Notes submitted by Lady Raven Helmsplitter, South Downs Chronicler.
Herald (Lord Lucien d’Artois) called the meeting to order. Master Wistric sez “Welcome! If you did not sign in, please sign in!”
The purpose of tonight’s meeting is to have the autocrats of Red Tower and Castle Wars present their budgets for each event for review and approval before they are submitted to Kingdom.
Event Bid Presentations
Red Tower
Lord Mark reviewed the details of the budget breakdown. Please click here to view the budget
It has been confirmed that we will be able to have live weapons at the site (Camp Rutledge)
Motion to approve the bid was made, seconded, and approved unanimously
Castle Wars
Lady Juliane reviewed the details of the budget. Please click here to view the budget
Lady Juliane further reported that our Facebook event page shows we’ve already got 300 people saying that they’re planning on going to Castle Wars, and are asking about event registration.
THL Sibella will be making our site tokens (300 each red and white roses)
We will rent a U-Haul truck to transport the castle walls to and from site
Motion to approve the bid was made, seconded, and approved unanimously (except for Sir Iazzie, on principle 😀 )
Other SCA Business
Camp Kitchen Purchases
THL Mariana did a great job breaking down what we need and what we already have
Budget requested: $450 ($417 for supplies, remainder to cover shipping, etc.)
Motion to approve the bid was made, seconded, and approved unanimously
THL Andreva, our fearless reeve, pointed out that any purchases for SCA purposes must not include any personal purchases on the receipt – they must be completely separated.
Iazzie reported that Lady Mairghread received her Argent Shield at Legends last weekend (yay!)
Mairghread has been asked by the shire of Owl’s Nest to serve as their interim Knight Marshal, as they don’t have one right now.
Sir Caius Aurelius, the Kingdom Earl Marshal, has asked all the local groups to provide him with an inventory of their loaner gear; Mairghread will work on that for the Barony, and will be coordinating with our quartermaster, Lord Lucien, on this project. Mark will be adding further to our loaner gear (in process).
With all business being completed, the business meeting was closed and we returned to our regularly-scheduled dance practice.
The next South Downs business meeting will be held Wednesday, 11 July 2018, at Little Tree Art Studios.
Notes submitted by Lady Raven Helmsplitter (mka Helena Bretherton Hay), South Downs Chronicler.
Lord Lucien d’Artois called the meeting to order.
Officer Reports
Herald (Lord Lucien d’Artois)
Submissions
Annaliese Wolf – name/device at Laurel (3nd month – post-commentary)
Stella di Silvestri – device at Laurel (2nd month of commentary)
Juliane de Vivonne – badge at Laurel (1st month in commentary)
Porcia Secunda – name at Laurel (1st month in commentary)
Lucien d’Artois – badge x2 at Kingdom
Konrad Windhorn – name at Kingdom
Court Report
RUM:
Mara Palmer – Broken Bow
Stella di Silvestri – Guiding Hand
Arabian Nights:
Mathias Blackett – Kingdom Bard
Armored and Youth Marshal (Lady Mairghread)
6-8 armored fighters at Sunday practices
Joint fighters practice with Owls Nest continues to go well
We have one new youth fighter (yay!)
Mairghread has requested $200 for additional loaner gear
Live Weapons Marshal (Mistress Mara Palmer – THL Mathias reporting)
July practice hosted ~22 archers
Royal round was held at practice
Update on acquiring loaner and baronial gear: we’ve only had to buy 3 bows
We have two new marshals in training
If interested in shooting archery at foxes, please contact Mistress Mara; if you are taking part in other tournaments during the event, please be aware there’s a lot of waiting around between archery rounds
For more information about archery in Meridies, please check out their website
Chatelaine (Lady Stella di Silvestri – His Excellency reporting)
Everyone is encouraged to sign up for DragonCon and take part in the parade!
Stella made up some baronial business cards for distribution at demos, etc., which should arrive Monday
We’ve had several new people come to events and practices recently
Stella is still looking for a deputy chatelaine, in charge of demos – if interested, please contact her
Reeve (THL Maire)
We have some money! yay!
We are spending a lot of money so we have to be careful, especially with the event season and our several events coming up this fall
Everything is paid up till the end of the year. With the site location changing for Castle Wars, we need to be extra careful with funds until we know more about how the change will impact the budget
Mara mentioned that she’s still running way below budget with archery needs.
