingerbrede, rolled into balls and decorated with bay
leaf and clove to look like an apple, very pretty. This was the only dish
that could be accounted a failure, as it was more squidgy (highly technical
term that ) than usual so could not be laid flat and cut into squares.
The ginger was overdone, so it was HOT and too gingery. The spiced wine
tasted nicely of grains of paradise, probably my favorite spice, though long
pepper is probably a close second. The final dish, Strawberry Pudding, was
strawberries mulched with rice flour, sugar and spices and was lovely.
Although small (6 attendees), the event was a success and I think I can
safely say people learnt something new as well as getting to eat a great
meal which they had made. They were all very pleased with themselves for
cooking an authentic Tudor dinner, which was encouraging to see . The next
workshop/feast is pencilled in for January Twelfth Night, and I'm hopeful
word of this one will enthuse others to attend (although by necessity
numbers have to be limited by the space available). I already have a couple
of bookings and I don't even know where it is yet! A booklet containing all
recipes, primary sources and other references about the feast is in the
works, to give to the attendees/ticket holders.
>From our friendly group in Wales:
This past weekend we held a Cloak-Making Extravaganza specifically for
some of the interested students from Cardiff University. I think we
finished one cloak and half-finished another. One young man also nearly
completed a full outfit--pants, undergarment, and undertunic. Umberto and
I both worked on some of our own projects as well.
The next Isles-wide sewing fest will be held 11-13 February. Four people
have signed up to attend.
Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild
From the elven scribe of THLady Samilya Gyrhart of the Isles, Guild Leader
for the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild,
Greetings!
This is the Feb. 2000 art/sci report for the Dragon's Needle Embroidery Guild.
Over the last three months thirteen new members have been added to the guild.
The guild now extends from Sweden to South Africa, and west as far as Wales.
I don't think there are any members in Ireland but I may be wrong.
Some of the members of the guild have started a project which will display
the arms of the kings and queens of Drachenwald on a tapestry, using the
illuminations from the Codex Manesse (1300's) as the inspiration. THLord
Hudd de Peth is designing the tapestry and THLady Samilya Gyrhart of the
Isles is, so far, the only one doing the embroidery.
THLord Hudd de Peth has also taken it upon himself to add the names of the
princes and princesses of Drachenwald to the Drachenwald Principality
banner/tapestry, which was created by Hudd and finished by the Dragon's
Needle Embroidery Guild under its founder, Mistress Octavia.
Simonis Karata, mka Susan Stephens, has done the Guild a great service. She
made soft copies of the badges to be embroidered by the guild so that I can
send them e-mail. (Which means they will go out sooner than if I had to mail
them snail mail.)
After the 15th of Feb., I hope to start work on the Dragon's Needle
Embroidery Guild's web page. I want to list the names and countries of the
members, and where they stand in the guild. I want also to put the
softcopies of the badges there so anyone can find them.
The only regional assistant I've heard from is Lady Hedwig Kettuin of
Aarnimetsa, who informed me of ten new members.
Childrens Guild
Galwin McGilliland
Greetings unto All,
The Members List has now been updated "Again ", we are now
standing at 28 children in the guild, 8 Teachers, but, only 2
Assistant Guild Leaders.
The new revised Children's Forms are on the web site as well.
Also the revisions to the Guild Charter have been updated, so
you may wish to review it or possibly download the new version
also.
I am awaiting for the pattern of the Baldrics to arrive via snail
mail. But if you know what the Boy Scout, or Girl Scout baldrics
look like they are the same in shape and average size.
You have the option of either sewing the bottom ends together
as per the regular scout baldrics, or, you can simply tie the ends
together , that way allowing a little " Growing Room " for the
child before having to make another.
The Color should be a " Light Blue ", ( Similar to the Water
Bearers Baldric ).
I would suggest placing the Guild Badge about 1/3rd the way
down on the front. This will leave room above to place any
Kingdom Level Awards the Child may receive in the future and
plenty of room below to place any special guild awards and
tokens which they earn.
I have reviewed the Kingdom Laws and noticed that there are
only two awards for Children and both are for children under the
ages of 12. I have compiled and submitted a suggestion for a few
other Kingdom Level Awards for Children up to the ages of 16.
I will place these in a separate message so all can see. Mind you
these are only suggestions and may be altered, revised, changed
or even denied by the Crown and approving Authorities. Perhaps
some of you can come up with a few more which we could toss
the Crowns way for consideration.
