Baroness Esperanza Suzanna Flecha Barony of Stierbach - Volume 17, Issue 4
April Baronial Business Meeting Minutes, March 6, 2013 I. Experimental Conference call taking place during the meeting. Ii Saburou Katsumori s cell phone used and passed around to the different speakers. Conference service used through an online free conference calling service. II. Open Officer positions Chronicler, Lady Amy Sparrow has volunteered to do the newsletter at least for the next year. M Lady Esa has volunteered to be deputy and potentially take over the position or just take over the position. M Lady Esa needs to be followed up with. III. Post Event Reports Defending the Gate Wrap of the Event, wonderful to see so many newcomers. Autocrat, Lady Genefe would like to see MORE volunteers. Seems to be the same old people and we need to encourage more people to help!!! IV. Upcoming Events and Activities a. Baronial Birthday 2013 Main Positions filled, a Port-o-Potty has been secured. Need field coordinator, Need to get together to do a site visit. Need to do insurance, possibly see if Running of the Lemmings insurance can be transferred. b. Kingdom Rapier and Costumers Symposium, It was reminded that this is to be a donation only event. This decision was made on the conference call meeting for March. c. Pennsic encampment Lord Erich von Klienfeld is camp coordinator for the barony. Barony is considering Collagen water treatment for Pennsic camp this year. Water is drinkable, doesn t taste bad. Isn t take much more then buying the bottled water. There is money in the camp fund and money left over from last year. We will determine at a later time if this is the way we want to go. d. Holiday Faire 2013 Lady Gunnora and Lord Grimm are on it. Contract has been signed and initial check sent to them. e. No extra cost for being onsite Friday at 3:00pm f. Lady Gunnora will bring budget next month g. Most positions still need to be filled. V. Baronial Birthday 2014 a. Still need Autocrat and site. Spiking early is better as no events can conflict within 150 miles. VI. Holiday Faire 2014 If we want a new site, this is the time to look. Potential places mentioned. Building with giant roller skate on Route 17 in Sudentorre. Keeping same date is important!!! VII. Kingdom Event bids Fall Coronation Due May 1 2013 and Unevent 2014 July 1st 2013. Baroness Annaka mentioned United Methodist Church as a potential Unevent Site.
VIII. New Business a. Baronage looking for site for Sudentorre Baronial Day b. Baroness Esperanza mentioned a loophole in the Kingdom event system Spike. Events are not to supposed to allowed to happen within 150 miles but if the event technically starts the day before it doesn t catch it. Night on the Town was allowed to conflict with Running with the Lemmings she thinks because it technically started the day before on a Friday. c. Fighter practice locations Baroness Annaka mentioned Manassas park Rec Site, and her new house also has possibilities and a sand pit. d. Reminding the Officers and Event Coordinators to please work with Master Richard to have correct information on the website. IX. Next Meeting a. Potential Site Grimmsfield, in Haymarket as Library was taken. Former smoking area at Bob Evans, and or Lux Nightclub in Manassas. X. Travelingschedules a. Ii traveling April 26th through May 11th. b. Bertan traveling April 22nd through May
Defending the Gate Thank-Yous by Genefe Wolflein I wish to thank the following members of our Canton, our Barony, and our neighbors for helping to make this year's Defending the Gate happen. In no particular order, they are: Lady Wynn and the Bright Hills Cook's Guild for a delectable feast. Lady Anastasia of Sudentorre and Lord Oswin the...(i forget) for putting together, serving, and cleaning up after lunch for 300 people. Baron Flaithrí Ó Cearnaigh as Marshal in Charge! Duke Logan, Sir Turgeis, and company who organized and supervised not only the defending of the gate but the attacking of it too. Lord Godai for making sure our combat archers and fighters were safe while engaging. Maestro Dante di Pietro for his creative and enjoyable rapier competitions. Lady Sanada Katsumi for an artistic and challenging archery shoot. Mistress Ceridwen ferch Rhys ap Michael and company for keeping our list in check. Baroness Cairistiona de Coueran for organizing the field and running a very successful silent auction. Lady Miriel de Nedham and family for an efficiently run troll. Sara Van Erde for her fabulous A&S competitions. Mistress Rhonwen verch Tuder as royal liaison and for providing their majesties and highnesses with food and welcome. Lord Wulff Nuremberger for giving up his day of fun to do a job that no one wanted to do and only a handful of people offered to help with! Ich danke dir mein Lieber. Lord Erich von Kleinfeld for dealing with any injuries incurred in the pursuit of fun. Mistress Blitha of Wolfhou as a warm and welcoming chatelaine. Lady Rosaleen Robertson and lord for keeping our younger members thoroughly entertained. Lord Otel Altunat for (once again!) combining artistry and frugality in the creation of the site tokens. Lord Wiglaf and his lady for always finding time to say What can I help you with? Mistress Ceridwen ferch Owain for keeping poetry alive. Jaspar for making a TON of delicious cookies and Penny for playing the role of Easter bunny before the much anticipated egg-hunt. The Mary Washington Ren Club for doing odd jobs throughout the day and auctioning themselves off in a very entertaining way at feast. Lord Allen for donning the robes and curly pointed shoes of our auctioneer after organizing an atalatal skirmish. My dear friends Lord Frederick and Meisterin Felicity for traveling so far south to spend a day doing odd jobs. Their Excellencies Mors and Esperanza for attending our little event and all the assistance they provided throughout the day on Friday and Saturday.
