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1 B A R O N Y O F R I V E N S T A R W W W. M I D R E A L M. O R G / R I V E N S T A R The RivenSTAR Monthly The RivenSTAR Monthly June EDITION Rivenstar Madrigal Singers had a great day at Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faire Over the Memorial Day weekend, the Rivenstar Madrigal Singers were pleased earn two First Prize Awards in the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Competition at the Crown Tourney event in Fort Mitchell, KY. First they sang Il Bianco e Dolce Cigno then the Non Nobis set consisting of four versions Above: Madrigali rehearsal in preparation for the contest. Arrantxa s Needlework was a hit at Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faire THL Arrantxa Idazle Iruñekoa presented her original design needlework at the Kingdom Arts and Science Faire on May 28th. She was awarded a second place certificate for her entry which was patterned after a page from a book of hours. of Non Nobis Domine; culminating in the resounding crescendos of the version from Henry V. Though the room in which they sang was crowded, noisy and sound deadening, the Rivenstar Madrigal Singers were able to sing not only in voice groupings but with voices randomly interspersed in the group as well and were able to wow the judges while doing it. Inside this issue: Newsletter and Officer Contact Information Page 2 Business Meeting Reports Page 3-6 Crown Tourney Photo Gallery Page 7 Baronial Calendar Page 8

2 Important information about this publication: This is the June, 2011 issue of the RivenSTAR, a publication of the Barony of Rivenstar of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.). The RivenSTAR is available from Marian Hryhorcova (Marion Miller) 3340 Morgan St. West Lafayette, IN It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright 2009 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors. The RivenSTAR gratefully accepts submissions of articles and artwork. These must be copyright free and of interest to the SCA community. The editor reserves the right to edit material before publication due to content or space constraints. Artwork should be submitted in electronic format (gif or jpg files, please.) Use simple fonts like Times New Roman or Arial for text submissions. Please artwork, text submissions, and corrections to the RivenSTAR editor Marian Hryhorcova, miller41@purdue.edu Credits: A portion of the images in this publication are protected by U.S. and Worldwide Copyright laws, and are owned by Microsoft Publisher The Rivenstar shield was provided by Mistress Heirusalem Crystoma. Pdf conversion provided by Warder Gallien Le Cavalier de l'ile. Officer badges can be found at the MK Chronicler s website in the clip art section Regular Weekly Activities Info Mondays 7:00 pm - Madrigal Choir Rehearsal 8:00 pm - Baronial Business Meetings Held in Stewart Center at Purdue See Baronial Calendar back page of this issue. Tuesdays Archery Practice - Currently on Hiatus Wednesdays 8:00 pm - Heavy and Rapier Fighter Practice Held at the Purdue Armory on Campus (summer hours differ) Contact: Uaisle Malie Bean MhicAoid (Tammy E. Holwin) thatcutefencer@gmail.com Sundays 3:00 5:00 PM Dance Practice Contact: Leonie (Leonie Leduc) redstormthunder@gmail.com More Activities! Equestrian Practices start in the Spring, weather permitting, and are usually held twice a month on Sunday afternoons from 1-4 pm. Drum Practices will be held on either Tuesday or Thursday evenings at the Morton Community Center. Check the Rivenstar website and list for updates. Contact Kat at: izmaragd@yahoo.com Officers of the Barony of Rivenstar Baron - Duke Moonwulf Starkaardhersson, Master of Arms, OP (Michael Longcor) Baroness - Countess Takaya Mereleone, OP (Vickie Poole) takaya@juno.com Seneschal - Leonie (Leonie Leduc) redstormthunder@gmail.com Knight's Marshal - Corwin Roberts (Aaron Bilodeau) corwinroberts@gmail.com Rapier Marshal - Uaisle Malie Bean MhicAoid (Tammy E. Holwin) thatcutefencer@gmail.com Archery Marshal - position currently open Equestrian Marshal - Baroness Takaya Mereleone (Vickie Poole) takaya@juno.com Herald - Lord Janusz Zawisza (Paul Radecki) lordjanusz@juno.com Chronicler - Lady Marian Hryhorcova (Marion Miller) miller41@purdue.edu MoAS - Lady Olwen of Buckland (Sara Clark) urthmomma@aol.com Chirurgeon - Lady Daniila of Dacia (Dana Mosher) danajoym@gmail.com Exchequer - Lady Giuliana Fornician (Julie Pierson) piersonj@purdue.edu Chatelaine - Lady Marilynde of the Rocks (Mary Rusek) mary.rusek@swiftenterprises.com Web Minister - THL Arrantxa Idazle Iruñekoa (Heather Bungard Janney) arrantxa@comcast.net Dance Mistress - Leonie (Leonie Leduc) redstormthunder@gmail.com Medieval Society of Purdue President - Briana of Darkhorse (Mary Ellen Miller) barukami@hotmail.com Page 2

