Lady Brenna MacDonald has uploaded an album of photos from the recent Autumn Melees in Ansteorra's Bordermarch (BAM).

Caelin on Andrede reports that he has created an album of photos taken by Lady Pyro at the recent Fall 2008 Coronation in the Kingdom of Ansteorra on his Flickr website.

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Come join the groups in the Central Region in Celebrating Carnivale! January 3, 2009

Delight yourselves in the visions of Italy during this magnificent season. Enjoy the sounds of our wandering performers or compete to be the Kingdom Bard in the Eisteddfod!

Test your luck at our period gaming tables!

Autocrats:
Sior Tomas Niallagain
Sir Hrafn Olaffson Location:
Barony of Elfsea (Arlington, Texas)

Rizardo has posted an album of photos from the Crimson Sands event which took place recently in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.

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Please join the Barony of Stargate as we celebrate our 35th Anniversary with our annual Yule Celebration. The Barony will also be choosing their A&S and Bardic Champions.

The Norse have opened their longhouse and invited Ansteorra to celebrate the day with feasting, friends, and mirth. This year's Yule theme is based on the Myth of Mistletoe.

Site Info & Fees
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Location:
Barony of Stargate (Houston, Texas)

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Come one, come all to the Barony of the Steppes on November 8th to celebrate the Coronation of Gunthar II and Elizabeth

10 am - Gate opens
12 pm - Step down court
1 pm - Coronation (or half an hour after the end of step down court)
2 pm - Peers meeting (or half an hour after coronation)
2:30 - GOOFS MTG
4 pm - Gate clases, setup for feast begins
5 pm - Feast
8 pm - Clean up / tear down Location:
Barony of the Steppes (Fort Worth, Texas)

Don Shamino, known in the modern world as Richard Garriott, became the first SCA member to travel into space October 12, 2008 when he blasted off in a Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft. The 47-year-old multimillionaire from Austin, Texas paid US$30 million to spend time on the International Space Station.

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The Barony of Northkeep invites you to attend a day of fun, companionship, camaraderie, and learning.

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December 13, 2008
Sts. Peter & Paul School
1428 North 67th East Avenue
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Site Opens at 9:00 AM, closes at 10:00 PM

Please contact the autocrats if you would like to teach aclass, or have a class you would like to see taught! Location:
Barony of Northkeep (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

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The Shire of Seawinds sends fair greetings to our friends, far and near. May your harvest be bountiful and your hearts be light, for soon the long nights will come. Dark foes, our ancient enemies, are rising against us, intent to do us harm. it is because of this that we are asking you brave warriors of Ansteorra to stand forth and answer the call to arms! We beseech you to join us in defending our beloved Shire. But we warn you, if you be faint of heart or not of sound mind, you may not survive the horrors that await you. Location:
Shire of Seawinds

SCAdians from the Province of Mooneschadowe in Stillwater, Oklahoma recently took the day off to teach spectators about medieval combat during a demo on Library Lawn. Michael Bevers of The Daily O'Collegian shot photos for the online article.

Lady Brenna MacDonald has posted an album of photos from the Gate's Edge Harvest End event in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.

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The Central Region of Ansteorra is calling the Rapier Community to come for an exciting day of classes from Marshalling, running a list, fighting techniques, side sword, and many others.

Even if you are not a rapier fighter, The Center has beautiful grounds to explore and plenty of activities for children as well. Your site fee includes full admission to the Center and its grounds.

The Barony of Elfsea will be hosting a tavern for lunch to raise funds for Location:
Shire of Rosenfeld (Athens, Texas)

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The Canton of Skorragarðr Hosts Axeman V November 14 - 16, 2008 at the Will Rogers Scout Reservation, Cleveland, Oklahoma

The day will offer fun and merriment to all peoples of Ansteorra and many questions will be answered on this day. Who will be The Axeman of Skorragarðr? Who will be our next Rapier Champion? There will be a grand archery competition to determine the next Archer of Skorragarðr, as well as, as thrown weapons championship. In the grand feast hall, there will be an Arts and Science competition and after the sun kisses the horizon we will gather round the fire to determine our Titled Skald. Location:
Canton of Skorragarðr (Cleveland, Oklahoma)

Their Excellencies Dire and Druinne, Baron and Baroness, Elfsea, and Morgarten, Elfsea Seneschal, have announced the cancellation of Elfsea Defender which would have taken place September 26-28, 2008.

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The Shire of Trelac will be having it's annual Trelac Defender/Harvest Festival. The location will be in San Angelo TX at the Pecan Creek Pavilion on Oct 11 2008.

Site Information
Site opens at 9:00am and closes at 9:00pm
Site fee is $10
Feast fee is $5
Family Cap is $30
Make checks payable to SCA Inc., Shire of Trelac

Scheduled Events
Chivalric Tournament
Rapier Tournament Location:
Shire of Trelac (San Angelo, Texas)

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Their Excellencies D'ire de Haya and Druinne de Salesberie and The Barony of Elfsea invite you to Elfsea Defender.