Once again, I can not say how grateful I am to all of you,
Parents and non-Parents alike. It says and means a lot to me
when a Parent is willing to place the care and well being of their
child under my care when I am at an event. I will always strive to
set the best of examples for your children when they are under
my supervision.
Missing Reports
This is the part that I despise the most, mentioning which groups didn't
report. Sigh...the good news is, that I was able to take a few groups off of
the Gray list, the bad news is, more showed up on the Black List. :-9 I want
to remind the Seneschals that if you do not have a Minister of Arts and
Sciences that you should give the Regional Officer a brief message stating
so, and reporting what arts and sciences have transpired within your group.
I will omit this time the Shires/Cantons who have not reported on this bases,
but it will be followed up closer in the next reporting cycle.
Gray list (1 missed report)
Vielburgen
Black list (two or more skipped reports, Time to act!!!!.)
Aros
Drei Grenzen
Emerald Glen
Greifenthal
Insula Draconis (four skipped reports?)
Knight's Crossing
Ulvberget (reporting through Nordmark)
Westerhus (reporting through Normark)
SCA Kingdom of Drachenwald
Ministers Arts and Sciences & guild contact persons
KINGDOM MoAS:
THL Caitrin O'Sullivan
(Julie Sauer)
9 Whitewood Walk
RAF Lakeheath
Suffolk
IP27 9RR
England
Phone +44-(0)1638-533207
E-mail: Jean1Cait1@aol.com
Kingdom MoAS dddeputy:
Master Floris van Monfort
(G.A.. Van Heusden)
Nepveustraat 16-3 / NL-1058 XP
The Netherlands
e-mail: floris@blancefloer.demon.nl
UNVERSITY CHANCELLOR:
Mistress Eleanora Vittoria Alberti di Calabria
(Sharon Young)
Berlinerstrasse 27
D-66849 Landstuhl
GERMANY
or
CMR 402 Box 2013
APO, AE 09180
Phone: +358-49-(0)-6371 913 752
E-mail: sharon.young@cpe.amedd.army.mil
Acting Univercity Chancelor,:
Master Terafan Greydragon
Peter Barclay
Arkansas Str 2512 #A-5, Patch Kaserne 70569
Stuttgart, Germany phone 49-711 678 7542
e-mail barclayp@eucom.mil
Sweden:
NORDMARK/PRINCIPALITY MOAS:
Lord Leonardo di Pergola
(Daniel Jonsson)
Skogsbrynet 3,
90343 UMEĀ
SWEDEN
Phone: +46-90-122569,
+46-70-4495728
E-mail: lkj@acc.umu.se or lkj@obbit.se
MoASes in Nordmark:
Aros
Cecilia Aneer
Attemark
Kirsti ā¢nnersdotter Skram
(Johanna Spanne)
Vallkārrav. 15B
22651 Lund
Phone. +46-46-248315
Forstheim
Steinar Vidfamne
(Johannes Mattila)
Brogatan 2a
97432 Luleā
Phone: +46-920-88648
E-mail: johannes.mattila@tullverket.se
Gotvik
Peryne de Gournay
(Marika Hanson)
Svalebogatan 47D
414 75 Gā¢TEBORG
E-mail: marika.hanson@swipnet.se
Gyllengran
Stephan Lange von L"wenbourg
(Pār Nyman)
Fullriggarv. 21
865 32 ALNā¢
Phone: +46-60-585422
Holmrike
Jodis Ebbesdottir
(Josephine ā¢gren)
Hannebergsgatan 14
17168 Solna
Phone: +46-8-735 53 48,
+46-708-66 44 14
E-mail: gilliam@wineasy.se
H"gahem
(Sandra Dhalberg-Āstrand)
Hembygdsgatan 14
571 35 NŽSSJā¢
Phone: +46-380-11823
E-mail: hogharold@hotmail.com
Juneborg
Sophia Ross
(Berit Svensson)
Munkgatan 5 B
