SHIRE OFFICERS
Seneschal Lord Eoghan Rorikson
Exchequer Dame George Anne
Herald Lord Robert O’Connor
Arts and Sciences Lady Anne Diarmat
Castellan Lord Malcolum Willelm
Deputy for Demos Lady Anne Diarmat,
General Deputy THL Keran Roslin
Chronicler THL Keran Roslin
Knight Marshal Sir Magnus Tindal
Archery Marshal Lady Mariana Maria Pietrosanti
Minister of Lists Vacant
Minister of Youth Vacant
Web Mistress Ravyn
NOVEMBER IN STERLYNGE VAYLE
BINGHAMTON AREA MEETINGS
(Meetings are at Anne & Eoghan’s in Binghamton unless otherwise announced)
11/9 - Sunday - 3-5 - Business meeting
11/16 - Sunday - 3-5 - putting together inkle looms- if you are
interested in making one, please let me know so we can figure out the
cost and how much we need to purchase. (Thanks Briant!)
11/21 - Friday - Rotary Luncheon Demo
11/23 - Sunday - 3-5 - finishing touches on looms
11/30 - Sunday - 3-5 - No A&S - have a Happy Thanksgiving
12/7 - Sunday - 3-5 - Business Meeting
12/14 - Sunday - 3-5 - Socks
12/21 - Inkle weaving
12/28 - no A&S - Happy Holidays
1/4/2009 -Business meeting
1/11- Sewing
As always, if you have a talent to share, a class you would like to
teach or something you would like to learn, please send Anne an email at
arudolph AT stny DOT rr.com
Fight Practice - Thursday nights - 6:00 PM - Greater Binghamton Health Center, 425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY. The gymnasium is in the Keeler building. Go right at the entrance and all the way to the end next to the VA. No fight practice on Thanksgiving (11/25), Christmas (12/25) or New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) Directions to site: http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/facilities/bipc/directions.htm Please contact Eoghan or Tidal - lanceebrown AT yahoo DOT com - to see if there will be practice. Bring your A&S project and a chair or fencing gear or your armor and enjoy
Suggestions for A&S meetings, offers to host, requests to learn subjects, directions, etc. should be directed to Lady Anne Diarmat at arudolph AT stny DOT rr.com
ARCHERY IN STERLYNGE VAYLE
Nov. 5, 12 &19 - Wednesday - 6-8:30 PM - Archery practice at Gander
Mountain in Johnson City
Nov. 26 - No Practice
The winter challenge has been posted and will start November 1st through
April 15th. I will be hosting the challenge once a month like I have
done in the past. If you are interested in shooting in the challenge,
please let me know what Sundays work best for you and we will start the
challenge.
- Mariana (Contact Lady Mariana - MMYurko AT aol.com for directions)
WALTON MEETINGS
Nov. 15 -16 - Forge Weekend in Treadwell, NY - The forge will be open
and in use. Plan a project and get some metal or just come to watch.
Plans are in the works to have a concurrent sewing room. Evening
activity is expected to confirm this is a WET SITE. Contact Olaf
Thornstein for directions. (MKA Richard Schmidt 607-865-5394) ruadjusted
AT stny.rr.com
Thanks to Anne, Mariana, Tindal, and Olaf Thornstein for organizing
meetings and practices for us.
2009 IN STERLYNGE VAYLE
Jan. 17, 2009 - Sterlynge Schola - Trinity Memorial Church (Binghamton,
NY) [See the shire website http://www.sterlyngevayle.org/ under
Locations for directions}
NOVEMBER & BEYOND IN AETHELMEARC
Nov. 1 - Fasching - Barony of Endless Hills (Mountain Top, PA)
Nov. 16 - Fiber, Fabric and Fighting - Shire of Northward (Lamar, PA)
Dec. 6 - Delftwood Baronial Yule - Canton of Angel’s Keep (Auburn, NY)
Jan. 10 - Kingdom 12th Night - Shire of Riversedge
Feb. 12 - College of Three Ravens - Barony of Thescorre
March 28, 2009 - Ice Dragon NEW LOCATION: The Western New York Event
Center, 11163 Main Street, Clarence, NY 14031
EAST KINGDOM
Nov. 15 - Bjorn’s Ceilidh - Concordia of the Snows (Cohoes, NY)
Nov 15 - Seraglio - Barony of Settmour Swamp (Flemington, NJ)
Dec. 6 - Mistletoe Revel 25th Anniversary Gala and Great Garb Schola -
Shire of Barren Sands (Margate, NJ)
Jan 10 - East Kingdom 12th Night - Shire of Rusted Woodlands
(Washingtonville, NY)
Jan. 30-31 - Market Day at Birka - Barony of Stonemarche (Manchester, NH)
Check out http://www.eastkingdom.org/ for more info.
