Events

• Regular event: Pre-registration is now open. Prereg to save $2 per person.
• Regular event: Sabine is looking for a Youth Point Coordinator for Regular Event.
• Dressed to Kill: Leta is organizing Needleworkers classes. Please let her know if you’d like to teach, or have topics you’d like to see taught. Ulfr is handling Armoring classes.

Officers

• The exchequer will provide receipts if you wish to pay your annual tithe.
• Vinnie, Regional Rapier Marshal was here to to lead Cut and Thrust clinic. He’ll back the last fighting meeting of each month through spring. .

Guilds

• Woodworkers meets tomorrow (Jan 14) at Meinhardt’s.  Please contact him for details at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com.
• Armorer’s Guild will be meeting at Ealdred’s garage tomorrow night. Please contact him at 440-243-1419 for details.
• Unofficial fencing practice meets this upcoming Sunday. Please contact Cynwrig for details atjimpretz@sbcglobal.net
• Needleworkers will meet next Tue at 7 pm at the home of Madelaine and Ephraim. Please contact her atlymadelaine@sbcglobal.net
• The Siege Cookery Challenge will be held next Wednesday at the meeting.
• Ginevra is organizing car pools and lodging for those interested in attending Terpsichore at the Tower on March 5. Please contact her at Ginevra.Boscoli@gmail.com

Other Announcements

• Colette invites everyone to participate in a “Warm your heart” gift exchange at February’s dessert revel. Entered items will be displayed from 7pm-9:15pm. I invite all to make something to warm a person’s heart. It can be anything you might think someone else would enjoy. A hat, a scissor case, soap, a candle. It doesn’t have to be anything expensive. Bring an entry and put your name in the hat. During court the names will be picked and when your name is called, you will get to choose an entry to take home. If you have any questions, please contact Colette.

Barons

• Staring in February, the Knights of Cleftlands will be teaching brief classes at meeting starting at 7 pm each week. Next week, Silverthorne will teach.
• Rapier combatants are invited to compete in the next Rapier Tourney at the last meeting in February will be the next Cleftlands Rapier Tourney.
• The Barons have issued an A&S challenge: do something NEW to you, and present it at the March Dessert Revel. As always, documentation is admired but not required.
• The Candlemas event is looking for people to teach classes.
• The travel challenge is still in effect: counting miles traveled to and from SCA events between the last NOWM and the upcoming January Event. Travel lots to raise your miles.
• Alen and Constanza will be teaching a class on ‘Courtly Comportment’ at January Dessert Revel.
• Please remember to submit award recommendations on the Midrealm website.

Events

• Pre-registration for Regular Event is now open. Prereg to save $2 per person.
• There are still two staff positions to fill: Breakfast Tavern Coordinator and Merchant Coordinator.
• There will be a raffle for those who volunteer at the event. Please donate prizes for the Volunteer rafflle.
• Still looking for prizes for the Rapier Tourneys.
• At the Armored Tourney, being organized by James Layne, each entrant will bring a prize ‘appropriate to his rank’ starting around $20 value. At the end, the victor of the tourney will have first choice among the prizes, and so down the line. Everyone who fights will take a prize home.

Officers

• The Regional Rapier Marshal will be here next week to lead a class in Cut and Thrust. Auric has extra helmets available for those who want to try it.
• Arts and science reports are due next week. Please send a report of your activity for the last quarter to MOAS@cleftlands.org, or post it on Facebook.
• Velvet is now an authorized Youth Rapier Marshall. He’ll be leading classes and training at meeting from 7-7:30 each week. Children between 8 and 14 years may participate—please contact him if you know someone who may be interested.

Guilds

• Woodworkers meets tomorrow (Jan 14) at Meinhard’s.  Please contact him for details at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com.
• Armorer’s Guild will be meeting at Ealdred’s garage tomorrow night. (Really, it’s fine. There’s a furnace!) Please contact him at 440-243-1419 for details.
• Unofficial fencing practice is resuming this upcoming Sunday. Please contact Cynwrig for details at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net.
• Cooks’ Guild will meet upstairs next Wednesday to begin assembling the Scappi menus. Please bring index cards with your proposed recipes.
• The entries to the Siege Cookery Challenge will be presented at the Jan 27 Dessert Revel.  Contact me atBaronessAngharad@gmail.com if you’re interested in participating.
• Ginevra is organizing carpooling and shared housing to Terpsichore at the Tower: a dance event the first weekend in March. Please contact her if you’re interesting in attending this Royal Progress event at Ginevra.Boscoli@gmail.com.

Barons

• This weekend there are two events within a reasonable distance: Kingdom Twelth Night in Chicago and Andelcrag Winter Revel in Ionia, MI. Please check their website for all the activities.
• The travel challenge is still in effect: counting miles traveled to and from SCA events between the last NOWM and the upcoming January Event. Travel lots to raise your miles.
• The Barons have issued an A&S challenge: do something NEW to you, and present it at the March Dessert Revel. As always, documentation is admired but not required.
• The Barony of Brendoken finds it has a surplus of ballistas and ammo, but a surfeit of siege engineers. If you are interesting in serving as a siege engineer, please contact them on Facebook, or ask Constanza for the Brendoken Siege Engineer contact.

