Calendar of Events 

December 2002

    1st, Sunday -- Bog Business Meeting
                             6pm at Lady Sarai's in Johnstown (1604 Bedford St.; 814-269-3144).

    10th, Tuesday -- Western Border Gathering
                                6:30 - 7:30 pm at Adams Memorial Library .

January 2003

    5th, Sunday -- Bog Business Meeting
                            6pm at Lady Sarai's in Johnstown (1604 Bedford St.; 814-269-3144).

    11th, Saturday -- Kingdom Twelfth Night (Sunderoak)
                                  10 am to 10 pm at Butler Senior High School.

    14th, Tuesday -- Western Border Gathering
                                6:30 - 7:30 pm at Adams Memorial Library .

    18th, Saturday -- Barony of St. Swithin's Bog's Twelfth Night
                                  Viva la France - 10 am to 9 pm at Green Gables, Jennerstown, PA

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Heavy Weapons Practice: Sundays, 2pm.  (Contact person: Lord Tower)

Fencing Practices: Wednesdays, 6pm at Kusar's (Norm Ed - 139 Clinton St., Johnstown, PA, 15901); Sundays, 3pm.  (Contact person: Lord Kusar at 814-244-3335)

Archery Practices: Fridays, 6:30pm at Flood City Bowman. (Contact person: Lord Derrick, a.k.a. Joe at 724-433-6784)

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Greetings fellow Boggers,

We hope you all have a joyous holiday season.  As the year ends we look back with many happy memories and look forward to making many more, with you our dearest friends and family.  Be well.  

So long as the Raven flies and the Cattails grow, 
we remain in service to Crown and Bog,

Aquila and AElfra
Baron and Baroness

• Bids are needed for the Annual Three Day event.  Please bring them to the next meeting. 

• Membership has its advantages, please send in for national membership today.

• It's not too early to pre-register for Pennsic!

Greetings fellow Boggers,

       I hope all are doing well, and this very beginning of the holiday season finds everyone in good health and fine spirits. Have safe holidays so that I may see you all at 12th Night!
       Between two nights a week of class and some recent work difficulties, my poor little Seneschal brain is a little worn out, so I will bore you no further this month. Look out for next year though, I may be saving it up for a good long winded article!

Talishar
Seneschale

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From the Chronicler  

Greetings all,

     Winter is a time of reflection, looking back on how we spent our time in the warmer days and the memories we created with friends and family.  But it is also a time of preparation for the warmer weather and new memories to come.  With that in mind, I wish to remind everyone that the January issue of the Sentinel will be our big 6 month newsletter to be mailed out to all Boggers.  Inside its folds I hope to have reports from all the officers (new and/or old) summing up activities under their supervision and discussing potential new things to come in the next six months.  Anyone else who wishes to have something added into the newsletter, please send it along to me.
     Everyone has been very supportive toward me, so I'd like to take this chance to give my continued thanks.  However, if you have any opinions or suggestion on the newsletter (how you receive it, the contents), please let me know.  I assemble the information but the newsletter is for everyone.
     Also if you have experienced a change of address, now is the time to contact either myself or the Chatelaine with your new information so that it may be updated in our databases.
     I wish everyone a safe and joyous holiday season and hope to see you all under sunny skies at 12th Night!

     If you have any questions or would like to submit anything to the newsletter (either the hard copy or electronic version), please contact me at 724-238-0114 or bogchronicler@yahoo.com.

In service,
Lady Caitilin "Cait" ni Mhaolconaire

Greetings unto the populace of the Bog and beyond!

