November AS XLV i CE · PDF fileIsa-betta Rosini, Rob Westphall, Maeve, Anna Blackleaf, Pani...

The News Letter of The Rhydderich Hael

The Ice DraGon

November

AS XLV i

CE 2011

In This Issue Barons Report p3 Baronial Officer and Business Meeting Info p 4 Canton of Beu Fleuve Officer and Business Meeting Info p 4 Senechals Report p 4 Baronial Awards :What Are They p 5 Kingdom Awards: Nominating p 5 Investiture Announcement p 6 Canton News p 7 In Memory of Fadl el Dandaraway p 7 Officer Reports p 8 –13 Various Photos p 8- 13 Cross Word by Master Branderick p 14 Guild Reports p15- More photos P15- How to Make Orange Mead by Baron Caleb Reynolds p 16-18 Heavy Weapons Rule Changes p 18 More Photos p 19 Kingdom Events p 20 Link of the Month: Feasts p 20 Baronial Champions p 21 Big Show to Hit Hael Soon p 22 The Song of the Bold Bruer p 23 –24 More Photos p25 Cross Word Puzzle Answers p25 Weekly Activies and Get Togethers p 26-27 Baronial Officer Contact Information p 28-29 Guild Masters Contact Information p29 Canton of Beu Fleuve Officer Contact p29

Weekly Practice and Activities More detailed listing in the back starting on page 19 Officers \Business Meeting 1st Tuesday of month Canton Officer\Business Meeting 3rd Wednesday of Month Monday: Thrown Weapons hibernating until Spring Tuesday: 2nd Tuesday Scribal see p27 Wednesday Thursday Music Practice see p 27 Friday Archery at Docs see p 26 If you have activities to add to the schedule contact me at [email protected]

Photo Credits: Augusto Giuseppe De SanDo-nato, Codelia Colton, Cordelia Colton. Isa-betta Rosini, Rob Westphall, Maeve, Anna Blackleaf, Pani Zosia and Darter

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From the Baron Caleb Reynolds

The final countdown to Investiture is upon us (and I don't mean the one with the aircraft carrier). My court is set, but what of that of my heirs, Carolus and Isolda? Do they have any business that they would like to take care of? No, they don't. Because we have no award recommendations for them. It is too late for my court, but they will be starting a new reign and will need plenty of recommendations to keep them busy for the next three or four years.

Please, take a few minutes to think of some fellow Haelies who y'all think should be publicly recognized and tell Carolus and Isolda. If you can do it before next Tuesday's Scribal meeting, scrolls can be started by our Barony's insanely talented scribes.

By the way: Zosia is Awesome.

Caleb Reynolds


Senechals Report:

Greetings, Friends!

October was a great month for our Barony. We attended regular practices and traveled forth to go to events and our people did great things and much fun was had. Alyce Green hosted October's Baronial At Home and this small pot luck and evening of social conver-sation was good fun and a great opportunity for us to gather and talk old stories and new ideas. November's Ba-ronial At Home will be held at Terclin's new place on Thursday the seventeenth. I hope to see you all there and that you've found a tasty new recipe to share with us.

At the Barony Meeting on November first, we accepted Cordelia Colton's (Colleen Martino) resume and applica-tion to hold the position of Chancellor Minor for the Bar-ony. I have a copy of her resume and will be available for anybody who has any questions about the job or the appli-cant. Next Barony Business meeting we will discuss the application and see if any other applications or resumes have been turned in.

If you are an officer of the Hael, please take a moment to contact Juliana at julianarosalia at hotmail dot com to con-firm your email address and contact information for our webministry.

There is going to be a Baronial 12th Night celebration this year, details to follow.

Don't bother googling your SCA name, just go to the files in the Rhydderich Hael Yahoo Group and check out the order lists. If your name is there, is it spelled right? Do you remember the event where you received that award? Is there anybody in the Barony that you think should have an award? Flash back to the October Ice Dragon for a series on the awards of the Hael and talk with your friends about writing award recommendations. If you don't talk with your Territorial and your Royalty about how awesome your friends are, who will?

Thank you all for your hard work and your good humor and patience, each one of you makes me proud to sign off: Rhydderich Hael am Byth!


Barony Officers and Business Meeting

All are invited Date: 1st Tuesday of Every Month Time: 7 PM-9 PM Location: Elk's Lodge, 33 Legion Parkway Lancaster, NY 14086-2553 (716)685-1478 What Happens? Here is where the officers meet, give reports, and we decide new activities, discuss upcoming events and all that is going on or could be going on in the Hael. Voice your opinion, share an idea and get involved.

Canton of Beu Fleuve Officers and Business Meeting

All People residing in the Canton are invited Date: Every 3rd Wednesday of the month Time: 7 PM Location: Tim Hortons on Transit in Lockport kitty-corner across from Niagara Produce (Just down from Sweet Melodies)


Speaking of awards There are new heirs to the thrones of Aethelmearc and they are getting there dockets together. This means it’s the ideal time to send in Award recommendations top them for their rein. At the last meeting it was asked why people don’t rec-ommend their fellow “Haelies” for awards. That Guy Phil was fast to announce., “It is because we have grown lazy!”. We have some hard working people here. Don’t let their good deeds not go unnoticed by the Kingdom. Its easy. Just go to

http://www.aethelmearc.org/onlineaward/ and fill out the easy on line form. If you are not sure if someone has an award go to the Aethelmearc Order of Precedence. It’s important peo-ple get recognized for their great deeds and works Please don’t be lazy!!!

