ARROW: This Saturday, September 15, looks like a nice day for shooting with sunny skies, 80s aime a light breeze. We are still on summer hours until the Saturday after Edriks, October 20.
**there is construction going on at EPMArch, please park in the border patrol parking lot and follow the path to our usual range!!**
I will have the new seasonal challenge target with me so we can have a little fun with a new target!
We also have replacement targets for the 20 yard line! No more arrows sailing right through the target 🙂
There has been a murder in Citadel on the most glorious weekend of birthday celebrations and championships! Come, join us for a weekend of mystery and championships on the west side of El Paso, Texas at the BSA Yucca Council Camp Pioneer. We will be having competitions for Archery, Heavy, Rapier, A&S, Youth Archery, and Youth A&S champions. Please stay tuned for details on these competitions in the coming weeks! You don’t want to miss your opportunity to be a CHAMPION! BSA Yucca Council Camp Pioneer, 3400 Girl Scout Lane Sunland Park, NM, 88063 Site Opens: Friday October 12, 2018 12:00 pm Site Closes: Sunday October 14, 2018 3:00 pm Adult Member Discount Event Registration: $15 /Adult Event Registration: $20 Child Member Discount Registration (6-16): $10 / Child Event Registration (6-16): $15 Child (under 5): Free Merchants fee $15 + Event Registration Adult Member Discount Daytrip Registration: $10 / Adult Daytrip Registration: $15 Child Day Trip (6-16): $5 Family Cap: $50 Feast fee: $5/ Feast fee Cap $20 Make checks payable to “SCA Inc. – Barony of Citadel of the Southern Pass” Site Restrictions: •This is a discreetly wet site. •Pets must be restrained or on a leash at all times. •Campfires are allowed at this time (TBD) in secure fire pits. Updates will occur if any fire restrictions are in place. Please have a fire extinguisher for each fire. There will be a cigarette butt disposal can near the main hall, please us this instead of trash cans and the ground. Directions: From the I-10 Sunland Park Exit go southwest on Sunland Park Dr. to Doniphan Dr. Turn right on Doniphan Dr. and travel north to Frontera Rd. Turn left on Frontera and travel west to Girl Scott Ln. Turn right on Girl Scott Ln. and travel north until you reach the entrance of the site.
Unto the Mighty populace of the
Citadel of the Southern Pass do we, Tariq and Elieth, Baron and Baroness, send
greetings!
As first order of business, we
wish to announce that the Outlands has Royal Heirs! Al hale Hrorek and Slaine, Crown Prince and
Princess of the Outlands! We look
forward to a long and prosperous reign!
We encourage our populace to make the journey to the Shire of Drygestan
(Santa Fe, NM) to witness the Crowning of our new King and Queen on November
11, 2018. Let us know if you are
interested in attending and we will do what we can to help you get there.
As many of you know, The Barony
recently hosted a series of grand tournaments up in the cool mountains near
Cloudcroft, NM at the Citadel Hastilude event on August 24-26, 2018. The event was very well attended and we have
heard many reports of people having a fantastic time! There were eight tournaments planned (four
for Heavy and four for Rapier) with seven of them actually taking place. We would like to once again thank Lady Melery
and Herr Johan as well as their entire staff and volunteers who made the event
such a great success. We would also once
again like to thank His Grace Duke Walrick de Blakeny and Sir Rowland du Grey
of Lincolnshire for being our two competing champions. As you know, His Grace won the day and we
look forward to another worthy lord to challenge him next year for the title of
Champion of Citadel Hastilude!
The summer is waning we look forward
towards the cooler autumn months as we prepare for the celebration of the 35th
anniversary of our Barony’s founding at the Feast of Saint Edrik! Domina Julia is the autocrat for this fine
event and we anxiously await all of the great activities that she has in store
for us. If you would like to contribute
to the running of the event, please contact Julia so she can let you know where
she needs volunteers. The Feast of Saint
Edrik is the celebration of our Baronial Birthday but it is also the event where
we choose our various Baronial Champions.
Tournaments for Heavy and Rapier combat will be held as well as the
archery champion and Arts and Sciences competitions as well. Don’t forget as well that the Citadel does
have a Youth Archery and a Youth Arts and Sciences Champion and those
competitions will also be held at the event.
The Feast of Saint Edrik is a camping event this year so we are looking
forward an evening full of festivities in addition to the day’s events. Finally, we will be holding a War Practice as
our Kingdom begins gearing up to march off to Atenveldt in February to take the
fields of Estrella War! It will truly be
an event not to miss!
The weekend following the Feast
of Saint Edrik, the intrepid College of Saint Golias (Socorro, NM) with be
celebrating 40 years at their Saint Golias Feast Day event. We encourage you all to attend, especially
you artisans as Her Royal Majesty has designated this event to hold her Queen’s
Prize artisans event. In addition, Saint
Golias will also be hosting a War Practice as part of the Kingdom’s Estrella
War preparations. More details of this
fine event are forthcoming so keep an eye out on the webpage as well as on the
Facebook Pages.