     Lord Derrick's proposal for Spring Thing 2003 was accepted by the Barony and is to be held in June - possibly the 14th.  More information will be provided as soon as possible.  In the meanwhile, Derrick would like to request volunteers to help with troll, children's activities and to serve feast.  Anyone wishing to help out, please contact Derrick at 724-433-6784 or email me (Cait) at snowdragon1027@yahoo.com. 
     Lady Kat has volunteered to make the banner for the Bog to use at Pennsic.  Anyone needing to talk with her or wishing to offer their assistance, should contact her directly at mozina@sgi.net or 724-838-0420 (no calls after 9pm).
     Lady Kat has also offered her artistic services in the form of possible workshops.  The workshops would have to be around 3pm and would be held at the school where she teaches.  She is able to teach enameling, clay, wood burning and basic soldering skills.  Anyone able to or interested in participating in such classes should contact Lady Kat (mozina@sgi.net or 724-838-0420, no calls after 9pm).
     The December gathering on the borderland will be Tuesday the 10th from 6:30pm til 7:30 pm at Adams Memorial Library (1112 Ligonier St., Latrobe, PA; 724-539-1972).  As always I remind everyone that we have the room beginning at 6:00pm, so you're welcome to arrive early.

In service to Bog and Crown,
Lady Caitilin ni Mhaolconaire

St. Swithin's Bog Twelfth Night
January 18, 2003

Viva la France!

Viva la fleur de lys! Once again, we invite the Knowne World to join the Barony of St. Swithin’s Bog in celebrating our annual 12th Night event to be held on Saturday, January 18, 2003. The event will be held at our traditional site: Green Gables in Jennerstown, PA (no street address), an incredible, period-looking hall with stone walls, cathedral ceilings, parquet floors and mullioned windows covered with vines. To enhance our French theme, the wearing and displaying of fleur de lys is most encouraged!

Doors will open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m. As Green Gables is a commercial restaurant with a liquor license, no alcohol can be brought on site; however, the restaurant will provide a cash bar. For your enjoyment we will have a luncheon sideboard, entertainment, the Bardic Competition, a sumptuous feast, court and country dancing in the afternoon, plus our traditional auction.

Autocrat for the event is Dame Vivienne Marie de Beauvais (Pamela Faint, 136 Strayer St., Johnstown, PA 15906, 814-535-6394; ladyviv@gte.net) with Baroness Charmaine of Falkensee as co-autocrat and also entertainment coordinator (Sally C. Fink, 331 Penn Ave., Johnstown, PA 15905; 814-255-5176; sphink@twd.net). If you have any dietary restrictions, please contact Dame Vivienne. If you wish to be part of our entertainment, please contact Baroness Charmaine.

The fee for this grand event will be $18.00 with a $3.00 discount if you bring an auction item. (No off-board.) Halflings (12 and under) will be half price at $9.00, but no auction discount. Make checks payable to "SCA, Inc.—St. Swithin's Bog." Reservations are REQUIRED and should be mailed to the reservations clerk: THL Cynthia Loved of Tower (Cynthia J. Chapple, 1945 Florida Avenue Johnstown, PA 15902; 814-266-1347; ladycynthiaKE@aol.com). If you send a reservation including the discount, we will assume you are bringing an auction item. (NOTE: Please DO NOT bring alcohol as an auction item. Corpora law does not allow us to auction it off.)

Tentative schedule:  

10:00 a.m.—Site opens
Afternoon—Sideboard available, Entertainment, Bardic Competition, Court and Country Dancing
5:00 p.m.—Courts begin
6:30 p.m.—Feast
Auction will commence during latter part of feast
9:00 p.m.—Site closes

Green Gables is located in Jennerstown, PA, and is easily accessible from Rt. 219 or Rt. 30.

FROM THE NORTH OR SOUTH: Make your best way to Rt. 219 and take the Jennerstown Exit. From the north, make a right off the ramp, from the south make left off the ramp. Go approximately 3.2 miles on Rt. 30 west. At the second light make a right. *Green Gables is a short distance down the hill on the right. Park either in front of the building or in the larger parking lot to the left of the building, beyond the trees. (Entrance to this lot is a few hundred feet further down the road.) Since the restaurant will be open, please do not use the front door. Go in through the SIDE DOORS to the left of the building. Signs will be posted to direct you.

FROM THE EAST OR WEST: Make your best way to Rt. 30 and follow it into Jennerstown, PA. At the Jennerstown light (crossroads of Rt. 30 and Rt. 985) turn onto 985 North and follow from * above.

This is The Sentinel,  a publication of the Barony of St. Swithin's Bog, of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Sentinel is available from Caitilin ni Mhaolconaire (Kathleen Giesey) and the Bog's Homepage. It is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies.