THIS WEEK IN THE SCA IN THE TWIN CITIES Week of 10/18/14 Edited by Mistress Rosanore of Redthorn, O.L., Nordskogen Chronicler BARDIC CIRCLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014 Lady Idonea le Lakere will be hosting a Bardic Circle at her house on Saturday, 10-18. Come hang out from 11am3pm and sing or tell stories. Or listen to others sing and tell stories. Allergen warning: there are two cats and a dog. Come hang out and have fun! Please contact Lady Idonea at: [email protected] if you need the address/directions. ARCHERY PRACTICE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014 There will be archery practice this Sunday from 1-3 pm at the Bwana Archery Range in Little Canada. Our hostess will be Azizah Hatun bint Da'ud who will have loaner gear available. Questions about this Sunday’s practice can be referred to Azizah Hatun at: [email protected] Hope to see you on Sunday! Directions to Bwana Archery, 3015 Country Drive, Saint Paul, MN, 55117 Bwana Archery (651-482-9866) is located at the intersection of 35E and 694 in Little Canada. Here's a link to a map: http://www.bwanaarchery.com/location.html *Take your best route to 35E and Little Canada Road *From 35E Northbound, turn left at the top of the exit ramp, then turn right on the frontage road on the west side of 35E. *From 35E Southbound, make a U-turn to the right to get from the exit ramp to the frontage road. The range is about 1 mile up the frontage road. Look for the large yellow archery sign on your left. Fee: The range fee is $7.00 plus tax per shooter. Observers are free of charge. PHOTOS AND STORIES WANTED FOR OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY TWELFTH NIGHT NEXT YEAR! We want to have a Mural wall of memories for the Twelfth Night Event and also to link to the main website as a living history site. For the November moot, please bring your pictures and stories to the event. We will have two scanners to scan in pictures, and pads of paper to write stories and tell tales. Bring your artifacts -- who has the first Nord Cords? Do we have a picture of the first coronets? Can someone bring their Yeti Tabards and let us take a picture? Thanks to Mistress Elli, who brought us a flash drive with dozens of pictures on it (complete with metadata to annotate each picture as to where and who it was). If you wish to bring in electronic format materials, please contact Lady Lleucu -- Erin Ahlstrom – [email protected] -- to discuss formats and naming conventions. This will be fun! Dame Siobhan Medhbh O’Roarke, Event Steward ADVANCE NOTICE: TOYS FOR TOTS TOURNEYS IN DECEMBER! The Baronial Heavy and Rapier Toys for Tots Tourneys will be combined with our December folkmoot and potluck on Wednesday, Dec. 3. We are renting the space across the hall & will use both spaces so that we will have plenty of room for fighting, food, and fun! So, be prepared with your best garb, favorite dishes, and LOTS of toys. The Baron of Jararvellir has challenged all of the Baronies of Northshield to see who can accumulate the largest pile of toys. The losers must sing in court. Our beloved Baroness Deja begs that we save her from this doom! The Baronial Archery Toys for Tots will be Sunday, Dec. 14 at the Bwana Archery Range. Directions and fee are listed above. The format will be the same as last year’s archery tourney. HEAVY WEAPONS PRACTICE: TUESDAY NIGHTS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS Heavy weapons practice occurs each Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Brackett Park, 2728 39thAve. S., Minneapolis, MN, 55406. Here's a link to a map: http://tinyurl.com/tuespractic WEEKLY MEETINGS/SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Canton of Blachemere's Weekly Thursday Meetings The Canton of Blachemere (northern Twin Cities) meets on the first Thursday of the month for its business meeting. The starting time is 6 p.m. and the location is confirmed on the Blachemere's Facebook page but generally is Dunn Brothers Coffee, 3841 St. Francis Blvd., Anoka, MN, 55303. Occasionally, A&S meetings occur on other Thursdays of the month and will be announced on the Blachemere Facebook page. For more information, contact the Seneschal, HRH Tom Tinntinnabulum (Thomas Holliday), at: [email protected] or 651-269-4524. (Text his phone number to get an immediate reply.) Newcomers' Classes The handouts for these can be found at: http://www.nordskogen.northshield.org/newcomers.html Blacksmithing and Woodworking on Mondays, 7-9 pm Master Danr Ketilsmiðr and Meistari Katriona ni Chonarain invite you to weekly blacksmithing and woodworking sessions at their East Bethel home, Mondays from 7-9 pm. However, from now until Crown Tourney (10/11/2014), these gatherings will be happening on an irregular basis. Please ALWAYS remember to contact them at: 763-434-1840 or [email protected] before you head over. Monday Night Armoring and Sewing at TRM Vlad & Petranella’s, 6 pm--? TRM Vlad and Petranella are hosting armoring and sewing on Mondays starting at 6 in Roseville. Over the next eleven months, these gatherings will become