Bhakail Yule Revel XLVI

The Barony of Bhakail invites one and all to our winter home!  Please pull up a chair, tell a story, and raise your cup to another successful season change!  This is Bhakail’s 46th Yule Revel, where all who come in are family! 

The kitchens will be humming with activity from Shifu Lu An-Hua and her team, as she is planning a phenomenal day board of Aztec/Mexica/Nahua food!  Please see below for the day board menu. 

The SCA does not serve alcohol.  However, the site is wet:  attendees are permitted to responsibly share the fruits of their study of brewing with others.

Table lamps and candles with a flame are not permitted.  Please use battery operated lamps and candles.

The Director’s Room and Library are not allowed to have food or drink in them; please respect our hosts and abstain from bringing any in there. 

***A&S Competition:***
The Honorable Lady Cailleach Dhe ingen Chairain requests a fierce competition where artisans from Bhakail and its neighbors recreate, reimagine, or interpret medieval works using historically informed techniques and materials in order to name her successor. 
This is not just a competition—it's a display of devotion to historical arts and sciences authenticity, and the flair with which Bhakail is known.

This is your chance to showcase your best project—whether it’s newly completed or the pinnacle of your past efforts.  We request that your project has found its completion within the past two years.

Categories may include any art which is known within our Society.  Examples include Illumination & Calligraphy, Heraldry & Banners (Painted or Embroidered), Woodwork & Carving (Furniture, Boxes, Tools), Metalwork & Armor (Forged or Decorated Pieces), Fiber Arts (Weaving, Embroidery, Garb Construction), Glass work, and much more.  If you are unsure that your art fits this competition, please feel free to email Cailleach.

220240@members.eastkingdom.org

***Brewing Competition:***
I want to see you stretch.  Don't put up your best styles, put up something *new*.

Haven't brewed before? Let's brew something!

Well known for meads? Do an ale!

Known for modern styles? Put up something medieval!

Brew a lot but never do documentation? We have folks who can help with that!

In addition, anyone who isn't ranked in the EK Brewer's Guild:  get ranked, let me know, get a token :) If you are ranked:  rank up, get a token :) We'll work with the EKBG to try and get some panels in the PA/DE/Southern NJ area to try and help folks out.  (Here's a hint:  if you're not ranked, the first one's _real_ easy...) Jo can help as the Southern Region Warden for the Guild.

*Please no mint.  His Excellency, Mikael Melrakki has an allergy.*

If you have any questions, need tips, clarifications, etc., let me know:

mbroggy@gmail.com

***Preliminary Schedule:***
10am
⦁ Site & Gate Open (Main Hall)
⦁ Set-up for A&S Competition (Library)
⦁ Set-up for Brewing Competition (Ratskellar)
11am
• Morning Court
12:30 pm
⦁ Dayboard Opens (Main Hall)
1pm
⦁ Brewing Competition Judging (Ratskellar)
• Keepers of Athena’s Thimble (Director’s room)
2pm
• Arachne’s Web (Director’s room)
2:15pm
⦁ A&S Competition Judging (Library)
3pm
⦁ Dayboard & Gate Close (Main Hall)
⦁ Sock Exchange (Main Hall)
⦁ HELP NEEDED:  Rearrange Main Hall
4pm
⦁ Baronial Court & Royal Court
8pm
⦁ Site Closes

***Sock Exchange:***
The Yule Sock Swap is a Pollyanna style of gift swap.  Each person brings a pair of socks (seasonal theme optional) one or both of which are filled with $20 or less of amusements.  Handicrafts looking for new homes is a favorite, it's truly left to the person who's decided to enter into the Spirit of a gift swap.

The participants will select a number at random from a hat and we will go in order for selection of socks.

If you have questions, please contact Motte Nachfalter via 235409@members.eastkingdom.org

***Food Drive***
Due to the food-shortage situation many are facing this season, it's a great time for our fine Barony to come together to help the people of the East.  Please bring non-perishable food donations with you to Yule, where they will be given to Philabundance, an organization that partners with multiple food banks through Philadelphia.  There will also be a container for cash donations.

Suggested donation items include: 
- canned meats, beans, and vegetables
- pantry staples like flour, sugar, cooking oil, spices, salt, and pepper
- healthy cereals and after-school snacks like granola bars, apple sauce cups or pouches, and crackers
- baby food and baby formula
- boxed, non-refrigerated milk or bottled juices
- tea and coffee
- dish soap and sponges
- feminine hygiene products

Site Opens: 10 am
Site Closes: 8 pm