Attached below is the March 1 issue of the E-Horse, Østgarðr’s quarterly newsletter.
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The January commons meeting was held January 18 at the Kings Plaza Mall Community Room in Brokenbridge. Here are the minutes as recorded by Mathghamhain Ua Rhuadháin. The officers’ reports are attached at the end.
January 2019 Minutes • Østgarðr Commons
Most of our outdoor practices are canceled until spring, but there’s still plenty to do this winter!
Garb workshop for Day of the Decameron, January 20 (Astoria, NY; contact Mistress Sofya for information)
Knight Fight Screening, January 23 (Brooklyn, NY) https://www.facebook.com/events/290209135028914/
Stonemarche: Birka (Manchester NH, 5 hours NE)
Date: January 25-27
Activities: shopping, fashion show
EK Calendar Link: https://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3349
Northpass Dance Practice, January 27 (Port Chester, NY) https://www.facebook.com/events/2255838904683056/
Nordenhalle: Sign of the Dancing Fox (Kingston NY, 2 hours N)
Date: February 2
Activities: dancing
EK Calendar Link: https://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3405
Evening in the Solar, February 7 in Canton of Whyt Whey (Manhattan, NY)
Lions End Commons, February 8 in Lions End (Greenvale, NY)
Østgarðr Commons, February 15 in Østgarðr proper (Long Island City, NY)
Æthelmarc: Æ Swim (Milton PA, 3 hours W)
Date: February 16-17
EK Calendar Link: https://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3407
Dragonship Haven: Baronial Investiture (New Haven CT, 1.5 hours NE)
Date: February 23
Activities: K&Q Bardic Championship
EK Calendar Link: https://www.eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3342
Please join us at our next provincial commons (a monthly meeting of the populace and provincial officers), this coming Friday, January 18th. We have reserved the community room at the Kings Plaza Mall Management Office, Brooklyn, from 7-10pm. All are welcome!
Our Google Hangout for the evening can be joined using this link: https://hangouts.google.com/group/F12p4Lq3bipHekSf2
Among our business, we will welcome our new officers, and discuss preparations for our exciting spring of Holy Cow How Many Events!?!? To add something to our agenda, please include it in your provincial officer report for the meeting, or email seneschal@ostgardr.eastkingdom.org
You are welcome (but not required!) to bring a food or drink to share. There will be snacks.
Kings Plaza Mall has ample parking in its garage, entered via Flatbush Ave. just south of Ave. V. The garage costs a flat-rate of $3 for the day. To get there via public transit, you will mostly likely need a subway / bus combination, such as the 2 train to Flatbush Ave., followed by the B41 or Q35 along Flatbush Ave. to Ave. U.
The community room is located on the ground floor of the parking garage, in the management office. You enter via a set of glass doors, facing Flatbush Ave. between Aves. V and U.
Multiple members of the Crown Province were interviewed for this New York Times story on the Hundred Minutes War.
We have received letters of intent for all our open Provincial offices whose incumbent is stepping down at the end of their term (or who has already stepped down), namely Chronicler, Chatelaine, Minister of Lists and Minister of Arts & Sciences. Those 4 letters are presented herein for your perusal.
The November commons meeting was held November 16 at the Greenvale Townhouse diner in Lions End. Here are the minutes as recorded by Mathghamhain Ua Rhuadháin. The officers’ reports are attached at the end.