Arts & Sciences (Lady Veronica da Lucca)
The July A+S class night was on making viking aprons, and taught by Lady Juliana
This month’s class, on how to event steward, will be presented by Mistress Jadi. She plans to set up the class as a roundtable featuring participants who have extensive experience in event stewarding from both inside and outside the barony, who can provide a variety of viewpoints and experiences on event stewarding. Ximon volunteered. This is would normally be held on the 4th Wednesday, but there are schedule conflicts, so please stay tuned.
This month will be our 5th Wednesday in-garb potluck – everyone is welcome!
Webminister (Lord Pietro di Conti)
Updated the Knight Marshal page
We need to add a Live Weapons Marshal page, now that we have a live weapons program
New profiles for Aidan MacKay, Konrad, Mairghread, and Piers have been added
His Excellency added the new baronial awards page to the website
Red Tower event page was updated
Castle Wars event page updated – the Castle Wars page includes a downloadable pre-registration form; it was agreed that the Red Tower page should also have a pre-reg form
Fighter practice page/schedule has been updated and expanded
Seneschal (Master Wistric Oftun)
We have a barony (huzzah!)
Do we want to sponsor something at Meridian 40 Year? We should discuss and let Countess Thorkatla know.
Chronicler (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)
Nothing to report
Their Excellencies
Their Excellencies have received several recommendations for the new baronial awards! The populace is encouraged to write more!
They also encourage the populace to write more recommendations for deserving gentles for all sorts of awards for upcoming events! Check the OP if you aren’t sure if someone has a particular award
Their Majesties are already putting the list together for Castle Wars
Foxes!
Her Excellency would love to sponsor several teams for the tournaments at Foxes – rapier, armored, and archery (team names: Adela’s Special Snowflakes? unless there’s only one team in a particular tournament, then they’ll become The Snowflakes?).
Her Excellency will be working on new tokens this weekend – everyone is invited to help (silk banner painting practice!)
There should be several rapier and armored teams – yay!
Upcoming Events
Red Tower (30 September – 2 October 2017)
Lady Emmelina created a lovely flyer for the event – look for it in the upcoming kingdom newsletter
A pre-registration form and a Google doc for a signup list are in the works
Site visit planned for tomorrow (3 August)
Volunteers needed:
Herald(s)
Head troll
Pottycrat
Royal liaison
2 list mistresses
(updates)Rapier covered per wistric
Serafina will do armored list
Hall steward (Mathias volunteers)
Children’s activities?
Travelers’ fare
Cleanup Royal site Sunday
Owl’s Nest is taking care fundraiser lunch; we will do fundraiser lunch @ Crossroads
Feast – THL Mariana is working on recipes, menu will be pinned down this weekend
Castle Wars (17 – 19 November 2017)
Flyer should be ready this weekend for submission to PopChiv
Most staff taking care of, just needs landcrat and heralds
Site map has been sent to Their Majesties so we can determine where they want their camp to be
Need donations for volunteer raffle
Lucien needs volunteers for troll
Maire said we need heaters and lights for troll
Fall Crown List (10-12 November 2017)
Co-hosting with the shire of Depedale and the Barony of Bryn Madoc
Will take place at Little Tallapoosa Park in Carrollton
Portapotties reserved
Event flyer about to go out
Everything is going smoothly
We (South Downs) will be the ones handling insurance
Maire mentioned that insurance for a group is taken care of for the first event of the year that group does
SCA Business
Mathias said there had been mention of 5th Wednesday in-garb potluck including some SCA dancing or bardic performances. He would be interested in getting some people together to do some commedia?
Ximon needs to talk with the reeve to get the check to cover the loaner rapier armor we bought from Tina (and the youth combat helm)
Sir Iazzie: The castle walls need repair/replacement (“rapier uses the walls, armored abuses the walls”).
Wants to talk to Sebastionnos about repairing/building a new wall and see how much it would cost.
We also need a gate of our own; with a second gate and repaired walls, we could do 2 castles for fighting scenarios.
Repairs very important, but we really do need *additional* wall pieces.
Hopefully we can store the walls and gates at the Shrine – currently they’re at His Highness’.
Can we get together with Tir Briste to help out with walls?
Fundraising idea – donate X$ to wall, maybe get your device on a wall? 🙂
His Excellency is going to test out new rope and stake wall for meridies royal encampment at pennsic
Lucien reminded everyone about the 2nd mini business meeting, possibly starting in August to help keep track of upcoming events (thru Midwinter A+S), to take place 3rd Wednesday of each month
After tonight’s meeting, we will meet for Baronial Chivarly / Heart of South Downs awards
Non-SCA Business
Lady Juliana suggests parking ideas for DragonCon. Parking Panda allows you to buy reserved parking spaces for much cheaper than public parking.