Events

• Troll is open for Regular Event.
• The Seneschal, Sabine, is still looking for artwork for the cover of the site flyer
• Jolicia is asking for help in making ‘Faberge’ eggs for decorating the event the next two meetings. She’ll have Styrofoam eggs and some supplies. Please bring your own supplies and your interest to decorate them.

Officers

• The Exchequer would like you to know that this is a good time to tithe for the year. He can provide receipts for tax purposes.
• Rapier Marshal: Over the next few months, at the meeting before Dessert Revels, the regional Rapier Marshal will be coming to teach Cut & Thrust. If you have questions, please check with Auric or Cynwrig for information.
• Iron Key: Please let Tariq know if you either have Iron Key items, or have armor items you’d like to donate to iron key.

Guilds

• Needleworkers will meet at Constanza’s home next Tuesday around 7 pm. Contact her for details at sunny.buchler@sbcglobal.net.
• Weekend A&S will begin meeting again on Sundays at Katerin’s home. Contact her for details at Katerinfg@gmail.com
• Unofficial fencing practice is resuming this upcoming Sunday. Please contact Cynwrig for details at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net
• Woodworkers will not meet tomorrow, but will begin meeting next Thursday’s at Meinhard’s.  Please contact him for details at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com.
• Armorer’s will be meeting at Ealdred’s garage tomorrow night. Please contact him at 440-243-1419 for details.
• Syr Lorimer will be teaching a class on Basic English Country Dance at meeting next week.
• If you are interested in participating in the Siege Cookery Challenge, please pick up your bag of Siege supplies at the next meeting from Angharad. If you want to ensure there is a bag, please notify her at baronessangharad@gmail.com The prepared dishes should be brought to the dessert revel on 27 Jan.

Barons

• The Kingdom Seneschal has written a letter indicating that the guidelines that no events should be scheduled on the same day within 100-mile of each other will be more strictly enforced in the future. In fact, the Seneschal is considering expanding the rule to allow only one event per weekend in a region.  Please consider this when proposing events.
• We are in the final few weeks of the Baron’s Travel Challenge: how many miles traveled since NOWM and before the Regular Event. Please keep track.
• This weekend there are two equidistant kingdom events: Pentamere 12^th Night and Flaming Gryphon Spirit of 12^th Night. Check the Midrealm Calendar for details at www.midrealm.org/calendar.
• The Barons have issued an A&S challenge: to try something you have never done before and present it at the March Dessert Revel. Documentation is encouraged but not required. Check with them at meeting if you need more information.

Announcements

• Next week is the November Dessert Revel.
• There will be no meetings on the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years.

Demos

• 2 hour demo at the Beck Center in Lakewood for the Medieval Madness classes. Artair is looking for someone available to call dances for these sessions. Please contact him for info about the demo or if you can call dances for this.

Events

• February 27 will be the Jan…Regular Event.
• April 9 will be the return of the Armorer’s and Needleworker’s Event. Melisent is still looking for a Proceedings Editor, an Armor Display Coordinator, and a Tour Guide for the Art Museum visit.

Officers

• Knights Marshal: Bastian has been given an online form that will feed easily into a database for taking a census of all marshals and combatants. Please contact him at KnightMarshal@Cleftlands.org to get information.

Guilds

• Woodworkers is not meeting tomorrow night.
• Armorer’s guild is: 7 to 10 pm in Berea. Please contact Clariel at 440-243-1419 or Calum at calum@att.netfor information or directions.
• Unofficial fencing practice is meeting at 7 pm on Sunday. For details or directions, please contact  Edward at efrda1@gmail.com, or Cynwrig at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net.
• Needleworkers will be meeting once in December, probably on the East side. In the meantime, contact Madelaine with any recommendations or requests for classes, projects, or activities for next year.
• Equestrian Guild Practices are usually on Sunday from 2-5 pm. Please contact layne.james@gmail.com for details and directions. You can also check the Cleftlands Equestrian Guild on Facebook for details.
• East side archery practice is normally on Sundays at 4. Please check the Cleftlands Facebook page for information.
• Cook’s Guild will be holding ‘Scappi Study Hall’ at meeting through into December for those interested in researching this period cookbook but who do not yet have a copy. If you’d like to more about the project, contact Angharad at baronessangharad@gmail.com

 Barons

• Next week is the Armored Combat Tournament and November Dessert Revel.  Sir Ulfr will be providing commentary about the combat for those interested.
• Yule Revel will be the Dec 16: Esther is organizing the revel decorations and activities. Please contact her atmckay.gmail@gmail.com if you’ve help to offer.
• We’ll also be accepting food donations for St. Herman’s Men’s Shelter at Yule Revel.
• The travel challenge is still open: 1500 miles for a prize, top prize to the most number of miles between NOWM and the Jan…Regular event.

Events

• Autocrat is looking for artwork for the program cover for Regular event next year. Please talk to her if you have ideas. The Theme is ‘Dancing with the Tsars.’

