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| + | ARMOURER’S GUILD: Barry Greene will continue to serve as Weapons | ||
| + | Master in charge of the Armourers, which will construct | ||
| + | weapons for the forthcoming Tournament. Funds were raised from sub- | ||
| + | scriptions to PENNONCEL and turned over to Barry for the purchase of | ||
| + | a kendo mask and gloves for the use of fighters in the forthcoming | ||
| + | tournament. + + + Those wishing to fight in the tournament should | ||
| + | help with weapons. No one expects, as yet, that a knight will be able | ||
| + | to make all his own weapons, but it is equally unrealistic to expect | ||
| + | that the few members of the Armourer’s Guild should spend all the time | ||
| + | and bear a major part of the expense as well. We suggest that if you | ||
| + | wish to fight, you call Barry at 996-1186 and ask what you should do. | ||
| + | If you have skill with your hands, and some time to give, we’re sure | ||
| + | he and his committee can use your help, and he can tell you where and | ||
| + | when to come for help and advice. If you have neither skill nor time, | ||
| + | a small amount of money for the purchase of materials for sword-and- | ||
| + | shield making would be an acceptable substitute. + + + Fighters in the | ||
| + | know suggest that if you want to fight in October, you start training | ||
| + | now. Fighting can be fairly strenuous. Chain-smokers should cut down | ||
| + | somewhat on their cigarettes. Everybody should run around the block | ||
| + | every day, or some such. If you aren’t in condition to do that, the | ||
| + | combats may be too strenuous for you. On the other hand, if you can | ||
| + | play a good hard game of tennis without too much huffing and puffing, | ||
| + | chances are you have nothing to worry about. | ||
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| + | ARTISANS GUILD: The Lady Perdita Beardman has generously offered to | ||
| + | Supervise, and act as advisor, on construction of banners | ||
| + | and similar needlework. Anyone wanting to help or advice may go there on | ||
| + | any Sunday afternoon between now and the Tournament, to obtain some. | ||
| + | The address is 592 16th St, Brooklyn, and as a courtesy to the Lady, | ||
| + | I suggest that you telephone first, and find out what time it would | ||
| + | be convenient for you to come and what materials you should bring. | ||
| + | + + + Many members displayed, or recommended, books on costume; most | ||
| + | of these are available at the Public Library, or could be purchased by | ||
| + | anyone who wishes to go into this very seriously. Queen Adrienne dis- | ||
| + | played one entitled A HISTORY OF COSTUME, by Carl Kehler, Dover Press, | ||
| + | which costs about $2 in paperback and contains patterns and cutting | ||
| + | diagrams as well as illustrations. DRESSING THE PART, by Fairfax | ||
| + | Walkup, Appleton-Century-Croftan 1950, is a manual for costuming | ||
| + | historical plays and films and gives details for constructing not only | ||
| + | costumes but properties; HISTORIC COSTUME FOR THE AMATEUR THEATRE, by | ||
| + | Harold Melvill, published by Barrie and Rockcliff of London, 1961, is | ||
| + | much the same sort of thing. | ||
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| + | JONGLEURS GUILD: We have discovered, to our great pleasure, that | ||
| + | among our membership we number a professional teacher of | ||
| + | dancing, Bob Kasmayer. On OCTOBER 13th, Sunday afternoon, at the | ||
| + | Breens new address in Brooklyn, Bob will instruct any interested | ||
| + | member in the steps of the pavane, the galliard, the English sword | ||
| + | dance and the Morris dance. Any interested member should be there | ||
| + | at about 2 P.M. + + + We have a madrigal singers group in the making, | ||
| + | composed of Marion Breen, soprano, Lee Smeiro, alto, Leslie Brandeis, | ||
| + | baritone, and Peter Duvoen, base; as you can see, we desperately need | ||
| + | either a tenor, or a deep contralto who can sing tenor. We could also | ||
| + | use an extra soprano or two, as some madrigals have two soprano parts. | ||
| + | Please volunteer, if you can sing, even if you have one of the voices | ||
| + | we’ve already found; we’d like to perform small cantatas and such, | ||
| + | people do get laryngitis, and if we have too many volunteers, we’ll | ||
| + | simply form two groups. + + + Some members have volunteered to | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
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Contents |
Pennoncel
"Pennoncel" was the name of first newsletter published for the Kingdom of the East. The Kingdom newsletter underwent many name changes before settling into the "Pikestaff" of today. This is the fourth issue and was published in September of 1968 (after BayCon on Sept. 2, 1968). The chronicler was Marion Breen (Elfrida of Greenwalls), better know to us today as the author Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Cover Letter Text
S T O P: Before you read the accompanying PENNONCEL, this
brief postscript --or should I say prescript, since
it comes first --is necessary;
First of all, our new address will NOT be 416 State Street, and
nothing should be sent to that address. For various reasons,
the major one of which is that the owner was unable to evict
the prior tenants, we could not take possession. Therefore, the
new address for Breens is 2 Swain Avenue, Staten Island, 1O3l2.
