Sep
25
Fri
2015
Mists Fall Coronet Tournament 201
Sep 25 – Sep 27 all-day

INFO: TBA

Mists Silver Spoon Competition:

*Fall Coronet: Rice … blancmange, rice fritters, rice tarts, pilaf, etc. … based on period recipes
Silver Spoon Competitions are open to all … even if you don’t live in the Principality of the Mists. These competitions are judged by the participants, so come prepared to eat and chat about food.
Please contact me if you have any questions about the Silver Spoon Competitions.

Oct
24
Sat
2015
Mists Bardic: Principality of the Mists @ Santa Cruz Masonic Lodge
Oct 24 @ 12:00 pm – 10:45 pm

Mists Bardic: Principality of the Mists
Canton of Caer Darth (Santa Cruz)
October 24, 2015

Come one and all for a day of music and poetry, of friendship and feasting. This is the competition to find the next Bard of the Mists, and you are all invited to participate as performers or audience or a bit of both.

The site is discretely wet. Please contact the head cook in the case of special food needs. There will be vegetarian options as well as gluten-free options for all courses served. The site does not allow open flame.

The competition has five rounds, which are period piece, piece in a period style, bard’s choice, masterwork, and the ever-famous three words from a hat. The bard’s choice (which is the choice of the current bard) is mercy.

We look forward to seeing all of the wonderful entries. If you wish to have a member of the Order of the Golden Branch, the order of former Bards of the Mists, mentor you as you prepare, please contact Rhys Gethin.

Even if you are not competing , feel free to bring a song or poem or performance to share!

Autocrat: Rhys Gethin (Rhys Moore)
Head Cook: Leofewen Cryccthegn Deorcwuda (Jennifer Nestojko)

Site Opens: 12:00   Site Closes: 10:00

Fest/Competition Begins: 1:30

Site Fee: Adult – $10.00 Child 6-12: $5.00 Non-Member Fee: $5.00 / Family maximum: $40.00
Feast Tickets: $11.00

Site Address: Santa Cruz Masonic Lodge
828 N. Branciforte Ave.,
Santa Cruz CA 95062

Directions: Take your best route (17 South, ! North or South) to the Ocean street exit. Take Ocean street to Water street. Turn left onto Water street and follow to N. Branciforte Ave. Make a right onto N. Branciforte, then a left turn into the first driveway.

Nov
7
Sat
2015
Collegium Occidentalis @ Foothills Congregational UCC
Nov 7 all-day

Collegium Occidentalis,

Saturday, November 7th, 2015:

12 + hours of classes, hands-on workshops, discussion panels, and demonstrations celebrating the SCA and promoting the arts & sciences of the Medieval and Renaissance eras.

And, Yes! Activities WILL actually be scheduled from 8:00am to 9:00pm this year.

Below, you’ll find a few class titles from last year’s Collegium:

“Historical Carving and Serving (…a period chicken)”
“A Pas d’arms in 15th Century Burgundy”
“Intro to Norse/Viking Garb”
“Basic Combat Melee”
“Lampwork Beads….Taking the Genie Out of the Torch”
“Begining Embroidery and Design Transfer”
“Learn to Turn Gold into Gold by Making Real Gold Paint!”
“Intro to Late Period Flemish Headdresses”
“Beads for the Humble: Period Paternosters of Wood and Bone”

This year’s roster of Collegium activities will be even more impressive.

Visit the “Collegium Occidentalis” Facebook site often: information about the event will be updated regularly…as soon as it becomes available.

Nov
21
Sat
2015
Mists Fall Investiture @ St. Jude's the Apostle Episcopal Church
Nov 21 @ 3:10 pm – 4:10 pm

Their Highnesses Prince Alfar and Princess Eillis do cordially invite you to witness the Investiture of Their Heirs. A marvelous feast to celebrate Them will be made by Flidais ni Eitigen.

Attention Mists Escort/Guard Alumni!
The old Mists baldrics will be auctioned off at Mists Investiture. Funds raised will be used for new Mists regalia. Baldrics will be on display in the hall, please come take a look. All are welcome to bid. Auction will take place during the break between first court and investiture court.

Competitions will include:
Silver Spoon: Fermented or Preserved Savories – pickles, cured meats, cheese, mustards, etc. based on period recipes. The competition is judged by the competitors.

Practical Science: Scabbards
Performing Arts: Instrumental piece
Working on something you don’t want to get dirty when showing at tourneys? Show it off here! Bring your recently finished or still in progress work to display in the hall.

Saltatoris Nebulorum competition dance: Rostiboli Gioioso
You do not need to know the dances to participate. They will be taught at the event until everybody feels reasonably confident in their new skills. Once you have a basic grasp of the dance, all you need display to win are the cardinal virtues of dance: Poise, Confidence, Enjoyment, and (of course) Flirting!