Guilds

• Scribes Guild will meet Monday, 2-Nov at Master Aidan’s home to do pigment-making. Please contact him at excalabear@mac.com if you need directions.
• Equestrian Guild Practices will be shifting to accommodate the time change: as of this Sunday, practices are 2-5. Contact layne.james@gmail.com for details and directions.
• Cook’s Guild hosted a Cooking Challenge on the theme of Aspic: Cynwrig submitted a Gely of chicken (two bottles of white wine, a pigs foot and a chicken), Claricia brought a ‘mock aspic’ of mulled cider and faux eggs, and Thomasina brought ‘dirt jelly’ of coke and sprite with gummy worms. The Guild will meet next week to discuss ‘The Big Project’.
• The Needleworker’s has been gifted with MUCH embroidery floss which will be available for acquisition at any future guild meetings at Madelaine’s house. Ephraim begs you to take more, soon.
• Armorer’s Guild is meeting tomorrow evening at 7 pm at Ealdred and Clariels. Please contact them at 440-243-1419 for directions or information.
• Woodworker’s Guild will be meeting tomorrow at Meinhard’s at 7 pm. Please contact him at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com for directions or information.
• Unofficial Fencing practice will meet this Sunday at 4 pm. For info, contact Edward at efrda1@gmail.com, or Cynwrig at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net.
• East Side archery practice will occur Sunday at 4 pm at 411 Douglas Blvd, Richmond Heights, OH 44143-1747, Gwynydd’s home. Please check the Cleftlands face book page for info.

Barons

• November 18 is our next Dessert Revel, at which there will be an Armored Tournament. Please come and compete. That will be the week before Thanksgiving: there is no meeting the day before Thanksgiving.
• The Travel challenge is still in progress: more than 1500 miles between NOWM and (the delayed) Regular event, or the person with the mostest.

Demos

• Artair announced a Demo on 11/14 for students at Beck Center first thing in the morning. They’re still working out the details of what’s needed, but please consider attending.

Officers

• Auric is still gathering information for the Rapier Fighter’s census. He’s posted the list of requested information to both Cleftlist and the Cleftlands Facebook group. Please respond to him by 10/29. Crossover fighters count!
• Chatelaine introduced Mikhaila, who was attending her first meeting.

Guilds

• Scribal Guild meets Nov 2 at Aidan’s home in Euclid for a class on Pigment Making.
• Armorer’s Guild is meeting tomorrow evening at 7 pm at Ealdred and Clariel’s. Please contact them at 440-243-1419 for directions or information.
• Woodworker’s Guild will be meeting tomorrow at Meinhard’s at 7 pm. Please contact him at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com for directions or information.
• Unofficial Fencing practice will meet this Sunday at 4 pm.  For info, contact Edward at efrda1@gmail.com, or Cynwrig at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net.
• East Side archery practice will occur Sunday at 4 pm at 411 Douglas Blvd, Richmond Heights, OH 44143-1747, Gwynydd’s home. Please check the Cleftlands face book page for info.
• Equestrian Guild will meet 3-6 pm. Due to increasing veterinarian and other costs, they are asking that riders and drivers contribute $10 towards expenses. Contact layne.james@gmail.comfor details and directions.
• Next Wednesday at Dessert Revel, the Cook’s Guild hosts a Cook’s Challenge on the theme of aspic or gelatin.
• In addition, the Cook’s Guild has chosen to start a multi-month project researching dishes for a 16th century Italian feast. If you’re interested in learning more, please contact Angharad atbaronessangharad@gmail.com.

 Barons

• At Crown Tourney, several Cleftlanders received awards: Tariq was made Queen’s champion. Gwen received the White Chamfron. Chisato his Silver Oak. Elizabeth Alles was elevated to the Order of the Pelican. Milesent and Sorcha were scribes for the event. Nickolai and Serena were presented with their new heirs, Cameron and Amalie.
• Next week is the Brendoken newcomers’ event DragonQuest, being held about 1.5 hours to the south of Cleveland. We’ve had a lot of new people in the last month – this would be an excellent event to learn more about the SCA.
• The Baronial Travel Challenge is still outstanding. Prizes for everyone who travels more than 1500 miles to SCA events between NOWM (last June) and the January event (Being held late this upcoming February to allow you extra time to pile on the miles), and for the person who has the farthest overall.

Announcements

• The new Baronial Youth Marshall is Sir Farthegn.
• The Barony has accepted a bid for the Regular Event from Sabine, to be held on 27-Feb-50 (AS).
• The November Dessert Revel will be Nov 18, the week before Thanksgiving. There will be no meeting the week of Thanksgiving.
• The December Dessert Revel will be Dec 16. There will be no meeting the weeks of Christmas and New Years.

Events

• Edward announced the final financial results of Coronation. 419 attendees generated an income of $1,067, which is split 50/50 with the Kingdom. Bob is still selling leftover pop from the lunch tavern, so the final numbers may still change.

Officers

• Auric would like to hear from all active rapier fighers to support the region in developing a census. Please contact him at scottheinig@gmail.com. The info he needs is:
  • Information that is needed:
  • Name: First, last, SCA name (w/ highest title)
  • Complete mailing address
  • Phone # (if applicable)
  • E-mail (if applicable)
  • Marshal status: Field or group?, Marshal in training?, Youth marshal or youth MIT?, C&T marshal?
  • Authorizations (all that apply): Single, parry, dagger, case, two-handed, C&T, youth authorized, light rapier, out of kingdom
• Crispin announced the calendar is filling up with classes, but there’s always room for more. Please contact him with any classes you’d like to teach at MOAS@Cleftlands.org.
• If you’d like to make an annual tithe, Bob can provide a receipt you can use for taxes.