3 Business Meeting Minutes: Monday, May 2, 2011 Event Reports: none Officer Reports: Baron nothing to report A&S Several A&S faires to go to if you want. Registry for the site book for classes at Pennsic is now closed so you may still teach a class but it won t be advertised in the site book. Student Org. We officially exist as an org for next year. Chronicler The Coronation issue will be out next Monday if all goes well. Please submit articles. Maybe a report on how Rivenstar swept court? Chatelaine need more volunteers for the Victorian presentation next week. If you need garb see Rocky or return garb to her. Rocky also gave all the lunch tavern money minus expenses to the student org. Equestrian Ad is not in the Pale. We need to investigate why it isn t. Beaver Report Justin is alive and well. He once again filled in every hole of the vertical pipe drain (but can t fill the top) and has built 2 dams, which both survived the recent flooding. The pond is now 1.5 ft higher than it needs to be. Some helpful people offered up suggestions to fill the pond with things like rice, oatmeal to soak up the extra water or to plant willow trees or to use it for sorting cranberries! Quite helpful suggestions! Herald clearly now, everyone has the awards they deserve and there is no need to recommend more. Well, Simple Day is coming so yes, recommend someone for an award. Three months to Pennsic. Seneschal We are still a Barony. Nothing to report. Monday, May 9, 2011 Event Reports: Rocky reported on the (not exactly SCA related) presentation that she did with the help of Amalie and Marian for the Waynestown Community Church Mother s Day dinner on Friday night. She spoke about the language of flowers, Amalie presented to topic of corsetry and Marian spoke about etiquette and table settings. Officer Reports: Herald Sternfeld throwdown is tomorrow. Wed practice is in the Armory and next week on Slayter Hill. There may be occasional practices at the home of Adam and Mallie on Thursdays as well. Chatelaine See Rocky if you need garb for upcoming events. Chirurgeon Everyone is still healthy. Remember that summer is coming, drink a lot of water! Equestrian Event in July. Arrantxa will have a copy of the Pale ad to put on our website. The reason it didn t get in the Pale is probably that there is another event within 100 miles but it is a Dance symposium so shouldn't conflict. We should still be able to have with permission from the autocrat. Heavy Marshal Wed practice is in the Armory and next week on Slayter Hill. Throwdown is tomorrow. Baron Carry on. War is coming. Exchequer If you have any receipts from Three Saints get them in. Baroness Former Barony members Alwen and Aiden say hello to anyone who may remember them. Chronicler Thanks to Amalie who showed Marian how to compress photos and make the RivenSTAR into a PDF format. Herald Get your award recommendations in for Simple Day. Pennsic is on the horizon. Mail in deadline for registration is May 15, deadline is June 15th. Janusz is moving forward on the banner and oil lamp projects with Arrantxa. Madrigals There will be a madrigal jam session at Pennsic called Sing We Enchanted. It will be organized by Lorelai. Anyone interested in singing can join the group. Rivenstar madrigals are moving nicely toward the kingdom A&S competition. Pieter also offered rides to throwdown tomorrow. Meet at Huis Doorn at 5:30. Beaver Report Last week Pieter said that the Beaver couldn t possibly dam up the entire vertical drain pipe, well.. he was wrong. It managed. There are sticks coming up out of the center. Pieter believes that the muskrat is in cahoots with him because it has been seen with sticks in its mouth possibly reinforcing the up and downstream dams. Page 3