Tickets for the feast will be on sale by mail from the Autocrat, and must be purchased in advance. Make checks payable to “SCA – Principality of the Mists.”
Ticket requests, along with a SASE, can be send to :
Denise Cicuto
1510 Pacific Ave
Alameda, CA 94501

For more info about the feast, contact the Autocrat or Head Cook. Please contact the Head Cook if you have any dietary restrictions/ allergies.

Autocrats: Nisaa Karahisari and Ajax Thermopoleakle

Head Cook: Flidais ni Eitigen

Site Information:
St. Jude’s the Apostle Episcopal Church (20920 McLellan Road, Cupertino California )
20920 McLellan Road Cupertino , CA

Start Time:
Opens at 10:00 am and closes at 9:00 pm
Site Fee:
$10 (NMS $5), Children 6-12: $5; 5 and under: free, Family Max: $40.
Feast Fee:
Feast tickets $11
Directions:
The site is on the corner of McLellan and Stelling, across from De Anza College. (There is an orchard on corner.)

From the East Bay: Take 880 South to 84 West, 101 South to exit 398B for 85 South. Take 85 South 5.7 miles to Stevens Creek Boulevard and turn Left. Go 1/2 mile and turn Right on S Stelling Road, then another 1/2 mile and turn Left on McClellan Road.

From the North: Take 101 South to exit 398B for 85 South. Take 85 South 5.7 miles to Stevens Creek Boulevard and turn Left. Go 1/2 mile and turn Right on S Stelling Road, then another 1/2 mile and turn Left on McClellan Road.

From the South: Take 85 North to De Anza Boulevard exit and turn Left. Go .2 miles and turn Right on Rainbow Drive. Go .6 miles and turn Right on S Stelling Road, then go 1 mile and turn Right onto McClellan Road.


 

Feast tickets are $11. Make checks payable to “SCA – Principality of the Mists.” Tickets for the feast will be on sale by mail from the Autocrat, and must be purchased in advance. For more info about the feast, contact the Autocrat or Head Cook. Please contact the Head Cook if you have any dietary restrictions/ allergies. Please note: the deadline to buy feast tickets is November 9th.

FEAST MENU

Here is the delightful menu for the feast, with ingredients listed. If you have allergies, please write to Head Cook Flidais Ni Eitigen at kristin.flidais@gmail.com by 11/9:

Opening

  • Bread (commercially prepared wheat bread)
  • butter (commercially purchased salted dairy cow butter)
  • green salad with vinaigrette (mixed lettuces, wine vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, mustard)
  • Chicken Apple sausages (commercial sausages)

1st Met

  • Chicken broth (commercial broth)
  • Mushrooms in cheese (mushroom, butter, parmesan cheese, cream cheese, long pepper)
  • Norse pies (wheat flour, water, salt, suet, chicken, pine nuts, currants, gruyere cheese, sugar, salt)
  • Millet frumenty with saffron  (millet, water, salt, saffron)

2nd Met

  • Tarts de Brie   (wheat flour, water, salt, butter, brie cheese, egg yolk, saffron, ginger, sugar, salt)
  • Bourblier tart  (wheat flour, water, salt, lard, pork, ginger, cassia, cloves, grains of paradise, bread crumbs, wine, verjus, vinegar)
  • Roasted chickens  (commercial)
  • Garlic Jaunce sauce  (almond, ginger, garlic, white wine, salt, grains of paradise, verjus)
  • Must sauce  (grapes, red wine, cinnamon, sugar, ginger)
  • Sage sauce  (parsley, sage, chicken broth, saffron, white wine vinegar, hard-boiled egg yolks, salt, grains of paradise, bread crumbs)
  • Barbe Robert (onion, vinegar, mustard, long pepper, grains of paradise, salt)
  • Rice  (rice, water, salt)

Dessert

  • Almond Milk Flan (almond, water, sugar, salt, saffron, rice flour, butter, egg)
  • Cream Flan (wheat flour, butter, salt, eggs, sugar, salt, cow dairy cream)
  • Candied orange peel (orange peel, honey, ginger, sugar)
  • Wafers (flour, eggs, wine, sugar)
  • Emplumeus de Pomes (apple, water, salt, almond, sugar)
  • Fruit preserves (commercial)
  • Whipped cream (cow dairy cream)

 

Nov
28
Sat
2015
Turkey Turney
Nov 28 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Turkey Turney

Saturday November 28th, 2015
Morgan Hill, California
Canton of Hawk’s Haven

Come and fight off all that feasting at the Post-Turkey Turkey Tourney! Greetings from Hawks Haven, in the congenial Barony of Darkwood! Please join us at our annual Turkey Tourney November 28, 2015 at Machado School in Morgan Hill.

