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Bunch o’classes – change of date

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an illumination of a carpenter at work with his wife spinning in the backgroundNow that College War has been cancelled I’m changing the date of Bunch o’classes. The original date, 15&16 June, is the weekend before the College’s exam week and so many of our newer members who are interested and would benefit from the event would not be able to attend.

The new date for Bunch o’classes is 13&14 July so that the Collegians can attend.

A teaser on some of the classes on offer:

  • Period spice mixes for cooking
  • How to make hats
  • Knitting in period
  • Men’s 14th century purses (a workshop, you’ll make one on the day)
  • How to put together a late period bodice – what to do once you have a pattern (layers, construction techniques, finishing)
  • How to draft and fit sleeves
  • Cover thy head: veils, caps and how to wear them
  • Bread making in period

All other details to follow.

Clara van de Maes

 

Bunch o’ Classes – June 2013

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an illumination of a carpenter at work with his wife spinning in the backgroundRowany Bunch o’classes is on again. Come along for a weekend of collegia in a variety of A&S areas, including costuming, cooking, fibre crafts, and learn from some of Rowany’s skillful artisans.

At this stage we’re looking for teachers. If you’d like to teach a class or a practical workshop then contact the organiser. If you don’t have a specific class idea, but would like to contribute, then have a look at the list of skills pulled together under the Rowany Academy Areas of Study and see if there’s something you know how to do that others may benefit from learning.

We’ll also be recognising the first Artisans of the Rowany Academy, in the various areas of study of the Academy.

Details

Date: June 15 & 16, 10am-4pm each day.

Location: TBC (somewhere in the Inner West of Sydney)

Price: TBC once we have a venue, probably around $10 per day for members, $15 for non-members

Organiser and bookings: Clara van de Maes, karinne.taylor@gmail.com

Rowany Festival 2013 – Details and timetable (28 Mar – 1 Apr 2013)

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Greetings to all,

Rowany Festival runs over Easter each year and for 2013 it is almost here once again, HUZZAH!!

For all the latest details, head over to the festival site http://festival.lochac.sca.org.au

The latest timetable can also be found through the menu at the top of that site, or a direct link to the page itself is: http://festival.lochac.sca.org/timetable

We very much look forward to seeing you all there

Jan

A&S Dence Park Timetable (3 Mar 2013)

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Hi everyone,

Below it the time table for the Dence Park A&S Day:

Kids Classes
10.00-10.45     – Sewing
11.00-12.00     – Boffer
12.30-1.00       - Lunch
1.00-2.00         – Dance Practise
2.00-3.00         – Archery
3.00-4.00         – Games

We do not expect that each of the kids classes will hold all the kids attention for the entire length of the time that the class is set for. The timing is to give those children who are interested a reasonable length of time to do the things that they want to do. Not all of the kids will engage in all of the activities and some probably won’t engage in any, that is up to the individual children and their parents.

Adult Classes
10.00-11.00     - What to bring/ wear/ see and do at Festival
11.00-12.00     - How to make your camp site look more period
12.30-1.00       - Lunch
2.00-3.00         - Dance Practice
1.00-3.00         - Cloaks
3.00-4.30         - T-tunics

Outside activities
10.00-12.00     - Fencing

I have not scheduled other outside activities other than the Fencing and the kids use of the outside area however fighting and adult additional use of the outside area is encouraged.

Caristiona

After O Week Beginners Fighter Practice Starts (12 Mar 2013)

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At Rowany Fighter Practice on Tuesday 12th march at Petersham we are starting our after O Week beginners practice.
This will be every week at 7:30 pm.
If you know anyone in the greater Sydney Area or want to be involved than please pass this message on or turn up yourself. There is no cost other than the insurance non member cost ($5).

Rowany Newcomers Day 2013 (map, cost, details, timetable) (16 March 2013)

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As autumn comes once more to fair Rowany, we gather to welcome new members to our society.

Lady Ilona Miskolczi and Lord Sigvald inn Ursulan invite you to the Rowany Newcomers’ Day, where you shall find such delicacies produced by the finest hands in our Barony, matched only in quality by the company of friends long known and yet to be made.