Baronial Awards The Venerable Order of the Ice Dragon also known as the V.O.I.D. It is given for Extra Or-dinary Service to the Barony Noble Union of Lords and Ladies also known as the NULL given for Extra The Golden Bee given for Extra Ordinary A&S skills and works The Order of the Dragon Combatant also known as the O.D.C. for martial skill

(Badge being designed for the ODC)

If you would like to nominate any-one for these awards please send a letter to the Baron describing what works or deeds your nominee has done to deserve this award.

Mistress Liadain, B2B Isolda and Dicea learning Silk Painting at Hallowtide November 6, 2011. Photo by In the Field Photo Journalist Baron Caleb Reynolds

We welcome the entire Kingdom (nay, the Entire KnowneWorld!) to join us for the investiture of Carolus and Isolde, next Baron and Baroness of the great Rhydderich Hael. The beautiful site is St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 53 West Falls Road, West Falls, New York 14170, where we will have much merriment, learning, dancing, a gaming tour-nament, feasting and fun for all! Site will be open from 9 am to 9 pm. This is a dry site. Enclosed flame is allowed and encouraged at feast. Heavy fighters, come prepared to battle outside in the Snowball Tournament! Eldormereans welcome! There will be prizes! The autocrat is THL Ysabeau Tiercelin (Phoebe Sharp, 7895 Quaker Rd, Orchard Park, NY 4127, 716-662-2058, carnabyservices AT yahoo DOT com).


Site fee is $10 for adults, $8 for 6-17, free for 5 and under. Family site fee cap is $32. Feast is $7 for anyone sitting in a chair, babes in arms free. Feast is limited to 60, so reserve early. A lunchtime sideboard is included with your site fee. Make checks payable to SCA, Inc. Barony of the Rhydderich Hael. The $5 NMS fee applies for any-one unable to show proof of membership. Reservations clerk is Lady Maeve ni Siurtain (Michele Nufer, 13589 Bloomingdale Rd, #2, Akron, NY 14001, 716-542-4349, mmjordan87 AT yahoo DOT com). Head cook is Baroness Nivah at otrobin AT aol DOT com or calls accepted before 10:00pm at 585-346-0271. Please contact her with any dietary concerns. Curia will be held at the event - people attending Curia only may enter the site at no cost. DIRECTIONS: This site mapquests very well and that is your best bet from a distance, as well as locally. St. Paul's Lutheran Church - Google Maps

The Final Court of Baron Caleb Reynolds & The Baronial Investiture of Carolus and Isolda

December 10 Barony of the Rhydderich Hael

(West Falls, NY)

Calling For Resumes for Canton Offices

from the Seneschal of Beau Fleuve

Can't think of that perfect costume for hallow-een? Ghosts, witches and goblins just too overdone. How about being a seneschal !!! Or maybe knight marshal or even arts and sci-ences officer !!! The Canton of Beau Fleuve is accepting resumes for these offices as well as deputy seneschal and deputy exchequer. Re-sumes are do by the November canton meet-ing on Tuesday November 15th. Resumes can be emailed to me @ [email protected] .

-Jairus


"Winnie the Pooh went thump! thump! thump! down the stairs after Christopher Robin."”

“Ecce Eduardus ursus scalis nunc tump-tump-tump occipite gradus pulsante, post Christophorum Robinum

descendens ...”

In Memory of Fadl el Dandaraway (Jerry Suttner) The Rhydderich hael lost a long time friend this minth. Fadl,loving husband of Fionnghuala na Liosa Linne , will be missed. As Remembered by Mistress Rose Marian “Fadl leading the Hael troops to the battlefield playing his horn. (Cleared walkways like Moses did the Red Sea...)” “The year he brought the turkey

fryer to Pennsic to fry turkey for the Baronial potluck, and the peanut oil got overheated and caught fire to the tune of flames 15-20 ft in the air. When the fire was put out, and the oil reheated to a more normal temp for frying turkeys, he deep fried the turkey, and it was the best damn turkey I ever ate!” “I'll miss his keen wit and mischievous smile. A blessed journey to him as he ventures on with the black camel.” - Rose Marian

Equestrian Marshall Report Our Marshall is in the middle of moving and getting an Aestel out. More to Come next month. Congrats on the new house.

Knight Marshal Report Grab your hats and bats and club a good friend isn the chivalric martial

study of the western martial arts.

There is a $5 donation to cover the price of the prac-tice hall


From The Fencing Marshall Report by Baron Caleb Reynolds Fencing will continue at the Elk's Lodge at the usual Bat time. Come out and

stab a friend. There is a $5 donation to cover the price of the prac-tice hall

Captain of Thrown Weap-ons Due to the weather, weekly practices are being called determined by the weather that night, Watch the yahoo

From The Minister of The Lists There have been tournaments. There will be tournaments in the future

Pennsic Flashback: “The Hell Party” Photo Courtesy of Darter

Exchequers Report There is Money.

Pursuivants Report Continued pursuit of vants


Allyce and Brigit at Donners Party

Avarga

Mary & Will

Captain of the Archers Report Report by

We have moved indoors due to not enought light(without candles) to shoot. Indoor Archery (11/11/11) at 6:30- 8:00 PM Friday at Doc's Archery. The fee for shooting is $7.00 for the night, and I will have loaner gear for the people who want to try the sport. Hope to see all the new Archers and some of the older One's (you know who you are) to come out and shoot. So come on out and shoot with the "Old" Hound. This week Milhim will be running the practice due to other mundane obligations. Belgraunde Remember Artimus is watching. Doc's Archery at 908 Niagara Falls Blvd. in North Tonawanda 14120. The easiest way to get there is travel down Niagara Falls Blvd toward the town of Wheatfield (or if you prefer Niagara Falls). Doc's is located on the left side of the road just past the old Melody Fair in the even older Wurlitzer Plant on the second floor. Look for a sign that says Book Outlet (it is in this building). Any questions either e-mail me at ef-fex.b@... (before 5PM) or call my cell phone 310-3950 or land line 633-9517 (before 5PM). If I cannot be reached call Milhim(Bill Brox) @ 627-2201 for details.