Other parking ideas;
Parking at the Cathedral for $20/day
Buy a monthly pass at the International Center parking garage for $120; pass is good for a full month, so if you need to park downtown at other times during September, it can be a good deal.
All the business issues having been addressed, the business meeting was closed.
Next South Downs business meeting will be held Wednesday, 6 September 2017, at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House.
Notes submitted by Lady Raven Helmsplitter (mka Helena Bretherton Hay), South Downs Chronicler.
Lord Lucien d’Artois called the meeting to order. Master Wistric, our new Seneschal (huzzah!), chaired the meeting.
Officer Reports
Herald (Lord Lucien d’Artois)
Talmere’s Lusty Month of May will be hosting this year’s Meridian Heraldic and Scribal Symposium, so come on out! (13 May, Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Family Group Shelter
This year’s Knowne Worlde Heraldic and Scribal Symposium will be coming to fair Meridies! The shire of Nant-y-Derwyddon has the honor of hosting it, and will be held in Knoxville the weekend of 23-2 June, 2017. For more information, please visit the symposium website
Chronicler (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)
Still working on getting the newsletter up and running – hoping to publish soon! Please contact Raven if you’re interested in submitting content.
Armored Marshal (Lord Robert Throckmorton)
Seneschal Master Wistric reporting on behalf of Lord Robert
Reminder to all of new location (Liane Levetan / Brook Run Park, 4770 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338)
Still looking for loaner gear donations!/li>
Rapier Marshal (Lord Brendan de Hay)
New practice location! Liane Levetan / Brook Run Park in Dunwoody. Everyone is really happy with it (not the least because of the ice cream truck at the park on Sundays)
Reminder that Dreamstone (5-7 May) is being held at Indian Springs Park in Flovilla, not the usual spot (Camp Daniel Morgan, where Rob Zombie is filming a movie this weekend)
Chatelaine (Lady Stella di Silvestri)
We’ve had a few new people show up at meetings and events – they have been excited and have felt welcome – keep it up!
Webminister (Lord Pietro di Conti)
Now that Wistric has become our Seneschal, Lord Pietro has taken over as Baronial Webminister (huzzah!)
We still have a website! huzzah!
Working on an artisan database; info, handouts, etc. you’d like to contribute, please give to Pietro
Arts & Sciences (Lady Veronica da Lucca)
Lady Veronica taught a painting and shading class last month for the Barony
Working on a class to teach at an event? Give it a run through by teaching it at the monthly baronial A+S class! A+S mistress is always looking for volunteers to teach classes. This month. THL Marianna has offered to teach a cooking class at her house (Italian! gnocchi!); Mattias has offered to teach a commedia class.
Reeve (THL Maire)
Not present at meeting, but Their Excellencies confirmed that we have money! huzzah!
Their Excellencies
Knowne Worlde Heraldic and Scribal Symposium is coming!
23-25 June 2017, in Knoxville, TN; hosted by Nant-y-Derwyddon. For more information, go to their: website
Come on out and support Meridies!
Dreamstone is coming! This weekend (5-7 May), at Indian Springs Park. Pirates! Adventure! Ports of call (well, maybe)! Come join the People’s Barony of Bryn Madoc at Dreamstone XXXVIII! For further information, visit the event page on Facebook or here
Lusty Month of May is coming as well! Hosted by the Shire of Talmere on Saturday, 13 May, at Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Family Group Shelter. For more information, please visit the event site
The weekend before the Knowne Worlde Heraldic and Scribal Symposium in Knoxville, the Knowne Worlde Dance Symposium will be held in Baltimore, MD (the lands of Fair Atlantia), 15-18 June, 2017. Interested? check out the website for more information.
Fundraiser lunches! We have negotiated an agreement with the Shire of Owls Nest – Owls Nest will host the fundraiser lunch at Red Tower, and we will host the fundraiser lunch at Crossroads. If you are interested in helping out with the fundraiser lunch at Crossroads, please contact Their Excellencies.
Stella asked what the average attendance at Crossroads is. Sir Iazzie replied that the event is usually fairly small, but with the new, more central event site, turnout may be stronger.