4 Monday May 16, 2011 Glad to see Leslie join our meeting again, welcome and Welcome Back from the East to Gwen who is visiting and who even joined the madrigal practice. Event Report: Pieter reports that he went to MKAoD. The talent pool was very deep. He described taking classes until the lightning started, then there was a dice tournament. Pieter won. Nan got her third Night Hawk shield out of it. Pieter taught a class What works for you. Eight students attended, three of them Warders of the Bronze Ring. Fun was had. There was also an address about motivating your troops by the Constellation Regional Heavy Marshal. Nan reported that several people went to help Enkara and Aendru move to a much larger property with water for the horses etc. It has an above ground pool and a man-cave. Fifteen people with 11 vehicles made three trips. Good luck in your new home Enkara and Aendru. Kat reported making two Celtic knotwork bracelets. Officer Reports: Baroness nothing to report Marshal Practice is outside this Wed. at 6:00 Baroness landscaping for Equestrian event. Exchequer we have money. Baron Heavy practice will be from 6 ish to dark. Chatelaine See Rocky if you need garb Chronicler RivenSTAR is out today. Thanks John for the photos. Marian can volunteer to do the food for the equestrian event. Madrigals We had an extra special guest today. Gwen came back to see us again. Loralai is looking for suggestions for a singing group at Pennsic. Beaver Report Pieter undammed the drainage pipe and while doing so, the muskrat swam by. Sigulf There are 100 entries for the Kingdom A&S and they are looking for 150 judges at least. They are desperately seaking judges so if you can help, please volunteer. Current Business: Equestrian Event Pieter is trying to negotiate with the local pizza place to let us clean out the buffet at the end of lunch. Josie will teach her class on horse first aid. Pieter needs to check for the insurance. Amalie said that the event are on the calendar and will be in the Pale. Other Business: Happy Birthday to Coise, Sophia and Happy almost birthday to Josie. Happy Anniversary to Wulf and Coise. Congratulations to Kat on her graduation and to Josie who will graduate in two weeks. Monday, May 23, 2011 Event Report: No one present went to Chaos Caravan Officer Reports: Herald Pennsic pre-reg deadline is June 15th via the internet. The mail pre-reg date has passed. Baroness we will ride horses soomer or later really! Go to Crown this weekend! Chatelaine If you need garb, see Rocky. Rocky is thinking of teaching a calligraphy class and will post the particulars on the Rivenlist. Baron On Wed we had our first practice outside and it was good despite the new landscaping that takes up about half of the area. Go to Pennsic if you are able. Go to Crown this weekend. A&S If you are going to Crown, check out the A&S on Saturday. There are lots of classes lined up for Pennsic. Chronicler nothing to report. Madrigals We are well prepared for Kingdom A&S assuming the documentation comes together. Equestrian We have a few teachers lined up for the Equestrian event in July. The insurance application has gone in the mail and Leonie said the even is on the calendar. Gwen will bring a cart and show people how to drive it. Seneschal We have room for Sunday Dance practices and we may get them up again for summer. Dance practice may actually happen. Anyone not riding at the Rivenstar Equestrian Event should go to the Known Worlde Dance Symposium. Also, we are still a Barony. Seneschal Leonie will make sure that the Equestrian event can happen. Otherwise nothing else. Future Busniness: Wulf s benefit concert at Pennsic will be on the middle Sunday from 8 9. Beneficiaries will most likely be the Rogers family Page 4

5 Monday, June 6, 2011 Event Reports: Yesterday was the annual Take Your Baroness to Holiday World trip which is bordering on tradition now after 10 years. It was a good day. Officer Reports: Baron Nothing to report He s saving his comments for non-period but funny stories Chirurgeon Beware the sun. Prepare for Pennsic with your medications, especially non-prescription ones like aspirin and other pain relievers. The chirurgeons tent is not a pharmacy for free meds. Remember your sunscreen and hats, along with water. Chronicler nothing to report Marshal quarterly report went out this week. Pennsic was held in April and we won. A&S Nothing to report. Herald Get your Pennsic pre-reg in by next week 6/15. Seneschal Leonie s quarterly report went in too so, as long as we all agree, we can stay a Barony. Current Business: The Equestrian Event Dani said that very soon a volunteer list will go around. The need for volunteers is not huge but we need a little more work done in the Woods and will have a bonfire party afterwards. Everyone is welcome to come out for the event, even if you don t ride. There are a lot of classes planned. It should be about $30 for the whole weekend with meals included. Amalie will help make sure our website is up to date and has all the correct information. We still need Troll operators and some food prep help. Thurs or Friday right before the event will be a tent raising. Beaver Report The Beaver was seen again at long last and in person. Justin was sitting on the far bank grooming himself. He is still alive and well and fat! He wasn t intimidated while Nan was yelling at him. He paid no attention at all. Monday, June 13, 2011 Event Reports: Rocky reported that she held a beginning calligraphy class last Tuesday and had two students; Slaine and Mateus. She will continue the class on Tuesdays. If you d like to join contact Rocky. Janusz reported that he and a few others from Rivenstar went to the Barony of Sternfeld to help them with their annual demo at the Krannert Center. This demo secures a practice site for the Sternfeld fighters for another year. As Janusz put it: Support our annex (I mean cousins) to the south. Officer Reports: Student Org. we exist Chronicler Hoping to get a RivenSTAR out soon. Herald the Heralds Report is due at the end of the month. Check your own name page for errors. Take care of any errors through the kingdom website. Pennsic is coming and we have in the neighborhood of 50 pre-registered. Pre-reg period ends in 2 days on the 15th. Chatelaine If you need garb see Rocky. Her schedule is crazy this summer so contact her ahead of time. She should have garb at practice on the 27th of July, the last Wed before Pennsic. Exchequer Guiliana reports that on the 31st, the books were checked and they are still letting her handle the money! She did discover that we need to have three signers for checks. They can not be the Baron or Baroness or anyone related to or living at the same address as the Baron or Baroness. We are also supposed to have a budget in advance for all events. The budget is supposed to be documented and published in the baronial newsletter. To which Wulf said our budget is that we spend less than we make. Of course it would sound better in Latin. Seneschal We got our deposit back from Three Saints and a Coronation. Baroness The equestrian report is due tomorrow so Takaya will the nothing report in. Madrigals Pieter reports that we did wonderfully at Kingdom A&S and we were invited to sing at Simple Day. We ve asked Wulf to join us on We Be Midrealm Warriors. Current Business: Equestrian Event Preparation is underway. Arrantxa put the website together. The camp ground area was cleaned up over the weekend and is twice the space as last year. But, pre-registrations are not coming in as hoped. Three Horses and a Cart might have to be the new name for the event if they don t pick up. The Page 5