Call For Assistant Trolls I am looking for a few volunteers to staff the troll desk at Investiture as well as rather more of them for Ice Dragon! I know I have spoken to a few people al-ready but please drop me an email off list or catch me at a practice if you can help out at either event. ~Wolfgang

Rhydderich Hael E-goup: Get your daily updates on practices, events and more!!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rhydderich_Hael/


Maynard, Jairus and Callidus doing Aethelmearc Gate Duty

Pennsic Flashback: “Gate Duty” Photo Courtesy of Darter

Demo Coordinators Report There has been a promise of a well needed break from demos.

Herein Lies the Chatelaines Report Help greet new people.


From the Steward Chronicler Stand In Report

Not one to be content with the status quo and ever em-bracing new advances in “Steward Technologies”, our very own cultural icon THL Augusto is proud to pre-sent the “Shed of the Future”.

Autocrats will be able access a life size three dimen-sional hologram of the shed and all of its inventory. In this very same cyber shed reality the Autocrat will be able to request any item in the shed with the use of really cool hand gestures and pointing wavy motions even cooler than those used on current tablet technolo-gies.

THL Augusto was even kind enough to lend his charac-ter to a 3-D holographic Shed Guide who can help you with your questions as well as a brief history of the Shed. The shed guide can be modified to show Augusto in thrown weapons garb, court garb and the occasion-ally seen shirtless Augusto mode. All kidding aside, thanks to Augusto who has kept up the shed, delivered items to countless demos and events and then made sure all was returned correctly. Vivat and thanks Augusto

From The Dance Mistress I mentioned that dance would resume in November. I will be holding an interest meeting next week (November 9th) at fight practice to see who is inter-ested and what we would like to work on for investi-ture and future events. If you are not able to make fight practice, send me an email of your interest and/or what dances are your fa-vorites. Suggestions of when dance practice should be are also helpful. I usually have held them at my house on Thursdays but am open to dif-ferent nights and location. I have toyed with the idea of teaching at fight prac-tice either during the first or last hour. YIS

Maeve

Kiersey, Kate and Nicholas

From the A&S Mistress Submitted by Lady Alicia Hennenberg

Alicia Hennenberg

The A&S day on October 9th was a great suc-cess and a very relaxing day. I want to thank eve-ryone who offered their time to teach and those who came to learn. Classes were taught by, in no particular order, Caleb, Tiercelin, Ottfrid, Wolf-gang, and Katryn. Isolda also organized a scripto-rium for people to come and work on projects. I would also like to thank Carolus for getting us the site. I am planning to have another one sometime after the holidays. I am looking for a site that is ei-ther free or very economical for the barony. If any-one has ideas or suggestions please contact me. For the next gathering, I would like to have a space for textile projects. However, anyone inter-ested in teaching anything is more than welcome. Tell me what you need and I will make it happen. That being said, I would like to talk a bit this month about the wide range of things that could be considered the Arts and Sciences (insert soap box here). Recently, several people have said to me "It's not A&S but..." and proceeded to describe their class. Even if a class will not produce a concrete artistic "THING" , it is still A&S. Within our period, there is a close as-sociation between the arts and sciences. Many well educated people were also either very gifted musicians in their own right or very good friends with some highly accomplished musical geniuses. Galileo played quite a mean lute, as well as the in-fluence his laws of motion had on the later work of Dante. Robert Grossoteste was a major contribu-tor to the english optics tradition as well as a very gifted poet and good friend of Sir Roger Bacon but these are just a few.


Everything we do in the SCA, reflects this idea. While embroidery and scribal are both very beautiful arts, the execution of paint strokes and stitches is a very exacting science. The choice or color schemes and fabric are artistic decisions, but they must be used by well trained hands to produce something wonderful. Neglecting either aspect would diminish the end result. The same is true for the martial arts. While generally taught on the field this is also some-thing that could be brought to the classroom. It is as equally important to be consistent in the handling of your weapon as it is to balance the fine arts of attack and defense. It is also paramount to match weapon and armor to fighting style. No matter how spiffy it looks, if it hinders your fighting style, it inhibits your skill. One of my most scary and educational experi-ences as a fencer was adjudicating other fencers. It gave me a great oppor-tunity to look more carefully at another's approach to fencing and how they affected my style for good or bad. This same idea can easily be applied to any other activity in the SCA, my point is nothing in the SCA is just and art or just a science. Everything in the SCA is both an art and a science. One cannot flourish and grow without the other, what could be a more period notion. I encourage all of you go one step beyond teaching the science of what you do well, and share the joy and inspiration of your art with someone who may not have considered its relevance to their love in the SCA.(humbly stepping off the soap box) " Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those who sang

best" Henry Van Dyke

"All science touches on art; All art has its scientific side" - Armand Tousseau

In Service

Alicia Hennenberg

From the Chronicler From that Guy Phil

Greetings,

That being said, I’m not sure if I should do my usual Chroniclers Stand in Reports or just leave some spots blank. Thanks to those who submitted photos and articles this month. Investiture is coming fast. I’m sure Isolda and Carolus need help. Please offer to help where they need help. YIS That Guy Phil


From the Web Minister Baroness Juliana

I'm still working on getting the new Hael Officers Email set up BUT need any officer who has not con-tacted me to do so asap. ~ Juliana DEPUTY WANTED

TO HELP FILL THESE PAGES

AND THEN TAKE THIS OVER WHEN

I RETIRE NEXT YEAR!