Upcoming Events
Red Tower (6-8 October 2017)
Fundraiser lunch – already discussed
Event will be held at Booker T. Washington Park in Chattanooga
If anyone wants to volunteer on staff, please contact Beteena; Mara will be marshaling armored fighting
Beteena wants to go on a walkthrough to make sure there’s adequate land for camping before we pay the extra to allow camping
Wistric is going to make arrangements for insurance
Castle Wars (16-19 November 2017)
Site needs to be changed b/c site is not available. Possible alternatives – McIntosh? Piers reviewed how pricing/profits might change
A Dates can’t really change because of new kingdom laws
Master Ximon mentioned pricing issues with McIntosh he ran into when he autocratted Castle Wars there – costs need to be clarified, because his numbers were different than what Piers had been told
If we go with McIntosh, there will be no feast because there is no kitchen on site
Iazzie asked if anyone’s looked into Gwinnett County Fairgrounds? Could be worthwhile – no idea of availability/pricing
We should reserve the Shriner site now for future event years so we don’t run into this problem again, especially since we have a contract? agreement? with the site. Wistric will look into it.
A+S theme is Disney! Not too early to start planning your A+S project!
Event Bids
Fall Crown (10-12 November 2017)
THL Mathias is working with Depedale and Bryn Madoc on a joint bid, likely at Little Tallapoosa Park
Budget should be ready Monday
Artsy Crown 2018 (25-27 May 2018)
Iazzie will submit a bid with him as autocrat, and Lady Toki Ima as co-autocrat
Marianna will do Saturday night feast
Lochlann will do Sunday feast (bbq)
Duchess Sabine will do a breakfast
Matilda will do another breakfast
Adela/Mara offered to distribute danishes
Midwinter Arts + Sciences (2-4 February 2018)
Lady Alisandre is working on a bid
Other Events
DragonCon
Stella signed us up for parade – 40 wristbands
Ximon will start working on it, and has started putting the word out
Per last month’s meeting – we won’t do a table at DragonCon; too much effort
Atlanta Maker Faire (22 October 2017)
Is there interest? Sunneva is willing to volunteer
I’ve created initial placeholders for a Red Tower 2017 event page and a Castle Wars 2017 event page. If you’re involved in planning those events and have something you’d like me to add to the event page, please let me know!
Also, Lord Piers Simmons is taking volunteers to help with Castle Wars 2017 on this spreadsheet.
Notes submitted by Lady Raven Helmsplitter (mka Helena Bretherton Hay), South Downs Chronicler.
THL Bjorn called the meeting to order.
Officer Reports
Chronicler (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)
Nothing to report
Herald (THL Bjorn Gullharr)
Submissions – Devices
Iastreb Desislavich – passed Kingdom
Stella di Silvestri – returned from Kingdom
Court Reports
Castle Wars – Royal Court
Pietro di Conti – AoA
Castle Wars – Baronial Court
Wistric Oftun – Tower Or
Veronica de Lucca – Tower Or
Alisandre Ysabeau de la Chapelle – Baronial Arts Champion
Bjorn announced that he will be stepping down as South Downs herald, and Lucien d’Artois will step up as the new Baronial Herald. Bjorn got a big round of applause in gratitude for all his work.
Arts & Sciences (Lady Veronica da Lucca)
Mistress Allesandra taught a very well-received class last week on A+S submissions. There is a lot of interest in offering it again before Midwinter A+S, with more time before the event so everyone would have time to make adjustments to their A+S entries.
Allesandra is interested in teaching a class in January (topic TBD)
THL Mattias would like to teach a class on performing arts (discussion with Veronica will ensue)
Will there be an open A+S competition at MW, or just Stella Nova? As of now, there isn’t other A+S planned, but perhaps there should be to encourage non-beginners?
Webminister (Master Wistric Oftun)
We have a website!
Rapier Marshal (Lord Brendan de Hay)
We continue to have practices Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons (weather and event schedule permitting).
We have a new winter practice location for Tuesday evenings, at Gerrick’s house in Peachtree Corners, with a backup at Brendan’s office warehouse.
For the latest info on practice status, check Atlanta SCA Fighting group on Facebook!
Wistric was named QRC at Magna Faire; everyone laughed that he will have to stand up in court again
Reeve (THL Maire Dhocair Inghean Chairain)
Final numbers from Castle Wars – $5739.60 profit (more to follow in post-mortem)
Numbers are also available from Gulf Wars (need to get info from Maire)
We really need to look at where we should spend money for the Barony – conversation and plans are ongoing. Ximon suggested that we devote some time at next month’s meeting for proposals, etc.
