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Canine activities at Spring Fling

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Master Gerald Goodwine posted this to the Calontir List:

New! Canine Activities, please feel free to bring your dog and join in the fun…so long as they play and work well with others…

ALL DOG BREEDS ARE WELCOME

It will be a day jam packed full of ideas. The overall mindset will be to get out and start training your dog with a finger pointing to a period direction. Schedule changes for court times and class additions. We may have an opportunity at Cattle Raids (Aug.) at the same site.

  • 9:30 Meet and greet.
  • 10:00 Weight pull harness making: Early in the day so people could multitask/work on harness for the weight pull class. I will have all the materials needed. I will have harnesses but not guaranteed to fit your dog. Suggested reading: [J&B Whips – Fouets, Attelage et Tradition] Types of Cart Dog Harnesses in North America and… www.jbwhips.com and Newfoundland Club of America: Draft Equipment Guide www.ncanewfs.org
  • 11:00 General tips on obedience and training, tricks,adopting a dog.
  • 12:00 Lunch
  • 1:00 Agility / teaching your dog to do jumps, tunnels and what not.
  • 2:00 Lure chasing
  • 3:00 weight / sled pulling
  • 4:00 meeting

See Spring Fling event flier for other important details regarding animal restrictions.

Spring Fling
May 2 at 5:00pm until May 4 at 12:00pm
Site: Cass County Fairgrounds
144th St and Rte 1, Weeping Water, NE

Fyrdracca Shoot!

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Have you ever wanted to shoot from a Viking longboat? Now you can! The Bee Hive Five, and the crew of the Fyrdraca, have joined forces to bring you this unique opportunity to do something exciting while raising funds for two worthy causes. The cost is $30 (cash only please), and the proceeds will be split evenly between the Fyrdraca Preservation fund and the Lilies Archery fund. The boat will take 15 archers per raiding party, on a maximum of 4 voyages. Tickets will be sold on a first come, first served, basis. Inquiries about ticket sales may be made to the following people at events between now and Lilies:

Lady Alessandra de Piro
Lady Cecilia de Gatisbury
Lady Emeline de Moulineaux
Mistress Rahil al-Sirhaan
Sir Robert Brockman

Pre-register For Lilies War 28 With ACCEPS

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Greetings Calontir, Friends, and Neighbors! (please cross post this far and wide)

The Lilies Committee is excited to announce that for Lilies War 28 you can pre-register your site fee using ACCEPS! Yes that’s right… you can now pre-pay for Lilies War using your credit/debit card! (Please note that this is the only accepted form of pre-payment). ACCEPS will be open until May 30, 2014, so you have until then to pre-register! In future years, if this venture is successful, the ACCEPS window of time for pre-registration will be larger.
Visit http://acceps.ansteorra.org/ to register TODAY.

As a reminder the site fees are:
Adult members – $50
Adult Non-members – $55
Minors (6-17) – $25
Minors (0-5) – free
Family Discount – $15 per child upon the fourth minor (6-17)

The entire payment is due upon completion of the ACCEPS registration. The fee to use ACCEPS is 31¢ plus 3% of your site fee. So for example, the fee for an adult member is $1.81; for adult non-members it is $1.96; and for minors (6-17) it is $1.06. All refunds must be requested from the War of the Lilies Committee Treasurer.
The ACCEPS processing fee is non-refundable.
Refunds may be requested until June 1, 2014.

This will greatly reduce your time spent at gate since you have pre-paid. When you arrive at gate, you will need to show your ID and membership card (if applicable) and your PRE-COMPLETED gate form will be retrieved for you.

Here are a few things to remember when filling out your pre-registration:
1. Please complete all fields. Follow all the directions.
2. If you have questions, click on the floating pelican.
3. If you have more than 4 children in your IMMEDIATE family, please mark the box “Family Max” to ensure the discount will be applied.
4. Discounts for royalty or children will be reflected in the adjusted total at the end, when you click “Compute Final Fees”.
5. You will receive a confirmation once you are complete, so follow the process all the way until the end.

