Bezant Under Glass - Barony of Roaring Wastes

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Volume 13, Issue 1
Spring 2013
Bezant Under Glass
Greetings unto the Populace of our Grand
Barony of Roaring Wastes.
I, Bella Roisin OCoilleain, send greetings of
good Cheer and Health to you all. As Minister
of Arts and Sciences of Roaring Wastes, I am
sending this missive.
The Barony has had a long and strong Arts
and Sciences tradition. We have, through the
years, promoted the Arts and Sciences by
incorporating Project Nights into our Baronial
Calendar. In fact, there are seven nights each
month that have Project Nights.
Those who open their homes on these evenings
do so out of the kindness of their hearts on a
Volunteer basis. They give their personal time,
so people will have a place and opportunity
to work on their Projects, or seek help on
those Projects. We have been given a great
opportunity to utilize these nights as a way
to finish projects, work on them, and seek
help from various levels of expertise in many
different areas of Arts and Crafts.
I also would like to know what kinds of things
people would like to Learn for these evenings.
We have many teachers and experts in our own
Barony, who are waiting to teach their various
skills and expertise to new people. Do not forget
that if you do not ask, we cannot help with
Teaching new Crafts. So, if there is something
that you would like to Learn, please do not
hesitate to ask. Request a class, of any of our
Project Night Host and Hostesses, and we will
do our best to find someone who will teach it.
I will be distributing a survey for these Nights
to find out what people would like to have for
Classes.
Our beloved Baron and Baroness, Vlachus
and Una, have their gaming night on the 2nd
Wednesday of the month.
Sargent A’kos and I have the 3rd Wednesday of
the month for Project Nights.
Lady Beline and Lord Urbain have the 4th
Wednesday of the month.
Lady Isabella and Forester Eamon have a
Project and Music Night on the last Monday of
the month.
And, last but not least, there is armouring on
the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at
Their Graces Brannos and Rebekah’s.
We take pride in the fact that there is so much
to do in our Grand Barony on any given week.
The Society of Creative Anachronism is an
ACTIVE organization of Living History.
Our Barony has a long standing tradition of
generosity in this regard: sharing, teaching and
organizing various classes for learning new skill
sets has had its precedence set early on in our
History. I therefore challenge you, Wonderful
Populace, to return to our Roots of Arts and
Sciences evenings: bring your own projects to
work on.
And, one more thing: Kindness and
consideration goes a long ways. And, while it
seems to be a simple thing, remember to say
Thank You to your Host and Hostess when you
leave. Again, they do this on a Volunteer basis.
In this Issue
Greatings & Project Night Info.......... Page 1
Newcomers View................................... Page 2
Baronial Financial Report.................. Page 2
Baronial Officers .................................. Page 4
Baronial Calendar ................................ Page 5
Information ........................................... Page 8
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Baronial Financial Report
Newcomer’
s View
By Coleite du Vexin
continued on page 3
You finally make it to your first event, whether it’s a simple practice, a demo, a smaller local event
or a larger kingdom level event. Now what should you do? If you’re like most people you step back and watch
everyone else to get a feel for the way it is ran and what seems to be the flow of the event. In the course of the
day, you will make some acquaintances, some new friends and that group of people that won’t acknowledge
you. You have a decent time and decide to go to a few more events where you have a bit more fun as you now
know a few more people.
The next step in your mind is to start looking into everything you can about this interesting world.
But where to start? You know you want to come up with a name, a time frame and eventually some garb of
your own. Yet, for all the research you have done you’re still lost. So you try to ask help of these new found
friends while trying not to be a pain about it all. After much frustration you settle on time frame, a region
and at last a name. At this point, you have been attending whatever you could for the past several months
and now you wonder what else is there to do in the society?
That is a good question. While there are all kind of arts & sciences activities, you do not know what
all the options are or where to start. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an easier way to find out some of this
information? If there were those helpful souls to give you a guiding hand? Maybe from some of the people
that have been active for a long time? That would indeed be a nice thing since at this point, you still don’t
know who everyone is and what questions to ask to find out the information that you are after. All you know
is that you wish to try more of the activities that are offered.
It might be nice; it might be helpful if that group of long time members take a minute to remember
what it was like to be new to the society. To not know who everyone is, especially the members of Royalty. If
the older members took the time to help and guide the newcomers, instead of sitting back and waiting for the
newcomers to prove their worth, then the group and the society would have a better chance at being able to
keep growing.
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Project and Gaming Nights
Do you have a project you would like help
with? Do you want to help someone with a
project? Do you just want to get out of the
house for an evening? Well their are 4 Project
Nights a month! So come out and join the fun!
· On the 2nd Wednesday of each month a
Gaming and Desert Revel will be held at the
home of Their Excellencies Vlachus and Una.
· On the 3rd Wednesday of each month
Project Night is at the home of Braile
and Bella!
· On the 4th Wednesday of eace month
Project Night will be at the home of Urbain
and Beline.
· On the last Monday of each month
Eamon and Isabella open up their home for
Project Night.
Check the Roaring Wastes web site for
locations and information.
