Fifth
Anniversary Tourney -- Barony of the Angels
October 4-5, 1975
| Held where? Catriona NicChlurain was the autocrat. Viscount Christian of Orange and Viscountess Denisa presided in the absence of Baron Piers and Baroness Ximena. Prince Thomas and Princess Elayne attended, along with Al Caid Gregory of York and Al Caidessa Vivian Aurora de la Mer. Baron Maihe McFergy won the lists to become the Champion of the Angels. Dana Reimann (Later Dana of Coleraine -- Caid Ed.) won the cooking contest with herb bread. Al Caidessa Vivian won the herb guessing contest. Käthe von Munchausen won the Barbed Pheon Punning Contest. . |
Annotations:
“This event was held at Arroyo Seco Park, just off the Pasadena
Freeway near South Pasadena. I was fighting with my first shield, a 15
pound round shield (guaranteed not to be destroyed by a rattan sword or,
for that matter, anything short of a 50 mm cannon) which was so heavy
that any fighter who would throw a leg-head combination easily killed
me. After I had been eliminated in the first round, I decided to enter
some of the contests. Tyra Stewart of Moray's herb and spice identification
contest was the most fun. Of the twenty bottles, cinnamon was the only
one I knew, so I decided to make up names for them all, such as Green
Muggleswort. One bottle contained several dark brown rounded objects that
I confidently identified as Merde du Lapin, and my skill was such that,
while not winning the contest, Tyra gave me a special prize, a children's
cook book.” – Robear du Bois
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). Caid thanks Master Hirsch for his kind permission to use data directly from the West Kingdom Site.
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