Questions? Contact your Lilies War ACCEPS Registrar, Contesse Issabell St. Charles at contesse.issabell@gmail.com.

For more information about Lilies War visit, http://www.lilieswar.org, see you in June!

Issabell
Contesse de Pontmerci

Society Level Silent Herald Deputy Sought

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Applications are sought. Please email me (laurel@heraldry.sca.org) by May 15.

Thanks,
Gabriel
Laurel King of Arms

From Laurel King of Arms: Silent Herald Deputy Applications Sought

In order to encourage and promote the use and equality of Silent Heraldry at all courts and events in which the entire populace attends, and to assist the silent heralds in their dealings with the Crown, the Silent Heraldry Deputy of Laurel Sovereign of Arms coordinates efforts and communication throughout the SCA. Silent Heralds in the Society are heralds who express auditory information into visual and/or tactile information used by deaf and hard-of-hearing people.

This deputy is tasked with the following duties, plus other such tasks
as assigned by Laurel:

Working with Kingdoms to improve the organization of silent heraldry
and its integration with other court and event heralds.

Working with Kingdoms and Laurel to improve education regarding silent
heraldry, both for silent heralds themselves and the general populace.

Acting as a resource for silent herald programs.

Preparing quarterly reports to Laurel on the status of such programs.

Please email your resume (SCA and modern if appropriate) as well as a short description of your experience related to this job to Laurel at laurel@heraldry.sca.org. The application period ends on May 15, 2014, with the decision being made immediately thereafter.

Heraldic Garb Contest And Fashion Show

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Greetings, Calontir!

Konstantia, Gold Falcon Principal Herald, is sponsoring a Heraldic Garb contest and fashion show to take place at Agamemnon and Gwen’s Coronation in July in Lost Moor.

The contest is the best use of heraldry in one’s garb, whether it be personal heraldry, kingdom heraldry, badges, etc. This promises to be fun, and it’s a great way to get in touch with your own heraldry as your persona would have.

There is a need for judges and prizes. If you can contribute, please let Konstantia know via email! Also, please tell your local groups!

The contest is the best use of heraldry in one’s garb, whether it be personal heraldry, kingdom heraldry, badges, etc. This promises to be fun, and it’s a great way to get in touch with your own heraldry.

Rules are as follows:

1. The garment must be an SCA period piece of clothing. Great examples are surcotes, cotehardies, etc. There is no limit to time period or culture, as long as it is represented within the scope of the SCA’s area of study.

1.a: Heraldic decoration must be done in a way consistent with garment treatment as done in period.

2. The garment must have heraldry represented on it, whether that is a badge, personal heraldry, or kingdom heraldry. The heraldry does not have to be registered, however, it is encouraged.

3. Group entries, yes, are accepted and encouraged.

4. Documentation is not required, but definitely encouraged. (and may score you bonus points!)

Prizes

If you have questions, please feel free to let Konstantia know. Her email is goldfalcon@calontir.org.

Konstantia, Gold Falcon

Announcements From The Gold Falcon

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Greetings to the glorious Kingdom of Calontir from Konstantia Gold Falcon Herald!

I am looking for a few good people to fill out a couple of roles within Calontir’s heraldic college.

#1 – Blue Hawk (Ailith) requires some assistance with programming and coding with the Order of Precedence. If you are a codemonkey, and have experience with programming and coding in Perl, CSS, MySQL, AJAX or any other programming languages, please send your SCA and modern resume to goldfalcon@calontir.org and OPClerk@calontir.org by June 1st.

#2 – I am looking for someone to be Kestrel Herald and assisting with updating the Calontir Herald’s Handbook to be in line with current practices (read: SENA and some other bits). I am looking for a project manager/editor in one. If you are interested in this position, please send your SCA and modern resume to goldfalcon@calontir.org by June 1st.

Thank you all!

Konstantia Gold Falcon