I m sure I am forgetting people here so I will sum it up with everyone else who attended, stopped to lend a hand, and enjoyed the thirteenth annual Defending the Gate! Hope to see you again next year and while your thinking about next year, I have some positions to fill let me know if you are interested. Upcoming A&S at Baronial Birthday, June 22, 2013 by Amie Sparrow This year at Baronial Birthday, there will be an open display for all those wishing to show their work without judgment. Please bring your best A&S and show the barony what you've been working on! Works in progress are welcome! Remember, the Baronial A&S Champion is chosen at Baronial Birthday. In addition, House Turniva proudly presents the First EVER House Turniva Pentathlon Challenge. In order to participate in the Turniva Pentathlon Challenge, individuals must compete in five categories: Armored Combat, Rapier Combat, Target Archery, Thrown Weapons and Arts and Science. Each of the five events will have a weighted score and will count equally toward the overall challenge. The Challenge shall be run in the following manner: 1. A&S phase: Drop off you A&S entry at the designated local after checking in and setting up. Be sure to let the A&S coordinator that your entry is for the Pentathlon along with any other competitions taking place. The Muse for this Challenge is Atlantian symbols in the medium of your choice. Be it elements for heraldry, awards or anything that makes you think Atlantia. Some level of documentation is required for the process and medium. 2. Combat Phase: The R and AC fields will be run in a progressive bear pit in 2 blocks of 45 minutes. Each participant will have the opportunity to compete in both as there will be a 15 minute break in between each 45 minute block. E.G. Joe fighter starts in the AC list and fights for the first 45 minutes. During the break, Joe then switches to his R kit and then fights in the second 45 minute block on the R list. 3. Missile Phase: Upon completion of Phase 2, the pentathlon entrants will make their way to the TA and TW ranges. There will be a specific course of fire for each range. Details the day of the event. Time limit to completing Phase 3 is close of range. At the conclusion, all of the points will be tallied and the entrant with the overall highest score will be announced as the winner of the First EVER House Turniva Pentathlon. The winner will receive a $100.00 Gift Certificate to the SCA merchant of his/her choice. So come fight, shoot, thrown and create. For questions please contact Sir Turgeis or Mistress Sunniva.