Guilds

• Woodworkers will meet at Meinhard’s tomorrow at 7 pm. They’re continuing to work on woodcarver’s mallets. Contact him at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com for details.
• Armorer’s will meet at Ealdred and Clariel’s tomorrow at 7 pm. For directions, contact them at440-243-1419.
• Unofficial Fencing Practice will be held this Sunday at 4 pm. For info, contact Edward atefrda1@gmail.com, or Cynwrig at jimpretz@sbcglobal.net.
• East Side archery practice will occur Sunday at 4 pm at 411 Douglas Blvd, Richmond Heights, OH 44143-1747, Gwynydd’s home.
• Equestrian Guild will meet 3-6 pm. Sorcha is coming with her camera, so please bring garb for some great pictures. Contact layne.james@gmail.com for details and directions.
• Jotunheim Forge is holding an open forge for blacksmithing this upcoming Monday. Please check the forge’s Facebook page for details.
• Next Wednesday, Cook’s guild will meet upstairs at 7:30 to plan winter projects and activities.
• The Halloween Dessert Revel will host a Cook’s Challenge on the them of Aspic. Contact Angharad for info at baronessangharad@gmail.com

Barons

• At Coronation, three Cleftlands authorized as armored combatants: Eli, Nazar, and Rolo.
• At the Rapier Tourney at Dessert Revel last month, two of Vito’s Minions authorized as rapier combatants and earned their names: Labros and Lupa. Labros was the gallery’s choice at the tourney.
• At Crown Tourney this weekend, there will be 14 combatants, five from Cleftlands. Kjartan is fighting for Ísgerðr Gulkárr (better known to many as Bucket), Silverthorne fighting for Chai, Edward fighting for Milesent, Ajax fighting for Zsof, Windthegn for Neassa.
• Elizabeth will be sitting vigil at Crown Tourney this weekend: please come and share your advice with her.
• Alda will be hosting another McGyver competition.
• Thorin shared the great feat he saw at Red Dragon this weekend. The team of Echtheo, James, and Thomas took on a Dragon. Thomas chopped off the dragon’s tail (King Nikolai), James took the dragon’s head (Duke Edmund). Then Echtheo, having lost the rest of his team, tore into the dragon’s body (four knights), finally skewering the heart of the dragon (Sir Ceallach).
• DragonQuest, Brendoken’s Newcomer’s event and Baronial Championships will be held the following weekend, 10/25. Please come
• The late date for the ‘January’ event this year will give you even m more time to pile on miles for the Baronial Travel Challenge.

Announcements

• There will be an officers meeting on October 14.

Events

• Coronation: Edward FitzRanulf gave his thank yous to the Coronation staff. Madelaine thanked all those assisted with Troll, and Angharad her kitchen staff.

Officers

• Jolicia introduced Derek and Heidi, attending their first meeting, after encountering the SCA at Mapleside Demo.

Guilds

• Unofficial Fencing Practice will be held on Sunday. Please contact Cynwrig (jimpretz@sbcglobal.net) or Edward FitzRanulf (EFRda1@aol.com).
• Armorer’s Guild will be held at Ealdred and Clairiel’s home this Thursday at 7 pm. Please contact Clariel at 440-243-1419 for details
• Woodworkers Guild will meet on Thursday at Meinhard’s home to work on turn carver’s mallets. Please contact him at Meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com for details.
• The Libator’s Guild of Vito’s Minions will be meeting Thursday around 7 at the Pumpkin Beer and Food fest. Please join them.
• The next Cook’s Challenge is for the October Dessert Revel on the thme of “Aspic”. Please contact Angharad at BaronessAngharad@gmail.com for details.

Baron & Baroness

• James Barkley presented a Dragon’s Barb medallion, originally received by Garvin then passed to James, and now presented to Tarmach.
• At coronation, several Cleftlanders received awards:
  • Sorcha brecc ingen Donnchada – Order of the Willow
  • Tarmach ben Yeduha al-Khazari – Order of the Dragon’s Barb
  • James Barkley – Order of the Greenwood Company
  • Brangwayn Snowden – Order of the Dragon’s HEart
  • Sorcha Fraser – Order of the Purple Fret
  • Oliver Stillman – Order of the Royal Vanguard
• The Barons are still sponsoring the Travel Challenge: Over 1500 or ‘Mostest’ miles travelled to SCA events between NOWM and January event. (And yes, there’s at least one January Event bid for next year.)

Baron & Baroness

• The Baron’s honored Labros, a combatant who authorized at meeting, was persuaded to join the tourney, and then went to the semi-finals.
• The Gallery chose Velvet as their, as the gallery’s choice for his grace on the field.
• The victor of the Tourney was Don Trapon. Due to the press of travel, he believes himself unable to fulfill the responsibilities of the sword. Therefore, he passed the sword to his competitor in the final round, Edward FitzRanulf.
• Due to the press of time, no formal meeting was held. Thanks for Coronation will be shared next week.

Events

• Coronation is this Saturday. Set up will start at 6 pm at the Central Catholic HS. Please come and help out.
• Parking is at a premium this weekend. Please consider carpooling.
• An anonymous patron has pre-registered one newcomer. If Coronation is your first SCA activity, please let Troll know: the registration will be given to the first newcomer to ask.

Guilds

• Woodworkers Guild: Not meeting tomorrow.
• Heavy Combat Guild: At Coronation, there will be a Pole Axe Tourney with matched poleaxes being provided. The rules for both this and the Sword and Buckler tourney will be taken from period tourneys.
• Equestrian Guild: Not meeting on Sunday.
• Unofficial Fencing Practice: Not meeting this Sunday.
• Needleworkers will be meeting at Baronial meeting next Wednesday to work on finger puppets intended as largesse for children.

