May 2008


Bog Business Meeting Sunday, June 1st at HGA 3PM 


Calendar of Events


From the Mistress of the Lists

From the Herald
From the Land Grab Agent
 

 

Melee Practice

Canton Business Meeting

Bog Business Meeting Minutes




 





Canton version of the Sentinel


 


 

 

 

Event Announcements:
Spring Thing and 7 Pearls
Baronial Champs


 

Calendar of Events

 

 

 

 

May 2008

Friday 2-Sunday 4 Spring Crown Tournament (Kingdom Event) Friday 6 p.m.-Sunday12:00 p.m(Shire of Heronter)

Sunday 4 Bog Business Meeting 3:00 p.m. (HGA)

Monday 4  Canton Business Meeting  7:00 p.m (Eat n' Park).

Wednesday 7 Mead Brewing Demo 6;30 p.m.(Chateu di Shively)

Friday9--Sunday 11  Will's Revenge XIIII Friday 6:00.p.m.-Sunday12:00 p.m.(Shiire Abhainn Chiach Ghlais)

Saturday 10 Heavy Weapons Tourney and Martial Schola 9:00a.m.-9:00p.m.(Barony of Deltwood)

Thursday 15-Sunday 18 War Practice XIX Thursday 12:00 p.m.-Sunday 3:00 p..m. (Canton of Steltonwald)

Friday 23-Sunday 24  Mountain Ladies' Confederation Event & War Camp Friday 5:00 p.m-Sunday 1:00(Shire of Abhainn Chiach Ghlais

Friday 30-Sunday 1 Melee Madness Friday 1:00 p.m-4:00-p.m. Sunday 4:00 p.m.(Barony of Endless Hills)

Saturday 31 Melee on the Mountain (Shire of King's Crossing)

June 2008

Sunday 1 Monthly Bog Business Meeting 3:00 p.m.(HGA)

Friday 6-8  Myrkfaelin Summer War War Practice

Saturday 7 Aethelmearc War College 9AM-8PM(shire of Misty Highlands, Core WV)

Saturday 7 Brass Ring Thing (Canton of Beau Fleuve)

Saturday 14  Spring Thing(Flax Scutching Ground, Stahlstown, PA)

Friday 20-Sunday 22 Aethelmearc Academy (Shire of Copper Tree)

Saturday 21  Gold Chain/Rose Tournament 9a.m.-9p.m (Shire of Sunder Oak)

Friday 27-Sunday 29 Pax Interruptus  4p.m. Friday-noon Sunday (Barony of Thescorre)

 

 

 

For more event listings visit the Kingdom of AEthelmearc Home Page
or the SCA's home page.


Thrown Weapons Practice: No information. (Contact personJohnstown : Lord Kenn the Just (mka Ken Leap at 814-536-0045 or kennthejust@yahoo.com  Contact Person Ebensburg: Isteri, a.k.a. Duane Lohr, at 814-443-9711 or isteri@direcway.com)

Heavy Weapons Practice: Sundays, 3:30 - 7:00pm at Hiram G. Andrews Center. (Contact person: Lord Connor Macgregor mka Chuck Gossard)

Fencing Practices: Wednesdays, 7:00pm at Bastiano's & Sundays, 3:30pm - 7:00pm at Hiram G. Andrews Center.  (Contact persons: Don Bastiano, a.k.a. Norm Ed, at 814-244-335; and Don Iago, a.k.a. Ken Kusher, at 814-262-7221 or spamyard5@yahoo.com)

Archery Practices: No information.

Melee Practice 1st Sunday of every month following the business meeting. 3:30-7:00 Hiram G. Andrews Center.