The giddy look of a man just told he is going to become a

Pelican at Investiture

The New Seneschal Cori, double checking with

Callidus that she can take over the office. He responded

that he was going fishing!

Down 1. AOA: Award of ________ 2. Kitchen Slave 3. Not a Lady 4. A friend is __________ 5. Sea-gem 6. Steel Weapon 7. Trusting (Answers on Page 25)


Master Branderic Slayrock’s Crossword Corner

Across 1. Literally an equal 2. Award 3. Abbreviation for manuscript 4. Nor a Lord 5. Beverae 6. Symbol of the Hael 7. Sheeps Clothing 8. Tin Hat

Textiles Guild Our Guild Mistress is in the middle of mov-ing and getting an Aestel out. More to Come next month. Congrats on the new house.


From the Scribal Guild Zosia will be stepping down soon and Alyce will be taking over. Please be on top of your Ice Dragon assignments.

Hael Yeah!!!!

Pani Zosia being Awesome

The Mighty Forces of The Rhydderich Hael under Baron

Otto And Baroness Geirny

Brewers Guild

Orange Mead At the October A&S day, we made a batch of orange mead using: 5 pounds - Orange Blossom Honey 2 Gallons - water 2 ounces - Sweet Orange Peel 1 tablespoon - ground cinnamon 1 packet - Cooper's Ale yeast 1/2 gallon - pure orange juice The method: Pour the honey into a large pot. Heat a cup of water (from the original two gallons) and flush out the honey container. Add 1/2 gallon of water to the honey and heat until the honey has liquefied. Turn off the heat. In an additional pot, add 1 cup of water (again from the original two gallons) along with the cinna-mon and orange peal. Boil for ten minutes. Pour the liquid honey (must) and the spices into the fermentation bucket and use the remaining water to rise out both pots. Let stand over-night to cool, then add the yeast. Ferment for two to three weeks, rack over into a secondary fermented and let stand for another week or two. Add the 1/2 gallon of orange juice then bottle. The explanation: 1) Water: Yes, there is an explanation for water. For this class, we used two gallons of generic spring wa-ter. Not tap water, not mineral water and not fla-vored water. two one gallon containers. One we used and the other was left at home because I didn't want to carry an extra heavy fermentation bucket down a flight of stairs. All of the water used in the process came from the bottled water; no additional water was added (except for the orange juice). By adjusting the ratio of honey (in pounds) to water (in gallons) we can guide the final quality of mead (assuming that fer-mentation time, temperature and yeast remain the same).

How to Make Orange Meade Continued A 1 to 1 ratio will give you a dry, weak mead. A 2 to 1 ratio will give you dry to sweet, medium strength mead. A 3 to 1 ratio will give you a sweet, medium to strong mead. And anything 4 to 1 or higher will end up more syrupy then anything else, unless you use multiple types of yeast and let it ferment for a year. We are going with a 5 to 2 ratio with an additional 1/2 gallon of tart, sugar water added after fermentation. The expected result should be sweet, but not stuck-on-your-tounge-candy sweet. Using gallon containers for your water is convenient and allows you to quickly scale up or down a recipe. 1) Honey: This batch starts off with 5 pounds of or-ange blossom honey. We could use clover or wild-flower honey, but the orange blossom was only $1 more. With the sweetness and the addition of spices, the subtle flavors of the orange blossom honey will be lost, but it will give a richer aroma. Add the honey to a cold pot. Make sure that all of the honey is in the pot before you add any heat: this will ensure that you do not burn the sugar in the honey while you are pre-occupied. Add about a half gallon of water to the pot; the water will help the honey to liquefy by moving heat more evenly throughout the honey. Do not boil the honey. Since the honey we used for this class was already pasteurized and filtered, we do not need to over heat it: Any wild yeast has already been killed off and the major "chunks" have already been removed. Boiling honey also breaks down the honey and can release chemicals called esters; many of which have very un-pleasant tastes and smells. All we really want to do is to liquefy the honey and let any "scum" float to the top. Put the pot off center from the heat to allow the scum to collect to one side for easy removal. However: if not a whole lot of scum rises: leave it alone. A slight film of white is fine; as long as you can still see the liquid honey


How to Make Orange Meade Continued By removing this outer layer, the good stuff is in the outer millimeter, we can add a lot of flavor with mini-mum material. Just under the zest is the pith, which is white and bitter. Zest too much flesh and you will end up with bitter peel, which has its uses, but not for us. We used sweet peel with no pith. Dried peel isn't as good as fresh, but the aroma of oranges filled the kitchen when I opened up the cellophane package and passed out small pieces of the peel. We also used a tablespoon of fresh ground cinnamon. Real cinnamon: Ceylon cinnamon. Red gold. Far East-ern Tea. Not Cassia. Cassia is what most "cinnamon" sticks and power actually are. Cassia is spicier and harsher flavor than cinnamon and less aroma. Real cin-namon is sweeter and has a more pungent aroma. Real cinnamon is dark red-brown and sticks are made up of broad sheets that are layered and crumbled easily be-tween the fingers. Cassia is light brown and can be found as sticks of narrow sheets that are thick and du-rable. They can be used interchangeably in most baking recipes, but we want to compliment the sweetness of the mead, not make it spicy. I ground the cinnamon the night before and let everyone smell the bag. Once you compare cinnamon and cassia side-by-side, there is no way to confuse the two. Both the orange peel and cinnamon went into a small sauce pan with a cup of water and was brought to a boil. Unlike our honey, which doesn't like high heat, the essential oils in the peel and power requires boiling water to be extracted. Ten minutes of boiling and the water was murky brown. Off the heat it came, and was mixed with the must and added to the fermentation bucket. The remainder of the first gallon container was used to rinse out both pots to capture anything left in each (don't want to waste anything). cool overnight and sprinkle the yeast over the surface; no blooming required. I always keep some in the 'fridge just incase the first batch doesn't take off. In fact, I al-ways buy two packets at a time, just in case.

