On April 1, 2017 at our Barony’s Terpsichore at the Tower event, I had the privilege of becoming Mistress Genoveva‘s apprentice and protegé. Below is a photo story of the event. In the SCA, a yellow belt is a sign of the relationship of a protegé who is a student to Pelican for their mentorship. Genoveva, my Pelican,…
Category: Cynnabar
A German Feast for 12th Night
I offered to create the 12th Night menu, and coordinate feast, nearly a year prior to the event date. I had been dreaming of doing a period German Feast since I had started the SCA more than 15 years ago — and the desire was tickled even more so after completing some research started for…
Wassail 2016
I had the honor of being the event steward for our Wassail celebration in the Barony this past winter. This is the longest running revel our group has held. Our Baronial Wassail used to be a great gathering place for those who have distanced themselves from the group in one way or another and this…
Canton Library Demo – An Exercise in Comparisons
Compare and contrast has always been one of my favorite ways of both learning and teaching. This past year we had the honor of holding a demonstration at the Canton Library. We were told that the audience would primarily be young children and families. I wanted to create a display directed towards children where they…
Celtic Festival Demo – Oatcakes!
Our Celtic Festival demonstration for our Barony is honestly one of my favorite events and something I look forward to every year. (I wish only that it weren’t too close to Pennsic prep-time, but what can you do!?) This year’s demo was just as anticipated for me and I took the opportunity to “up” my…
A Birthday Celebration – Luncheon Feast
One Saturday in May several of us gathered for a fun event called “The Half Century Holiday”. This event was sponsored by our Barony and was held as a birthday celebration in honor of Her Grace, Anne Marie. There was fighting, classes, A&S and everything typical of an SCA Event. I had the honor of being…
The Salon…an emergency exercise in finger foods
About two days prior to the Baronial event “St. Cecilia at the Tower, ” I had been chatting with His Excellency when he informed me that, in addition to the other duties he’d have to perform that weekend as our Baronial figurehead, he was planning to have to cook something for a Baronial event that weekend. Having…
Cookie Contest Winner
After years of tasting, it finally happened! I won our Barony’s annual Cynnabar Cookie Contest this past year at Wassail. Back to the first Baronial lineage in the Barony of Cynnabar, was started a “Cynnabar Cookie Contest” held at our annual Wassail event (generally in December). WASSAIL! Originally, I believe it was started because we stopped holding the “Bean Cake” tradition…