Proclamation
Greetings from Eric & Katja, Baron and Baroness of Thescorre.
At last, the weather has turned warm! Fighting and fencing will be moving outside for the duration of the summer, archery and thrown weapons are in full swing, and the Pennsic War is fast upon us. Thescorre will again muster her forces to fight for the Kingdom of AEthelmearc and her allies.
Once again, we are asking all of our martial combatants -- fighters, fencers, archers, and throwers -- who will be representing Thescorre and AEthelmearc at Pennsic to muster on the battlefield at Pax Interruptus. If you have a blue baldric from last year, bring it along and display it; if you don't have one yet, we'll have them to distribute.
This year we have made an alliance with the Shire of Hartstone to combine our heavy weapons units at Pennsic, under the command of Sir Wulfstan. As part of this alliance we have committed not only our fighters but also the support of our noncombatants at Pennsic. Subsequently, we are looking for volunteers for the following:
- People to help provide drinks, snacks and assistance to the fighters of the unit on the battlefield. Supporters may also march in procession with the fighters to the battlefield (battles and days TBD).
- Drummers, singers, or other musicians to provide accompaniment in the battlefield processions.
- Threadworkers to help make several heraldic items for the martial unit -- spear pennants, possibly a war banner or some fighter tabards.
- We are also asking if anyone can volunteer a sunshade that we can set up on the battlefield for the fighting unit.
If you are interested in helping out with any of the above please email Baron Eric: de_labarre@yahoo.com (or baron@thescorre.org).
7 Pearls Rattan & Rapier Tournaments
The joy and enthusiasm with which Decimus represented the barony at the 7 Pearls Rattan Tourney at Æthelmearc War Practice was unmistakable – he grinned after every bout like a child in a candy store! We thank him most happily for his gleeful participation.
Since Yasmina was injured and unable to represent the barony this year’s 7 Pearls Rapier Tourney, Eric stood in her place. He thoroughly enjoyed the tourney! We thank Yasmina for representing the barony so well in this annual tourney for the past three years.
We thank Fridrikr for his creative heraldry during the tournaments, and we also thank Fauna, Mekk, Vettius, Dehka, and Ye Jian for their retaining during kingdom Court – the former two especially for their help setting up and breaking down the Thescorre thrones. We also thank Sadira, Orianna, and Bryn for yummy snacks before Court. Vivant to all!
Baronial Champs
Doggies!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, yes, there were many other nifty things to enjoy at Champ, but having lots of furred friends to pet and romp with was definitely a highlight of the day. We were blessed with excellent weather, a great site, and welcoming hosts. Vivant, Tom and Diane!
The archery shoot in the woods was a hoot (“Death to the brownies!”), the thrown weapons range was a fun challenge (“The rats are 10 points, the pie is minus five – don’t shoot the pie!”), and the rapier competition was joyful. The A&S competition boasted so many brilliant entries: beautiful tablet weavings, a lovely charcoal, great songs & poems, and *two* Mongol hats! Being able to sample pies of every kind until totally stuffed was *definitely* a great dinner. Listening to songs and stories and watching dancing around the firepit was the perfect end to the day!
We thank our marshals and past champions for organizing such fun and fair competitions for our new baronial champions: Cedric, Athos, Yasmina, Ye Jian, Dehka, Eldjarn, and Heiko. Thanks very kindly for allowing us to participate in the competitions alongside our champions.
We praise all who entered the competitions and congratulate our new champions – Sigvaldi, Eldjarn, Fridrikr, Vettius, and Meadhbh – who join continuing champions Decimus and Gabriel. We also cheer Carlo, who we realized must be recognized as Thescorre’s court jester!
We thank all the staff for a great event – Siggy, Kadlin, Katrina, Bryn, Emily, Collette, Fridrikr. As always, we gratefully thank the Thescorre Scriptorium (mostly Collette this time) for providing lovely scrolls for the winners.
Finally, we thank our ever-talented drummers for serenading us into Court – Carlo, Juliana, Dubheasa, and Eldjarn – and our retainers – Dehka, Ye Jian, Marcus, Meadhbh, Moor, and Fauna. Thank you for making Court possible!
We look forward to Pax… in just four weeks? Eek!
Eric & Katja |