We need to look at reducing/not increasing charges for events next year; we were quite fortunate in how we were charged for site rentals, etc. will discuss this further at January’s meeting.
Shower trailers for events at the Castle Wars site were suggested
Iastreb bought one of the pavilions we discussed previously and brought it to Crown. Was quite pleased with it, we could easily use 5 more.
Their Excellencies
Scribal nights that have been held on first Thursdays will now be on the first Monday of the month at Their Excellencies’ home.
The populace is encourage to write recommendation letters for those who they find inspiring – Midwinter is coming! Matthias reminded everyone that if you are not 100% sure that a person has a particular award check the Meridian Order of Precedence – you would be surprised at the awards people deserve but DONT HAVE.
Chatelaine (Lady Stella di Silvestri)
We have had some new people show up at 5th Wednesday social and/or went to magna faire, yay!
Armored Marshal (Lord Robert Throckmorton)
We had two injuries at Castle Wars
War Practice to be held Saturday, 10 December, in the shire of Depedale; likely SD practice Sunday as usual.
Recent Events
Castle Wars (17-20 November 2016) Post Mortem
Note: There is a more detailed analysis of the event compiled by CW staff. Please check with Wistric if you’d like to see it (Google Docs)
Pros
Live weapons field adjacent to rapier/armored was a big hit!
We had approximately an extra 100 people likely from Richard RaeFen’s memorial; would like to get the attendance numbers without the sad circumstances that increase attendance this year.
Having feast hall/tent available all weekend to hang out in was a great gathering spot
Excellent merchant turnout
Wistric has supply suggestions/needs for future
Feast was amazing, we should do it again! First Castle Wars feast in many years
Revel was excellent, but Justina stressed about the timing between court/memorial/feast/revel
Cons
Bulk of problems occurred during load-in
FIRE ANTS! Thorough fire ant treatment would cost $300 (suggested schedule: month before, 2 weeks before, and day before)
We need to address needing help to set up/staff/strike
Discussion about where to get more volunteers – within barony? encourage other groups? we should look at models of other large kingdom/interkingdom events
We go to other events to have a good time, we should make sure things are taken care of so others can have a good time. more service at our own events
Autocrats need to be more aggressive in recruiting volunteers
We need to develop culture where everyone is expected to help out in some way
We should work on how to get information out about what is needed
How to build rapport with other groups to coordinate service?
Traveler’s fare – there was confusion about whether it was being offered Thursday night (it wasn’t, but communication can be clearer about it)? Friday night kitchen tech failed. REMINDER – these were all experimental, hadn’t done at previous CW events. Overall, it was much appreciated.
With the drought and the high winds during the weekend, there was confusion about the burn ban.
Information point needs to be out on the field, not (just) at Troll
Need teachers for classes! Matthias will teach heraldry 101; Mariana has offered to teach a course as well
War college on same weekend – should contact HRM to suggest it perhaps there’s a better weekend to assign it into kingdom law than the same weekend as MW
Kingdom-Level Events for 2017
Bids for Red Tower and Castle Wars are due in April to encourage newer autocrats to step up – it’s never too early to put a bid together for these events!
Iazzie has offered to co-autocrat to help teach/supervise a newer autocrat
Red Tower (7 October 2017) – potential site is Booker T Washington Park in Chattanooga (where Crown Lyst was held).
We would need to put reservation in with 50% deposit. It’s a relatively expensive site with weird pricing structure, but we have the resources to give it a shot. Payoff could be HUGE
Bacon Bash is not a conflict in 2017
Duke John expressed concern that we have to go out of state for an event. Where else can we get a large cabin site for such events? We are always looking for closer-in sites, but there aren’t many that could handle an event this size.
Other SCA Business
Secret Santa! gift exchange will be at January business meeting
Non-SCA Business
Mattias and Mistress Mara just bought a house – housewarming party on 12/23!
All the business issues having been addressed, the business meeting was closed.
Next South Downs business meeting will be held Wednesday, 4 January 2017, at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House.
Notes submitted by Lord Brendan de Hay (mka Ben Hay), South Downs Celebrity Stunt Chronicler.
Lord Bjorn called the meeting to order.