OTHER WARS
Estrella War XXV - Feb. 10-16, 2009 (Canyon Moon Ranch, Florence, AZ)
http://www.estrellawar.org/
Gulf Wars XVIII - Mar. 15-22, 2009 (Lumberton, Mississippi)
http://www.gulfwars.org/
Lilies War - June 13-21 (Smithville, MO)
SENESCHAL’S RAMBLINGS
Greetings unto the Shire of Sterlynge Vayle from your Seneschal, Lord
Eoghan Rorikson.
As we slide into the winter, we put aside our swords and shields.. Oh
WAIT!!! Sir Magnus Tindal & Lady Marianna Pietrosanti have succeeded in
their quest to find us a winter fight spot! So for the first time in
several years, fight practice will continue through out the winter! In
addition, the word in the wind is that there will occasionally be
fencing practice there as well! So continue to work on those martial
activities ALL WINTER LONG!!!! This isn't to say that you shouldn't also
focus on your arts and sciences, but the opportunity for fighting is
still there!
We have a couple of things in the works right now - From our upcoming
Schola - to a presentation at the Binghamton Rotary Club. While more of
this will be discussed at the business meeting in November - on Nov.
21st we have been invited to do a presentation for the Rotary luncheon.
I am hoping to have a couple of people come out with me - to demonstrate
Armor and Garb as well as our presentation boards. If you can make it,
please let me know ASAP as lunch WILL be provided!
Lady Anne has planned some great Arts and Sciences meetings - so please
come on out! If you don't see anything you are interested in - let her
know she will be happy to schedule it.
That's all I have this month, I remain yours in service,
Lord Eoghan Rorikson
NO FISH SHALL UNMAKE ME
The Infamous Pirate Event was the first event I ever went to in our
Shire, so my memory is fuzzy and I may get the fine details wrong,
Eanraig, our Seneschal, had decided there Must Be Entertainment at
Feast! He concocted a bowl of porridge that he had allowed to congeal
for more than three days - designed to be vile and unappetizing, for
this was to be his Threat. He went to each of the five tables in turn,
placing the pot on the table, crying, "You must entertain the Hall or
dine on the Pot!" One table told a story, another sang a song of the
East, because not many of AEthelmearc’s songs were known in our
backwater. I remember we sang Happy Birthday to Eanraig for our table's
turn.
Then the pot was placed on the last table - where Keran, Leah (who had
never heard of the SCA before this day) and Solveig sat. You know Keran
as well as I do - she is not one to push herself forward and is too
stubborn to eat from the Pot. Leah, being new, did not deserve such a
burden. So Solveig bravely stood, and offered to entertain the Hall.
When you know Solveig, you will know she does not sing well, and her
tales - well, we had not that much time to listen that evening. So
instead she bravely volunteered to face the Mackerel Pit for the
entertainment of the Hall.
Now, the Mackerel Pit was Eanraig's evil genius at work, and a better
idea of his is very hard to find. He made two large fish stuffed with
newspaper and painted them to look like mackerels. He threatened to soak
them in tuna juice, but I think the combatants were grateful he never
found the time for that. The combatants entered the pit blindfolded,
were handed a fish and then spun by a marshal. Then they were told to
Lay On, with the first good hit declared the winner. This was high
entertainment indeed.
Solveig was therefore blindfolded and brought to the middle of the Hall.
Someone volunteered to be an opponent (and I think it was one of Sir
Garanhir's daughters, but I don't remember exactly). We did not
blindfold the girl, so she could dart in and hit Solveig quickly as a
kindness. Solveig spun dutifully and grasped a fish firmly by its tail.
Then the call came, "Lay on!" And Solveig sprang forward, flailing
mightily! So mighty was her blow, she hit a young squire at a table, and
the table, knocking him and his feast gear flying through the hall.
"HOLD!" was called and Solveig's blindfold removed so that she could see
the damage she had wrought. Alas, the squire's pottery cup was in shards
and could not be saved.
So the next year, on the anniversary of the Pirate Event, Eanraig made a
wooden cup and engraved upon it an image of Solveig hoisting a fish and
the Runes, "I am Solveigbane, and No Fish Shall Unmake Me!" to be given
to the young squire.
- George
INKLE WEAVING
Since Inkle weaving seems to be our thing for November:
Inkle weaving: http://www.inkleweaving.com/notes/history.html
Inkle weaving bibliography: http://www.weavershand.com/inklebiblio.html
Tablet weaving: http://www.weavershand.com/
Software for designing tablet woven bands: http://www.malarkycrafts.com/
Phiala's String Page: http://www.stringpage.com/
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
What does service mean to you?
What can you do to help?
WORDS FOR THE MONTH
SCHOLA, COLLEGIUM and UNIVERSITY - an SCA event of organized classes. A
great place to learn new skills, study cultures and countries, learn
some history, share your skills, and meet some really smart and
knowledgeable people. Some are themed for fighting, clothing, Viking
culture, or other subject areas. Excellent for newcomers. (Remember to
come to ours in January.)
EVENT TOKEN - proof that you paid, usually a bead or at Pennsic a
medallion. Can be anything from a colored ribbon to a beaded wine charm.
PENNSIC
July 25 - August 9, 2009
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