Artisans Row

We are looking for artisans to display and work on their craft at the NOWM Artisans Row. Artisans Row will be an outdoor area where each participant will have a free designated space to demonstrate each phase of his or her craft from beginning to end. If your craft is suited to being done outdoors, we would love to include you!  Artisans Row will be open Saturday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Set-up is 9 to 11 a.m. To reserve a 10 by 10 space, please send your SCA name, name, email address and a short description of your craft to the honorable Lady Jolicia atte Northclyfe. Sign-up is open through May 17. Please bring your own tables and chairs. Water and electricity are not provided. Fire bowls are permitted but not fire pits.

Baroness’ Bocce Tournament

The Baroness’s Bocce Tournament takes place Saturday afternoon at 3:00 PM on the Bocce Green near the Main Pavilion. All are welcome to enter, although we request that participants be at least 10 years old. There will be a youth bocce tournament at 11:00 AM for all those interested in joining in before lunch. The NOWM Bocce Green is 10′ wide by 40′ long. In order to make the tournament more challenging, all natural landscape irregularities have been kept in place. (Seriously, have you TRIED manicuring a campground?) The winner of the Baroness’s Bocce Tournament will become the guardian of the coveted Brass Elephant on a Bocce Ball until the next tournament.

As bocce is a game that has evolved over time, we have created our own variation of modern bocce rules to simplify the game and make it more enjoyable for all contestants:

1. The Baroness throws out the pallino (target ball) for all rounds. The pallino must pass the mid-point of the bocce court (20′). If the landed baroness is either unavailable or competing in a current round, all efforts will be made to acquire a stand-in baroness for that round.
2. Rounds will consist of sets of four contestants. Each contestant will have two bocce balls of the same color. Balls will be thrown alphabetically by color in two phases. Contestants may throw their bocce balls from any position within the court up to the 5 ‘marker stake.
3. The contestant whose ball is closest to the pallino will receive 1 point. If the second ball of the same color is the next closest to the pallino, the contestant will receive two points. Points are awarded only to the individual whose bocce ball is closest.
4. If two (or more) bocce balls if differing colors are equidistant from the pallino, those contestants will re-throw 1 ball each to break the tie. The pallino remains in its original location during the tie-breaker.
5. The tournament will consist of five (5) rounds. The contestant with the most points after five rounds will be declared the winner. In the event of a tie, one additional round will be played of two balls each to break the tie.

Previous Winners

• Lady Cebelia de Namaria – NOWM XV, XVI
• Sir Lorimer MacAltin of the Garioch – NOWM XVII
• Lord Sergei the Jester – NOWM XVIII
• Lord Hákon Hrafnsson – NOWM XIX
• Baroness Constanza de Mendoza – NOWM XX
• Lady Lynette la Rousse – NOWM XXI
• Lord Ladislas Vulcu – NOWM XXII
• … You? – NOWM XXIII

Classes

	Classroom 1	Classroom 2	Other
10:00 AM	Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers	Intro to Fire Cupping	Intro to Turkish Coffee (Kahvehane)
11:00 AM	Detached Buttonhole Stitch	Beginning Repoussé and Chasing (1.5 hrs)	Storytelling for Kids (Kavehane)
1:00 PM	Roman Clothing for the SCA	MOAS Training (2 hrs)
2:00 PM	A Family of Remarkable Women

• A Family of Remarkable Women – We know about Eleanor of Aquitaine, but what do we know about the women who shaped her and were shaped by her? This class will examine them, from her scandalous grandmother to the descendants who ruled over most of Europe. [Instructor: Lady Katerin ferch Gwenllian, Location: Classroom 1 at 2 PM]
• Beginning Repoussé and Chasing – Repoussé is the manipulation of sheet metal to make low relief decoration. It can be seen in armor, ornate doors, goblets, and jewelry. In this beginning class, we will use a relatively thin metal to form a decorative plaque which can be mounted on a box or book.  [Instructor: Mistress Constance Waite of Æthelmearc, Location: Classroom 2 at 11 AM, 1.5 hours]
• Detached Buttonhole Stitch -Let’s make a pretty flower using this embroidery stitch from the 1500’s. -16+ only, must be comfortable with the potential hazards of embroidery needles. [Instructor: Lady Dulcia Wylde, Location: Classroom 1 at 11 AM]
• Introduction to Fire Cupping – [Instructor: Lady Rosie Dubroc, Location: Classroom 2 at 10 AM]
• Introduction to Turkish Coffee – Start your NOWM day by visiting Crazy Llwy and Lady J at the Kavehane. There will be a little coffee history, a Turkish Coffee recipe or two, and much good conversation. It is entirely possible that fortunes with coffee grounds could be involved. [Instructor: TH Lady Juliane Bechaumpe, Location: Magic Carpet Kavehane at 10 AM]
• MOAS Training – This class covers how to report, how to track Arts & Sciences activities, requirements to become a MoAS, finding events to display or compete in the Middle Kingdom, activities to encourage A&S in your group, activities to encourage A&S during an event, resources, and A&S stuff society wide. Attendance is required for all Ministers of Arts & Sciences, but anyone may attend. (2 Hours) [Instructor: Maistreacht Una Wynifreed Berry, Location: Classroom 2 at 2 PM]
• Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers – Discuss volunteer recruitment and retention, with an emphasis on how to keep volunteers happy so they will keep coming back. [Instructor: Mistress Elizabethe Alles, Location: Classroom 1 at 10 AM]
• Roman Clothing in the SCA – Looking for something lighter and more comfortable to wear for the hot summer months? Go back in time to the Roman Empire (or Republic.) This class will provide an overview and timeline of various options available to the citizens of Rome (male and female.) Specifics on creating and sewing a few of the pieces will be included in the lecture and handout. Accessories will also be discussed briefly. [Instructor: Boiaryrnia Katalena Ivaniaia zhena Shishova, Location: Classroom 1 at 1 PM]
• Storytelling for Kids – Designed FOR youth, this is designed to bring out the inner ham that resides in nearly every kid. Every kid knows a story. Every kid can tell a story. This is a Bardic Safe Zone where the audience is forgiving and encouraging, goofs and flubs and false starts are forgiven, and a few simple tips, tricks, and sources will be shared. Parents are strongly encouraged to attend. [Instructor: TH Lord Brenden, Location: Magic Carpet Kavehane at 11 AM]

The Magic Carpet Kavehane

Running water? Pish posh! Who need it when one can be entertained all day with performing arts hi-jinks and shenanigans! The day of merriment begins when the Magic Carpet Kavehane opens at 11:00 AM on Saturday. Join proprietors Crazy Llyw and Lady J at Northern Oaken’s own Turkish Coffee House, where the price of a coffee or sweet is a song, story, dance, or other art of your choosing. After (Royal) Court, cheer on the Champions of the Baronies and Shires as they vie for the Bardic NOBLE Cup. And don’t head to bed yet! The Knotty Dragon, the NOWM Tavern, will open at 9:00 PM. Who knows who will stand up and burst into song in the wee hours? There will also be continuous performing opportunities throughout the day.

Northern Oaken Bardic Lagniappe of Entertainment (NOBLE) Challenge

Each year upon the occasion of Northern Oaken War Maneuvers, the Cleftlands hosts a bardic competition where champions from across our region contend for the NOBLE Prize, represented here on our earthly plane by a shiny cup to be held in the possession of the victorious bard representing their barony or shire for the duration of one year’s time. We invite the barons and baronesses of Northern Oaken and the shires to share the bardic riches of their region and to appoint a champion to appear at the War Maneuvers on Saturday Night in the main pavilion of the Village Green.

The rules of the competition are these:

• Each Barony and/or shire in North Oaken is invited to send a champion to compete for the cup. These are: the Baronies of Brendoken, Middle Marches, Red Spears, and the Cleftlands; and the Shires of Castell Gwent, Falcon’s Quarry, Oakford and Rivenvale.
• The champion may be a single individual or an ensemble (two or more individuals performing as a unit on both entries). An individual champion may have an accompanist on either or both entries.
• Other Baronies or Shires outside North Oaken may compete for bragging rights, but the cup itself will be awarded to the highest-placing champion from a North Oaken Barony or Shire.
• The name of the champion must be presented by the Shire seneschal or Baronage to the NOBLE Coordinator  (The Honorable Lord Llywelyn Glyndwr, cipram@sbcglobal.net) not less than one week before the event. Questions about the competition may be addressed to him as well.

Note: Each territory may also appoint an alternative to be on standby in case of emergency.