Announcements

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

Calontir Cooks’ Guild Can Help

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We, the members of the Calontir Cooks Guild, would be honored to assist any group or person in their efforts to produce period offerings for their Tavern or Feast. You can contact us either on the Calontir list (or Facebook page), the Calontir Cooks list (or Facebook page), or feel free to contact me personally (Maestra Suzanne de la Ferté, current head of the Calontir Cooks Guild).

Do you need information on period food? Perhaps you’d like to know how to create a feast that is both period and will appeal to the modern palate? Questions about adding ambiance to your feast? Contact us, we’ll be glad to share our knowledge with you.

Are you a beginning feast steward and need a mentor? Contact us, we’ll find an experienced cook who can partner with you.

Would you like to see how we run feasts here in the SCA? Contact us, and we’ll find some feast kitchens in which you can play.

We’re just a message away and look forward to working with you!

P.S.  Check out our guild website … we’re always adding new information to it.

SCA Board Apology Regarding Guest Pass Issue

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Unto Their Royal Majesties of Calontir, Martino and Ariel, and to Mistress Lynette Dave’jean, Exchequer of Calontir-

I am writing You as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. to express our sincerest apologies for the unfortunate situation which recently arose concerning the delivery of event guest passes to new members within the Kingdom of Calontir.

It was entirely due to poor communication between officers of the corporation with each other, with the Directors of the Society, and with Your Majesties and Your officers.

Your Exchequer, Mistress Lynette, and the Calontir Kingdom Seneschal, Master Murdoch, acted entirely in good faith on information which had previously been supplied to them by the Society Seneschal, and there was no fault or wrong doing on their part.

It was a failing on the part of our corporate officers to communicate more updated information concerning ongoing discussions about the creation and administration of an event pass program which will benefit the organization and its branches as a whole in the recruitment and retention of new members.

Please be assured that we are working to determine the best method for an event pass process that will meet the communities needs while allowing for the useful tracking of its impact and success. We are working to define a clear corporate-wide policy on this topic for publication, and working to ensure that this type of poor communication and miscommunication does not occur in the future.

We will also be communicating with our officers involved in this situation at all levels regarding the appropriate methods to ensure that open and appropriate communication occurs between necessary offices and branches, striving to ensure that this kind of confusing and counterproductive situation does not occur again.

This apology was read in it entirety today during the public quarterly meeting of the SCA Board of Directors as the first item in the Executive Session section. Your Majesties, Mistress Lynette, and Master Murdoch may also post or distribute this letter in any way You wish to the members of Your populace to assure the information reaches them as You feel most appropriate.

Again, please accept our heartfelt apology to You, Your officers, and kingdom.

Sincerely,

Hal Simon
Chairman of the Board
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.