This also makes a difference in the announced rehearsal for
dancers. We have obtained permission to hold it in the
Staten Island Center for the Creative Arts, 56 Beach Street,
Stapleton, Staten Island. To get there, take any bus from
the Ferry Building which goes through Stapleton, and ask the
driver how to get to Beach Street. This is 3 P.M., October 13,
Sunday afternoon, and thanks are due to Les Gerber for
getting us permission to hold the rehearsal there.
I don't think there is room for musicians to rehearse at the
same time, so will the musicians please telephone me at the
new address after September l4th? I don't know yet what the
new number will be; but if you dial the old number, (ELI-7362)
calls will be transferred to the new one. We will arrange to
rehearse somehow.
Our new house has a huge living room with a fireplace, and a
lawn so large that we could almost hold a full-scale tournament
there; we may try it sometime this spring, as it will save us
the trouble of getting permission; also, unhampered by Park
regulations, we could provide wine, beer, etc. However, this
time, we'll stick to Clove Lakes Park as stated herein.
IN THE EVENT OF RAIN on October 27th; we will hold an indoor
revel, with feasting, at our new house.
Now go ahead and read this copy of PENNONCEL, with our
apologies for being so late in sending it out; we didn't
dare let the false information about our new address go out,
and as you can well imagine, we were doing some frantic last
minute house-hunting, Remember; dancers at the Creative Arts
Center, Beach Street, Staten Island, on October l3th;
musicians, please call me after the l4th and we will arrange
a rehearsal.
Marion Breen
IN THE MEANTIME: If you need to reach us, phone WB at PL3-71137
if you need to send us anything in writing, use 65 East 56
St., NYC 10022. NAIL NO LONGER GOES TO URBANA ST. Deo
volente, the new place will be reachable by mail and phone
after the 15th--possibly earlier.
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Pennoncel no. 4 Tourney / Revelry:
27 October
Clove Lakes Park, SI
Music & Dance - 13 Oct
Costumers - Every Sunday
PENNONCEL is the Official Newsletter of the East Coast chapter of the
Society for Creative Anachronism, published by Marion
Breen, 15 Urbana Street, Staten Island, N.Y. 10304. This address is
good until September 28th, after which the address will be 416 State
Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. The new phone number will be circulated as
soon as we know it ourselves. Meanwhile, in emergency, Walter can be
contacted during business hours at PL3-1137.
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PROFUSE APOLOGIES: A few recipients of PENNONCEL have complained about
the publication of their names and addresses. I didn’t do
it; the policy of the Society has always been that we do not make our
mailing list public. However, the member who ran off PENNONCEL for us
did not know our policy; I typed up the mailing list on labels for
him, and he mistook that list for our list of active members and
thought it would be nice to publish it. It won’t happen again. How-
ever, if any member has any special interest and would like to get in
touch with others, we’ll gladly make their name available so that they
can contact you.
A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED what the name of this newsletter, PENNONCEL,
means. A pennoncel is a small banner, or pennon, which
seemed appropriate to our subordinate position to the Official Magazine
of the main branch of the Society in the West.
THE WORK-PARTY HELD AT BREENS last Sunday was a smashing success,
although not much work got done-—so many new members turn-
ed up that there wasn’t room for any work. However, an interim
organizational meeting was held, demonstrations were given by some
members of costumes, the construction of banners, and the like, and
a reporter from the Newark News interviewed members and took photo-
graphs.
THE NEXT TOURNAMENT, it was decided, will be held again in Clove
Lakes Park, Staten Island, on OCTOBER 27, SUNDAY, from
noon till dusk. Sir Bruce of Cloves and his lady Florence will be
crowned as King and Queen. John Boardman will once again serve as
King’s Herald. Fred Phillips will serve as Earl Marshal, and music
will be provided, with dancing. +++ It was also decided that, as
the Society on the West Coast has adopted a coat of arms consisting
of an olive branch, that our official banner and coat of arms will
consist of the olive branch surmounted by an Eastern Crown. This
design, we hope, will set a precedent, so that future branches of the
Society may adopt the olive branch with some local device to dis-
tinguish them. John Boardman offered to make up a design in proper
heraldic form, which will be used as the official device of the society
in the East in future.
