Bergental and BBM Yule

Welcome all!  Please join the Baronies of Bergental and Beyond the Mountain as we celebrate this festive season of Yule.  We invite all attendees to enjoy all of the festivities; Armored Combat, Rapier Combat, the Bergental Baronial Bardic Championship, a Feast and other surprises! 

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The day's schedule:

09:00 am - Site opens

10:00 am - Silent Auction opens

11:00 am - Bardic Championship starts
- Armored Combat

12:00 pm - Lunch

13:00 pm - Armored Combat & Rapier tournament

15:30 pm - Auction ends

16:30 pm - Court

18:00 pm - Feast

21:00 pm - Site closed

**** New info on Rapier Combat ****

There will be a one hour, three person team, bear pit, wounds retained, winner stays, spear tournament at Yule from 1-2 pm.  One person on the team may use a rapier and off-hand (big shields allowed) while the rest use spears.  Teams get one point for winning.  Double K.O.s are a double loss.  The team with the most points by the end will be announced at Court and will receive a small prize. 

Depending on the number of spears at the event, we may need to hand them off to the next team or just use rapiers instead if there are less than four total spears.  Team size might drop to two people with spears only if attendance is low.

Please bring or have a method to show your fencing authorization cards as our local MOL does not have access to check the database.
Baron Aleksei and Baroness Eleanore especially ask everyone to bring non-perishable items for a Food drive to benefit the Church's pantry and requests you show your holiday spirit by wearing this year's theme colors:  Silver and Gold.  It can be Silver or Gold or a combination of both.  Use your creativity!

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PLEASE NOTE THE SITE IS DRY but if you are staying for feast feel free to use your prettiest candles.

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Speaking of the feast, here is the menu:
Yule Menu

1st Course
Little Meat Cakes – Chinese Mongol Empire 1330
Jeweled Rice
Honey-Ginger Carrots

2nd Course
Pullum Parthicum – Rome 1st -4th C.
Spinach & Cheese Tart inspired by Torta d’Herb Communi – Italy 1570
Bread & Butter

Dessert
Crustless Tart de Bry – England 1390
Rapey – England 1390
Surprise From the New World – 1520


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Greetings, family and friends of Bergental and Beyond the Mountain! 

Are your SCA coffers overflowing? Do you own more nifty SCAdian whatnots and widgets than anyone can use? Please consider donating them to the Yule auction! 
You can dedicate the proceeds to either the Barony of Bergental or the Barony Beyond the Mountain! 

Things to put in the auction:
Garb (clean and mended),
Fabric (Natural fabrics preferred but not required.  Please include yardage.)
Cool knickknacks!  (just can’t resist them!
Feast gear (food safe, possibly a beginner set?),
Books (historic period related),
Art materials (paints, brushes, vellum-ish paper, rulers, white erasers, stencils, paint, etc.),
Armor (for making or for wearing),
Archery thrown weapons equipment (gloves, tassels for arrow cleaning, quivers, etc),
Services such as cooking a meal, making/fixing/teaching garb, consigned art, private lessons, etc.
If you find items to donate, please bring them (or have them transported) to the event and include a sheet of paper with your name, a description of the item, and (VERY IMPORTANT) a beginning bid amount.  We will have forms at the event for you to fill out. 
ALL ITEMS, WON OR NOT, MUST GO HOME WITH YOU!  Please make arrangement to get the item(s) to whatever home where they belong.  Thank you!

If you have any questions or you would like to volunteer to help run the auction, please contact me.  I will be traveling, but I will answer emails. 

142759@members.eastkingdom.org
Baroness Emma Makilmone, OP, OSC, OM

Site Opens: 0900
Site Closes: 2100