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Baronial Officers
Baron & Baroness
Baron Vlachus Nadasdy
Email: baron@roaringwastes.org
Baroness Una Uliebaine
Email: baroness@roaringwastes.org
Seneschal
Urbain Lebasque
Email: jharr27864@juno.com
Email: Seneschal@RoaringWastes.org
Phone: 313-445-7877
Exchequer
Isabel Taylor
Email: exchequer@roaringwastes.org
Email: isataylor@comcast.net
Phone: 586-598-2429
Knight’s Marshall
Christian Luuk Von Brabant
Email: andy@zipprinting.com
Phone: 248-388-4019
Minister of Arts and Sciences
Bella Roisin O Coilleain
Email: moas@roaringwastes.org
Email: sherryshezjodway@yahoo.com
Chronicler
Isabella Pallini
Email: isabellapallini@aol.com
or chronicler@roaringwastes.org
Phone: 248-376-3988
Web Minister
Coleite du Vexin
Email: webminister@roaringwastes.org
Phone: 248-830-3906
Herald
Aethyn
Email: herald@roaringwastes.org
Email: aric.pasciak@gmail.com
Phone: 248-828-5891
Chatelaine
Beline Nervenartz
Email: cdahle@yahoo.com
or chatelaine@roaringwastes.org
Phone: 313-655-0477
(please no calls after 10:00 pm)
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Attention Archers
Baronial Calendar
·Due to new member rules at the club. We are
being asked to lock the gate behind us. If you
are planning on going, please email Forester
Eamon(lordeamon@aol.com) so he can give
you his cell phone numbers in case you arrive
and the gates are chained shut. He will come
and open the gates for you. Also, due to other
Club rules, it is necessary to ask people to pay
$10.00 to shoot.
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Canton of
Brackendelve
e-ings
The Canton of
Brackendelve holds its
meetings the first Thursday
m the Chroniclerof every month (minus
Seneschal
Musings
August).
News of the Canton of Brackendelve
Our meetings take place at the UWUA Local
223 Union Hall, 15160 Commerce Drive
North, Dearborn. Meetings start at 7:30pm,
and all are welcome to come.
From I-75 take Schaefer North to Rotunda.
Turn Right on Rotunda. Follow Rotunda to
Commerce Drive North, turn right. Address is
15160 North Commerce Drive. The Union
hall is the 5th or 6th building on the right.
From I-94 take the Schaefer/Greenfield exit.
Follow Schaefer to Greenfield, turn Right
onto Greenfield. Continue to Commerce
Drive South, turn right. Commerce Drive
South will turn into Commerce Drive North
after you pass Rotunda. Address is 15160
Commerce Drive North.
Sundays
Archery Practice
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Lincoln Bowmen
Check the Baronial web site for dates
Fight Practice
Summer Sunday Fight Practice
April/May-October
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Norman J Halmich Park
3001 13 Mile Rd. Warren, MI 48092
Tuesday
Fight Practice
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
St.. Charles Church
(November thru April)
The Keep
(May thru October)
Wednesday
First Wednesday
Baronial Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cana Lutheran Church
Thursday
First Thursday
Brackendelve Canton Meeting
7:30
UWUA Local 223 Union Hall,
15160 Commerce Drive North, Dearborn
Volume 13, Issue 1
Middle Kingdom Events for April 2013
Sunday
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April 2013
April 6 North Oaken Arts & Sciences {Barony of Brendoken} [Canton, OH]
April 6 Rites of Spring {Barony of Illiton } [Bartonville, IL]
April 6 Terpsichore at the Tower XIX {Barony of Cynnabar} [Saline, MI]
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8 12-13 Quest9for the Golden Seamstress
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11of Brackendelve}
12[Dearborn, MI] 13
April
{Canton
April 12-14 Spring Training {Shire of Rivenvale} [Warren, OH]
April 13 [MOVED FROM 2-23-13] Ayreton Carnivale {Barony of Ayreton} [Des Plaines, IL]
April 13 South Oaken Regional Arts and Sciences Competition {Barony of the Flame } [Louisville, KY]
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16 Chamfron {Barony
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19 River, IL] 20
April 19-21 Crystal
of the Shattered
Crystal} [Wood,
April 20 A Day at the Castle and Pentamere Regional A&S Faire {Incipient Canton of Northgate} [Canadian Lakes, MI]
April 20 Brendokenfest {Barony of Brendoken} [Dalton, OH]
April 20 Clancy Day of Tournaments {Shire of Starleaf Gate} [Amherstburg, ONT]
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24 {Shire of Mynydd
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April 20 Constellation
Scribal Retreat
Seren} [Bloomington,
IN] 27
April 20 [MOVED FROM 5-11-2013] This Land is Our Land {Shire of Shadowed Stars} [Fort Wayne, IN]
April 20 Winged Hills Collegium {Canton of Winged Hills} [Kettering, OH]
April 25-28 Blackstone Raid XXII {Barony of Blackstone Mountain (Kingdom of Aethelmearc)} [Ripley, WV]
April
27 [MOVED
6, 2013] It Takes My Child to Raze a Village V {Canton of Weldlake} [Howell, MI]
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29 FROM April30
April 27 The Awakeing 26 [Bloomington, IL]
April 27 Three Saints {Barony of Rivenstar} [Lafayette, IN]
Middle Kingdom Events for May 2013
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Tuesday WednesdayThursday
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May 2013
May 4 Coronation of Lucien and Catarina {Barony of Ayreton} [Chicago, IL]
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May 10-11
Mayhem III8 {Shire of Aurea9Ripae} [Philpot, KY]
May 10-12 Constellation Academy of Defense {Shire of Mynydd Seren} [Spencer, IN]
May 11 Midrealm Heraldic and Scribal Symposium {Canton of Catteden} [Vanlue, OH]
May 11 Squires’ Tournament {Canton of Ealdnorwuda} [Lansing, MI]
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14 XXIV {Canton
15 of Steltonwald16[Kingdom of AEthelmearc]}
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18 Rock, PA]
May 16-19 AEthelmearc War Practice
[Slippery
May 17-19 Battle of the Inland Seas XIX {Shire of Altenberg} [Armada, MI]
May 17-19 Mugmort Melees {Shire of Mugmort} [Granville, OH]
May 18 Border Raids {Shire of Crimson River [Kingdom of Meridies]}
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21 Cecilia at the Tower
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24MI]
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May 18 St.