November 2018 Minutes • Østgarðr Commons
Suuder Saran, Viceroy
Lada Monguligin, Vicereine
Alienor Salton, Seneschal
Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Herald, Youth Marshal, Deputy Webminister
Alec MacLachlan, Fencing Marshal, Deputy Seneschal
Esnede O Murrin, Northpass Seneschal
Nagashima Ichiro Ujimichi, Lions End Seneschal
Marian of York, Lions End Lieutenant of Fence
Francesco Gaetano Greco d’Edessa, Lions End Herald
Jenna Childslayer
Titus Aurelius Magnus, An Dubhaigeainn Prefect
Monkey Makgee, An Dubhaigeainn Deputy Webminister
Angelica di Nova Lipa, Exchequer
Vika Grigina z Prahy, Whyt Whey Seneschal
John Elys, Deputy Chronicler
Friedrich Grimme
Lilie Dubh inghean ui Mordha
Donnchadh mac Eóin
Rakkurai of Kamakura
Richard the Poor
John Xavier Boullier, An Dubhaigeainn Seneschal
More information at East Kingdom event page: https://eastkingdom.org/EventDetails.php?eid=3339
Our next commons is this coming Friday, November 16th, at the Greenvale Townhouse diner, in Lions End, 49 Glen Cove Rd, Greenvale, NY. All are welcome and encouraged to attend! The diner is a 5 min walk (on sidewalks with no street crossings) from the Greenvale station on the Oyster Bay LIRR. There is plenty of parking.
We have a reservation under “Ostgardr” for 16 people at 7pm. We need to start clearing out by 9:30 so they can reset the room for a larger party. Please RSVP if you think you would like to attend, so we can adjust the reservation numbers higher if necessary. Thank you!
We will order dinner beginning at 7pm. I would like to start the meeting at 7:45pm (15 minutes earlier than our usual start time), to accommodate the restaurant’s need for us to clear the room at 9:30 and to provide an opportunity to socialize post-meeting.
Our Google Hangout for the evening can be joined using this link: https://hangouts.google.com/group/7guedUia6oxVxit63
If you RSVP that you will be joining remotely, I will add you to the hangout so that you are notified when the call starts. You may also simply join the call in progress if you prefer. If you are unfamiliar with Google Hangouts, please contact me (seneschal@ostgardr.eastkingdom.org) or Anne (webminister@ostgardr.eastkingdom.org) for technical support.
Among other topics, we will read into the record letters of intent submitted by candidates for provincial office, and continue our discussion about provincial storage options. Candidates for provincial office are urged to join the meeting, either in person or remotely. Officers, please submit your reports, preferably by Wednesday (Nov. 14th), so we can add your concerns to the agenda!
Outdoor weekly practices will probably start wrapping up until spring in November, as the weather gets colder and snow begins to fall – keep an eye on our mailing list or Facebook page for the latest news!
Outdoor weekly practices include:
Note also that Northpass is starting a monthly indoor dance practice in Port Chester. Email dance@northpass.eastkingdom.
As always, weekly events in Østgarðr can be found at our provincial calendar.
Sunday, November 11: BrokenBridge Commons & Lucet (Facebook link)
Friday, November 16 at 7:30pm: Ostgardr Commons, at Greenvale Diner in Lions End.
Friday, November 16 through Sunday, November 18: we are hosting Musicians’ Day in Peekskill, NY
Saturday, November 17: our neighbors in the Shire of Rusted Woodlands are hosting 100 Minutes War in Sparta, NJ
Sunday, November 18: Ostgardr Scribal – Gold leaf (Facebook link)
Saturday, November 24: Metropolitan Museum Trip (Facebook link)
Tuesday, November 27: Indoor dance practice in Northpass (Facebook link)
Sunday, December 2: Garb workshop for Day of the Decameron, 12-6pm, Mistress Sofya’s place (Astoria, NY) (contact moas@ostgardr.eastkingdom.org for more info)
Saturday, December 8: our neighbors in the Barony of Bhakail are hosting Bhakail Yule Revel XL in Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday December 11: Northpass dance practice, 6:30-8:30pm, for information contact dance@northpass.eastkingdom.
Saturday December 15: Yule Revel in Østgarðr (Facebook link)
Sunday December 16: Northpass dance practice, 1-4pm, for information contact dance@northpass.eastkingdom.
Happy holidays! Hope to see you around at one of these events!
edited, November 12 and December 7, to add Northpass dance information