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Newcomers & Baronial Polling Redux

When & Where

Johnstown YMCA

Saturday, February 22, 2025

165 Settler Way, Johnstown, CO 80534

 

Event to be held in the large gym and outside in a small courtyard with grass.

Tables and chairs will be provided. Feel free to bring decorations for your table.

Site is Dry (no alcohol permitted).

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Call for the next Baron and Baroness of Unser Hafen

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The Crown of the Kingdom of the Outlands requires that those interested in being the next Baronial Coronet for the Barony of Unser Hafen email the Crown your letter of intent to be considered for the position by January 18, 2025. Please provide us an introduction as well as what goals and activities you would like to do as Baron/Baroness. Send your letter of intent to crown@outlands.org.


Details

Join Unser Hafen for Newcomers & Baronial Polling Redux (reschedule) – a grand event welcoming all to the Society for Creative Anachronism. 

  • Discover secrets of history, combat, arts, crafts, and culture from our seasoned members at the class tables. 

  • Bring your spare change (in coins, bills or credit cards) to haggle with Dagny at her table of wares in support of Unser Hafen's marshallate activities (like winter fighter practices).

  • Learn and enjoy the dances of yore, and indulge in a "good food for all" style feast. 

  • Delight in enchanting tales and melodies during the bardic competition and witness sword and shield clash in honorable combat in the tournaments. 

  • Participate in the noble duty of selecting the next Baron and Baroness of Unser Hafen through polling. 

  • Compete in Her Excellency's subtlety competition, see details below.

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All are welcome, from newcomers eager to learn to seasoned members seeking fellowship and fun. Bring friends, kin, and good cheer for a day of history, learning, and revelry. Huzzah!

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Event Fees

Adult (non-members): $30

Adult w/member discount: $20

Youth (15 & under) are Free

Feast (for all ages): $10

Payment via cash, check and credit cards will be accepted.

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Schedule
 

Sat Feb 22: Event day

8 am Final setup & decoration

9 am Event Opens
10 am Morning Court
10:30 am - 2:30 pm A&S Classes
11 am Rapier Tournament

Noonish Heavy Tournament

11-1 pm Open snack table (bring snacks to share)

3 pm Feast, Bardic Tournament & Subtetly Competition
5 pm Evening Court

6 pm Dancing (time permitting)
7 pm Event Closes & Tear down

9 pm Event site closes

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​Tournaments/competitions:

 

 

Newcomers Rapier Tournament and Heavy Tournament

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Have you been fighting for a year or less within the SCA and have a passion for rapier or heavy fighting? Participate in the Newcomers Rapier or Heavy Tournament, or both! Both the rapier and heavy tournament will have loaner gear available for those without the required equipment. Participants need an SCA membership and a fighting authorization to participate!

 

Bard Tournament

Join us for The Pencerdd Bard Tournament, a celebration of bardic talent where participants can perform songs, poems, stories, instrumental pieces, or other bardic arts. Embrace pre-seventeenth-century themes and showcase your skills for a chance to be named Unser Hafen's Pencerdd Bard. Whether you compete or simply wish to perform, this is your moment to shine and share your craft. 

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Subtlety Competition


Indulge your creative side at our feast with The Subtlety Competition, where culinary creativity takes center stage. Participants are invited to bring any style of fare, with a nod to pre-seventeenth-century themes encouraged.


Please provide an ingredients card with your entry and join us for a delightful evening of tasting and competition. Bring your best and let your designs shine!


Unsure what subtlety is? Review this website and send any further questions to the event steward:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entremet?fbclid=IwY2xjawE5sCdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZ1eguJJiz_N2Qr-isT88y8ANkBy_p0pawtmc-WcbGAm5_DyjTTcieV4Ag_aem_Yi92LlchnD99_ekT9uMD3A#:~:text=By%20the%20end%20of%20the,Sing%20a%20Song%20of%20Sixpence%22

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Event Steward

THL Eithne ingen Fhaelain Duib (Claire Turney)

eithne.fhaelain@unserhafen.org

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