Twelfth Night Revel -- Principality of Caid
January 14, 1978

Held at the Torrance Recreation Hall, Torrance, CA. Rain poured down outside. Lord Gwydioan am y’Gorlwyn and his wife, Lady Anna McAyre of Gorabh, and Lord Thelin von Kallenbach supervised a magnificent banquet. The hall opened at noon and at three the first call went out for the Grand March. Prince Martin and Princess Neptha welcomed Queen Allissandra and observed the Grand March. Then court began. Ann of Villanova and Morton the Grey received Awards of Arms from Prince Martin and Master Conrad von Regensburg received the Legion of Courtesy. The Order of the Seraphic Star initiated Cedric the Dark and Eyana bat-David nicChlurain. Viscount Morven of Carrick and Countess Amina Sherana de Talavera won the Costume Contest in costumes made by Lady Cristóbál degli Gilicine che Mangia Uome. Then came the magnificent banquet, with three removes and featuring a turkey stuffed with a chicken stuffed with a game hen stuffed with an egg. Revelry followed with juggling, singing, and a showing of the Pennsic War film.

Annotations:
“At Southern 12th Night, Cameron of Caldoon and Charles de Rouen came as beggars, but did not have tickets to the banquet. They implored Her Majesty Allissandra to be allowed to eat her table scraps, and Her Majesty showed pity on them and allowed them to sit on the floor in front of the high table while she threw scraps to them. Feeding these poor creatures amused Her Majesty so much that they ate rather well. That day Her Majesty wore a small intricate crown which, she explained, had been baked from bread dough and then gilded.” – Robear du Bois

“I think the formal announcement of our impending kingdom status to the Caidan populace occurred at this event.” – Martin the Temperate

Pictures on this page courtesy of Mistress Su of the Silver Horn.

Description of this event, © Copyright 1980 by William R. Keyes (Wilhelm von Schlüssel)

This is from The History of the West Kingdom, Volume 1 (the only volume produced). When reading this text, please keep in mind the following disclaimer:

Disclaimer: This history may have errors in it, as much of the detail is “remembered” history, or as one of the cover pages of the original type-written manuscript states “The material within is derived from the information printed in The Crown Prints and in The Page, and from the memories of the participants.” The original document was typed on onion-skin paper, with hand-written notes (often in the margins). All attempts have been made to reconcile the notes with the original document.

Annotations, when they are added, are from The Annotated History of the West, Volume 1, which is the same text as Master Wilhelm's mentioned above, with commentary from members of the SCA who were active at the time of the event, and are added to help clarify questions and expand on what happened and why. This volume is copyright © Ken Mayer (Hirsch von Henford).