Regularly Scheduled Meetings Baronial Business Meeting Meets: First Wednesday of the month. Starts at 7:00 p.m. Location: Manassas Central Library. Contact the seneschal@stierbach.org for more information. Newcomers Meetings New to the Barony? We have some meetings and activities to help introduce you to the SCA. Contact chatelaine@stierbach.org for more information. Practices Heavy & Fencing Please contact knight-marshal@stierbach.org for more information on heavy weapons and fencing practices. Archery Contact archery-marshal@stierbach.org As of Monday March 11 2013 Lord Grimm will open Grimmsfield to the Barony for our Outdoors Practices, which include Crossbow, and thrown Weapons. There is no fee, and the times are Mondays 5pm - dark. Join us. [Address: 16132 Crusade Ct., Haymarket, VA 20169] More Info at www.grimmsfield.com Also, in an attempt to accommodate the requests and schedules of our archers further west, I will be opening Range at Saphir's: Weather permitting, [75 Aileen Rd Flint Hill, VA 22627] Mostly Every OTHER Thursday (and some others! announced in the moo) 12Noon to 4pm. At this time we have 10, 15, 20, 30 and pending safety issues, the 40 yards available!! So come out and join us. Royal rounds (depending), practice, instruction, equipment fine tuning, mechanics, MiT and Warrant class (make prior arrangements), target design & build, rules review. When we get into the season further, there will be opportunities to cookout and a fire pit if longer practices ensue! RSVP if planning on coming. Contact me directly at archery-marshal@stierbach.org or call 703-864-2760. Practices are also continuing in the Fredricksburg (Canton of Sudentorre) area Sunday afternoons at House Wolfhou: The Millers, 106 The Vance Way, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 540-361 - 7473 Equestrian Meets: See Calendar
Location: 171 Rolling Valley Lane Front Royal, VA 22630 11 AM - 6 PM Contact alienorb48912@yahoo.com Workshops Baronial Activity Night Contact: seneschal@stierbach.org Cooks Guild All are invited to bring your favorite cookbooks and dish with us Meets: Second Wednesday of the month Address: 330 Lake View Way NW, Leesburg, VA 20176 Contact: Master Iustinos Ancyrenos ( iustinos.ancyrenos@gmail.com) 703-517-5429 Leatherworking - Manassas Learn the art of leathercrafting Meets: Fourth Thursday of the month. Starts at 7:00 p.m. Contact: pjdarby@verizon.net Stierbach Social Gathering at Grimmsfield. When: Monday's 5pm What : archery, newcomers, socializing, dinner Why: why not? Where: Haymarket, VA Monday night archery practice at Grimmsfield runs throughout daylight savings time, except during Pennsic, from 5PM until dark. We also will welcome newcomers who are interested in joining the SCA at the same time. The Chatelaine will be on hand to meet with newcomers and answer questions. Heavy and Rapier marshals are welcome to run a practice here on Monday's as well. Please give us a heads up if you plan to do so. If the weather turns bad we can move inside and work on A&S projects. So if the weather looks questionable, bring your project, and hope for the best. After the evening actives conclude we will travel to the local pub (The Lion & Bull) for dinner. All are welcome, there is plenty of space for children to run. Please leave your pets home. Meets: Mondays 5pm - 11pm Contact: jeninewebb@gmail.com
Baronial Officers Baron and Baroness of Stierbach Baron Valgard av Mors & Baroness Esperanza Susanna Flecha 540-372-2036 (not past 10pm please) baron@stierbach.org and Suzanne Olson 703-988-9604 (not past 10pm please) baroness@stierbach.org Seneschal Master Ii Saburou Katsumori Joshua Logan Badgley 703-585-5650 (c) / 703-815-0310 (h) seneschal@stierbach.org Deputy Seneschal
Chancellor of the Exchequer Baroness Briana Maclukas 703-365-9097 exchequer@stierbach.org Deputy Exchequer Mistress Ceridwen ferch Rhys ap Michael Lisa Mitchell 703-583-0981 Deputy Exchequer (Steward) Sean MacKelly Matthew Kelly 540-454-1818 TheErmine@aol.com Knight Marshal Lord Alexandre de Tourouvre Denis Gagnon 703-723-0727 knight-marshal@stierbach.org Deputy Marshal Rapier Marshal Deputy Rapier Marshal
Archery Marshal THL Dietrich Saphir zum Drache Michael Sheppard archery-marshal@stierbach.org Deputy Archery Marshal THL Grimm Tokesonn grimm@grimmsfield.com Herald Lord Bertran de St Jean herald@stierbach.org Deputy Herald Lady Karin Taylor de Cameron greenaura2black@gmail.com/td> Chronicler Lady Amie Sparrow chronicler@stierbach.org Deputy Chronicler Minister of Arts & Science Lady Sara van Eerde arts@stierbach.org Cell phone: 703-203-8971 (Please no calls after 10 PM) Deputy Arts & Science
Lady Amie Sparrow arts(at)stierbach.org Minister of the Lists Viscountess Catherine Greyeyes Catherine Gagnon 540-479-1417-no calls after 9:30pm mol@stierbach.org Deputy Minister of the Lists Chatelain Gunnora Grimm Jenine Webb 571-248-2762 jeninewebb@gmail.com thechatelaine@stierbach.org Deputy Chatelain Youth Officer mom@stierbach.org Deputy Youth Officer Webminister Master Richard Wymarc Timothy Mitchell 703-583-0981 webminister@stierbach.org