Site opens at 9:00 am. Armor inspection will be held at 11:00 am. The Mad Dog Melee starts at 12 noon and ends at 2 pm. “Turkeys” will be awarded for belted and un-belted fighters.

There will be a foam-weapon melee for the kids with prizes, as well as period games.

Please bring festive comestibles to share for the post-melee leftover madness potluck revel. (Remember, no kitchen on site.)

We will also be contesting the art of subtle courtly criticism – bring your best veiled insults, original and period preferred, for your entertainment during the repast.

And don’t forget your live steel, because the bottle-cutting contest starts at 3:30 pm! We encourage everyone participating in the Bottle Cutting Contest to start saving your empty 2-liter bottles NOW and bring them along to ensure that we have plenty for all to slash at. (Or, if Thanksgiving revelries are at your house, this is a great re-use opportunity!)

AutocratKaisa Turkuinen

Site Information:
Machado School (15130 Sycamore Drive, Morgan Hill CA 95037)
15130 Sycamore Drive
95037 Morgan Hill  ,  CA
Start Time:
Site opens at 9am, Tournament begins at 11am, Site closes at 6pm
Site Fee:
$8 for adults; $3 for children; children under 12 free. (+$5 Non Member Surcharge)
Directions:

Take Highway 101 to the Tennant Ave exit in Morgan Hill. If you are northbound on 101, turn left and cross the overpass. If you are southbound, turn right on Tennant. Tennant becomes Edmundson when you cross Monterey Road. Turn left on Sunnyside. Turn right on Sycamore. Machado School is on the left after you cross a narrow bridge.

Dec
6
Sun
2015
Beconsgate Boars Hunt – Province of the Mists @ Camp Herms
Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

Winter is coming, and that means it’s time for the Annual Beaconsgate Boar Hunt and Feast sponsored by the Province of the Mists!

Boar Hunt is a fighting activity. A Boar is played by a fighter armed with two maces. Hunters are fighters armed only with spears. And “hounds” are fighters armed with daggers. There are also unarmored “dogs”, who seek out the boars and bark when they are discovered — this can be a great role for a mature child accompanied by a responsible adult.

We are also planning on having Stag Hunts for the rapier fighters that show up!

While The Hunts are going on during the day, we will have many activities within the hall — dancing, singing, music, games — for non-fighters and tired fighters, so bring musical instruments, dancing shoes, and board games. Banners to help make the hall more festive are especially welcome! Please plan to bring something for your lunch if you are coming on site early.

Site is “discretely wet” please decant.

Our feast this year will be prepared by Michael of the Shire, with drink pairings by the Mistress of the Brewers Guild, Argenteilin Filia Elffin. Menu details to come. Reservations for the feast are available from the Autocrat Dafydd Waleis (David Fellner) at the West Kingdom Meet and Beat, Collegium Occendentalis, and Mists Investiture and are $15 per person.

Dec
12
Sat
2015
Jingles @ St. Jude the Apostle Episcopal Church
Dec 12 @ 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Come join the Province of Southern Shores for a day of gaming, and put a little jingle in your purse! The day’s activities will include casino style gaming with several tables of different games along with classes on how to play them, a make-and-take game board class and games, and activities for the kids. We will also have a silent auction throughout the day with goodies made and/or donated by the talented members of Southern Shores, just in time for the holidays.

In the evening, we will dine on a late period French feast cooked by Aaliz de Saint-Joseph. Feast tickets are available now. Please contact either Aaliz or Apollonia Faust to reserve your spot.

The Brick Spoon Competition: The category this year is finger foods. Please bring your favorite period finger food (with documentation) to be judged. Cooks of ALL experience level are encouraged to compete!

Silver Tongued Devil: This bardic competition puts your impromptu skills to the test. The current Silver Tongued Devil will choose a topic. The contestants make up their best story on the spot, and it’s always entertaining.

Half Dirty Dozen Largesse Competition: Since it’s always a busy time of year, this competition only requires that participants make 6 of a particular item to be donated as largesse. The populace will vote for their favorite, and the winner will be able to choose one of their favorite items to keep. The rest will be donated to kingdom largesse.