Speaking of Estrella War and arts
and sciences, Her Excellency and I have decided to try something new this
year. In conjunction with our Chatelain,
Signore Bernardo’s Road to Estrella War program that he will soon be rolling
out, we wish to announce Citadel’s A&S Road to Estrella War. The official kick-off was done at Baronial
Arts and Sciences Night last Friday, August 31st and we will be
following up with more A&S nights that are specifically geared towards
preparing entries for St. Edrik, then Queen’s Prize, then culminating with the
A&S competition at Estrella War.
With this in mind we are looking for members of our populace that are
interested in preparing at least one entry that will eventually go to War, no
experience necessary. We will be walking
through the process, step by step, tailored to your own artistic interests.
Post here or reach out to Her Excellency and I or Lady Rita if you are interested
in participating. Let’s do our part to
sweep the War Point for Arts for the Outlands!
Finally, we wish to take a quick
look further ahead to the Holiday season.
Her Excellency and I will be hosting the annual Feast of Saint Stephan
at our home in early December and although we have yet to establish the date,
we thought that we would do something new for this year. To that end, we bring you the Feast of Saint
Stephen’s Gift exchange. This exchange
is in essence a “Secret Santa” exchange but with a bit of a twist. Why is this different? Because the gift you
give will be hand made by you (or someone else if you wish) and of medieval use
in these Current Middle Ages. We look
forward to you all not only participating in the exchange but most importantly,
attending the event.
In closing we would like to once
again thank you all for your continued confidence in us and all of the support
that you have given us over the last three and a half years. We really could not have done this job
without all of you. It takes a village
but we have a Barony, and we are so very grateful for it.
Greetings Unto Their Royal Majesties and the Mighty Blue Iris Herald
Here is a list of the awards given at Hastilude, Saturday evening August 25th.
Patricia of the Citadel – AoA – Not present; Handed off to The Baron and Baroness of Citadel.
Silas Ian Clayton – AoA – Citadel
Seamus McGlacken – AoA – Citadel
Lady Raelina de Chevira – Stags Heart – al Barran
Daniel of the Citadel – AoA
Gaius Marius Valerius – AoA – Citadel
Rados Schaivone – Silver Tyne – al Barran
Geoffrey – AoA – Nahrun Kabriun
Johan von Horne – AoA – Citadel
Dragoslava – Argent Hart – Nahrun Kabriun
Thus concludes the business conducted in Her Majesties court at Hastilude.
Herein lies the court report for Their Excellencies Tariq and Elieth, Baron and Barrones of the Citadel of the Southern Pass, for their event, Hastilude hosted in the Shire of White Mountain on August 25th, A.S. 53, 2018 Gregorian. The following awards were given by Their Excellencies Tariq and Elieth. His Excellency Tariq, Domina Julia,Dominus Servius, Lord Rauol, m’lady Constance, m’lady Isabetta, and m’lord Isaiah were recognized for their skill in archery A backscroll was read for Jose Taverna de Torquemada of Al-Barran for an Austrum Australis original given on 2017-01-06 Duke Walrick de Blakeney and his team emerged victorious in todays events The victors of the events are as follows: 1. m’lord Ilo du Faux was victorious in the heavy grand tournament 2. Don Julien de la Fontaine was victorious in the rapier grand tournament 3. Duke Walrick de Blakeney was victorious in the 5 man melee 4. Dominus Tiberius Aurelius Albinus was victorious in the tilting tournament 5. m’lady Denise Lopez was victorious in the A&S Crest Building competition 6. Lord Constantine Cortez was victorious in the Wheel of Fortune Tournament 7. Don Julien de la Fontaine was victorious in the Roving Tournament A Flos Australis was given to Aoife inghean Daire of the Shire of Nahrun Kabirun. A Flos Australis was given to Rita die Perle von der Wetterau of the Citadel of the Southern Pass. An Arquites Australis was given to Julia Alexandria of the Citadel of the Southern Pass. An Arquites Australis was given to Servius Cassius Caledonius Ahenorbarbus of the Citadel of the Southern Pass An Arquites Australis was given to Rauol de la Noue of the Citadel of the Southern Pass A Seeker of the Grail was give to Constance Pemberton of the Citadel of the Southern Pass. Thus ends the court report for Hastilude. Yours in Service, Herr Johan von Horne Rook Pursuivant
Due to complications in his Mundane life that were keeping him from being able to keep up with his office, m’lord Marius has decided to step down as Baronial Webminister. Marius did a fine job maintaining the Baronial Website and we are sorry to see him having to step down. We hope that once he has his mundane affairs in order we will see him once again join the Barony’s web team.