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PENNONCEL page 2
ARMOURER’S GUILD: Barry Greene will continue to serve as Weapons
Master in charge of the Armourers, which will construct
weapons for the forthcoming Tournament. Funds were raised from sub-
scriptions to PENNONCEL and turned over to Barry for the purchase of
a kendo mask and gloves for the use of fighters in the forthcoming
tournament. + + + Those wishing to fight in the tournament should
help with weapons. No one expects, as yet, that a knight will be able
to make all his own weapons, but it is equally unrealistic to expect
that the few members of the Armourer’s Guild should spend all the time
and bear a major part of the expense as well. We suggest that if you
wish to fight, you call Barry at 996-1186 and ask what you should do.
If you have skill with your hands, and some time to give, we’re sure
he and his committee can use your help, and he can tell you where and
when to come for help and advice. If you have neither skill nor time,
a small amount of money for the purchase of materials for sword-and-
shield making would be an acceptable substitute. + + + Fighters in the
know suggest that if you want to fight in October, you start training
now. Fighting can be fairly strenuous. Chain-smokers should cut down
somewhat on their cigarettes. Everybody should run around the block
every day, or some such. If you aren’t in condition to do that, the
combats may be too strenuous for you. On the other hand, if you can
play a good hard game of tennis without too much huffing and puffing,
chances are you have nothing to worry about.
ARTISANS GUILD: The Lady Perdita Beardman has generously offered to
Supervise, and act as advisor, on construction of banners
and similar needlework. Anyone wanting to help or advice may go there on
any Sunday afternoon between now and the Tournament, to obtain some.
The address is 592 16th St, Brooklyn, and as a courtesy to the Lady,
I suggest that you telephone first, and find out what time it would
be convenient for you to come and what materials you should bring.
+ + + Many members displayed, or recommended, books on costume; most
of these are available at the Public Library, or could be purchased by
anyone who wishes to go into this very seriously. Queen Adrienne dis-
played one entitled A HISTORY OF COSTUME, by Carl Kehler, Dover Press,
which costs about $2 in paperback and contains patterns and cutting
diagrams as well as illustrations. DRESSING THE PART, by Fairfax
Walkup, Appleton-Century-Croftan 1950, is a manual for costuming
historical plays and films and gives details for constructing not only
costumes but properties; HISTORIC COSTUME FOR THE AMATEUR THEATRE, by
Harold Melvill, published by Barrie and Rockcliff of London, 1961, is
much the same sort of thing.
JONGLEURS GUILD: We have discovered, to our great pleasure, that
among our membership we number a professional teacher of
dancing, Bob Kasmayer. On OCTOBER 13th, Sunday afternoon, at the
Breens new address in Brooklyn, Bob will instruct any interested
member in the steps of the pavane, the galliard, the English sword
dance and the Morris dance. Any interested member should be there
at about 2 P.M. + + + We have a madrigal singers group in the making,
composed of Marion Breen, soprano, Lee Smeiro, alto, Leslie Brandeis,
baritone, and Peter Duvoen, base; as you can see, we desperately need
either a tenor, or a deep contralto who can sing tenor. We could also
use an extra soprano or two, as some madrigals have two soprano parts.
Please volunteer, if you can sing, even if you have one of the voices
we’ve already found; we’d like to perform small cantatas and such,
people do get laryngitis, and if we have too many volunteers, we’ll
simply form two groups. + + + Some members have volunteered to
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Page 4 Note
Pages 4-7 contain a reprint from the "Handbook of the Current Middle Ages" which was published at BayCon. The reprint finishes on page 7.
Page 5 Note
Pages 4-7 contain a reprint from the "Handbook of the Current Middle Ages" which was published at BayCon. The reprint finishes on page 7.
A note is added at the bottom of page 5, referencing the description of the job of Seneschal:
* Walter and Marion Breen have been appointed, temporarily, Seneschal of the Kingdom in the East. Anyone who wants the job next year had better start thinking about it now.
Page 6 Note
Pages 4-7 contain a reprint from the "Handbook of the Current Middle Ages" which was published at BayCon. The reprint finishes on page 7.