Scribal Guild: No information. (Contact person: THLady Cynthia, a.k.a. Cynthia Chapple, at 814-266-1347 or MistressCynthia@verizon.net)

Arts & Sciences: Tuesdays, 6:00pm at Bastiano's (Contact person: Don Bastiano, a.k.a. Norm Ed, at 814-244-3335)

 Canton  Business Meeting: 1st  Tuesday* of the Month, 6:30pm to 7:30pm at Adams Memorial Library (1112 Ligonier Street, Latrobe, PA 15650). (Contact person: Lady Rose Thorne, a.k.a. Beth Rose, at 724-850-7404 or rosethorne@att.net)

Bog Business Meetings: 1st Sunday* of the Month, 3:00pm at Hiram G. Andrews Center (727 Goucher Street, Johnstown, PA 15905). (Contact person:  Lady Emily  of Dunvegan (Stacie Eckenrode) ((814) 536-1665 or (814) 244-3520  lady_emily@hotmail.com
 

*Check the Calendar of Events to verify dates and places.

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From the Exchequer

Unto the goode and noble gentles of St Swithin's Bog,
At this time I am on successor search. I want to take a year off from the SCA to get my life and etc back in order. I will still attend events but want to enjoy other interests at this time. Please contact me if you are interested in the exchequer position.
AElfra
 

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From the Mistress of Lists

If you were born in  May  please check your authorization card for the expiration date!

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From the Herald

Fees for submissions have dropped to $7.00 per item.

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From the Land Grab Agent

Just a reminder that you can now pre-reg for war

Lady Andree

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Canton Business Meeting

 The next Canton Business Meeting will be  Monday May 7th at 7:00 p.m. Eat n' Park For more information visit the Canton of Westland Mor's Newsletter & Website!

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Melee Practice

Melee Practice is held the First Sunday of every month at the HGA center; and is a dedicated heavy melee practice for swords and boards, poles and spears, and combat archery that will work on individual weapons skills as well as unit skills.

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Barony Business Meeting Minutes

Barony of St. Swithin's Bog Meeting Minutes, Sunday, April 6, 2008

 
Called to order at the Hiram G. Andrews Center at 3:00 pm.
 
Officers' Reports:
 
Baron: Master Quinn- Please take a look at the War Point schedule for Pennsic this year.  It is going to be a challenge.
 
Baroness: Dame Vivienne- Gave a most lovely speech (with pictures!) of inspiring more interest in the Barony and the Society.  If you were there, you would have seen the spark in the Baroness's eye as she spoke of her pride in our Barony.  Her excellency encourages everyone in the Barony to participate in the upcoming demos and events.
 
Lady Emily-  As we encourage everyone to participate in activities in the Barony and beyond, we also emphasize the need to check the Kingdom schedule of events so that we may avoid multiple events at one time.  Also, practices at HGA are around 4pm if we need to be inside, we can of course, begin earlier if weather permits us to be outside.
 
Exchequer: Mistress AElfra-Baronial checking: $ 2,633.77. Baronial savings: $2049.05. Canton checking: $1,243.43.
 
Knight Marshal: Lord Connor-  Fighter practice is still on Sunday at HGA. 
"Come on, if Aquila can show up, so can you!"
 
Fencing Marshal: Don Bastiano-  Fencing practice is Wednesday night at Bastiano's loft and on Sunday at HGA around 4pm.  Just a reminder that we still do have youth fencing and Bastiano has passed his official SCA background check.
 
Herald: Dame Vivienne-
 
Chatelaine: THL Tower-
 
Chronicler: Michela-
 
Arts & Sciences: Don Bastiano-  A & S night is Tuesday at 6:30 at Bastiano's loft.  We have been holding them on a week by week basis.  If there is something you are interested in, please let him know and he will see if the resources are available.
 
Scribal Guild: Mistress Cynthia-  Scribal workshops will resume on Wednesday, April 23rd
 
Historian: Dame Charmaine-History, as usual, is happening
 
Webminister: Lord Kenn-  Please send any webpage updates.......new pictures and video are welcome!
 
Old Business: 2008 Bog 3 Day Event-  It was decided and voted on that we will not be holding a Bog 3 Day event this year.  The Canton will be hosting the Pearls Tournament at Spring Thing. 
 
