Just an FYI that there will not be practice tomorrow.

Practice will resume on 9/18.

I tried to send this to all the groups that are normally emailed (per Desco's
email forever ago), but I may not have access to all of them. So pass the word
along.

Thanks!
Cecilia the Destroyer

I do not have access to the Ravenslake, Announcements only, or fighting in the
neighborhood lists.

On Sep 10, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Cecilia di Zanchi <cecilia.di.zanchi@...>
wrote:

> Just an FYI that there will not be practice tomorrow.
>
> Practice will resume on 9/18.
>
> I tried to send this to all the groups that are normally emailed (per Desco's
email forever ago), but I may not have access to all of them. So pass the word
along.
>
> Thanks!
> Cecilia the Destroyer

Is anyone heading down to Fox Hunt I can catch a ride with? Can meet you
somewhere. Niles, around Harlem and Oakton. Contact on or off-list. Thanks!

--Hilla

Sent from my BlackBerry, because blackberries are magical fruit!

To help everyone get in the mood for this weekend's Viking Themed Foxhunt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ms4xm/Vikings_Episode_1/

" Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the
legend of the Vikings. In the first programme, Neil begins by
discovering the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric
ancestors. The remains of weapon-filled war boats, long-haired Bronze
Age farmers, and a Swedish site of a royal palace and gruesome pagan
ritual conjure up an ancient past from which the Viking Age was to
suddenly erupt. "


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Daniel And elizabeth phelps <dephelps@...>
Date: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Subject: [Apprentice] First in a BBC Viking Series
To: apprentice <apprentice@yahoogroups.com>




Post this where ever you like.

Daniel

http://watchseries.eu/episode/vikings_(uk)_s1_e1-196619.html

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--
Baroness Verena Entenwirth
Seneschal, Barony of Ayreton
Dean of the College of History and SCA Administration, RUM
Deputy Chatelaine of Special Projects; Gold Key

Give me your unclothed, your unfed, your sober masses
www.broomstich.com

• Fighting Activities include: Sheep Raiding, Irish Wife Grabbing, and a Beserker Challenge
• Non-Martial Activites Include: Norse Longboat Confection Competition, Riddlequest Letterboxing Quest, Scribal activities and Classes. 
• Children's Activities Include:  Annual Children's Fox Hunt, Rid the town of Rats, and Burn the Irish Village ( told you there would be burning) 
• Archery Activities Include: The Infamous Moving Fox Shoot and the Longboat Wheel of Death
• The Class schedule is fantastic and includes: Naalbinding, Viking Seam Treatment, Cooking with Fire,  Inkle Loom Weaving, Chemise Workshop,  Beading, The Care and Feeding of the Volunteer, The Vikings as Explorers

It is looking like even the weather is going all viking style for
Foxhunt's Down the Gren (Highs of 64, lows of 35)

If you want to stay warm (and dry) viking style then make sure you
RSVP for a viking wool hood that you can decorate in the 10am Norse
Seam Treatment Class. Here is an example of one of the wool hoods with
decorative seam treatments-
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K1_lzVYwP8tlz1QHFHsog9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm\
0?feat=directlink

They are completely sewn, so even though you won't finish the
decorative stitches, you can still wear the hood to keep you warm.

I have wool in black and variety of neutral colors-
https://picasaweb.google.com/107177881386152930272/MiscPhotos#578989838865018301\
0
. If you want a specific color of wool I don't have, I can see if I
can find it at vogue. If you want one of the wool hoods, please RSVP
by Thursday.

For those not wanting a hood, we will have linen Dublin hoods and
Swedish hats to decorate
Examples of the Dublin Hoods:
https://picasaweb.google.com/107177881386152930272/MetalAndGlass2012#57899008057\
41182418
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/hairstyl.shtml#WomensHairstyles

Example of the Norse Hats (wool)
http://histvarld.historiska.se/draekter/vherreman/pdf/dvmmossa.pdf

Some people have asked questions through email and through facebook,
so I figured I would share them here:

1. I am allergic to wool, can I have a linen hood instead?
Yes, though for a viking linen hood (as opposed to the dublin hoods)
are still $20. My linen stock is very low right now and I would need
to pick up linen at Vogue, which runs between $14-20 a yard. Please
let me know by Thursday if you would like a linen hood, and in what
color

2. I have a viking hood, can I bring that?
Yes. I will have an assortment of embroidery threads, if you have a
specific color (or fiber other than cotton), please bring it with you.
You will want 2-3 skeins of embroidery thread.