55335 JONKOPING
Phone:
+46-36-308395
E-mail: berit.s@beta.telrnordia
Styringheim
Rodorm Faste
(Sven-Ingvar Romin)
Botsmunds
Vāsterhejde
62148 WISBY
E-mail: si.romin@gotlandica.se
Ulvberget
Olav Eriksson ā¢rnklo
(Bj"rn Hellqvist)
Naustenavāgen 24B
541 43 SKā¢VDE
E-mail: enda@algonet.se
Uma
(Hanna Nordgren)
R"nnbārsstigen 25c
90346 UMEĀ
Westrehus
Malla Skavelsdotter
(Maria Markenroth)
ā¢stra Storgatan 151
554 52 Jā¢NKā¢PING
Phone: +46-36-128386
E-mail: a96marma@student.his.se
Vacant:
Baggeholm,Fiathundraland,Gefla, Ljunga
Finland:
AARNIMETSA/BARONIAL MOAS:
Lady Zlderdody Alena
(Jenni Lindholm)
Yo-kyla 21 a 24
20540 turku
Finland
Phoen:+358-(0)40-595 7888
E-mail: alena_z@hotmail.com
MoASes in Aarnimetsa:
Hucca (canton):
~vacant ~
Humalasalo (incipient canton):
Lady Aurora Winter
(Aurora Raiskinen)
Kaarnemaa (incipient canton):
Elisabeth Susi
(Jenny Kangasvuo)
Virkakatu 5 C 2
90570 Oulu
FINLAND
Phone: +358-(0)8- 554 22 47
E-mail: jek@iki.fi
Poukka, Canton
Maria Maununtytar
mka Satu Helenius
Vuorenrinne 8 B 10
Fin-48350 Kotka
Finland
tel: +358-5-2287655
email: satu_helenius@hotmail.com
Unikankare (incipient canton):
Dafydd Myfyrgar
(Gordon Alford)
Yo-kyla 21 A 24
20540 Turku
Finland
Phone: +358 40 5957888
E-mail: dafydd@isis.yok.utu.fi
France:
Chateau du Ciel
Thomas de Longueville
(Eric PLOUVIN)
117 avenue du general Leclerc
92340 BOURG-LA-REINE
E-mail: eplouvin@free.fr
Germany:
DREI EICHEN /
BARONIAL MOAS:
Ydebergis of ten Bergen
(Inge Puetz)
Marienburgerstrasse 6
52249 Eschweiler
GERMANY
E-mail: Inge_Puetz@gmx.de
MoASes reporting through DE:
Drei Grenzen (canton):
Lady Anna von den Quellen
(Sinja Kern) C/o
Lord Swjetoslaw Stargardskoj
Roterde (incipient canton)
-vacant-
Wofsau (canton):
No MoAS
KNIGHTS CROSSING/BARONIAL MOAS:
Lady Conny
(Conny Ledbetter)
Frankenthalerstr. 202
67059 Ludwigshafen
GERMANY
Phone: +49-621-1512648
MoASes reporting through KC:
Monarch's Rest (canton):
No MoAs
BLAUWASSER (incipient shire):
No MoAS
DRACHENSHEIM (shire):
No MoAS
EMERALD GLEN (shire):
new MoAS?
GREIFENTHAL (incipient shire):
Felicitas Ingendhal
Ederstrasse 8
35390 Giessen
GERMANY
E-mail: ingendahl@i-way.de
ISENGAU (incipient shire)
Lady Margerite von Bucchholtz
(Valerie Scheppe)
Waldfriedhofstr.1
81377 Munich
GERMANY
E-mail: v.scheppe@polyport.de
MEADOWMARSH (shire):
Lady Mairghread Ni Fhlaithhbheartaigh
(Peggy Lynn)
Friedenstrasse 15
63694 Limeshain
GERMANY
Phone: +46-6048-950035
E-mail: 100527.3575@compuserve.com
SCHWARZ-LOCH (incipient shire):
Ld Lucas Spencer
(Gary Sunderland)
0981-977 4752
E-mail: g.sunderland@mailexcite.com
TRUMSTAD (shire):
Oisin McMurrough
(Kurt Huebers)
Innere Brucker Strasse 14
91054 Erlangen
GERMANY
Phone: +49 - 9131 * 205328
Email: ulrike.claus@imbus.de
TWO SEAS (incipient shire):
No MOAS?
VIELBURGEN (shire):
Heidi Springfield
HHC 1st TMCA
Unit 25502 Box 71
APO AE 09227
E-mail through: eschmeck@mail3.bunt.com or vielburgen@hotmail.com or
johnspringfield@hotmail.com
Austria:
Ad Flumen Caeulum (incipient shire):
Lady Katharina Woinovich.
