Activities and Schedule

A Regular Event in Cleftlands will include fun activities for all ages.

Note that court is after feast; Angharad's feasts always run on schedule and on time! There will be off-board seating availble in the hall for those who wish to not leave site but did not purchase feast and there are a number of local restaurants in easy distance from the site.

TimeActivity
9 amSite opens
10 amA&S Display opens, classes start
11:30 amLunch tavern opens
1:30 pmLunch tavern closes
4 pmA&S Display and classes end
After FeastCourt
6:30?Feast
after feastDancing!
10 pmSite closes, if you're still here thank you for volunteering for the clean up crew!
Armoured Combat Schedule
9:30 - field open
10:00 - Unbelted Champions practice
11:00 - Authorizations and pick ups
12:30 - Bear pit begins
4:00 - Pick ups
4:30 - List closes
Rapier Combat Schedule
9-10 am - Authorizations and pickup fights
10-11:30 am - Vikings invade the harem!
11:30-12:30 - Lunch break: pickups if a marshal is present
1-2:30 pm - Pillage the Orient Tourney
2:30-4:30 pm - Youth tourney (if enough combatants are present) Cut and Thrust playtime, pickups.
4:30 pm - List closes
Craftsperson's Faire
You are cordially invited to display your work in a Craftspersons Fair style display. The display will encompass not only period projects, but also items that are "medievaloid" or SCA culture items. If you have a nifty ice cooler cover, carved wood or leather items, or some other project that is cool, useful and beautiful but not strictly period, you can show it off here. No documentation is required -- although we will ask for your name and a brief description of your work. If you do have documentation, we’d love to see it!
The guidelines:
  • Works in progress are fine. No more than 5 items per person can be displayed.
  • The faire will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All items must be picked up by 5 p.m. Space will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • A corner of the room will be set aside for artisans who want to knit, spin, bead, sew, embroider and so on. Space is limited, so please don't bring anything bulky, messy, or that uses an open flame.
  • The populace is encouraged to bring tokens to show their appreciation for the talent of the Midrealm.
Questions? Please see Jolicia atte Northcliffe (contact info page)

Classes

This class schedule is tentative and subject to change/additions

Time Room 9 Room 10 Room 11
10:00 am Diapering Basics for Illumination
11:00 am SCA Archery and You Uppity Women of the Middle Ages
Noon Making Reasonably Renaissance-looking Pearl Drop Earrings Bellydance Kumihimo or soapmaking
1:00 pm How to Write an Award Recommendation Letter Viking Beads Henna
2:00 pm Medieval Mustards and Sauces
3:00 pm 16th Century Cloth Buttons What to Expect at the A&S Faire

Class Descriptions

Bellydance
Taught by Maysuun
Daipering Basics for Illumination
Taught by Astridr Ketilsdottir
Diapering is a simple way to enhance any illumination. Learn how easy it can be done. After a brief discussion and instruction, participants can practice using pencil and paper (provided). Handouts, limited to 15.
Henna
Taught by THLady Anabel de Berchelai
How to Write an Award Recommendation Letter
Taught by Ailish of Darkstone
Kumihimo (Or soapmaking)
Taught by Lady Aelfwyn Elswith of the Confraternity of St. Eve
Making Reasonably Renaissance-looking Pearl Drop Earrings
Taught by Lady Elizabethe Alles
Learn a simple way to make pearl drop earrings similar to those seen in Renaissance portraits. Kits to make two pairs of earrings available for 12 students for $5.
Medieval Mustards and Sauces
Tauht by THLord Edward FitzRanulf
SCA Archery and You
Taught by Hugh of Ravenwood
This class is to familiarize new archers and those interested in archery with archery nomenclature and needed equipment. We will also discuss safety and current SCA rules of conduct on the archery range.
Sixteent Century Cloth Buttons
Taught by Duke Alen Elegil
Thread-covered buttons (generally silk tread over a wooden form) were commonly used on Elizabethan doublets. This class will cover the easiest method for constructing these buttons, inexpensive sources for the silk and wood components, and a repeatable method for attaching them to the garment. Kits available for 6 students. Kit fee $3, auditors welcome.
Uppity Women of the Middle Ages
Taught by Baroness Catriona nicHugh Mclaey
Sometimes we think of women in the Middle Ages as being the lady waiting to be rescued. Meet some ladies who prove the adage "Well-behaved women seldom make history."
Viking Beads
Taught by Cecily
What to Expect at the A&S Faire
Taught by Baroness Anastasia Kyrilovna Ivonova
Thinking about entering or judging at the Arts & Sciences Fiare? There have been some changes to the A&S Faires in the past few years - come learn about these changes and what you can expect to happen when you enter or sign up to judge - both at the regional faire and at Kingdom. If you entered or judged at an A&S Faire last year, you are welcome to come and share your experiences.

Bardic Activities

The Magic Carpet Kavehane, northern Oaken's finest bardic Persio-Nordic coffeehouse, will land at A Regular Event in the Cleftlands: The Fourteenth Warrior, January 21, 2012.

Join us for a delicious cup of Persio-Nordic coffee or a sweet, all for the price of a tune, a tale, a song or a dance.

In addition, the Kingdom Bardic Champions are hosting a challenge to the populace at each event they attend with Their Majesties. For the Regular Event:

In the movie The Thirteenth Warrior - an often-accurate depiction of the clash of cultures (Persian, Norse, Neanderthal?) - Viking warriors are inexplicably dressed and armed in stuff from throughout our period and across Europe.

With this event we turn it up to 11! Er, 14!

Bring us a wildly anachronistic tale (song, dance, piece of music, juggling act, etc). For example, play a Gregorian chant on recorder; do a Middle Eastern Dance in Viking garb; sing the tale of Beowulf to the tune of Greensleeves. We don't want to make this TOO easy, so the only time period which is off limits is the modern era, and the only subject you can't use is the SCA itself.

Join us at the Kavehane between 1 and 2 pm to present your tale and receive a Fabulous Token of our Esteem.

Llywelyn Glyndyverdwy (Mark Cipra)
for myself and for my co-Bardic Champion
Juliane Bechaumpe (Ann Fairhurst)

Feast Menu

The 14th Warrior features Persian delights! Please note this menu is tentative, please see the Feast Steward for dietary restrictions or details.

First course:
Salt
Seasoned salt, p 141-143 (derived)
Butter (reference on p 145)
Herbed yogurt (p 198)
Yogurt with herbs and vegetables
Kamakh with fragrant spices, p 204 (no fermentation)
Seasoned vinegar
Olives with thyme, p 206
Pickled onions p. 153 (derived)
Pickled caper berries, p. 153
Plate of crudite (raw vegetables or unmixed salad)
First Course:
Roasted chicken with sauces (p185)
Pick sauces:
Dressed carrots p 228
Barida of fava beans (using canned favas) p 229
Second Course
Sikbaj, p 254 (add in 252 references):
Chuck roast
Chicken legs
Serve with broth-moistened bread
Garnish with rolled sandwiches p149, meat patties p 190, and chopped cheese
Serve with mustard
Eggplant, carrot and/or onion, boiled in vinegar, also cheese garnished
Third Course
Red beans p 295 (use black-eyed peas or chana dal, or do lentils, p 293)
Onion omelet p 326 or herb omelet p 329 (test split omelet, p 329?)
Marinated lamb satay p 370
Small sausages p 187
Shrimp pastries p 237 or meat pastries 190
Fourth Course:
Chicken thighs with bread pudding of apricots or banana p 375
Almond fish with honey aspic p 400
Milk pudding with eggs p 407 or milk pudding with rice p 408
Fritters in honey p 413
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