How to Make Orange Meade Continued If the scum is thick, thick enough that it looks like frosting on a cake, then you will have to remove enough of the scum so that it doesn't keep the yeast from reaching the must (if you are using lager yeast, which ferments at the bottom of the container, then ignore it all together). Whatever scum remains will settle to the bottom of the fermented, during fermentation, and will be left behind when the mead is racked over. 2) Orange Juice: Once the honey is liquefied, you can let it cool, pitch some yeast and ferment it into mead. Dull, boring, bland, flat mead. Honey is very one dimensional, and makes one dimensional mead. Even using speciality honey, adding nothing else to the party will give you a mead that will sit on your taste buds for a moment and then vanish, leaving you wondering why you went through all that work. Wine drinkers can describe wine with complicated descriptions not because wine is better than mead, but because wine is acidic and mead is pretty much neutral. The acid is wine enhances the flavors in the batch, bringing out even very subtle flavors. Acid also cranks up our taste buds, brightening flavors. We can pump-up the flavor of our mead by adding an acid. In this batch, we will be using 100% natural orange juice; no added anything. But, because the yeast we will be using (Cooper's ale yeast) is sensi-tive to acid, we will be adding the juice after the mead is done fermenting. The tartness of the orange juice will also cut down the sweetness of the honey, giving a more balanced flavor. 3) The Spices: To layer more flavor into our mead, we will be adding sweet orange peel and cinnamon. If I wasn't so lazy, the day of the class, I would have picked up a fresh orange and zested it myself. But, I didn't. This is why I keep dried orange peel in my brewing stash. You can pick up dried or-ange peel at brewing supply shops as well as at most supper markets and spice shops. The majoring or the flavor and aroma of an orange comes from the zest; the outer layer of the peel.


How to Make Orange Meade Continued 4) The Yeast: The type of yeast used will determine the final flavor and alcohol content of the end prod-uct. Given the same amount of fermentation time, ale yeast will give you a sweeter mead: lager yeast will give you a stronger (more alcoholic) mead that will be less sweet. Wine yeast will give you a mead that is stronger still and drier. Cham-pagne yeast will give you and even stronger mead that will be even drier. This is because, in part, that the various strains of yeast are tolerant to different levels of alcohol. Most ale yeast will die off in rela-tively low quantities of alcohol (3 to 5 percent on average) and can only convert so much sugar before they die off. Lager yeast can withstand higher alcohol content (5 to 7 percent) and, thus, can convert more sugar, giv-ing you a drier mead. Wine and champagne yeast strains can withstand up to 20% alcohol; some strains can convert all of the sugar into alcohol giv-ing the brewer a very dry mead. We want a sweet mead, so we used an ale yeast. Cooper's dry ale yeast. It is cheap (under $1) and al-most bullet proof. Just let the must cool overnight and sprinkle the yeast over the surface; no blooming required. I always keep some in the 'fridge just in-case the first batch doesn't take off. In fact, I always buy two packets at a time, just in case. We will continue this article once the mead finishes fermenting. Caleb Reynolds


Heavy Weapons Rule Change Regarding Armor Requirements

Change page 10 - VI. ARMOR REQUIREMENTS A. All participants on the field during adult armored

combat shall meet the Society minimum armor stan-dards for a fully armored combatant. This includes, but is not limited to, combat archers, siege engineers and other combatants. It does not include marshals, water-bearers, or chirurgeons. All authorized combat-ants and warranted Marshals shall disguise, cover, or remove modern corporate logos and sport gear unless necessary for medical reasons.

Special attention should be paid to appearance and the atmosphere of a medieval event should be maintained.

Why is our very own Thrown Weapons Cap-tain and Kingdom Thrown Weapons Cham-

pion Grinning?

Isn’t it obvious.. He’s armed with many pointy objects!!


Dyrnwyn “The Ice Dragons Mascot”

E-Kat

Isabetta Rosini at Summers End

Cordelia Colton At Harvest Raid


Kingdom Events

November 18 - 20 Fabric, Fiber, & Fighting IX Shire of Abhainn Ciach Ghlais (Lamar, PA) December 3 King Queen Princess Rapier and Costuming Academy Barony-Marche of Debatable Lands (Pittsburgh, PA) 3 Yule in Delftwood Barony of Delftwood (Syracuse, NY) 10 King Queen Prince Rhydderich Hael Baro-nial Investiture Barony of Rhydderich Hael (West Falls, NY) January - 2012 6 - 8 Prince Princess Kingdom Twelfth Night Shire of Sylvan Glen (Martinsburg, WV) 14 BMDL Twelfth Night Barony-Marche of Debatable Lands (Allison Park, PA) 21 St. Swithin's Bog Annual 12th Night Barony of St. Swithin's Bog (Jennerstown, PA) 28 Steltonwald Twelfth Night Canton of Steltonwald () February - 2012 4 College of Three Ravens Barony of Thescorre (Rochester Ny) 18 Sterlynge Vayle Schola Shire of Sterlynge Vayle (Binghamton, NY) 25 King Queen Prince Princess Bears Event Shire of Stormsport (Erie,Pa.) March - 2012 17 Donnan Party 2012, A Day of Beatings Shire of Ballachlagan (Wheeling, WV) 24King Queen Prince Princess Ice Dragon Barony of Rhydderich Hael (Buffalo, NY)