Baron & Baroness

• Please help with Coronation: Many hands make light work.
• Next Wednesday is Dessert Revel, and the next Cleftlands Rapier Tourney. Nikolai (aka ‘some Russian dude’) could potentially be the first person to successfully defend his possession of the Cleftlands sword, unless he is successfully opposed.
• Baronial Court:
• Artair was invited up to present his thanks to all those people who made the Mapleside Demo successful. He asks everyone to share with him ideas to make future demos there more fun for ourselves or for the attendees.
• Colette and Gwen presented to the Barony, in honor of once again being the home of the Midrealm Royalty, seven banners of previous Cleftlands royalty, done in the style of the Codex Manesse. The eight for Emrys will be presented later. Those who worked on the banners are Milesent and Edward, James and Gwen, Rannvieg and Eskill, Sorcha, Elizabetta and Thomas, and Colette and Farthegn. The banners even come with stands!

Their Highnesses

• Nikolai and Serena both presented their thanks for all the work going into Coronation. They may be too confused and distracted on Saturday, so they wanted to present their thanks now.
• Midrealm Court
  • Prince Nikolai and Princess Serena presented to Lady Gwynedd Cole her Award of Arms for her work in leatherwork, blackmithing, sewing and her support of archery within the Barony.

Announcements

• The Barony is still looking for a new Youth Marshall. Please let the seneschal or Barons know if you’re interested in serving.
• 9/26 is the last date for submitting a bid for the January event.

Demos

• Mapleside Demo is this weekend. Set up will begin Friday at 5:30. If you’re bringing a lot of supplies, please be on site Saturday or Sunday before 9. If you’re coming south on Pearl, you can turn directly into the parking lot and park behind the restaurant. If you’re coming the other way, you need to pass the site and drive back.

Events

• Meinhard is handling parking for Coronation and could use assistance.
• Baked goods are still needed for breakfast and lunch, as well as the royalty room.
• The Royalty Liaison still needs guards, and retainers.

Officers

• Next Wednesday is the Newcomers’ Night with many classes, and demonstrations. Please consider bringing food for the evening. If you’re interested in another display, demo, or class, please let Sir Crispin know.

Guilds

• Unofficial Fencing practice is suspended for the next two weeks due to Mapleside demo and then Coronation.
• Equestrian Guild is meeting this Sunday as usual. Check the Facebook page for details.
• Woodworkers will meet at Meinhard’s tomorrow at 7 pm, and will be preparing for next week’s Newcomer’s Night.
• Needleworkers will meet Wed 9/29 to start making largess for their Highness’s to present to children. If you have spare felt or embroidery floss to support this effort, please bring it the 29th.
• Matheus, as Standard Bearer, will be leading the Heavy Combat Guild that has long been listed on the website. He encourages fighters to let him know if you’re attending Rose Tourney, Mapleside Demo, Coronation (Pole Axe and Buckler Tourneys) or Red Dragon so he can help coordinate a Baronial presence at these events.

Baron & Baroness

• Please come to support the Mapleside demo.
• Lord Brendoken wanted to thank Matheus and Thorin who supported Brendoken at the Battle of the Five Armies at Harvest Days.
• He also asks for Cleftlanders to come and support the Brendoken Newcomer’s and Baronial Championship event, DragonQuest, on 10/24.
• There’s still a travel challenge with prizes for those who travel 1500 miles between NOWM and January event, and the one who travels the most. Please consider submitting a January event to make a final end to the travel challenge. The Barons Brendoken have offered that we could use event sites on their lands.
• At September Dessert Revel (9/29) the next Cleftlands Rapier Tournament will be held.

Her Highness

• Thanks the Barony for all the work going into Coronation.

Announcements

• Barony is still seeking a new Youth Marshal. Please contacts Gianna or the Barons, or apply online.
• The Barony are still seeking a January event bid, which needs in by 9/26. If the Barony is just worn out, we will skip the event in 2016.

Demos

• Mapleside Demo is 9/19-20. Please let Artair know if you can assist with this major demo. He’ll be posting information to Cleftlist, the website, and the Facebook page. Please come and help out. We have a new location, better parking, and lots of visitors coming. Please let Artair or Birna know which days you can participate.
• Newcomer’s Demos at the 9/23 meeting, between Mapleside and Coronation. He’s looking for people to demonstrate activities, teach small classes, or set up displays.

Events

• Coronation
  • Madelaine has Troll open at all meetings until the event. She is also looking for volunteers to help sit Troll at the event. Contact her at LyMadelaine@sbcglobal.net. It’s looking like 3/4 of the attendees will be registering at the door, she she is in dire need of assistance. Even a single hour of work would be very helpful.
  • Retainers are needed for the royalty, along with guards and food for the royalty room. We will be not only the entire MidRealm royal family, but also their Majesties of Trimaris in attendance.
  • Claricia could still use baked goods for breakfast, and help with cookies for lunch.
  • There are still some class slots available. Contact Elizabeth Alles if you’d like to fill them in.
  • If you’d like to help on feast, but are busy at the event, please consider coming to Angharad’s to make dumplings this Saturday at 9 am. 1643 Richmond Rd. in Lyndhurst.