Officer Reports
Chronicler (Lady Raven Helmsplitter)
Nothing to report, thanks to Brendan for covering the meeting
Rapier Marshal (Lord Brendan de Hay)
All is well in rapier world. We continue to have practices Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons (weather and event schedule permitting). For the latest info on practice status, check Atlanta SCA Fighting group on Facebook!
Arts & Sciences (Lady Veronica da Lucca)
This month’s 5th Wednesday class (due to the Thanksgiving holiday) will be on how to prepare your A+S project for competition, taught by Mistress Allesandra. The A+S class meeting is also the 5th Wednesday potluck
Interested in taking part in Stella Nova at Midwinter A+S? Registration for Stella Nova closes in 15 days (17 November)!
For registration, you only need to include your name, your (Laurel) sponsor’s name, and project category
Chatelaine (Lady Stella di Silvestri)
We have some new members! yay!
We will be taking part in ConjurationCon this coming weekend (5 November 2016). We will need dancers and ???
Castle Wars
Class schedule and Castle Wars patrol
Need two popups
Next meeting – we will paint arms of the populace for Castle Wars
Reeve (THL Maire Dhocair Inghean Chairain)
We have money!
Yearly report sent in tonight (2 days late)
Webminister (Master Wistric Oftun)
We have a website! (yay!) We also have a website for Castle Wars! (yay encore!)
Armored Marshal (Lord Robert Throckmorton)
Castle Wars – schedule sent to Wistric and has been posted on website
Please contact Robert on Facebook if you are interested in helping marshal
There will be Youth Combat at Castle Wars (yay!)
Herald (Lord Bjorn Gullharr)
Submissions
Stella di Silvestri – submitted device
Iazzie – submitted new badge
Their Excellencies
Scribal night at-home will be tomorrow night (3 November)
Silk banners this weekend!
??? banners
Castle Wars – please volunteer! We need volunteers throughout the event, especially cleanup!
If you are interested in retaining for Their Excellencies, please contact them
Seneschal (THL Mathias Blackett)
Nothing to report
Upcoming Events
ConjurationCon (5 November 2016)
Bryn Madoc and South Downs are co-coordinating the demo – if you are interested in taking part, please contact ???
If you are interested in volunteering, please get in touch with His Excellency Lorenzo
Crown List (11-13 November 2016)
Iazzie and Camulocaros will both be fighting in Crown List!
Baronial Pavilion will be near the field – all are welcome to stop by
Castle Wars (17 – 20 November 2016)
Takes place the week after Crown List
Still need volunteers:
Setup crew, starting at noon on Thursday 17 November
To help with stamping and threading site tokens – at meeting the Wednesday before Castle Wars
Troll
Kitchen cleanup
Site cleanup
Potty crew
Staff for Information Point
Revel at Castle Wars
Hat was passed for Revel donations. Justina has also coordinating a GoFundMe (not affiliated with South Downs, Meridies, or Society)
Need a tap for a commercial keg
Need beverage contributions
Zeliha is managing registration and announced she is happy to take reservations at the meeting
160 total registered
60 for feast (out of 100 spaces)
There will not be an overnight troll shift; troll will be closed between 2:00am and 7:00am
Registration will be extended – see website for details
Volunteer raffle – need donations!
17 merchants have registered for Castle Wars
Anyone interested in camping with South Downs, please contact Lady Alisandre
Memorial events
Jochi Naran (Friday night)
Sir Richard Raefen
Viking ceremony to honor 6+ people who have passed this year, will be held Saturday evening after Court
Bryn Madoc Twelfth Night (7 January 2017)
His Excellency South Downs will be attending
Feast will be potluck
Is anyone interested in creating a South Downs Twelfth Night event? It’s been done in the past, very low-key
Midwinter A&S (3 – 5 February 2017)
Will host Stella Nova
12 entries already received, six from South Downs!
Reminder: Stella Nova registration only requires Name/Laurel Sponsor/Category; no details are required at this point
Bids for Future Events
Kingdom Level events for 2017
Spring Coronation
Site: Booker T Washington Park, in Chattanooga
First weekend in April (31 March – 2 April 2017)
Portia is willing to help/autocrat
Other SCA Business
Informal Baronial At-Home at Castle Wars
Pavilion will be open for knitting, knitting instruction, and socializing
Begins at 10:00am
Closes before Court
There will be alcohol
We will also be working on relic bags (for those who don’t knit) – materials will be provided
Non-SCA Business
Andreva announced upcoming choir concerts, 2 and 4 December; please contact her for further information