 
New Business- Ideas to make the Barony visible to the public and to possibly attain new members: A demo at the Community Arts Festival in August, A demo in July at the Galleria, Twin Lakes Demo also in July, holding practices at Roxbury, possibly advertising in local publications about who we are and what we do.  Information will be posted regarding these ideas and more, please mark your calendars and plan to attend these events. 
 
The Barony meeting was adjourned at 4:00 pm.
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Spring Thing and 7 Pearls Tourney

Spring Thing and the 7 Pearls Fencing Tourney
Canton of Westland Mor
Saturday, June 14, 2007
 

Join the Canton of Westland Mor for our 9th Annual Spring Thing event on Saturday, June 14, 2008, upon the Flax Scutching Grounds, Stahlstown PA (no street address).  Our theme for this year will be "Days of Swine and Roses".  We are also the  honored hosts of the 7 Pearls Fencing Tourney!  

The Autocrat for the days activities shall be Lady Fejes Elena (Sharyl Clapp); and the Feastocrat is Lady Alexzandria (Allie Dawson-Schott).  While the menu is still being tweaked, rumor has it that a roasted pig shall be featured!

Check back for more details!!!


Directions:

From the West:
Take your best route to Route 30. Take Route 30 east toward Ligonier. At Ligonier, make a right onto Rt. 711 South. Follow 711 south for approximately 6-8 miles. The Flax Scutchin' Grounds will be on your right. Keep an eye out for the SCA signs.

From the East:
Take your best route to Route 30. Take Rt. 30 west toward Ligonier. At Ligonier, make a left onto Rt. 711 South. Follow 711, south for approximately 6-8 miles. The Flax Scutchin' Grounds will be on your right. Keep an eye out for the SCA signs.
The site is also accessible from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Exit the Turnpike at the Donegal exit. Make a left out of the interchange (onto Rte 31), approximately 1/10 of a mile turn left again and follow the signs for 711 North toward Ligonier. The Flax Scutchin' Grounds will be on your left, approximately 5-7 miles north of the Turnpike.

 

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Baronial Champs Galleria Mall

Good Lords and Ladies:

Please mark your calendars for July 12, 2008, as that is
the date we have set with the Galleria for doing our
event/demo.

For those of you who were unable to make the meeting, we
thought we would approach this demo a bit differently and
actually hold an event there. This will be our Baronial
Champions Event.

If the weather is with us, we will be setting up in the
large(extremely large), grassy area behind the mall
between Boscovs and Sears. We should like to set up
pavilions as well as a tournament area complete with
pennons/banners/etc. We will also have displays of A&S
items, Armor, calligraphy and illumination, the usual
stuff that we display at a demo. Inside, we will have a
somewhat smaller presence at the old fountain site with
some displays and TV/VCR running the Pennsic
XX(edited)video. If anyone has a newer DVD on Pennsic, we
will be able to provide a DVD player as well and alternate
the videos. We will need to take turns manning this
station, because most of our activity will be going on
outside, but we will take some time to do processions in
the mall with maybe some fencing or fighting at those
times just to encourage people to come out back.

However, if the weather is bad, everything will be done
inside at the old fountain site on the first floor. There
is quite a bit of space there, so I think we will still be
able to put up Connor's indoor pavilion and do the event
from there.

As far as we know, there is nothing else scheduled for the
mall that weekend.

I would like to encourage everyone to dig out your best
garb for this special occasion. It will be our Baronial
Birthday Party as well and, who knows, there may be some
cake and ice cream...

Anyone with any suggestions or ideas for this event/demo,
please do not hesitate to contact myself, Baron Quinn, or
Lady Emily, our Seneschale. Thanks in advance for what I
hope will be a fantastic turnout for our 10th year as a
Barony.

Sincerely and In Service,

Vivienne, Baroness
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This is The Sentinel,  a publication of the Barony of St. Swithin's Bog and the Incipient Canton of Westland Mor, of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Sentinel is available from Michela Summervale(Michelle Gelles) and the Bog's Homepage or Canton's Homepage. It is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies.