IMPORTANT INFORMATION
There is no meeting Nov. 22 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. No Armorers Guild meetings on Nov. 16 or Nov. 23.
Nov. 29 Rapier Tournament and Dessert Revel: A Facebook event page has the Google sign-up sheet; please sign up in advance. Volunteers are needed to be inspirations for the combatants. How the lists will be run is TBD. See our rapier marshal Lord Reinhardt to learn more.
The deadline for turning in Dressed to Kill receipts is Nov. 29; give them to our exchequer Lord Robert.
Noblesse Largesse: This is the barony’s “Secret Santa” which gives you the opportunity to make something cool for a fellow Baronial member. Participants will be asked to fill out a survey to help their artisan create something unique for them. The deadline for signing up is Nov. 30. The Largesse exchange will occur on Jan. 31 (this is changed from Dec. 20). Contact Mistress Thorhalla for details.
UPCOMING REVELS
Yule Revel, Dec. 20: Help is needed with decorations. The Cooks Guild challenge: make something with cranberries. Lady Claricia and Dagny (January) are organizing the revel. There will be a Not a Cookie Exchange; ask MOAS Dame Elizabeth for details.
OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Youth Officer: The holiday youth project is a puppet show. Please see Lady Chaiya for details.
New Iron Key Minister: Lord Tryggr wants to step down by the end of the year. See him for details on the position.
Seneschal: Bids have been submitted for Fletchings of Spring and Standard Bearers. See our seneschal Mistress Angharad if you are thinking about organizing an event.
MOAS: Teachers can sign up for slots through the beginning of next year. See the baronial calendar (http://www.cleftlands.org/calendar/) or the baronial Facebook page for details on upcoming classes. See MOAS Mistress Elizabeth if you want to teach or request a class.
GUILD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cooks Guild: The November challenge is cranberries. The December challenge is making a food that looks like a holiday ornament. See Lady Dorothea to learn more.
Needleworkers Guild: Meetings held at Critical Hit gaming store in Cleveland Heights on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:30. See Lady Miriana to learn more
.Armorers Guild: No meetings on Nov. 16 or Nov. 23. Meetings are held on most Thursdays. The host requires that participants be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. See Baron Calum for details.
Garb-a-Thons: Check the baronial Google calendar for details See Mistress Thorhalla, Lady Gianna and Lady Chaiya for details.
.UPCOMING SCA EVENTS
Dec. 2: Christmas Tournament (Elizabethtown, KY)
Dec. 9: Yule Feast (Toledo)
Jan. 13: Twelfth Night in the Middle Marches (Delaware)
Jan. 27: Winter Wassail (near Youngstown)
See a full list of upcoming Midrealm events here: https://midrealm.org/events-calendar/
OLD BUSINESS
Exchequer: Members are asked to donate $2 per meeting, or $100 per year, to cover the cost of the meeting hall rental.
Quartermaster: The quartermaster must be notified at least two weeks in advance if a member wishes to borrow baronial gear.
Baronial meetings: Set-up starts at 6:30 p.m. and activities start at 7 p.m. A brief business meeting is held at 8:15 p.m.
For updates, corrections or additions, contact THL Jolicia atte Northclyfe at chronicler@cleftlands.org or on Facebook (Julie Washington).