Shire of Sylvan Glen

This year the Shire of Sylvan Glen is proud to be hosting the Kingdom of Aethelmearc’s official twelfth night.  As such, we are honored and excited to extend an invitation on behalf of our Sylvan Monarchs, Isenwulf & Rosalinda, for all who see these words to come join them in the annual celebration of Æthelmearc’s Kingdom Twelfth Night. Festivities will begin on Friday, January 6at 4 pm, and end on Saturday, January 7, at 9pm, 2012.

General information – At this time, preregistration is now closed. 

The Roadway has also sold out of rooms.  However rooms are available at the Super 8 next door to the event. A block of rooms has been reserved for guests at $55 a night just say you are with the SCA.

The theme for these festivities will be “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry”. The doors will open at 4pm on Friday evening and those who arrive early will be treated to a Traveler’s Repast, organized by Lord Angellino the Bookmaker. The hall will remain open for socializing until 10pm. We will open the hall again at 8am on Saturday morning. Activities will include an A&S display of works in progress, silent auction, classes, children’s corner, dancing, and music. A day board Saturday is included and is organized by Lord Petr Kotok. Feast will be prepared by Gillian de Lundy at an additional cost. The hall will close for the evening at 9pm.

The event will be held at the Rodeway Inn, 94 McMillan Court, Martinsburg WV 25401 (304.263.8811). The hotel is holding a block of rooms $49 per night plus tax for one king or two doubles. Be sure to tell them you are with the Society for Creative Anachronism when booking. The site is damp, but all alcohol must be carried discreetly to and kept in the rooms we are renting for the duration of the event.

Activities

Due to site limitations we will not be able to have any marshal activities, however there are a whole host of indoor activities planned for the day.

• Feast – A scant few feast seats are still available and will be sold on a first come, first serve basis at troll.  There will also be a contingent of attendees going to Hoss’ steakhouse in garb.  If you would like to attend, email Angellino angellinothebookmaker [at] yahoo [dot] com?subject=Offboard Dinner
  so he can give the restaraunt a headcount of those coming.

A sumptuous feast will be available for an additional cost of $8.00 for all persons ages 13 and up $4.00 for ages 6 to 12 Ages 5 and under will eat as guests of the shire.
Feast is limited to 80 but there are plenty of tables for off-board. The head cook is Gillian de Lundy (813.789.9681). Any dietary restrictions or questions should be directed to her.

The feast menu is as follows:

• 1st course – Cheese, Grapes, Nuts, Scottish eggs
• 2nd course – Pottage, Bread and Butter
• 3rd course – Pickled Cabbage
• 4th course – Chicken, Honey Carrots, Mushrom, Mushrooms, Rice, Beets or Turnips
• Desert – 12th night Cake
• Brewing 

There will have a two different categories of brewing

1) Populace Choice – judged by populace: based only on taste

2) Brewers Choice – judged only by other entrants into the brewing competition: based on taste, presentation, and documentation

3) Contestants may choose to enter one or both categories and may enter as many different items as they like.

• A & S Display

There will be an A&S display at Æthelmearc Kingdom Twelfth Night.  Within our local shire, we like to promote the arts and sciences through activities that keep us actively creating and learning.  One of our favorite competitions is the pentathlon at Ice Dragon.  Towards this end, the theme of the display for Æthelmearc Twelfth Night is ‘works in progress’. We want to see what people are working on right now, as well as give an opportunity for entrants to receive feedback.

If you’re working on the A&S 50, we would like to know what you’ve done, see what you’re working on right now, and what you plan to do next.  If you’re working on the Ice Dragon pent, this is the place to display your progress thus far because we love the pent.  For those wishing to receive feedback on their entries, we will have comment forms for that.

       Documentation will be in the simplest format possible, and we will have documentation forms for you to fill out.

       Documentation will include:

1.             What is your SCA name?   (Ylaire Sainte Claire)
2.             What is your project?          (50 illuminated invitations for the A&S 50)
3.             What style is your project? (based on the book of kells)
4.             What medium did you use for project? (gouache on water colour paper)
5.             Is there anything you would like feedback on? (being that these are the first 50 illuminations I have done all my own, I would like comments only on the periodness of my colour choices)

• Bardic Competition

From the Autocrat – The idea for this competition was born Ice Dragon this year. While I was in troll line, the gentle behind me and I started to talk a bit. He introduced himself, told a few jokes, and pulled a ball from my ear. It was highly amusing and helped to pass the time. While I do not remember his name (his persona and name were Jewish), I still remember the experience – how often is it that the troll-line is a great part of an event? So what did I learn at ice dragon? Not all bardic must/can be done in front of a large crowd, small intimate groups can make for wonderful bardic performances – but how to hold a competition to judge that sort of thing?

During the day we will be having a bardic competition. The competition will begin at 9am and end at 4pm. The judging will be by populace vote. Everyone who attends twelfth night will be given coins at the door. Throughout the day, bards will be need to perform for as many or as few people as they like, as many or as few times as they like. The populace will pay the bard for his/her/their services with the coins. At 4pm the coins will be counted and the winner will be announced in court and presented with something. Every bard will need a hat, tambourine, sack, hood, basket, bowl, cup, etc for the coins to be put into. Feel free to get up on a table and tell a story for everybody to hear, or tell the same three jokes 200 times until you’ve told them to every person at the event. 

Rules for the Bardic competition:

1. No strippers or flashers – having a nice pair of anything isn’t bardic.
2. No fire of any kind. This includes: twirling, spinning, juggling, eating, breathing, or the lighting oneself
3. No knife juggling or anything dangerous with a knife
4. Nothing that endangers the populace – paperwork makes for a sad autocrat

If you have any questions just email/call (see contacts below)

Payment – At this time, preregistration is closed. 

The cost for the event is:
$12.00 per adult
$5.00 for ages 13 to 17
$2.00 for ages 6 to 12
Ages 5 and underwill attend as guests of the shire.
The family cap is $25.
The $5.00 non-member surcharge will be charged at the door and collected from anyone who does not have proof of membership.

Make checks payable to “SCA-WV Inc. Shire of Sylvan Glen”. Reservations may be sent to Arianna dal Vallone at 604Foxcroft Ave Apt 3B Martinsburg, WV 25401. Please include the SCA and modern names for everyone, including children 5 and under for planning purposes. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

Contacts

The autocrat is Ylaire Saint Claire (Jennifer LaFaber, 3391 Winchester Avenue, Martinsburg, WV25405, 304.951.5694, kaegwyn [at] yahoo [dot] com). Questions, concerns, and requests should be sent to her. The deputy autocrat is Euriol of Lothian ( euriol [at] yahoo [dot] com).

Directions

Take your best route to Interstate 81 in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Take exit 16 in Martinsburg, headed east on State Route 9 (Edwin Miller Boulevard). The Rodeway Inn is on the right