The Canton made its usual show in the Geeveston Christmas Pageant on December 11. Luckily the rain held off for the parade, although the carols in the park were not so fortunate. Photos by the Geeveston Gazette (used with permission). Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.
While the Canton Day on the 5th was washed out by the weather, the Canton will still be active in the lead-up to Christmas. Upcoming dates: December 11th: the annual Canton entry in the Geeveston Christmas Parade, starting at 6pm December 12-13th: End of an Era – Royal event, being held by the Barony at Kraken Hall in Hobart, all day December 18th: last A&S project night for the year, 7pm at GeCo December 19th: garbed archery/imot/potluck BBQ and Christmas celebration, Surges Bay oval, 12-3pm December 29th: garbed potluck picnic and practice tourney, Huonville Foreshore BBQ area, 5pm The Canton …
Click on the thumbnails to embiggen. The Day Arts and Sciences competition entries L-R: Helewyse de Bonnay, Jennifer le Dragoner de Lille, William de Bonnay L-R: Erlendr Tryggvason, Morwenna de Bonnay, Aidan Brock Lady Elena Anthony’s gilded sugar paste, marzipan and pashmak (fairy floss) entry came to an unfortunate end in an untimely gust of wind, however the populace were still most appreciative of her efforts (particularly the bits they got to eat before this photo was taken). The Feast Dessert course and the cutting …
On 21st November 2015 the Canton and Barony gathered at Kraken Hall, the home of the Barony of Ynys Fawr, to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the creation of the Canton of Lightwood. It was a light-hearted event featuring a full day of heavy and rapier tourneys and an archery competition, an A&S competition, and an evening of feasting and entertainment. Stewards were Helewyse and Robert de Bonnay (Christine and Bill Arnold), and Head Cook was Ursula Mariae Einhorn (Angela Garth). The winners of the various competitions were as follows: Party hat killer skirmish Winner Jack of Lightwood (Jack Hyde) …
Congratulations to Lightwood’s new Seneschal, Lady Helewyse de Bonnay (Christine Arnold), for her winning entry in the Arts and Sciences competition run in conjunction with the Feast of the St Edmunds Pippin, 21st November 2015. Congratulations are also due to Lady Jennifer le Dragonier de Lille (Jenni Hotson) of the Barony of Ynys Fawr, who was awarded the token for best documentation. There were seven entries in the competition, of a very high standard and across a great range of media, from sugar paste to stone-working (in fact, with three edible entries, we proved that even in Arts and Sciences …
There is an A&S competition being run in conjunction with Lightwood’s birthday event on November 21st, the Feast of the St Edmund’s Pippin. Entries can be in any medium, on the theme of Lightwood’s device: Quarterly gules and argent, an apple tree Or fructed gules within a laurel wreath counterchanged. They can be either something depicting the device (item of heraldic display, artistic representation, etc), or something based on an element (apple tree, apples, quarterly red and white, etc). An attempt at documentation would be appreciated by the judges but is not required for entry. Please contact the Canton’s A&S …
Curious about medieval re-enactment and want to know more about it? Canton Day is our regular garbed meeting (envisaged as an opportunity to “do SCA” rather than talk about it). We dress in garb, meet to do activities like pot luck meals or archery, and generally have fun. The format changes according to the season and level of activity of the members. It is held once a month or so, usually including archery practice. Please check the calendar for up to date details, or contact the Seneschal, Baron Karl.
The Barony of Ynys Fawr was invited to give a demonstration of the A&S side of SCA life by the Judbury Crafters’ Group. Organised by the Canton’s A&S officer Adelindis filia Gotefridi on behalf of the Barony, the Judbury group’s August meeting welcomed a display and presentation given by Adelindis, Anna Felice Tavestoche and Morwenna de Bonnay. We were too busy talking all things SCA to take any photographs of the wonderful display of A&S contributed by various members of the Barony for the occasion, but a gallery can be found on the Judbury Crafters’ Group blog. We all had …
In July, the Canton ran two workshops on inkle weaving. William de Bonnay made 12 looms, which were available as part of the workshop price. We had a great deal of interest for the workshops, and across the two days we learned to warp them correctly (a very time-consuming process), and then began learning the basics of pattern-weaving. While there were a number of people absent from the second workshop due to illness and injury, our ever-patient instructor Nick managed to instil the beginnings of understanding into the heads of those of us who were present, and has offered to …
Garb links for anyone interested in making Byzantine garb for the feast on 22nd August. With a wealth of very dense information and descriptions of dress from 11th-15th century, Chapter Two “Official and Aristocratic Clothing” in Reconstructing the Reality of Images: Byzantine Material Culture and Religious Iconography 11th-15th Centuries by Maria Parani is really valuable. Unfortunately the Google preview does not give access to the images referenced, but there is enough information given to make it easier to figure out what you’re looking for when looking at artworks on other sites. Timothy Dawson’s Levantia website (go to Clothing, then to …