3. I have my own wool, can I make my own hood?
YES! But it must be pre-sewn before the class. Here are a few viking
hood patterns- http://www.medieval-baltic.us/skjold.html,
http://fiamettatrastevere.blogspot.com/2012/06/lyvy-hood.html

4. What if I just want a hood, but don't want to take the class?
Sure, I am fine with that. However the seams on the hoods won't be
double sewn, so you will want to do that later or bribe someone to it
for you (or decorate the seams for you)

Any other questions, feel free to email me
--
Baroness Verena Entenwirth
Seneschal, Barony of Ayreton
Dean of the College of History and SCA Administration, RUM
Deputy Chatelaine of Special Projects; Gold Key

Give me your unclothed, your unfed, your sober masses
www.broomstich.com

Rapier marshal please

The event needs a rapier MiC for the day.

I currently have the following people down for hoods for the Norse seam treatment class. I will also make as least 10 Dublin hoods and as many wool caps as the scraps allow. Any changes, additions or subtractions need to happen by 2 today.

Blue- hillary (or green)
Black- Mihri, Nichola (or grey)
Grey- Richard (or greenish grey), Marie (or subdued blue)
Brown- Mary, Julie, Gunnar (neutrals)
Green-Leslie (dark or dark red)
Linen black or grey-cory

Verena

Yay!

Sent from my Droid Charge on Verizon 4G LTE

------Original Message------
From: Justice Napier <ice_dragon_00@...>
To:
<mkmof@yahoogroups.com>,<ayreton@yahoogroups.com>,<midrealm1k@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 1:42:21 PM GMT-0500
Subject: [Ayreton] Impromptu Rapier Games for Foxhunt VIII


Greetings All,

Since I found myself unable to take on the long drive to Rose Tourney, I've
offered to be MIC for Rapier at Fox Hunt.

I've got a melee scenario and a tourney planned, followed by pick-ups till you
drop.  I tried to stick somewhat to their viking themed event.



As always pick-ups and auths in the morning.




Herd the Sheep
Melee

Planning to use the sheep from the armour-free challenge
being held that day.   Simple idea, get
the sheep to the longhouse before others can stop you or steal your sheep.   If
a sheep is used as a parry device, it is
dead on the field and not a point anymore (so don’t kill the sheep).



“Let me see what you
got there?” Tourney

A Double Elimination tourney.  Fighters will enter the field with a chosen
weapon style, approach their opponent, and say “Let me see what you got
there?”   Fighters will declare what
style they are fighting, and in which hand in the instance they say “Offhand
Single”.  Then a coin is flipped by the
marshal after labeling one fighter ‘heads’ and one ‘tails’.   Winner of
the coin toss then picks which of
the weapon styles, of the two brought to the field, they will use.  The loser
takes the remaining style.  In the case of a style you are unauthorized
in, revert to single sword.  Coin toss
may be changed to Rock/Paper/Scissors/Lizard/Spock upon the fighter’s and/or
marshal’s whim.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock
So Bob comes out with Sword and Cloak
And Tom comes out with Sword and Buckler

Bob wins the coin toss.  Bob chooses Sword and Buckler, leaving Tom with Sword
and cloak because either:
1) He knows Tom is not great with Sword and Cloakor2) He feels more confident
with Sword and Buckler, and isn't sure of Tom's talent with sword and Cloak, but
knows Tom is always using Sword and Buckler and is quite confident with it.



Pirate Skirmisher,
the New Viking Berserker

Get your Skirmishing in.
Taunt, harass, and enrage your opponents.  Kill your opponent and move on to the
next
one.  Get in all the fighting that you
could want.
In Service,
THL Justice McArtain

 

What time is practice again susan?

Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch

susan mickelson <mickel14@...> wrote:
 

Unto all I give greetings.

 

Once again, we do not have a room for practice but the weather looks clear so practice is on. 

 

-Susanna

 

2:00

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Ldoctavian21 <ldoctavian21@...> wrote:

 

What time is practice again susan?

Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch

susan mickelson <mickel14@...> wrote:
 

Unto all I give greetings.

 

Once again, we do not have a room for practice but the weather looks clear so practice is on. 

 

-Susanna