Guilds

• No Equestrian guild this week, but they will meet on 9/20.
• Woodworkers is meeting tomorrow night at Meinhard’s at 7 pm. Please contact him at Meinhard.Hammerschmidt@gmail.com or via Facebook.
• Armorers Guild is occuring at Ealdred and Clariel’s at 7 pm. Call 440-243-1419 for info.
• Meeting after Mapleside Demo (9/23) will be a Newcomers Revel. Please let Colette know if you can demonstrate or bring a display for newcomers.

Baron & Baroness

• Harvest Days (Battle of the Five Armies) will be this weekend in Pleasantville, OH, about 4 hours away. It’s a three day camping event with a full range of activities. Please check the MidRealm site for details.
• At Pounce, Niessa (Casey) received her Award of Arms. Brice was inducted into the Red Company, and Portia received her Doe’s Grace for service to her majesty. Aldemoureis was one of the scribes for the event.
• September Dessert Revel (9/30) will also be the next Cleftlands Rapier Tourney, with the newly crowned King Nikolai defending his possession of the Cleftlands sword. Please bring yourself, your inspiration, and all your panoply.

HRH Nikolai

• Prince Nikolai invited all rapier fighters to contest his possession of the Cleftlands sword: he has no particular desire to release it.
• He presented his and his lady’s thanks to the Barony of stepping up to present his Coronation: they are overwhelmed by the pace of activities and are grateful for all the effort and that they need not be concerned with Coronation going well.

Announcements

• Barony is still seeking a new Youth Marshal. Please contacts Gianna or the Barons, or apply online.
• The Barony are still seeking a January event bid, which needs in by 9/26. If the Barony is just worn out, we will skip the event in 2016.

Demos

• Mapleside Demo is 9/19-20. Please let Artair know if you can assist with this major demo. He’ll be posting information to Cleftlist, the website, and the Facebook page.
• Newcomer’s Demos at the 9/23 meeting, between Mapleside and Coronation. He’s looking for people to demonstrate activities, teach small classes, or set up displays.
• Brendoken is looking for assistance this Saturday, 9-4 with a Demo in the Canton area. Gianna can provide info regarding this demo.

Events

• Coronation
  • Zsof, as Royalty Liaison, is looking for people to serve as guards and retainers, or to offer food and drink or gifts for the gift basket. Contact her on Facebook to let her know if you can contribute.
  • Madelaine has Troll open at all meetings until the event. She is also looking for volunteers to help sit Troll at the event. Contact her at LyMadelaine@sbcglobal.net
  • For Feast, many hands make light work. Please volunteer to Angharad. Currently, we’re looking for people to volunteer bread baking, or to assist in a morning of pies and pierogis on 9/12.Please contact her at BaronessAngharad@gmail.com.
  • Claricia is looking for donations of baked goods for the breakfast bar. She’s also looking for someone to assist with baking cookies for the lunch tavern.
  • Jolicia is looking for assistance in a variety of areas. Please contact her directly for more information – washington.julie@gmail.com.

Officers

• Chatelaine
  • We had a newcomer at meeting this week: Rachel.

Guilds

• Needleworkers will be meeting next Tuesday at Madelaine’s to work on a Baronial project, with follow-up at the next meeting. LyMadelaine@sbcglobal.net
  Dance Guild will be meeting inside next Wednesday.
• Woodworker’s will be meeting at Meinhard’s tomorrow. Please check Facebook for details.
• Equestrian Guild will be meeting this Sunday. layne.james@gmail.com
• Unofficial fencing practice will not be meeting this Sunday – it is still on hiatus.

Baron & Baroness

• Pounce is this weekend, only 2 hours away. It is a camping event with numerous activities including TOC and Tournament of Defense.
• The travel challenge continues: prizes for traveling to SCA events 1500 miles to events between NOWM and January event, and for the most miles in such travel.
• September Dessert Revel (9/30) will be the next Rapier Tourney.
• Lord Brendoken has kindly offered locations on his lands for the Cleftlands January 2016 event.
• He also pleaded with the Barons Cleftlands for support in defending his lands (and bacon) from the depredations of Duke Edmund of Lozengia in the Battle of the Five Armies at Harvest Days on 9/12. Our Barons could not battle Lozengia, as Constanza owes a personal debt to Lozengia for setting her on the martial path. Nonetheless, from their great love of Brendoken, they have charged their Standard Bearer, Matheus, to lead the Cleftlands combatants in supporting Brendoken at this great battle.

Announcements

• Barony is still seeking a new Youth Marshal. Please contacts Gianna or the Barons, or apply online.
• The Barony are still seeking a January event bid, which needs in by 9/26. If the Barony is just worn out, we will skip the event in 2016.

Demos

• The Mapleside demo is running 9/19 – 9/20: all are invited to display. This fair brings in 5-6 thousand people so it’s a good way to present our selves to new people.

Events

• Coronation
  • Zsof, as Royalty Liaison, is looking for people to serve as guards and retainers, or to offer food and drink or gifts for the gift basket. Contact her on Facebook to let her know if you can contribute.
  • Madelaine has Troll open at all meetings until the event. She is also looking for volunteers to help sit Troll at the event. Contact her at LyMadelaine@sbcglobal.net
  • For Feast, many hands make light work. Please volunteer to Angharad. Currently, we’re looking for people to volunteer bread baking, or to assist in a morning of pies and pierogis on 9/12.Please contact her at BaronessAngharad@gmail.com.

