Baronial Birthday, Barony Beyond the Mountain

Hosted by Barony of Beyond the Mountain - South Windsor, CT

Event date: June 28th, 2025

Event Last Modified: February 14th, 2025

Event details

Welcome one and all to the celebration of the Barony Beyond the Mountain’s 54th birthday!
A day of fighting, fencing, throwing, and gaming is planned. 

GAMES:  We will have medieval board games to play!  Or bring your own board and card games to share!

Merchants are welcome to offer their wares. 
Merchants can set up starting at 8:00 in the morning on Saturday.  There is space indoors and outside!  If an indoor space is wanted with a table please contact our merchant coordinator.  Indoor Break down must be *complete* by court

We will be offering an evening feast that will delight the taste buds!

FEAST
In joyful celebration of our birthday and a nod to nostalgia our feast will include many of our Baronial favorite recipes!

First Course/Serving:
Mustard Soup [***]
Bread & Butters [***]
Bock wurst (GF)
Roman Carrots (GF)
Herring (GF)
Fungi Parmigiani (GF)
Lemon Water (GF)

Second Course/Serving:
Roast Chicken (GF)
Spinacci Fibonacci (GF)
Blanche Poree (GF)
Fruit in Wine and Spices (GF)
Roedd Groedd Mit Floedd (GF)
Cider (GF)

Desserts:
Baklava [***]
Amigdalopida [***]
Daryoles (GF) {fig-date-current-raisin}


ITEMS:  marked as [***] are Gluten Free upon request.

Head Chef Contact; Severin, 58662@members.eastkingdom.org for any food allergies, such as Gluten Free, tree nuts, spices or honey; by June 14th.  If contacted after this date, I will do my best, but may not be able to make any guarantees.

All dishes are subject to ingredient availability.  A full listing of ingredients of all final dishes; will be posted.


The indoor site is flat, has traditional and wheelchair accessible bathrooms, and has a family/gender neutral bathroom.
Outdoors is predominantly parking or mostly flat grassy area.

PARKING- There are approximately 60 parking spaces at the church.  Across the street and about 1 block down there are 2 large public park parking areas for overflow.

Site opens:  9AM (8AM for staff and merchants)
Fighting/fencing/throwing:  10AM - 3PM
Court:  4PM
Feast:  5PM
Site closes:  10PM

This is a dry site.
No smoking or vaping on site.

Any assistance with clean-up before close of site will be cheerfully accepted!

No animals are allowed on site except Service Animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (guide dogs, signal dogs, or other animals individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability).
Connecticut laws on assistance animals and guide dogs are summarized here:
https://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/Notebooks/Pathfinders/Dogs.pdf
(This is a .pdf.  See Section 4, page 25.)

Site Opens: 9AM
Site Closes: 10PM

Event Location

St. Peter's Episcopal Church
99 Sand Hill Road
South Windsor, CT  06074
Google Map

The event site is accessible per the East Kingdom Accessibility Porter's Checklist.

Directions:

St.  Peter's Episcopal Church
99 Sand Hill Road
South Windsor, CT 06074


Best route to I-84:  from Hartford go east toward Boston.  From Massachusetts head west towards Hartford.  Take exit 64, and if from Mass, turn left onto Rt.30; if from Hartford, turn right.  Stay on RT.  30 and turn right at light at Sullivan Av (RT.  194).  Turn right onto Sand Hill Rd.  Church is on the Right.

Registration Fees

Registration:
Registration:
Mail in Preregistration deadline is June 7, 2025
Paypal Preregistration deadline is June 14, 2025

Site Fee
Adult (18+):  $20.00
Adult Member (18+):  $10.00
Under 18:  Free

Feast:
Feast Fee: 
$15 (Limit of 86 seats)


Feast
Larry Laudenslager
L.  Severin Schröder
58862@ members.eastkingdom.org
ANY questions regarding the feast menu or ingredients must be sent to our head chef prior to June 14th, 2025

Make Checks Payable to: Make Checks Payable to:  SCA Inc.-Barony Beyond the Mountain

Contact Information

Event Steward:

Leandra De Leon
MKA Suzanne Kunz 860-646-5173
Email 55144@members.eastkingdom.org
Please include "BBM Birthday" in the subject line

Co-Steward Aurelia Di Stellari
52271@members.eastkingdom.org

Send Reservations to:

Paypal link TBD

**A PayPal invoice will be generated within 24 hours of the online preregistration information being submitted.  Online preregistration is not complete until the PayPal invoice has been paid.**

The only reservation is a paid reservation.

For mail in reservations:
Please make checks payable to:
SCA Inc-Barony Beyond the Mountain

Send reservations to
Aurelia Di Stellari
Cheryl Greico
468 Parker Street
Manchester, CT 06042
Please contact at 52271@members.eastkingdom.org

Other Contact Information:

Merchant Coordinator: 
Baroness Ciara McRobbie
baroness@bbm.eastkingdom.org
Please add "BBM Birthday Merchant" to subject line