Come One and All to vie for the Championship of our Shire for:
A & S , Rapier and Bardic performences.

This Event will be held at the Yarrow Community School at 4605 Wilson RD (google
map gives fabulous derictions.)
Site opens on Sat.Jan 23rd at 9 am and closes at 11pm.
As this is a school, there is NO smoking or drinking on the premises.( Fines are HIGH )

If weather permits , there will be Archery outside.There also is a coverd area for heavy fighting.
As to the requierments for the Competions:
Lionsdale Bardic Championship AS 44

The parameters for this year’s Shire Bardic Championship are as follows:

1. Competitors must perform two selections in any two different genres: eg.
vocal song and poem; instrumental song and juggling; instrumental song and
vocal song, etc.

2. One of the selections must be from period (AD 600-1600); performance in
period style is encouraged though not required.

3. The period piece must be accompanied by basic documentation: a short
paragraph on the who-what-when-where-why-ho
w of the piece is sufficient. Please submit one copy to Shire Bardic
Champion prior to the championship.

4. The non-period piece may be entirely modern, but original work and
SCA-friendly selections are both strongly encouraged.

5. Each competitor must speak to the Shire Bardic Champion briefly earlier
in the day to register for the competition. This is a good chance to submit
your documentation as well.

For more information, please contact Hlaford Wulfstan Hrafnsson, Shire
Bardic Champion, at <wulfstan.hrafnsson@gmail.com> or 604-792-4335 (no calls
after 9pm please).
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Rapier:
Round Robin
for more information contact Lord Tremayn ,throught the Forum.

A & S

In honour of a Certain Fire that will be visiting our region in this season – and of the kindled hearts of all who strive for Excellence – the theme for the Lionsdale A&S Championship Competition of A.S. XLIV will be “Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae” = “I feel again a spark of that ancient flame” (Virgil, Aeneid IV 23; Dante, Purgatorio XXX 48), in any medium. Submissions will be judged on Craftsmanship (includes functionality, degree of difficulty and of detail), Authenticity (includes of materials, of tools, of method, and of purpose), Documentation (one to two pages, or as needed to show the above), and Elegance (includes creativity, originality, fit to theme, and display).

If you need more information , please contact Dr.Carus via the Forum.

We have planned a Potluck for the evening.More specifics are on the way.