Come join us and welcome the newest members of our glorious Barony at the feast in the evening, and spend the day honing your skills or learning new ones at our day of classes.

Details

Site:      St Stephens Church Hall, 189 Church St, Newtown, 2042 [MAP]
Date:    16 March 2013
Time:    Day of classes 12 noon-6pm
Feast:   Hall opens 6pm for 6:30 feast.

Class timetable is coming soon below.

Timetable

 Time Outside Downstairs room Hall Upstairs room Kitchen
12pm-1pm Heavy combat: stance and movement – Ariston Hegelokos SCA History – Mistress Filipa Ginevra  Francesca di Lucignano Some time to finish your garb before the feast! Calligraphy & Illumination – Mistress Caristiona nic Beathain
1pm-2pm Applied Geometry (rennaisance bar brawling) – Anton de Stoc Singing – Mistress Bethan of Brockwood Some time to finish your garb before the feast! Calligraphy & Illumination – Mistress Caristiona nic Beathain Brewing – Iseabail
2pm-3pm Heavy combat masterclass – Baron Mendoza Making cords – fingerloop and lucet braid – Duchess Yolande Introduction to period cooking – Mistress Filipa Ginevra  Francesca di Lucignano
3pm-4pm Rapier class – Gomez de Crecy Beyond the T-Tunic – Clara van de Maes Introduction to Heraldry – Sigvald
4pm-5pm High Tea with the B&B – Baroness Annora and Baron Mendoza History: Popes and their lives – Anton de Stoc
5pm-6pm Beginner’s Dance Singing – Mistress Bethan of Brockwood
6pm Hall opens for the 6:30pm FEAST!!

Cost

Day of classes (snacks provided)
Newcomer:  $7.00
Member:     $10.00		 Feast only
Newcomer:  $15.00
Member:      $25.00
Day of classes only
Newcomer:  $2.00
Member:      $5.00		 Price if attend whole event
Newcomer:  $22.00
Member:      $35.00

Contact

For bookings or inquiries, email us at rowanynewcomers@gmail.com with the following information:

  • Mundane Name
  • SCA Name
  • Member Y/N
  • Dietary requirements?
  • Children?

Also, for your convenience, payment can be taken at Rowany Fighter Practice or on the day.

Yours in Service,

Ilona Miskolci and Sigvald inn Ursulan
Stewards, Rowany Newcomers Day 2013

A&S regular Dence Park activity starts (27 Jan 2013)

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The regular A&S activity in Dence Park, Epping starts Sunday 27 Jan 2013.

The Center will be open from 9.30-4.30 and we will have a break in the middle for a Pot Luck lunch. This would be a great time for anyone who would like to try out some of their period cooking on a receptive audience to bring out some of their creations. Alternatively just bring along something to share, it does not have to be a period dish. 

The dates for 2013 are:

  • 27th January
  • 3rd March
  • 28th April
  • 25th May
  • 27th July
  • 10th August
  • 29 Sep
  • 12 Oct
  • 23 Nov
  • 8 Dec

We have access to an old bowling green outside the Center so anyone who would like to do some fencing is welcome to use this area and at this stage we also have the provisional agreement to do heavy fighting in this same area.

If you would like to hold a class or contribute by showing a skill or helping others learn something new, we would love to hear from you. Send your details to our organiser, Tina Bean, at tinofbeans001@gmail.com  Dance classes will start at 1.30pm in the afternoon and hope any musician’s seeing this will be interested in coming along and helping us out.

Address

The Epping Creative Centre, Dence Park, 26 Stanley Road, Epping

For those needing public transport there are regular trains to Epping Station. Epping Station is 1.1 km from Dence Park so the walk from the Station will take about 10-15 minutes. Or if you would rather buses you can catch the M54 which goes near Epping Station on Beecroft Rd every 20 minutes on weekends and will take you to within 500 meters of the Creative Center if you get off at the Epping Road near Crandon bus stop just two  stops or if you miss that one the next stop will get you to within 800 meters of the Center. For those who want to drive there is loads of parking, some of it is double parking so if you are not staying all day make sure that you know who you are parking in front of it. Most of the parking is not double parking and is not a problem.

