Volume 38

The DrekkarNewsletter

of the Barony of Storvikin the Kingdom of Atlantia,

branch of the SCA, Inc.December, A.S. LII (2017)

Issue 12

The Boar's Head in Hand Have I

The year ends with a scene of the hunt. The man on the right blows a horn, probably to signal that thehunt is over. There seem to be at least two breeds of dog represented, a sleek courser (greyhound?) and a

more muscular looking, short-snouted dog. Some dogs have collars and some don't – I wonder why?Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Via Wikimedia.

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Upcoming Events

Dec 9: Yule on the Bridge (Leesburg, VA)Music, dance, gaming! Bardic competition, Yule-themed A&S, dance class, a Baron's Dance Off, chess tournament and lively games. The children will be putting on a play.

Dec 9: Caer Mear Yule (Ashland, VA)Annual Yuletide potluck party. One adult and one children's A&S competition, both with thetheme “Yule Treats,” edible or non.

Jan 12-14: Twelfth Night (Virginia Beach, VA)No we're not camping – the event will be held in a hotel! 15th century Italian theme (you do not have to dress to the theme). Royal Bard competition, hobbyhorse procession contest, dancing, gaming, Garb Runway Challenge, largess competition, embellished headware competition, Clerk Signet scribal blank competition. Barony or Scriptorium who enters the largest number ofscribes (not blanks) also gets a prize!

Baronial Activities

Locations to regular baronial activities on the last page.

NO BARONIAL PRACTICES DECEMBER 25 or JANUARY 1.

December Populace Gathering December 17, 6:30-9pm, Jason's Deli, 7356 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD. 301-779-3924. Business meeting starts at 7pm. Parking is free on Sundays.

Armored, Rapier Practice: December 4, 11, 18, 7-9pm.

Dance Practice: December 4, 11, 18, 8-10pm. Join the Dance listserv for the latest news.

Archery – Arrow Making (Target and Combat): December 10 at 1-4pm, 1819 Potomac Ave SE Washington DC 20003. BYO materials if you want to take arrows home; otherwise, just bring yourself to helpmake/repair baronial loaner gear and learn the skills.

Baronial At-Home: None for December.

Early Northern European Adhocracy: December 11, 7-9pm, 9426 Canterbury Riding, Laurel, MD. Planning for next year, maybe scroll blanks for 12th Night.

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Contents

Calendar 2Baronial Progress 3Oyez! Oyez! (Baronial News) 3Skol! 3Between the Beltways 4SENEA 3rd Anniversary 5Baronial Meeting Notes 6Barony Officers 7

Baronial ProgressBaron Celric and Baroness Ilaria will be at the following events:

Jan 12-15 Twelfth Night Virginia Beach, VA

OYEZ! OYEZ!Baronial News Highlights

New Location for Populace Meeting: Alas, poor Canterbury Riding. We knew it, Horatio. Join Storvik on the third Sunday of the month at METRO ACCESSIBLE Jason's Deli in College Park for the Populace Meeting. We will start to gather in the reserved back room at 6:30pm, have a dinner or a snack and socialize. Baronial business will be discussed at 7pm. Jason's Deli is in the strip mall at Knox Rd and Rt 1, down a block from weekly practice at St Andrew's. Parking is free on Sundays.

Palio Horses at Twelfth Night: There will be a procession of palio horses (tricked-out hobbyhorses) atTwelfth Night, and Storvik intends to Dress(age) to Impress! Only one horse is our Official Baronial Entry, but lots and lots of horses and people can process, displaying heraldry and livery. Come and play!

Scribal Blank Competition at Twelfth Night: In addition to the usual Best in Show (for expert and novice), Master Etienne Le Mons will be sponsoring a prize to the barony or scribal group that submits scrolls by the largest number of scribes. Not the largest number of scrolls, total, but the number of folks who participated. Give it a go!

Skol!

Word-fame for those in Storvik's hall

Praise and honor for those of Storvik who braved the lists of Crown Tournament, or who inspired thebrave warriors onward:

• Lord John Angus West, our quartermaster, fighting for Maestra Gracia Esperancade Seville, our seneschal.

• Lord Hakon of Ponte Alto fighting for Elenor Bywater, our Armored Champion.• Lord Geoffroy Hart fighting for Lady Matilda Wynter, both stalwart companions on

Storvik's drekkars.• Sir Joscelin d'Outremer, now of Ponte Alto but long of Storvik, fighting for Lady

Symone de la Rochelle

Praise and honor too for Baroness Emma West, the autocrat for Crown Tournament who made it all happen – and on fairly short notice as well. She was ably supported by Lady Tirzah MacCrudden at the gate, Lord Carlyle on field set-up, Baroness Janina running A&S and others including a Parking Coordinator, plus all of the staff who supported these leads.

Thanks to all who helped with the absolutely fantastic set-up at Crown Tournament. The augmented and repainted lists, the spears, the banners, the new tent – it looked incredible. I know Master Llyr

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took the lead on the list, Baron Celric on the spears, and Baroness Emma on the banners, and that many others helped as well, both to make the things and to set them up and take them down.

Many thanks to Lady Kanamori Tatsume, who has stepped up to be our Webminister. I learned atUnivent that the Chronicler is the Webminister if there isn't another one, so especially warm thanks from me to all who have recently held this position!

Skol! for newcomer Jacqueline, who volunteered, at her first event, to serve as deputy webminister!

And a personal thank you to Lady Kunigunde, who rescued my spoon, the mighty implement called Food Shovel, from an ignominious end at Crown. Someone mistook Food Shovel's burns and battle scars as evidence that it was trash! But Kunigunde's keen eyes saw its true worth, and it hasreturned to me again. Many thanks!

Between the Beltways

Twelfth Night is playing at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Early Music DC lists the period holiday concerts.