Page 7 Text
Pages 4-7 contain a reprint from the "Handbook of the Current Middle Ages" which was published at BayCon. The reprint finishes on page 7, with the following text after it:
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A footnote on East-Kingdom organization. It has been discussed, and
suggested, that for the present, until we have a sufficient Court to
make decisions, the following members serve in lieu of an Eastern
Board of Directors, responsible only to the Society in the West; these
are all members who are eager to serve and deeply involved in Society
functions. Walter and I will continue to serve as Seneschal until some-
one else wants the job; I will continue as Chronicler until my work is
no longer satisfactory to the members. Perdita Boardman and Adrianne
Martine will function jointly as Mistress of Arts; John Boardman as
Herald and, with Fred Phillips, associate Kings-at-Arms; Barry Greene
as Weapons Master, with Carl Fredericks and Kenneth Levinson; and
Peter Davoon and Bob Kezmayer, jointly as Masters of the Fine Arts.
This will create a Council of Ten which will serve until the Twelfth
Night Revel, when, traditionally, knights are created and a new Court
takes over, (Good lord--a democrat since birth, I forgot our current
holder of the Crown, King Bruce, and his Lady. He also is a member
of the Council!) We are always glad of help and assistance from other
members; and remember, these positions convey hard work, rather then
simply glory. I would like, for instance, an immediate volunteer for
temporary Chancellor of the Exchequer; I hate handling other people's
money and am no good at it. + + + As more and more members find out
what they can do best, I suspect all these offices will be filled, and
perhaps more. If you want an office-- invent a need and fill it!
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WHAT TO DO TILL THE SEAMSTRESS COMES, OR IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A
COSTUME, USE YOUR HEAD!
The oldest tradition of the society states that there is no room for
mere spectators; all participants MUST attend in costume.
Does this
mean that you have to go out and spend a small fortune on period
clothes of brocade and satin, cloaks and swords, spend hours on
fine stitchery, or maybe rent a costume from a theatrical agency?
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Don't be silly---of course not!
If it's your first tournament and
you're not quite sure whether you want to go to all that trouble until
you're sure the society is your meat ...if you're broke this week ...
if you find out about the event four days before it happens ...it's
easy as pie to make up an authentic-looking costume for practically
nothing, out of the contents of your closets and bureaus or at worst
the rummage counter of the Goodwill Stores.
Women's costumes all have,
as basis, a long dress. The "granny gown" fashionable a year or so ago
can be worn with a veil and kerchief to look very 1600-ish. Ladies of
the Society have been known to use, as fundamental costume, a plain-
colored, voluminous flannel nightgown, ornamented with a chain girdle,
a sash, a head-veil or cloak. The floor-length muu-muu is also quite
all right; it's a direct descendant of the Roman dalmatica, a female
garment from 400 down through the dark ages. At worst, a long skirt
can be made in one hour by even the most inexperienced seamstress, and
worn with a peasant blouse.
Men can also be costumed inexpensively. Tight
trousers will do for hose, and a collarless shirt, Nehru shirt in plain
colors, or Russian blouse, for a tunic. Make a surcoat from two towels
pinned together at the shoulders; for greater realism, use two broaches
for the pins. Boots and sandals (not both at once, dopey!) add to the
effect. For a peasant costume, borrow baggy trousers from someone fatter,
hold them up with a piece of rope, and wear a too-big shirt with collar
and cuffs cut off. At worst, put on a loincloth, borrow a pitchfork,
and come as a serf... Or sew two sheets together for an Arab’s burnoose..
or get an old Choir robe and be a monk.
Children can be costumed easily
and cheaply. A small girl could wear a cotton or flannel nightgown; this
basic pattern was the female garment throughout the Dark and Middle ages.
With a belt, and a towel cloak, and flowers in her hair, she’s ready.
A boy could wear tights, a long-sleeved tunic or blouse, and a tabard
or tunic of two small towels, fore and aft, pinned at the shoulders,
with a rope or leather belt. Of course, very small children went naked
in the Middle ages, but we don’t recommend that much realism in a
public place.
Cloaks for men, women and children can be made from
bedspreads, old tablecloths, (especially with fringe) beach towels,
or antiquated rain-capes.
Some day, or course, you may want an
authentic costume; meanwhile, don't let the lack of one keep you
away. Almost any trunk. closet, attic or rummage counter will
yield costume materials. The important thing is to get into the spirit
of the fun. If you have attempted the spirit of a costume, no one
will throw you out for your failure to achieve the letter; they may
even acquire your ingenuity.
Dame Marion.
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A REMINDER: CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Every Sunday: Artisans at Boardman's
October 13th: Dancers and Musicians at Breens
OCTOBER 27th, 1968: TOURNAMENT AND REVEL IN
CLOVE LAKES PARK, STATEN ISLAND