6 equi-sims will be there (wooden horses used to practice). Irena from Aethelmarc in coming to teach a class. Most of the trails are cleaned up it was a great weekend. Help will be needed with pre-event set up on Friday 7/1. There is no need to have a work day now because so much was done this past weekend. Still need troll help on Friday night, Saturday and then Sunday morning. Will need an MC for the event and have a bull-horn. Gallien did this for us last year. There will be a bonfire party Friday night. It is a wet site. On Monday will be a clean up and leftover day. Volunteers are needed to take tents down and help eat up any leftovers. Volunteer needs should be posted to the list. The insurance certificate arrived. Marian will create a budget for the food part of the event. Monday, June 20, 2011 Event Report: This Land is totally our land according to Imelda and Pieter. It was a great fighter practice for Rivenstarkans over the weekend. Barony Rivenstar was well represented and performing wonderfully. Imelda authorized. Andreus won the late tourney. There were 6 Rivenstarkans out of the 12 fighters present. Amalie took a Kumi Himio string making class. Gwendolyn had two students for an equestrian class. Officer Reports: Herald Camp Rivenstar has 59 reservations; almost all of them are real. Dark Star and Wednesday Company are with us. It will be a good year at Pennsic. Pre-reg is now closed. Janusz has a report due at the end of the month. Baroness We had riding practice on Sunday. Kiltegern and Takaya rode a little. Chirurgeon nothing to report Marshal practice with week at Slayter Hill A&S work on Pennsic projects. The class list is up for Pennsic Univ. After this all changes will be at information point. Exchequer We have money our share from Three Saints after expenses was $1200 and some change. We discussed a budget for the equestrian Baron Wulf asks that if you are going to war, please coordinate with Janusz and talk amongst each other so as not to duplicate effort. Student Org. Nothing to report since it is summer. We are already registered for Boiler Gold Rush in the fall. Chronicler due to being out of state last weekend, the new issue of the RivenSTAR will have to wait until next week. Pennsic Cook Group Nan asks that if anyone wants to be part of the cooking group, please contact her. They cook together for 7 days and eat out the last 2. For people who are there the first week, there will be a more relaxed group then as well. Madrigals We are learning parts despite inadvertent misdirection last week. Current Business: Equestrian Event Dani will work on a simple budget. The list-o-needful things is being passed around. Need only a few people but the positions are key. We need help with Troll, a herald and cook s help. Friday set up, need help with tables. Wulf can bring two 6 x 2.5 tables and two or three 6ft x 18 tables. Other needed items are large covered trash cans. Marian, Wulf and Dani volunteered some. Signs There will be need for just a very few. One at St. Rd. 38 and 900, at 900 and Kirkridge entrance and at the end of the driveway because troll will be pulled back from the end of the road. Need large trash bag liners, the biggest we can get. Other Business: This weekend is the Fiddler s Event. As Always YOU can help your struggling chronicler by sending photos, stories, drawings, jokes, in short ANYTHING to Marian at miller41@purdue.edu event. Border above from Microsoft Publisher Page 6

7 The RivenSTAR Monthly June 2011 Rivenstar at Spring Crown Tourney and Kingdom Arts and Sciences Event, May 28th, Barony of Fenix Page 7

8 June 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk Dance 3 5 STEW Madrigals (7) & Business mtg. (8) STEW Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk Dance 3 5 STEW No Room reserved Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk No Room Scheduled 20 Madrigals (7) (8) STEW Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk Dance 3 5 STEW Madrigals (7) (8) STEW Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk 30 July 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Set up for Equestrian Symposium 2 2nd Rivenstar Equestrian Symposium 3 Dance 3 5 STEW Madrigals (7) & Business mtg. (8) STEW Armored practice moves to Slayter Hill Dance 3 5 STEW Madrigals (7) (8) STEW Armored practice Slayter Hill No Room Scheduled 18 Madrigals (7) (8) STEW Armored practice Slayter Hill 6 dusk No Room Scheduled 25 Madrigals (7) (8) STEW Page 8