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May Commons will be on Saturday, May 17 at theViking Day
Festival at Owl's Head Park, 68th St. and Narrows
Ave., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY.
By Car
➦From the West:
Take best route to I-495/LIE-eastbound. Take exit
33 toward Community Dr./Lakeville Rd. Merge onto
Horace Harding Expy. Turn Left onto Community
Dr. Turn right onto Northern Blvd. *Turn
left on Plandome Rd. Continue onto Main St.
Turn left onto Shore Rd. Turn right onto Soundview
Dr. Turn left onto Sandy Ct. Destination
will be on the left.
➦From the North:Cross Island
Pkwy to exit 31E for New York 25A E/Northern Blvd.
E. Then, see * above.
By Mass Transit
Take LIRR Port Washington train to
Port Washington. Then, take N23 bus or call
car service.
- Viking
Day Demo: The Viking Day Demo
is fast approaching, May 17th from
10am to 5pm and preparations have
already started to make it a great
one. If you have not been
there before, it is at Owl's Head
Park in Brooklyn. We have a
great opportunity for education
and recruitment here and need to
take full advantage of this.
Our on site contact for this
will be me, so please reply
back to us and let us know if you
plan on making it, what you wish
to do at the demo, anything you
think you might be bringing, shade
flys, items to show, tables, that
kind of thing. Also, if you
have any needs, let us know.
The festival ran
from 12-5 previous years, and has moved to 10-5,
to add extra time for their Viking Village,
along with extra events to celebrate the
Bicentennial of Norway's constitution, but we
should arrive early for parking and set up, a
more exact time will come for set up about a
week before the demo. 9am or earlier might
be necessary for parking.
The focus
will be on the Arts and Sciences of the Viking Age, so
anything you can bring to show that off would
be outstanding. If your talents lie
elsewhere, please bring it as well so we can
make this a large and exciting demo for all
that attend, both ourselves, and the
spectators.
We will
gladly have Heavy Fighting and Fencing, but
let us know if you plan on attending, so that
we know how many of each we will have.
Last year we only had one heavy fighter
with gear show up, which allowed for more time
spent with the public which worked out well.
I would prefer to only have either form
of fighting as long as we have 3+
participating, so we can put on a decent show,
and have someone marshalling. Also, the Beau Geste heavy fighting
tournament and Ostgardr commons will be held
at Viking day, so come out, have some fighting
fun, and support the Crown province!
There will
not be any thrown weapons or archery due to
safety restrictions, but, feel free to bring
your gear to show the public what we do, and
hopefully generate some interest in coming out
to play with us.
If anyone has
any ideas for new ways to make this demo run
more smoothly, or things that the crowd would
like to hear about, I am all ears.
Thank you
all, I know you will make this an outstanding
demo, and I am excited to be a part of it
:->.
þòrmundr
-
Østgarðr/An
Dubhaigeainn Challenge, June 7, 2014
- Riverdale
Riverfest, June 15, 2014
-
Dance Practice :
Dance Practice on Wed., May 14th at 6:30 PM in
Central Park.
Everyone is welcome to join us for practice; no
prior dance experience required... Practices are
held in street clothes, as many are traveling after
work.
We’ll meet in the grassy area of Shakespeare's
garden if it is open. If you follow the "From
the West Side" directions, the grassy
area is the "little clearing" before you reach the
castle steps. We are
typically near the bench on the left side. Once it
gets dark OR if the grass isn’t open (or if it is
soggy) we move atop the castle.
For more info, to be added to the dance email
list, or for other questions, please email
dance@northpass.eastkingdom.org.
-
Pennsic 101
It's that time again!
Spring has arrived, and the Drums of War begin to Beat.
You want to go to Pennsic! Everyone you talk to makes it sound like so much fun...
...but you've never done anything like this, so... now what do you do?
Join us Saturday June 7th 2014 3PM at the Ostgardr and An Dubhaigeainn Challenge for the Annual Pennsic 101 class! Note that the date was chosen because it is
*before* the online pre-reg deadline, so if you're not sure if you want to go, you
can attend before deciding!
Pennsic is a most wonderful SCA event and attending this class will help you to both
prepare and have the best time possible... We will discuss how to prepare for
Pennsic, what you will need to do and bring. We will answer questions you may have
on how to manage to get your things to Pennsic and what you can expect when you
finally get there and get set up. If you have garb you've already made and are not
sure it's Pennsic-ready, bring it. We can help you decide.
Please email me at TheAlphaWench@hotmail.com to RSVP to the class so I get an idea
of how many handouts I need!
If you can't attend the specified date, please contact me privately - we may be able
to arrange an alternate date.
I look forward to seeing you there!
YIS
Lady Jenna Childslayer, Class Hostess
- A&S Classes: at Enigma Book Store
33-17 Crescent Street
Astoria, NY 11106
Conveniently located close to the Broadway stop on the
N & Q trains.
Claire LaPlaca and Hugh Brammer, owners
Store #718-274-BOOK or 718-274-GEEK
Class Schedule:
- May 18th: Silk painting with Angelica
Classes will be held at 12pm until approximately
2pm.There will be a $5 classroom charge and additional
supply fee. Classroom size is limited so register
soon!
Check out our Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/471906642932595/
Please contact Ladysofya.sca@gmail.com
to register or for further information.
For more local events,
see here
for the on-line calendar.
- Crown
Tourney, May 17, 2014
- King's
and Queen's Archery Championship, May 31,
2014
- East
Kingdom War Camp, June 13-15, 2014
- King's
and Queens Champion of Arms, June 20-22,
2014
- Southern
Region War Camp/East Kingdom Thrown Weapons
Championship, June 27-29, 2014
We maintain a Webbed database of
upcoming early-music concerts in the Østgarðr area.
Click here
for the latest.
At a recent Christies auction, an Italian Torah scroll
dated to 1482 broke the mark for the most expensive
Hebrew-language book
Thanks to Game of Thrones, medieval (and
medievaloid) baby names are experiencing a renaissance
in the UK
A look at the small corgi-like dogs who worked in the
kitchens of Elizabethan England
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