Guilds

• No woodworkers this week.
• Unofficial fencing practice still in hiatus this week. Restarts after Labor Day.
• Armorers is occurring tomorrow at Ealdred and Clariels as usual. Contact them at 440-243-1419.
• Eastside archery practice is occurring at the home of Gwen off Mayfield Rd on Tuesday evenings. Please check the Facebook page for the address.

Officers

• Pursuivant
  • Ginevera and Dimitri will be doing heraldic consults next Wed, and the first Wed of each month, at meeting. They will also be consulting at Coronation.

• Chatelaine
  • Ann’s first meeting was tonight. She’s attended Pennsic for six years but only recently realized there’s a local group.

Baron & Baroness

• Many thank yous for Standard Bearers, including:
  • Aesa and Kristzian for putting it togther
  • Portia for serving as gatekeeper for the first time, and Astrid and Laserrina for supporting her.
  • Snowden as Rapier Marshal
  • Kristzian as Armored Marshal, as well as Runa and Clariel as list mistresses
  • Farthen, Ulfr and (knight stand-in) Thorin for supporting the tourney format
  • Ealdred and Clariel for feast
  • Dru for lunch
  • Zsof for the breakfast bar
  • Dmitri for heralding
  • Elizabeth for the A&S organizaiton
  • Gianna for the website
  • Gianna, Meinhard, Julianne, and Llewellyn for setup and tear down
  • Julianne and Llewellyn and Beth for providing the site.
• Please support the Brendoken DragonQuest event on October 3. It is a Newcomer’s event as well as their Baronial Championships. They could use teachers for various newcomer’s classes, and marshals of all types to release their combatants for the Championships.
• Remember the Baron’s Travel Challenge: 1500+ miles between NOWM and January event (please submit a bid), or the person with the most mileage.
• September Revel (9/30) will be the next Rapier Tourney.

Baronial Court

• Ginevra Boscoli was presented with her membership in the Order of the Evergreen. Huzzah!!

Announcements

• The Barony is still seeking a Baronial Youth Marshal. If you are interested in serving, please apply online.
• The Barony is still seeking a bid for the 2016 January Event. A bid will be need to be submitted by Coronation.

Demos

• The Third Annual Mapleside Demo will be Sept 19 and 20. Set up will start Friday 18 at 6 pm. This is a ‘all hands, all activities” demo requiring A&S displays and presentations, fighting of all types, dancing, singing and all other activities. He has flyers available to share. The Mapleside Fair expects 5-6 thousand people to attend this weekend, so there’s a lot of publicity to be had.
• Jolicia would like to remind people that we may have first timers the next couple of meetings so please plan to bring activities and such to share.

Events

• Coronation is the following Saturday, 9/26.
• There will be a Coronation Staff meeting next Wed, 8/26 at 8 pm.
• Coronation Troll is now open. Madelaine will be taking pre-registration at every meeting until Coronation. She is also looking for volunteers as there will be two troll sites, one in each building, that need to be staffed all day.
• Paet is looking for loaned fabric to be used in decorating the Coronation hall. Please contact her at paetsart1946@att.net if you have fabric that she could use.
• Standard Bearer’s: Receipts for Standard Bearer’s need to be in to the Exchequer (Bob) by next meeting. After that, they will be considered donations.

Officers

• Chatelaine
  • We had two first time attendees tonight. Duncan is not new to the SCA, but is new to Cleftlands having just moved to the area. He kindly helped set up the field at the beginning of the night. Mackenzie attended Standard Bearer’s but this is his first meeting. He was out fencing already.
• Minister of Arts & Sciences
  • Please plan on sharing what you learned in Pennsic classes, or schedule classes of any kind. Contact him so he can schedule your at-meeting classes.
• Exchequer
  • If you’d like to pay your tithe for the year or half-year, please contact him and he’ll arrange a receipt.

Guilds

• Woodworkers is not meeting this week due to ongoing electrical work.
• Unofficial rapier practice is still in hiatus until after Labor Day.
• Equestrian Guild is meeting this Sunday 3-6 pm with a potluck to follow. For details, please check the Cleftlands Equestrian Guild Facebook page.
• Armorer’s will be held tomorrow at Clariel and Ealdred’s home. The garage is a bit crammed due to a recent acquisition of furniture so you may be asked to help excavate work space.
• Needleworkers will not meet this upcoming Tuesday. However, next Wednesday, please bring your handouts or class notes from Pennsic Fiber Arts and Sewing classes to share at a Needleworker’s Round Table. Next month, we’ll move back to the two meetings a month schedule.

Other / SCA Business

• Pietro is also asking that everyone bring their class handouts and notes from all types of classes to next week’s meeting to share and  discuss.
• Sorcha’s one-woman show opens this Saturday at Penitentiary Glen this Saturday. The receiption is 12-4. The show will be up through 10/10.