Beyond the Beltway – a selection of the famous Terracotta Warriors are at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond through March 11.

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Food Shovel, seen among Teleri's other treasures. It's a replica of a woodenspoon found in Jorvik, made by an SCA woodworker whose contact

information I've unfortunately lost. Photo by Jamie Lennon.

Storvik Early Northern European Adhocracy 3rd Anniversary Dinnerby Mistress Teleri the Well-Prepared

On November 14, the Storvik Early Northern European Adhocracy (SENEA) celebrated three years ofresearch into the arts, sciences and history of pre-1100 northern Europe. The group is considering broadening its focus into more general A&S in the coming year. In token of this, this year's dinner was taken from Roman sources as redacted in A Taste of Ancient Rome. The menu was:

First Course: Romaine and Endive Salad with Sauce of Cheese and Dates; Herbed Cheese Spread and Bread; Mixed Olives

Second Course: Roasted Pork with a Sauce for Boiled Ostrich; Beets with Mustard Sauce; Grilled Mushroom Caps (portabella and morel)

Dessert: Savillium, a ricotta-based cheesecake flavored with honey and poppy seeds.

Favorites of the night were the pork with the mustard sauce from the beets; the herbed cheese spread; and the mushrooms. The morels, which were reconstituted from dried, had a great flavor and only a slightly weird texture from their processing.

There were only five of us eating, and the menu was not so large, but the level of effort required was surprising. Hats off to our feast cooks, who do more complex meals for over ten times the number of people!

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The First Course. Photo by Jamie Lennon

Baronial Meeting Notes, November 19, 2017Attending: Very many

The Chronicler regrets to report that her notes did not successfully synch with The Cloud and have been lost. If I got your member information from you last time, I will need to get it again next time. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Officers Reports

All the reports were good; we are in compliance.

No Baronial At-Home this month because of holidays.

Monday Practice canceled Dec 25 and Jan 1.

EventsCrown Tournament

• Baroness Emma did an awesome job!• Her staff did an awesome job!• We should put in lots of bids for Crown at that site.

Novice• Is happening, and Kunigunde is assembling a staff

Performer’s Revel • Baron Celric and Mistress Fevronia agreed on a date, which is in the lost notes

Battle on the Bay• We are working with Lochmere for a more formal way of rotating and sharing responsibilities

so it feels equitable to everyone, every year.

Old Business

• Don't remember any

New Business• Don't remember any

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Baronial RegnumBaron and Baroness of Storvik

Baron Celric d'Ravelle & Baroness Ilaria de Gandia

baron<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org, baroness<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Officers & Deputies

SeneschalMistress Graciela Esperanca de Sevilleseneschal<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Minister of Arts & SciencesMeisterin Johanna von Sudeborn moas<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

ChroniclerLady Teleri the Well-Prepared chronicler<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Deputy ChroniclersLady Patricia of Trakai Eadgyth

ExchequerLord Douglass Mortonexchequer<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

QuartermasterLord John Westironkey<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Herald Lady Rose Nic Galenherald<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Castellan/ChatelaineLady Sonya Flicker chatelaine<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Knight MarshalAngelineknightmarshal<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Armored DeputyLord Carlyle Jamesson

Minister of ListsLady Kunigunde von Darmstadt mol<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Deputy Minister of ListsDame Brenna of Storvik

Archery Marshal

Rapier Marshal

rapiermarshal<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Deputy Rapier MarshalLord Charles Alexanderrapiermarshal<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Web MinisterLady Kunigunde von Darmstadt (incoming)webminister<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Deputy Web Minister for Yahoo GroupLady Kunigunde von Darmstatwebminister<at>storvik.atlantia.sca.org

Archery MarshalVacant

Equestrian MarshalGriffin Wharvagerggriffin924+sca<at>gmail.com

Youth Combat MarshalVacant

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Minister of MinorsAstrid storvikyouthofficer<at> gmail.com

Baronial Champions

ArcherySayyida Tala al-Zahra

Arts & SciencesBaroness Emma West

BardicLord Charles Alexander

Court PainterTHL Richard Wyn

Heavy WeaponsLady Anne Barlow

RapierLord Jeffry Thorn

YouthVacant

Baronial Appointees

WarlordLord Griffin Wharvager

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Populace meetings are held the 3rd Sunday of the month at 6:30pm at Jason's Deli in College Park, MD. Baronial business will be conducted at 7pm. Take your best route to US-1 S in College Park. Go past the university main gates; a few lights down is Knox Rd, with a Peri-Peri chicken place on your right. Turn right and then turn left into the parking lot of the mall. Jason's Deli is near the entrance where you came in. 7356 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD. 301-779-3924.Fight practice (armored and rapier) and dancepractice are held each Monday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 4512 College Ave., College Park, MD 20740, at the corner of College Ave and Princeton Ave. off of Route 1, south of Paint Branch Pkwy. 7 blocks from the College Park/U of MD Metro on the Green Line.Archery practice on Sunday 11:00am at Adelphi archery range, 2800 University Blvd E, Adelphi, MD 20783; equipment-making at Lord Cameron's during inclement weather.Early Northern European Adhocracy: 9426 Canterbury Riding, Laurel, MD. Right off I-95 exit 35A. Free unassigned parking. One cat.Baronial A&S: 1204 Canberwell Rd, Catonsville MD

Jason's deli located by red diamond. Monday practice at 4512 College Ave., College Park, MD 20740 is at the letter “A” in the map pin.

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Important Notice:This is the December 2017 issue of the Drekkar, a publication of the Barony of Storvik of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Drekkar is available from Jamie Lennon at chronicler@storvik.atlantia.sca.org. Subscriptions are free as all publications are available electronically. This newsletter is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism,Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies.

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