Links

For further information about the centre – Epping Creative Centre

Google Map link for ease of finding :) – Google Maps location

Yule Tourney & Feast (15 Dec 2012)

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As summer returns to Lochac, banish the last memories of the dearth of winter, and come and enjoy the warmest hospitality that Rowany has to offer. Earn yourself a healthy appetite, and the acclaim of the crowd, at one of the day’s tournaments of chivalry and renown. Then, feast upon the decadent offerings of our hunters and gamekeepers at Rowany’s premier summer event.

Site: Marrickville Town Hall
Date: 15/12/2012
Time: Tournaments 12-4; Feast from 6pm.

Cost:
Booked before 1 December: $30 Member / $40 Non-member (including $5 insurance surcharge).
Door rate: $40 Member / $50 Non-member (including $5 insurance surcharge).
Tourney only: $5 Member, $10 Non-member.

Bookings may be made with payment to save inconvenience at the door.
Concession rates for those willing to offer labour are available by arrangement with the steward.

Contact:
For bookings, email yulebookings2012@gmail.com (don’t forget to include dietary requirements, requests for overnight billeting, and/or membership numbers, as applicable).

For other enquiries (including offers of help, and requests for further information), email the steward, Ariston Hegelokos, on rowan.lawrence-AT-gmail.com .

Tournament Venue:
Petersham Park, cnr Wentworth St and Brighton St, Petersham.

Refreshments will be provided, and spectators are encouraged to attend and participate in the selection of the barony’s next champion. There will be no shortage of heavy fighting: a Swiss seed tournament will be followed by a chivalric melee, with winners of the former to be joined in the finals by the crowd’s selection of fighters who demonstrate outstanding chivalry, pageantry, prowess and
inspiration upon the field.

Cantina Feast (27 Oct 2012)

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Cantina de la Piranhas e Pez de Colores invites any travellers of good repute to spend a night with excellent food and entertainment in the company of your fellow man.

Rest your weary feet and while away your evening in one of the route de Compostela’s favourite taverns where your hosts Clara and Amadeus will serve up an excellent variety of victuals in the Galician style.

Forget the dust, dirt and tribulations of the road you have walked and the road still before you. Meet travellers returning from the holy site and hear their tales of wonder and miracles.

You are invited to prepare a performance for the assembled company with the theme of pilgrimage or travel, or to bring games to play with fellow guests

Feast Date and venue

27 October, feast opens at 6:00pm
Venue: St Andrews Church Hall, Summer Hill. Entrance on Henson St, near corner of Smith St.

Prices (GST included)

Adult member Adult non-member Child member Child non-member
$30 $35 $10 $15

Feast numbers capped at 50 adults, due to the nature of some of the dishes planned for the evening, and the format in which it will be served (i.e. we’re having a good food feast). Book early to guarantee a place.

Arts and Sciences competitions

  1. Performance related to travel and pilgrimage (e.g. a reading of Chaucer, an appropriate ballad). Best performance will be determined by popular acclaim.
  2. An item that would be taken on pilgrimage (e.g. pilgrim scrip, hat, cloak, walking stick, travelling food). Item will be judged by an A&S person, documentation encouraged.
  3. A period game. Bring the pieces required for the game and teach others how to play it. As part of the teaching explain where and when the game was played and who would be most likely to play it. Best game will be determined by popular acclaim.

Event Steward

Clara van de Maes. Bookings by email.

Alhambra Nights (8th Sep 2012)

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What: A medieval feast in Stowegian Moorish style. Delectable dishes  to consume beneath richly coloured canopies. Most seating is upon the rugs and carpets but it’s a good idea to bring a cushion! Some table seating will be available if required.

Candles must be enclosed.

Where: Toongabbie Scout Hall, 99 Bungaree Rd, Toongabbie (about 10 minute walk from Pendle Hill Station)

When: Saturday 8th September, 2012 at 6 pm

Cost:

  • Booked – $28 members/$33 non-members
  • Unbooked – $33 members/ $38 non-member

Bookings close 4th September
Bookings to elysantdemontrose@gmail.com