(Susanne Mayer)
Pouthongasse 5-9/2/9
A-1150 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Phone: ++43 - (0)1 - 985 75 58
email: Susanne.Mayer@vie.boehringer-ingelheim.com
The Netherlands:
POLDERSLOT (shire):
Mistress Hannah of Hanecnolle
(Esther Baukenhorst)
Nepveustraat 16-3
1058 XP Amsterdamn
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-(0)20-6129432
E-mail: hannah@blancefloer.demon.nl
Shout Africa:
Adamastor (shire):
Thomas of Ely
(Neil Carr)
E-mail: neil@zig.co.za
UK/Ireland:
Regional deputy for the Isles:
THL Marguerite Dinard
(Tonda Pratt)
Dumpling House,
Dumpling bridge Lane,
Lakenheath
IP27 9JU
Phone: + 44 (0) 1842 862654
E-mail: TondaPratt@aol.com
CAER CALEDON (shire?):
No MoAS
EGAIL (shire):
No MoAS
FLINTHEATH (shire):
THL Samilya Gyrhart of the Isles
(Shirlynn Hudspeth)
2A The Pines
Holywell Row
Bury St. Edmunds
IP28 8LU
UK
Phone: +44-1638-718125
E-mail: samilya@Hudspeth.libertynet.co.uk
HARPLESTANE (shire):
No MoAS
INSULA DACONIS (shire):
Lyris of Clee
(Heather Phillips)
31, Green Road
Didcot
Oxfordshire, OX 11 8SY, UK.
Phone: +44 (0)-1235 211283
E-mail: heather.phillips@aeat.co.uk
LOUGH DAVANREE (shire):
Ld Sigmund HĀ konsson
(Stephan Grundy)
Kilmurry House
Shinrone
Co.Offaly
IRELAND
Phone: +353-505-47378
E-mail: emmel@iol.ie
PONTH ALARCH (shire):
Jane Shannon
(no other contact info at present)
Thames Reach (shire):
Katherine
(Patricia Hunt)
Phone: +44-(0)171-873-1146 ( or 2779)
E-mail: patricia.hunt@kcl.ac.uk
Italy:
FIRE MARCH (incipient stronghold):
No MoAS
INFIMUS MONS AUREUS (incipient stronghold):
Lady Kathleen
(Marsha Givens)
PSC 54 Box 1623
APO AE 09601
Phone: 39-0434-74597
E-mail: j.chaney@pn.nettuno.it
RANAAN (incipient shire):
No MoAS
VULCANĆÆS FORGE (incipient stronghold):
No MoAS
Turkey:
ALEXANDER'S ROAD (incipient stronghold):
No MoAS
KINGDOM LEVEL GUILDS:
Arachne's web:
Lady Elaine Fitzhume
(Helān Jernstr"m)
Nobelvāgen 1,
21429 Malm",
Phone +46-40-969379
E-mail: lenisen@mail.bip.net
Armourer's guild:
~vacant~
Children's Guild:
6cGalwin McGilliland
(David Gilliland)
Postfach 1306 91504 Ansbach
Germany
E-mail: galwin@hotmail.com
Dragon Needle Embroidery guild:
THL Samilya Gyrhart of the Isles
(Shirlynn Hudspeth)
2A The Pines
Holywell Row
Bury St. Edmunds
IP28 8LU
UK
Phone: +44-1638-718125
E-mail: samilya@Hudspeth.libertynet.co.uk
Fools Guild:
Lord Luke Breen of Lough Finne
(Kenneth Walters)
PSC 1 Box 1
APO 1
Kingdom Level Interest Groups:
Herbal:
Mistress Celemon Gwnedd
(Kristina Hildebrand)
Grantiv. 10 A
S-752 43 Uppsala
Sweden
Phone: 46-1852 09 41
E-mail: boyle@algonet.se
Brewers and Vinters:
Master Floris van Montford
(Gerald van Heusden)
Neepveustraat 16-3,
1058 XP Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: 31 (0)20 612 9432
E-mail: floris@blancefloer.demon.nl
Cooking:
Baron Helmut zu Juelich
(Helmut Riebe)
Probst-Bechter-Platz 3
52428 Juelich
Germany
E-mail: Helmut1Oriane2@CS.COM
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