More information can be found at the event FB page: https://www.facebook.com/events/994238400627136/

AutocratApollonia Faust

Site Information:
Start Time:
10:00am – 8:00pm
Site Fee:
$10 for members, $15 for non-members, $5 ages 6 – 12, and ages 5 and under free. Family cap is $40. Make checks payable to “SCA – Province of Southern Shores”
Feast Fee:
Feast tickets are $10 each. Ages 5 and under free. Make checks payable to “SCA – Province of Southern Shores”
Dec
19
Sat
2015
Darkwood Baroness’s Masked Ball
Dec 19 @ 10:00 am – 10:00 pm

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Jan
10
Sun
2016
Shire of Teufelberg Fight Practice and Social @ Markham Nature Park and Arboretum
Jan 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Wolfscairn Heavy Fighter practice @ Finley Park
Jan 10 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Every Sunday at 10:30am

Santa Rosa, California

Practice Schedule:

10:30-12 is drills and slow work.
12-3 is fighter practice
Site Information: 
70 Stony Point Road
95401 Santa Rosa,  CA
Directions: 

North on 101 to Santa Rosa, take the Highway 12 exit towards Sebastopol. Take the Stony Point exit, turn right onto Stony Point. The park is on the right (about 4 stop lights). There is a stop light at the entrance to the park, the street name is Finley Park. There is a fire station right across the street to the park entrance.

Jan
17
Sun
2016
Shire of Teufelberg Fight Practice and Social @ Markham Nature Park and Arboretum
Jan 17 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Wolfscairn Heavy Fighter practice @ Finley Park
Jan 17 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Every Sunday at 10:30am

Santa Rosa, California

Practice Schedule:

10:30-12 is drills and slow work.
12-3 is fighter practice
Site Information: 
70 Stony Point Road
95401 Santa Rosa,  CA
Directions: 

North on 101 to Santa Rosa, take the Highway 12 exit towards Sebastopol. Take the Stony Point exit, turn right onto Stony Point. The park is on the right (about 4 stop lights). There is a stop light at the entrance to the park, the street name is Finley Park. There is a fire station right across the street to the park entrance.

Caldarium Imbolc Celtic Feast
Jan 17 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Sunday January 17th, 2016
Windsor, California

The Shire of Caldarium invites all lovers of good food, good fellowship, archana and minutia to attend our Winter Feast. The theme of our entertainment this year will be the Celtic Celebration of Imbolc and Food! Bring a dish to share, and be ready to exercise your wits with our Games Master, Sir Mark von dem Falkensfenn. In honor of the goddess Brigid, please bring a non perishable food item to donate to the poor. We pray you to contact the Autocrat for potluck suggestions and to RSVP. Space is Limited, RSVP required. Carpooling is recommended.

Autocrat: Lady Rebecca Redarrow

Site Information: 
5675 Windsor Road

95492 Windsor  ,  CA

Start Time: 
Site opens at noon, closes at 6:00 pm
Site Fee:
None
Jan
23
Sat
2016
Crosston Dance Ball  @ History Club of Los Gatos
Jan 23 @ 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Saturday January 23rd, 2016
Los Gatos, California

Good gentles, join us for the Crosston Ball in the garden. The 2016 Crosston Ball returns to the History Club of Los Gatos.
Classes will begin at 2 PM and continue to 5 PM, after which we will have a brief outdoor picnic in the garden.
The Ball itself runs from 6-10 PM. The general theme is “in the garden,” enjoy accessorizing as you wish.
Dances will span both time and place, including the flashing energy of Master Caroso’s Cascarde, the serene elegance of the Bassedances of Burgundy, and the stately paces of England’s Old Measures.  A preliminary list of dances and classes can be found on our website.
Please wear shoes with non-marking soles. Beer, wine and champagne are permitted with discretion.
If you play an instrument, please feel free to bring it – the dance band would love to have you. Contact the autocrat for more details.
There will be no site fee; donations are, as always, greatly appreciated but not required.  Come anyway! We want to dance with you.
In addition, there will be a silent auction of garb to benefit the ball.
Please join the West Kingdom College of Dance and Music Facebook group for general information about music and dance in the West Kingdom.
AutocratBlake Erickson
Start Time:
1 PM to 10 PM
Site Fee:
Donation
Directions: 

Take exit #20A/East Los Gatos from Highway 17 onto Los Gatos Saratoga Rd (CA-9 S). Turn right onto Los Gatos Blvd. Your destination will be on the right.

Jan
24
Sun
2016
Shire of Teufelberg Fight Practice and Social @ Markham Nature Park and Arboretum
Jan 24 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Wolfscairn Heavy Fighter practice @ Finley Park
Jan 24 @ 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Every Sunday at 10:30am

Santa Rosa, California

Practice Schedule:

10:30-12 is drills and slow work.
12-3 is fighter practice
Site Information: 
70 Stony Point Road
95401 Santa Rosa,  CA
Directions: 

North on 101 to Santa Rosa, take the Highway 12 exit towards Sebastopol. Take the Stony Point exit, turn right onto Stony Point. The park is on the right (about 4 stop lights). There is a stop light at the entrance to the park, the street name is Finley Park. There is a fire station right across the street to the park entrance.