Link or The Month &Recipe While seeking out this months recipe I came upon a website with a great number of Aethelmearc events through out the years along with the feast menu, Feastacrat and recipes. Its an extensive collection put together by James Matterrer. http://www.godecookery.com/scafeast I was looking at AEthelmearc 12th Night XXXII AS Hosted by the Shire of Misty Highlands, January 10th, 1998. Prepared by The Pandemaynea Guild of Cookery: Master Huen Damebrigge of Wychwood, Lady Glynnis of the Inn of the Laughing Fox, Lord Cydifor ap Manogan, Lady Derdriu Gilbride, Guy Talbot. 175. (Pies of Herbs, Cheese, and Eggs): Take parsley, mint, chard, spinach, lettuce, marjoram, basil and wild thyme, and grind everything together in a mortar, moisten with pure water and squeeze out the juice; break a large number of eggs into the juice and add powdered ginger, cinnamon and long pepper, a good quality cheese, grated, and salt; beat everything to-gether. Then make very thin pastry to put in your dish, of the size of your dish, and then line your dish with it; coat the inside of the dish with pork fat, then put in your pastry, put your dish on the coals and again coat the inside of the pastry with pork fat; when it has melted, put your filling in your pastry and cover it with the other dish and put fire on top as well as underneath and let your pie dry out a little; uncover the top of the dish and put five egg yolks and fine spice powder care-fully over your pie; then replace the dish as it was be-fore and let it gradually cook in a low coal fire; check often to see that it is not overcooking. Put sugar over the top when serving it.


Current Baronial

Champions

Heavy Weapons Darian of the

Woods

Fencing Mathew Law

Archery Wolfgang

Thrown Weapons Charles of Alden

Bardic Cynwyl

MacDaire

A&S Dicea

Ravenhair

Chivalry Daedelus

Iron Man Berhend

Queen Anne Trophy Alyce


Coming soon to the Rhydderich Hael

The Investiture of Isolda and Carolus

Dec 10th

“Dear God, How do I get tickets?”

Michael Musto– The Village Voice

‘‘The most complete, and completely satisfying, musical I've come across in a long time.’’ Elysa Gardner from USA Today

‘‘The show seems to have discovered the fountain of youth. As entertaining as ever. Brash, buoyant and utterly irresistible!’’

Review by Michael Kuchwara from The Associated Press

August 4, 2003

“I laughed, I cried, I drank outrageous amounts of alcohol and then I had to wash my hair right in the middle of the production. I have not seen any thing that emotional ever. I ate a muffin and I hate muf-

fins. It was beautiful. Really beautiful!!!!” -Maestro Zebbo Penguini Ice Dragon Theater Critic

‘‘The sensuous, soulful sound of rhythm 'n' blues hits the audience right from the start of [this] exhilarating new musical now shaking Broadway's Shubert Theatre. Take a deep breath as the curtain rises because the exuberance doesn't stop.’’ Review by Michael Kuchwara from Associated Press October 19, 2009

The Song of the Bold Bruer (To the tune of, In Somer time.)

If that you lift, now merry be, Lend listning eares a while to me, To heare a song of a Bruer bold, That meant a Cooper to cuckold. The Cooper walked downe the streete, And with the Bruer chanc'd to meete: He called,-- Worke for a Cooper, dame; The Bruer was glad to heare the same. Cooper, quoth the Bruer, come hether to me, Perchance I haue some worke for thee: If that they doings I doe well like, Thou shalt haue worke for all this weeke. The Cooper with cap and curtesie low, Said, ready I am my tunning to show; To doe your worke, sir, euery deale. I doe not doubt to doe it well. Then, quoth this lustie Bruer tho, If thou my worke doest meane to doe, Come to me to morrow before it be day, To hoope vp these old tubs out of the way. And so to make vp my merry rime, The Cooper the next day rose betime; To the Bruers gate he tooke his race, And knocked there a great pace. The Bruer leapt from his bed to the flore, And to the Cooper he opned the dore; He shewed him his worke without delay; To the Coopers wife then he tooke the way.

The Cooper he called at mind at last, His hatchet he had left at home for hast: And home for his hatchet he must goe, Before he could worke; the cause it was so.


(The Song of the Bold Bruer Continued) But when he came his house somwhat nere, His wife by fortune did him heare: Alas! said she, what shift shall we make? My husband is come,-- you will be take! O Lord! sayd the Bruer, what shall I doe? How shall I hide me? where shall I goe? Said shee,-- if you will not be espide, Creepe vnder this fat yourselfe to hide. The Bruer he crept vnder the same, And blundering in the Cooper came: About the shop his tubs he cast, To finde out his hatchet all in hast. The Bruer leapt from his bed to the flore, And to the Cooper he opned the dore; He shewed him his worke without delay; To the Coopers wife then he tooke the way. The Cooper he called at mind at last, His hatchet he had left at home for hast: And home for his hatchet he must goe, Before he could worke; the cause it was so. But when he came his house somwhat nere, His wife by fortune did him heare: Alas! said she, what shift shall we make? My husband is come,-- you will be take! O Lord! sayd the Bruer, what shall I doe? How shall I hide me? where shall I goe? Said shee,-- if you will not be espide, Creepe vnder this fat yourselfe to hide. The Bruer he crept vnder the same, And blundering in the Cooper came: About the shop his tubs he cast, To finde out his hatchet all in hast.