{Barony of23
Cynnabar} [Saline,
May 25-26 Kingdom A&S and Spring Crown Tournament {Shire of Greyhope} [Hammond, IN]
May 31-2 Chaos Caravan {Shire of Greyhope} [LaPorte, IN ]
May 31-2 Death, Taxes, and Althings {Canton of Dun Traigh} [Holland, MI]
May 31-2 Push
of Havenholde}
[Pleasant Hill,
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31 OH]
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Middle Kingdom Events for June 2013
Sunday
Monday
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Tuesday WednesdayThursday
Friday
Saturday
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June 2013
June 6-9 Murder Melee XXX {Barony Of Ben Dunfirth, Kingdom of Ealdormere} [Hamilton, Ontario]
June 7-9 Border Skirmish X {Shire of Ravenslake/Barony of Caer Anterth Mawr (NS)} [Elkhorn, WI]
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June 7-9 Northern Oaken War Maneuvers XVII {Barony of the Cleftlands} [Wellington, OH]
June 7-9 Siege of Talonval {Shire of Talonval} [Leslie, MI]
June 14-16 Baronial Border War 30 {Canton of Rimsholt} [Ionia, MI]
June 21-23 Baron Wars {Marche of the Marshes} [Perrysburg, OH]
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June 21-23 Swine & Roses {Barony of White Waters} [South Bend, IN]
June 28-30 Ragnarok Rampage {Barony of Carraig Ban} [Big Rock, IL]
Baronial Border War XXVI
June 28-30 Sixth Bardic Roundhouse {Barony of the Cleftlands with Marche of Alderford}
[Homeworth, OH],
{Rimsholt} {Ionia, MI}
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Middle Kingdom Events for July 2013
Sunday
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Saturday
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July 2013
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July 5-7 A Simple Day in the Country {Barony of Sternfeld} [Trafalgar, IN]
July
5-7
Encampment
{Marche11
of Three Towers}12
[Mt Gilead, OH] 13
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9 XII: A New Frontier
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July 7 Smurf Shoot {The Riding of Hawkland Moor} [Clarkston, MI]
July 19-4 [MOVED FROM Normal Dates] Pennsic War XLII {Kingdom ofAethelmearc}
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Come Visit the Roaring Wastes Website
The baronial website has a new look! Many changes
and improvements have been occurring on the
baronial website.
Visit the Discussion Forums section. This section
is dedicated to news in the barony and the cantons.
For general discussions, enter the Feast Hall. For
happenings in the Barony or any of the Cantons,
go to any of the individual news groups. There is
also a section for Events and Demos
We also have a new picture gallery in the making.
You can upload or view pictures from events and
even artwork!
Bezant
Under Glass
The Bezant Under Glass is the official
newsletter of the Barony of Roaring
Wastes, located in the Metro-Detroit
area The Barony of Roaring Wastes is
the third oldest barony in Michigan and
is bordered by the Riding of Hawkland
Moor and the Barony of Cynnabar.
The Barony of Roaring Wastes
There in even a place to view our baronial newsletter!
consists of one canton:
The website can be found at
Brackendelve (Downriver area)
www.roaringwastes.org
and one shire: The Shire of Altenburg
If you haven’t registered yet, please do!
(Mt. Clemens area).
Email article submissions,
artwork, and questions, to
chronicler@roaringwastes.org
This is the Bezant Under Glass, a
publication of the Barony of Roaring
Wastes of the Society for Creative
Anachronism, Inc. and is available from
the publisher, Debbie Newell. It is not
a corporate publication of the Society
for Creative Anachronism and does not
delineate SCA policies.
Artwork and articles may be submitted
to the publisher and is duly credited. All
other artwork is copyright-free clip art
and articles not otherwise credited are
written by the publisher.