Candlemas

 

Event Summary

Date: February 14 , 2015
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on February 14th 2015
Site closes at: 12:00 AM

Event site:
Hyla Middle School
7861 Bucklin Hill Rd, NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

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Candlemas and A&S/Bardic
Championship

February 14, 2015

Barony of Dragon’s Laire

Kitsap & North Mason Counties,
WA

 

Come one and all, to a day of merriment and
wonder, as our gifted Bards and Craftsmen of the Arts and Sciences
vie for the title of Champion. The Barony of Dragon’s Laire invites
all people of An Tir to our Arts & Sciences Championship and
celebrate our new Champions and Scholars in epicurean splendor at
our Roman style Candlemas Feast. There will be space for social
gathering, games and marshalate activities, but populace is
encouraged to attend our competitor presentations.

 

Autocrat: THL Ela Pennu y Ynis Dewi (Lauri
Herman), 14138 Farmview Lane NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110/
elaynisdewi@gmail.com / 805-890-2363.

 

 

NOTE: FEAST REGISTRATION IS NOW
CLOSED. IF YOU HAVE NOTE PAID FOR YOUR FEAST TICKETS, PLEASE MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PAYMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO BY CONTACTING our
Gate Mistress, HL JESS AT: allonsyjess@gmail.com or event autocrat,
HL Ela Ynis Dewi AT: elaynisdewi@gmail.com

 

 

Site: Hyla
Middle School 7861 Bucklin Hill Rd NE, Bainbridge Isle, WA
98110

 

Site opens at
9am (open to competitors at 8 am) and closes at 9 pm.

Gate opens at
9:00 AM for general populace, please park across the street in
American Legion Hall parking lot. 

Gate Fees:
$10, SCA members; $5 surcharge for non-members; under 18 years,
free

Savory Lunch
Fee: $3 for all ages, tickets available at gate as well as
Pre-registration.

Feast: $10 for
18 years and over, beverages not included. Please be discreet, as
this is a dry site. 

 

 

Greetings from the A&S Minister.

We have 9 presentation so we are doubling up and keeping the
schedule

tight. We will be using the format of 20/20/20. That is to say
20

minutes for presentation, 20 minutes for questions (and if enough
time

after judges ask their questions the floor will open to the
populace),

20 minutes for judges deliberations and presenter swap.

The Washington State Department of Transportation is
advising

motorists of significant delays expected on SR 305 at the Agate
Pass

Bridge. Traffic will be restricted to a single alternating
lane

between 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday. Plan accordingly!

Here is the schedule so far and is subject to change.

8
am –
Site Opens – Competitors set up

9
am Site
opens to Populace

9:30
am –
Invocation Court – All competitors must be in
attendance.

9 45 am – Judges meeting.

10
am –
Dame Gwen the Potter “Consumerism” Paper

10
am –
Arkhai Ne’khurin “Crossbow trigger” Object

11
AM –
Dame Madrun Gwehyddes “Looms” Paper

Noon –
THL Altaliana de Segna “The Gypsy” Bardic

1
pm –
Marquessa Laurellen de Brandevin “Narrow Ware”
Object

2
pm –
Dame Gwen the Potter “A pitcher” Object

2
pm –
Ermanaric Langearm Guotmann “The Finnesburgh Fragment”
Bardic

3
pm –
Master Arontius of Bygelswade “Asbestos” Paper

3
pm –
THL Thangbrand “Jewelry chain” Object

4
pm –
Final tabulation and Court Preparations

5:00ish – Court

6 – 9
pm –
feast

9 – 10
pm –
Clean up

I will update the schedule as changes occur. I will put up
room

assignments on
Wednesday.

To all Presenters, Good Luck!

YIS

Mateusz z Plocka

 

Gate opens at
9:00 AM for general populace, please park across the street in
American Legion Hall parking lot. 

Gate Fees:
$10, SCA members; $5 surcharge for non-members; under 18 years,
free

Savory Lunch
Fee: $3 for all ages, tickets available at gate as well as
Pre-registration.

Feast: $10 for
18 years and over, beverages not included. Please be discreet, as
this is a dry site. 

