Announcements

Twelfth Night Feast Information

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From the Calonlist:

Please join the Barony of the Lonely Tower for their Rus 12th Night Feast on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Mount Michael Benedictine School in Elkhorn, NE.

Because of space limitations, we only have 80 spots available for feast. Get your reservation requests in early!

Here is our menu:

1st Course
Shchi / Cabbage Soup
Pyroshki s Govyadinoy (Belyashi) / Pastry with Meat Filling
Pyroshki s Morkov’yu / Pastry with Carrot Filling

2nd Course
Kurnik / Chicken Pie
Vatroushki / Cheese Pie
Gribi Zjariniye / Mushrooms Fried in Butter
Soleniye Ogurtzi / Cucumber Pickles

3rd Course
Boujenina s Hrienom / Ham Cooked in Beer with Horseradish Sauce
Chornee klebph s Tvorag / Black Bread with Farmer’s Cheese
Vzbityye Repa / Creamed Turnips
Marinovanaya Svekla / Marinated Beets

4th Course
Sirniki so smetanoy i buziny zapovednikov / Cottage Cheese Cakes w/ Sour Cream and Elderberry Preserves
Marinovanaya Yabloki i Grushi / Fruit (Apples and Pears) Preserved in Syrup

Beverages
Yablochnyy Sok/ Apple Juice
Sbiten / Spiced Honey Drink
Voda / Water

Recipes and Reservations for the 12th Night Feast are available at:
https://sites.google.com/site/2015twelfthnightfeast/

Loch Bheathrach Name and Device

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From the Gold Falcon Herald, via Facebook:

Congratulations to Loch Bheathrach (the canton formerly known as Loch Smythe) – the branch name and device has now been registered!

“Loch Bheathrach, Canton of. Branch name and device. Argent, a sea-serpent ondoyant, in chief two laurel wreaths vert, a base wavy barry wavy vert and argent. In commentary, Brían dorcha ua Conaill documented the attested Loch Bethrach (Annals of Innisfallen) and Loch Beathrach (Annals of Ulster). The submitted (and lenited) spelling Bheathrach is justified by the example Sròn a’ Bheathrach documented in the Letter of Intent.
“The historical location Loch Bheathrach is not important enough to protect. Therefore, we are able to register this name.”

Konstantia Gold Falcon

For Lycurgus, by Master Andrixos

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A noble man of passions strong,
From freshest bloom of youth.
He made his path, oft right, oft wrong,
But spoke unwatered truth.

Chorus: He drank of life much more than most,
And savored ’til the end
So lift your glass and say a toast
To Duke, to Knight, to Friend.

Two neighbor realms this man did share,
Outlands and Calontir.
The Stag amd Falcon’s heart laid bare.
Each kingdom sheds sad tears.

He is now free from struggles all,
From pain, from toil, from strife.
Though he did fight the Reaper’s Call,
Too large he was for life.

For each man Death shall call his name,
When comes the end of time.
But ‘ere I live I’ll sing his fame
‘Til I find for orange a rhyme.

Lycurgus Final Days

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His Grace Lycurgus at 12th night 2006

 

For those of us who know His Grace Lycurgus, also known as Loke, this sad news from his lady wife:

I’m sorry to have to say that after everything we’ve done in the last two days that unfortunately Lokes heart has been too damaged to go thru with a transplant surgery. As of this moment all the medication and breathing support is being with drawn. He will be given meds to make him comfortable until he passes.

Her Grace Sile adds:

Send your swiftest and strongest falcons to support our 69th Huscarl,
one of my own, on this last battle

Royal Gift Exchange at Gulf Wars

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From Her Highness Isabeau, via Facebook:

We have received word that we will be giving gifts to Ansteorra for the gift exchange at Gulf Wars. If anyone would like to make something special to put into the gift basket please let me know. Their preferences and personal heraldry can be found here. http://crown.ansteorra.org/

While kingdom colors are good, often We prefer to gives gifts with personal heraldry and colors, so that the items can be kept by the royals rather than going into regalia.

Winter Coronation News

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From the event stewards, via the CalonList:

Lords and Ladies of Calontir,

As the days grow short so too does the time until the Coronation of Their Royal Highnesses Anton and Isabeau, now just one month away.  As the event draws near we ask that you take another look at the event website:
We especially direct your attention to the Calon Steel page, which now has details for the Calon Steel portion of the Tournament of Fallen Crests:
And also to the list of crew chiefs:
We welcome assistance in all areas, especially site setup, gate shifts, feast serving, and cleanup.  If you are interested in helping with any part of the event, please contact the appropriate crew chief.  Contact information for most crew chiefs can be found on the website.  For those that do not, or if you have any other questions, please contact us.
Your Servants,
Edward and Geva de Kent

GoFundMe for Constanza and Conal

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On December 1, while working on the roof of their home, Conal slipped and fell. He suffered a number of injuries, including four spinal fractures, crushed pelvis, wrist and chest injuries and more.  He has been transfered to different hospitals twice before coming to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, where he has undergone two surgeries so far, with more, and lost of rehabilitation work on the horizon.

A GoFundMe site for the family has been set up. (Conal and Constanza’s modern names are Tom and Karen Park)

http://www.gofundme.com/HelpTomandKaren