more sporadic. So, please be sure to contact them for further details and to double check the schedule. Please note that there is a large fuzzy dog in residence. TRM Vlad and Petranella can be reached at: 651-644-4685 or at: [email protected] Scribes' Night--Second Tuesdays—Sponsored by THL Una Duckfoot – Tuesday, November 11 THL Una Duckfoot offers a place for those interested in Calligraphy and Illumination to get together, work on projects, exchange experience, and some resources to get ideas. The next gathering will be Tuesday, November 11 at THL Una's home at 1023 Loeb St. in St. Paul (near the intersection of Como & Front & Dale). Doors open at about 6:00PM & close at about 10:00PM. Please call 651-262-8079 if you need directions. Scribes' Night—Third Sundays—At Mistress Medb Renata's House – Sunday, October 19th--CANCELLED Medb will be out of town this weekend and will not be able to host Scribe's Night this coming Sunday. She is offering an alternative night. She will be hosting a scribal session at the regular Baronial meeting on Wednesday the 29th, if anyone is interested. Rumplestiltskein—Fourth Sundays—At the HarMar Barnes & Noble—Sunday, October 26th Rumplestiltskein is a fiber-related social gathering held on the Fourth Sunday of each month, from 2pm to 5pm. All fiber activities are welcome, and advice is available in spinning, knitting, and nalbinding. Come enjoy coffee and good company at the Barnes & Noble Starbucks Coffee Shop at 2100 North Snelling Ave, Roseville, MN, just south of Hwy 36 in the HarMar Mall. Weekly Thursday Night Sewing Gathering Mistress Cassandra of the Western Green hosts weekly sewing nights on Thursday nights at her home. The gatherings begin at 7 pm and last until your hostess tells you it’s time to go home. Contact her at [email protected] or at (763) 754-6725 for directions and to let her know that you are coming. UPCOMING BARONIAL SPECIAL EVENTS Period clothing will be required for these. Please note that the Barony has period clothing & feast dishes to loan. FIGHTERS’ RETREAT AND TOURNAMENT OF CHIVALRY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014, 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. Lord of Life Church, 14501 Nowthen Blvd NW, Ramsey MN, 55303 https://sites.google.com/site/fightersretreat/ Site fee: $10 at the door; non-member surcharge: $5 40TH ANNIVERSARY TWELFTH NIGHT CELEBRATION, JANUARY 10-11, 2015 Lord of Life Church, 14501 Nowthen Blvd NW, Ramsey MN, 55303 THE ARMORED COMBAT EVENT (THACO) 6, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015 Oscar Johnson Ice Arena, 1039 Decourcy Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55104 Fight, fight, fight; Lunch; Fight, fight, fight WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEETING SITE AND SCHEDULE Folks begin gathering between 6:30 and 7:00 pm, announcements generally start around 7:30 pm. Meetings end at 9:00 pm. All of our weekly Wednesday meetings are held at: The Geek Partnership Society's Event Horizon In the Waterbury Building, the big red building at the corner of Jackson St. NE and Broadway St. NE, (1121 Jackson St NE, Minneapolis, MN, 55413) Enter at the BACK of the building. Door 1121C is the one closest to the rooms we are in. Link to a map: http://tinyurl.com/geekpartnershipmap We will generally be meeting in Room 107 (big room for fencing) and Room 106A (everything else). Room 107 is right next door to Room 106A! To get to the big parking lot at the back of the building and near our entrance doors: Go north on Jackson, driving past the little parking lot on the right (we don't park there), go to the end of the building, take the first right onto the street there which is 12th Ave. NE, If you go over the railroad tracks, you've gone too far! Please drive carefully over the bumps and pay attention to the signs on reserved spots in the parking lot. Note: the slots with the STS signs are only reserved until 3 pm. Metal Parking slots are always off limits 10/22: 10/29: 11/5: 11/12: Room 106: Announcements and socializing Room 106: Announcements and socializing Room 106: Folkmoot and potluck! Room 106: Announcements and business meeting Room 107: Rapier practice Room 107: Rapier practice Room 107: Rapier practice Room 107: Rapier practice If you have any questions about anything in this newsletter, please feel free to contact the Chronicler at: 651-699-0714 (before 10 pm) or at [email protected] The Chatelaine (New Person Welcomer), Lord Bazyli Boleslaw Krakowska, is always willing to try to arrange rides for folks. To make arrangements, contact him at: 218-370-1678 (before 10 pm) or at: [email protected] This is the October 18, 2014 issue of This Week in the SCA in the Twin Cities, a publication of the Barony of Nordskogen of the Society of Creative Anachronism, Inc. This issue is available from Susan Henry, 258 Griggs St. S, Saint Paul, MN 55105 and www.nordskogen.northshield.org. It is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright © 2014 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. 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