 

Site: Hyla
Middle School 7861 Bucklin Hill Rd NE, Bainbridge Isle, WA
98110

Site opens at
9am (open to competitors at 8 am) and closes at 9 pm.

 

Mighty Barony of Dragon’s Laire,

I am Proud to inform all that the following will be doing
presentations at Candlemas:

 

A&S Championship – Objects:

HL Arkhai Ne’khurin – A functional facsimile of a crossbow
trigger from the Han dynasty of China.

Dame Gwen the Potter – A pitcher, painted in the Majolica
style, specifically a spouted pharmacy jar with dragon’s head
spout, from around 1540 Italy.

Marquessa Laurellen de Brandevin – Narrow Ware; A Woven and
Decorated Band based on Image 285r of the Manesse Codex (circa 1304
– 1340).

THL Thangbrand – A fine silver loop-in-loop jewelry
chain.

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Scholar Paper Presentations:

Dame Gwen the Potter – Paper- “GROWING CONSUMERISM IN
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND THE EFFECT ON THE PRODUCTION OF TIN
GLAZED POTTERY”

Dame Madrun Gwehyddes – Paper – A Re-examination of the
notion, a founding precept of textile archaeology, that there were
two types of looms, each of which produced a different type of
cloth, present in Iron Age/Early Medieval Europe. 

Master Arontius of Bygelswade – Paper – The processing of
asbestos into fiber (cloth) in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance.

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Bardic Championship:

THL Altaliana de Segna – “The Gypsy” exert from
‘La Cingana” (The Gypsy) by Gigio Artemio Giancarli.
“La Cingana” was written in 1545 and performed by
Vittoira Piisimi in 1589 at Medici wedding.

HL Ermanaric Langearm Guotmann – The Finnesburgh
Fragment

 

 

DRAGON’S LAIRE CANDLEMAS A&S
AND BARDIC COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Candlemas Competition and Presentation Schedule (is subject to
change)

8
am –
Site Opens – Competitors set up

9
am Site
opens to Populace

9:30
am –
Invocation Court – All competitors must be in
attendance.

9 45 am – Judges meeting.

10
am –
Dame Gwen the Potter “Consumerism” Paper

10
am –
Arkhai Ne’khurin “Crossbow trigger” Object

11
AM –
Dame Madrun Gwehyddes “Looms” Paper

Noon –
THL Altaliana de Segna “The Gypsy” Bardic

1
pm –
Marquessa Laurellen de Brandevin “Narrow Ware” Object

2
pm –
Dame Gwen the Potter “A pitcher” Object

2
pm –
Ermanaric Langearm Guotmann “The Finnesburgh Fragment”
Bardic

3
pm –
Master Arontius of Bygelswade “Asbestos” Paper

3
pm –
THL Thangbrand “Jewelry chain” Object

4
pm –
Final tabulation and Court Preparations

5:00ish – Court

6 – 9
pm –
feast

9 – 10
pm –
Clean up 

I will update the schedule as changes occur. I will put up
room

assignments on
Wednesday.

To all Presenters, Good Luck!

YIS

Mateusz z Plocka, Dragon’s Laire A&S Minister

 

 

ROMAN FEAST TO FOLLOW EVENING COURT, ACROSS THE STREET AT AMERICAN
LEGION HALL

Feast prepared by THL Renart le Fox de Berwyk

 

CANDLEMAS ROMAN FEAST

 

First Course

 

Garum and Cheese Hors D’oeuvres

Roast Meat Morsels in Wine Sauce

Fruit and Cheese Plate

Vegetable Lentil Soup

* Bread shall be available throughout the feast

 

Second Course

 

Parsnips in Coriander/Chive Sauce

Roast Chicken with Raisin Sauce

Almond Ginger Stuffing

Braised Leeks with White Wine Sauce

 

Third Course

Roast Pork Loin with Savory Sauce

Mushrooms with Rich Sauce

Spiced Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts

Green Beans in Mustard Sauce

 

Dessert

Rich Sweet Cake

Dates Alexandrine

 

* Please provide your own

beverages for the feast *

 

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