Baron & Baroness

• The new Baronial Champions are:
  • Rapier: Pietro Nicolo da San Tebaldo
  • A&S: Gwenllian Bengrych ferch Rhys
  • Archery: Tarmach ben Yehuda al-Khazari
  • Standard Bearer:Matheus Mac Eoin
• Kingdom Awards Granted at Pennsic:
  • 1st Billy Goat Mountain Division – Dragon’s Teeth (just ask them)
  • Ajax of Vito’s Minions – Award of the Dragon’s Tooth
  • Constanza de Mendoza – Award of the Dragon’s Tooth
  • Ginevra Boscoli – Order of the Evergreen
  • Moll Southerdon – Order of the Evergreen
  • Madelaine Bouvier – Order of the Dragon’s Heart
  • Elizabeth Alles – Order of the Pelican
  • Wigthegn Wynfang – Order of Chivalry
• Highlights of War for the Cleftlands:
  • Of 7 Midrealm participants in the A&S war point, 3 were from Cleftlands, Eikbrandr, Oliver. and Sorcha, who took the highest individual score.
  • Of 15 Midrealm Archery Champions, 8 were of the Cleftlands including Garvin and his son, Greybarr, Lanin, Zuriel, Tarmach, Muldonney and Gwyneth.
  • Of the Belted Champions, 6 Cleftlands knights were on the team (Eikbrandr, Nikolai, Kjartan, Alaric, Silverthorne, and Artair) while Crispin stood as an alternate.
  • Of the Unbelted Champions, Wynfang stood the field before his knighting.
  • Participating in the Century Battle were Crispin, Thorin, Eikbrandr and Silverthorne.
• Thanks!
  • … to the many people who helped put up and take down the Baronial pavilion, and to Oliver, who transported it to and from Pennsic along with his A&S display.
  • … to Jolicia and Bob who answered the call to help set up Midrealm Royal.
  • … to the Battlefield Hospitality team of Becky, Leta, and Birna.
• The Barons are still hosting the Travel Challenge: most miles traveled between NOWM and the January event, as well as a prize to everyone over 1500 miles.
• We do need a January event bid to complete the challenge, or it’s going to have to be rewritten.
• The September Dessert Revel will also host the next Cleftlands Rapier Tourney.

Announcements

• This was the last pre-Pennsic meeting. The next Cleftlands activity is the Standard Bearer’s on Sat, Aug 15. The next meeting will be Wed, Aug 19.
• The barony is still looking for a new Youth Combat Marshall.
• Please let the Seneschal know of any January Event bids you might be planning to present. They will be reviewed after Pennsic.

Demos

• The next demo planned is the Mapleside Orchards demo, September 19-20.

Events

• The next Cleftlands event is the StandardBearer’s event, to be held the first Saturday after Pennsic. Site fee includes lunch: $5 Feast: $5. Please bring a chair and one to share. Site address is 12482 Route 6 (GAR Highway), Chardon, OH 44024. [Website]
• The following Cleftlands event will be the Coronation of Nikolai and Serena on 9/26.
• Edward and Milesent are hosting a silk banner-making day this Sunday. 1-3 pm to make banners for the event. Please contact Milesent at grace@case.edu for detail.
• For the staff, there will be a site walkthru on 8/14 at 6 pm.
• The troll is accepting pre-regs beginning 8/10, running through 9/12.

Guilds

• Woodworker’s Guild will be held at Meinhard and Gianna’s home at 7 pm tomorrow. Please check with him for directions or information at meinhard.hammerschmidt@gmail.com
• Armorer’s Guild will be held tomorrow at 7 pm until you are thrown out or the sun rises. Please check with Clairiel at 440-243-1419 for directions or details.
• The Equestrian Guild will probably be meeting this Sunday at 3 pm, but no on was at meeting to confirm this. Please check with layne.james@gmail.com for details.
• Unofficial fencing practice will be held on Sunday as usual. Contact Cynwrig (jimpretz@sbcglobal.net) or Edward FitzRanulf (efrda1@gmail.com) for details and directions. The practice goes into hiatus until the first Sunday after Labor Day.
• There will be archery practice this upcoming Tuesday starting at 6 pm, at 411 Douglas Blvd, Richmond Heights, OH 44143-1747 .

Baron & Baroness

• Three newest MK Equestrian marshals are James, Colette, and Gwen.
• Of the seven MK A&S War Point participants, three are from Cleftlands: Oliver, Sorcha and Eikbrandr.
• The Barons are hosting the Travel Challenge for mileage to and from events between NOWM and January event, including all trips to Pennsic and any flying miles. There will be prizes for those traveling over 1,500 miles and for the person traveling the ‘mostest.’
• The Pennsic game this year is again “Steal the Nebble” but this year, every camp will have their own nebble, and the victor is the camp with the most at Pennsic’s end. Please contact Constanza about getting your own nebble: they will be distributed at Pennsic. You can decorate yours with your own camp’s arms if you choose. Baronial Musters (at Three Bears Encampment in N17)
• Baronial Musters – Unit pictures will be taken after each of these battles, or before the Archery March.
  • 8/7 – Armored Combatants at 9 am before the Field Battle.
  • 8/3 – Rapier Combatants at noon Monday before the Manor Battle.
  • 8/8 – Archers at 2:30 pm on Wednesday before the Populace War Point. Pennsic sources differ on whether there is actually a 3 pm Populace war shoot on Wednesday, so please watch Cleftlist and Facebook for changes.
  • Opening Ceremonies is Sunday at 9 am. Champions should and others may join the Barons at Midrealm to process to the Ceremonies. Muster at 8 am outside Midrealm Royal.
• Please help set up the Baronial Tent noon of Tue, Peace Week. With enough people, it will go up easily. The Baronial Tent will be taken down one hour after the rapier Field Battle (last war point) on Friday of War week.

His Royal Highness

• Prince Nikolai thanked the Barony for their support and service.