Canton First Monday Trade Days
290 E Tyler St
Canton, TX

The Barony will have an event full of fighting, food and merriment. Along with the Defender Championships we will be having a Dinner at the lyst field, followed by a Torchlight Tourney and finally a Hafla to round out Saturday evenings entertainment. There will be Children's activities and Children's Archery. There will be a Princess Tea in the afternoon, as well. Bardic will be held Friday evening as well as a juried Bardic performance by three of the Kingdom's most talented Bards during dinner on Saturday. There will also be a prize basket given away Saturday evening that will make staying for the evening activities worth it. You must be present to win. Please check out the event website for specific details: http://sca.elfsea.defender.angelfire.com/ Location:
Barony of Elfsea (Canton, Texas)

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This is the tale of the Tournament of the Oasis of the Crimson Sands, not far from the Holy City of Jerusalem, between two great kings, Saladin, beloved of his people, and King Richard the Lion-Hearted, both great warriors of their respective lands.

Shimmering silks of azure blue, emerald, ruby and gold, along with sandalwood incense, wafted on the gentle breeze amongst the shaded pavilions of strange and unfamiliar shapes. Location:
Barony of Bryn Gwlad (Austin, Texas)

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The Shire of Emerald Keep invites you to attend Hunter's Moon, October 17-19, 2008

Site opens at 12 p.m. on Friday and closes at noon on Sunday

Site Fee $15 per person over 11, 5 - 10 $10 and under 5 free. Family max of $35. There is $3.00 surcharge for non-members. Please make checks payable to SCA, Inc, Shire of Emerald Keep

Contacts
Event Steward
Lady Olivia VanMeteren Location:
Shire of Emerald Keep (Waco, Texas)

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I would like to invite and welcome the populace to Wiesenfeuer Yule that will be held on Saturday, December 6th from 10 am to 10 pm at Camp Dakani in Oklahoma City.

The name of the event is 'Winter Weasel Wonderland', so...guess what it is all themed on...no, not wonderland...WEASELS!!!

Competitions include: the Baronial Bardic Competition, the Baronial Arts and Sciences Competition, Table Decorating Competition, Subtlety Competition, Best Weasel in any Medium, and the Best use of a Weasel in a Costume. Location:
Barony of Wiesenfeuer (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

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We invite one and all to travel to the lands of the Barony of the Eldern Hills for our twenty-eighth annual Samhain Celebration. Bring your best skills for our Thrown Weapons, Bardic, and Arts & Sciences Competitions, which will determine our newest titled champions. Our array of activities will delight both you and your children, including our first ever Youth Chivalric Class and Tournament. And don?t forget to bring treats for our traditional Mischief and Morsels activity on Saturday evening! Location:
Barony of the Eldern Hills (Granite, Oklahoma)

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Their Excellencies, Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair and Muriel ingen Gille Crist do bid all warm greetings and are pleased to invite all the populace of the known world to Namron's Protectorate!

This year, as every year, courageous warriors from around the kingdom and the known world will compete to be named Protector of Namron. Three champions will be selected by way of honorable combat. One protector each will be selected in the arts of Armored Combat, Rapier Combat and Equestrian Combat. Location:
Barony of Namron (Cleveland, Oklahoma)

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It is a time of strength and peace in the Barony of Raven's Fort. Though chorded remnants of once happy dwellings dot her out lying lands, there has been no sighting of the Viking raiders for almost a year and harvest is well under way. No doubt, this time of healing is the fruit of the Kingdom's great victory over the barbarians, stopping last year's assaults.

The scribes thus recorded, The northmen sail'd in their nailed ships, a dreary remnant, on the roaring sea; over deep water. Dublin they sought, and Ireland's shores, in great disgrace. They left behind them raw to devour, the sallow kite, the swarthy raven with horny nib, and the hoarse vulture, with the to consume his prey; the greedy gos-hawk, and that gray beast the wolf. No slaughter yet was greater made e'er in this island?? Even the dour mission bells toll somehow lighter in a new hope for tomorrow. Location:
Barony of Raven's Fort (Huntsville, Texas)

Caelin on Andrede reports that he has posted his photos from Pennsic XXXVII on his Flickr website.

Dietrich von Greyssen has posted an album of photos from the recent Steppes Artisan event in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.

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There will be many opportunities for grand entertainment, revelry making and of course – tests of skill and valor! Lots of activities for everyone with a schedule that will allow you to participate in as many as you’d like.

Shire Championships
Jägermeister - Our heavy list will consist of a double- elimination single sword tourney.

Händwerksmeister - A&S Competition, no theme required, documentation appreciated. This will be a judged competition. Location:
Shire of Ffynnon Gath (Seguin, Texas)

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The Central Region is pleased to present the Central Regional Rapier Academy October 26th in Athens, TX.

The site has indoor and outdoor venues in which to teach. If you wish to teach a class in our Historic Swordplay track, please contact Lord Corvin at kevwilson@swbell.net. Location:
Dragonsfire Tor (Athens, Texas)

Richard Garriott, known in the Kingdom of Ansteorra as Don Shamino, will become the next space tourist when he blasts off in the fall of 2008 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft for a 10-day stay on the International Space Station.

Marie Giroux reports that her lord husband, James the Fletcher, has posted photos and video from the recent Ansteorra Queens Champion event.

Lady Brenna MacDonald reports that she has created an album of photos from the recent Queen's Champion event in the Kingdom of Ansteorra.

Collwyn reports that he has published an album of photos from the King's Champion Tourney at the Kingdom of Ansteorra's Summer 2008 Coronation.