The Barony is currently seeking interested persons who would like to take on the job of Webminister for the Citadel of the Southern Pass. The Webminister is in charge of maintaining the baronial website and keeping a strong web presence in support the Barony’s various events and activities as well as coordinating with the Kingdom Webminister in support of Kingdoms and Society Web Policies.
For more information and details regarding the function of the web page itself, please contact SIgnore Bernardo dei Medici (Brandon Sivret). Parties interested in filling the position please submit a letter of intent to the Kingdom Webminister (webminister@outlands.org) with copies submitted to Their Excellencies (coronet@southernpass.org) and Madame Seneschal (seneschal@southernpass.org). Letters of intent will be received until October 6, 2018.
Arcis Calamus, the Baronial Scribal Arts Guild, invites one and all to its monthly Scriptorium gathering to learn from Mistress Joella of Blue Lion’s Keep, Laurel and long-time member of the Citadel.
The Baronial Scriptorium will be held this month on Thursday, September 13th, at the Baronial Estate, 9900 Chinaberry Drive, starting at 6 pm.
Come and take advantage of this most excellent opportunity to learn from one of the prominent scribes of the Outlands. We look forward to having all who would be interested in the scribal arts in attendance.
Alright, folks. This one is for all the marbles. This will be our biggest Demo yet with Street Fest seeing well over 18,000 attendees. Exposure like this is a huge deal for us and the SCA at large. It’s also going to be somewhat of a logistical challenge. Right now the details are being finalized, but for now plan on it being just like any other demo, just a TON of other people in attendance, more than we’ve ever dealt with at one time.
This demo will also be the culmination of some of our smaller demos and the kick off for the Road to Estrella War that we’ve been working on. Each of our demos leading up to this one will allow us to practice some of our new techniques and get ready for the big one. Not only will the 5th and 6th matter, but we need all hands on deck for the 7th at Sunday’s Fighter Practice to work with all of those newcomers we get our hands on. That’s why I’m including the 7th as part of the Demo. The Demo part doesn’t end until we get them hooked.
5 W’s of the Demo
Who: Everyone who is able; Fighters, Artisans, Service Members What: A Demo Weekend for El Paso Street Fest (5&6 October plus 7 October Fighter Practice) Where: 5&6 October – El Paso Street Fest at Convention Center 7 October – Fighter Practice – Album Park Click here for Google Maps Directions to EP Convention Center When: 5&6 October for Street Fest 7 October for Fighter Practice follow up Why: To demonstrate the SCA to the greater El Paso populace and initiate our Road to Estrella War effort
How: We will be hosting an SCA village in a spot within the event. The fighting erik will be set up with tents around it featuring A&S and information. Think of it like a mini ren faire inside the larger Street Fest. The event will also be hosting a Kingdom of Beers area sponsored by Budweiser and this is how things get complicated. While we may be having some folks work with the promotional activities for that portion of the event we have to be careful about tying the sponsor to the SCA. I’ll be on site to coach members on what to say and how to present themselves. We have to make sure we don’t make it look like Budweiser is sponsoring the SCA. I will be overseeing several portions of the demo, so I will need some Lieutenants to help me out in each of the areas.
There is a TON of opportunity here, so if you want to step up and organize a portion of it or a specific activity within our area, please let me know!
For more information or to volunteer to host a specific activity, please contact the Chatelain, Signore Bernardo at chatelaine@southernpass.org
Join us on Monday, September 10th at the Baronial Estate (9900 Chinaberry Drive) at 7:00 pm for an introductory class on leather tooling for SCA Projects. This is a hands-on class where students will be taught basic tooling and surface treatments for vegetable tanned leather. Tools and practice leather will be on hand so that students can immediately apply the lessons that they learn under the guidance of His Excellency Tariq.
Please RSVP by Monday Noon via the Facebook Event or by emailing Baron Tariq at gemaloof@gmail.com so that there will be sufficient materials available.
As Don Julien prepares for his overseas rotation, he has announced his stepping down as Baronial Rapier Marshal. We thank him for his good service and we wish him safe travels and a safe return home once he has completed his obligations abroad.
The Citadel seeks a Baronial Rapier Marshal to take the reigns from Don Julien once he departs.
The Baronial Rapier Marshal serves as the primary representative of the Kingdom Rapier Marshal, overseeing all unarmoured combat (Rapier and Cut & Thrust) activities within the group and ensuring that all relevant safety procedures are followed.
Marshals serve as safety officers, conducting inspections of equipment and controlling the field of combat to ensure participants and spectators are safe. They are not referees or judges.
The Rapier Marshal submits a monthly report to his or her Kingdom counterpart, copying the Baronial Seneschal, Baronial Knight Marshal, and Their Excellencies.
Interested persons must submit a letter of intent to Their Excellencies (coronet@southernpass.org), Baronial Seneschal (seneschal@southernpass.org), and Kingdom Rapier Marshal (rapier@outlands.org) by October 4, 2018.