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(The Song of the Bold Bruer Continued)

Then his curst wife began to prate,-- If thou let out my pig, ile breake thy pate! A pig, said the Cooper, I know of none; If thou hadst not spoke, the pig had bin gone. If it be a sow-pig, said the Cooper, Let me haue him rosted for my supper: It is a bore-pig, man, said she, For my owne dyet, and not for thee. It is hard if a woman cannot haue a bit, But straightway her husband must know of it. A bore-pig, said the Cooper, so me thinks; He is so ramish,-- fie, how he stinkes! Well, sayd the Cooper, so I might thriue, I would he were in thy belly aliue. I thanke you for your wish, good man; It may chance it shall be there anon. The Bruer that vnder the fat did lye, Like a pig did assay to grunt and crie: But, alas! his voice was nothing small; He cryed so big that he mard all. Wife, said the Cooper, this is no pig, But an old hog, he grunteth so big! He lift vp the fat then by and by; There lay the Bruer like a bore in a stie. Wife, said the Cooper, thou wilt lie like a dog! This is no pig, but a very old hog: I sweare, quoth the Cooper, I doe not like him; Ile knock him on the head ere ile keepe him.

(The Song of the Bold Bruer Continued) O Lord! said the Bruer, serue me not so; Hold thy hand, Cooper, and let me goe, And I will giue thee both ale and beere, To find thy house this sixe or seauen yeare. I will none of thy ale nor yet of thy beere, For feeare I be poisoned wiin seauen yeere! Why, sayd the Bruer, if thou mistrust, Hold here the keyes of my best chest; And there is gold and siluer store, Will serue thee so long and somewhat more: If there be store, quoth the Cooper, I say, I will not come emptie-handed away. The Cooper went and filled his hat; The Bruer shall pay for vsing my fat! The hooping of twentie tubs euery day, And not gaind me so much as I doe this way. When he came againe his house within,-- Packe away, quod he, Bruer, with your broken shin; And vnder my fat creepe no more, Except you make wiser bargaines before. This is from a colletion of seventy-nine black-letter bal-lads and broadsides, printed in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, between the years 1559 and 1597. Accompa-nied with an introd. and illustrative notes by Lilly, Jo-seph, 1804-1870 and Daniel, George, 1789-1864 and Huth, Henry, 1815-1878 This Selections and many more can be found at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ballads/lilly.html


Harvest Raid


The Answers to Master Branderic’s Crossword Corner from page 14

Kyle and Daedelus

Pani Zosia Summers End

Sara Mirelle at Coronation

Weekly Activities and Practices Subject to Change based on Weather, holidays, scheduling and etcetra.

Please see the Rhydderich Hael egroup for up to the hour updates

Heavy Weapons and Fencing Practice: Date: Every Wednesday unless noted on the Hael e-group Time: 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Location: Elk's Lodge, 33 Legion Parkway Lancaster, NY 14086-2553 (716) 685-1478 What happens: This is the regular practice night for both armored fighting and for fencing. Loaner equipment available and lessons are free. We suggest you visit a week earlier to see what it is like and get advice on what extras you might need. Many other members of the group hang out as well so it’s a could night to meet people and get involved. For those fighting and fencing there is a $5 donation to cover the expense of the hall over the year.

Archery: Date: Every Friday Time: 6:30-8:00 PM Location: Doc's Archery, 908 Niagara Falls Blvd. North Tonawanda 142120 What happens: We shoot arrows into paper and make holes (DUH). The only thing people need is a willingness to learn the sport of Archery. Loaner equipment is available and we do have trained marshals who are available to teach. Contact Archery Captain Francois Belgraunde the Bladegatherer ( Frank Benz 633-9517 or [email protected])

Equestrian: To be Announced Contact: Ysabeau Tiercelin (Phoebe Waller-Sharp 662-2058 carnabyser-

[email protected])

Dance Practice: Date: Every Thursday (Call in advance to confirm) Time: 7PM –10 PM Location: 59 Sagamore Terrace Buffalo NY 14214 Contact Brigette de Sainte Mere-’Eglise (Annette J Wacha 560-3374 [email protected])


Music Practice Date: Every Thursday Time: 7PM Location: Call Ceol Contact Ceol (Carol Waddell Sheets 667-7264)

Textiles Guild Date 4th Tuesday of Every Month Time: 6 PM Location: Call Tierclin Contact: Ysabeau Tiercelin (Phoebe Waller-Sharp 662-2058 [email protected]) What Happens? Looking to make Medieval outfits and more with thread, material, and etcetra.

Scribal Guild Date: 2nd Tuesday of Every Month Time 7-8 PM Location Sweet Melodies Desserts, Transit Road near Millersport Contact: Zosia (Melissa Hannon [email protected]) Alyce Greene (Elizebeth Pufpaff [email protected]) What Happens? An evening of how to make scrolls, illumination and calligraphy/

Thrown Weapons: To be announced Contact: Charles of Alden (Charles Sardella [email protected] 716-374-1978) Augusto Giuseppi De San Donato (Joe Pisselli 574-4411 [email protected])

If you are new to throwing please call Joe or Charles before going to your first practice

Weekly Activities and Practices Subject to Change based on Weather, holidays, scheduling and etcetra.

Please see the Rhydderich Hael egroup for up to the hour updates


The Officers of the

Barony of the Rhydderich Hael Baron THL Caleb Reynolds 873-7057 (no calls after 11pm) (Caleb Ronen) [email protected] Baron and Baroness to be (Heirs) THL Isolda Filia Georgii Mary Petrakos 716-633-4992 312 Patrice Terrace Williamsville NY 14221 [email protected]

Lord Carolus Loke Anthony Heibal 716-909-3363 429 Westgate Rd. Kenmore NY 14217 [email protected]

Seneschal: (9/13) Boudicea Ravenhair Carrie M DeWeese telephone 716 597 1838 335 Pennsylvania St Buffalo, NY 14201 (this address will be changing shortly) dicea dot deme at gmail dot com available on phone from 0900 to 2100 Pursuivant: () Lady Elizabeth Law of Aberdeen, Rhonda Kolokowsky phone (716) 731-1845 no calls after 10 PM. email: [email protected] Knight Marshall: (?/??) Ferris (G Eisenhardt) [email protected] Deputy Knight Marshal: (?/??) Chancellor of the Exchequer: () Lord Alexander du Lac Ryan Rathsam 315-882-5471 10 Lombardy Street Lancaster NY 14086 [email protected] [email protected]

New Person Contact “The Chatelaine” Maeve N Siurtain Michele Nufer 542-4349 / 250-8450 No calls after 10 PM [email protected] Chronicler:(0) THL Filipo De Sancto Martino 803-2425 (Phil Martino) [email protected] Web Minister () Juliana Rosalia Dolce do Siena Julie DeWind Julianarosalia AT hotmail DOT com (716) 228-9340, no calls after 9pm please Minister of Arts & Sciences: () Alicia Hennenberg Alicia Rabb 913-1467 Deputy Minister of A&S: (1/09) Vacant Minister of the Lists: () Adelinde Katle Marie A Schappacher 716-790-9629 [email protected] Marshall of Fence () Caleb Reynolds 873-7057 (Caleb Ronsen) [email protected] Captain of the Archers: () Francois Belgraunde The Bladegatherer Frank Benz 633-9517 [email protected] Captain of Thrown Weapons: (?/??) Augusto Giuseppi De San Donato Joseph Piselli Jr. 574-4411 [email protected]


Demo Coordinator (3/10) Brigette de Sainte Mere-’Eglise Annette J Wacha 560-3374 [email protected]) Historian: () Baroness Katherine Kiersey Stephanie Carson 491-3668 27 Concord Dr Buffalo NY 14215 [email protected] E-group Minister Filipo de Sancto Martino 803-2425 (Phil Martino) [email protected] Keepers of the Domesday Juliana Rosalia Dolce di Siena Cori Ghora Chancellor Minor: () (Vacant)

Youth Fencing Marshal (?/??) Vacant Youth Boffer Marshall: (?/??) Vacant

Chirurgeon Coordinator: (Life) Áine nic Llyr de Danann 832-5094 Pati Aine Guzinski 832-5094 No calls after 9 [email protected]

Steward: (Life) THL Augusto Giuseppi De San Donato Joe Pisselli 574-4411 [email protected]

Choir Minister: (?/??) Baroness Ceol Seabhac 667-7264 (Carol Waddell Sheets)

Minister of Dance: () Lady Brigette de Sainte Mere-’Eglise (Annette J Wacha 560-3374 [email protected])

Guilds Scribal Guild: (2/11) Lady Zosia Kowalewska (Melissa Hannon) [email protected]

Cook’s Guild: (?/??) Lady Edith of Winterton (Caroline Elliott)

Brewers’ Guild: Baron Caleb Reynolds 873-7057 (no calls after 11pm) (Caleb Ronen)

Textile Guild: ()

THL Ysabeau Tiercelin Phoebe Waller-Sharp 662-2058 [email protected]

Cheese Maker’s Guild (?/??) Master Brandric the Rockslayer 832-5094 (Larry Southwick)

Rhydderich Hael Siege Guild THL Filipo de Sancto Martino Guild Master [email protected] (Phil Martino)

The Officers of the Canton of BEAU FLEUVE Seneschal: (?/??) THL Jairus of the Darklands 833-7209 (Adelbert Eschberger) [email protected]

Pursuivantl: (?/??) (Vacant)

Knight Marshall: (?/??) Sir Sextus Plinius Callidus 692-0492 (Phil Simonds)

Exchequer: (?/??) Mistress Cori Ghora 692-0492 (Clare Jackson)

Deputy Exchequer: (?/??) Lady Edith of Winterton (Caroline Elliott)

Minister of Arts and Sciences: (?/??) Rolande de la Chanson 282-1370 (Monte Jones)

Chatelaine: (Vacant)

Web Minister (?/??) Mistress Cori Ghora 692-0492 (Clare Jack-son)

Captain of Thrown Weapons: (?/??) THL Morwenna Everdon 731-2346 (Jo Hu-man)

Official Barony Website: www.wnysca.org

This is The Ice Dragon, a publication of the Barony of the Rhydderich Hael of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Ice Dragon is available from Phil Martino, 40 Sandy Lane, Cheektowaga NY 14227. It is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and does not delineate SCA policies.The Ice Dragon is published 12 times per annum. All article copyrights remain with the original authors. All illustrations, unless otherwise noted, are copyright from Jupiter Images or Classroom Clips and used with permission.


The Ice Dragon

Philip J Martino

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Cheektowaga, NY

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