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What is the SCA?
What is the SCA?The Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA, is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts, skills, and traditions of pre-17th-century Europe.Members of the SCA study and take part in a variety of activities, including combat, archery, equestrian activities, costuming, cooking, metalwork, woodworking, music, dance, calligraphy, fiber arts, and much more. If it was done in the Middle Ages or Renaissance, odds are you'll find someone in the SCA interested in recreating it.What makes the SCA different from a Humanities 101 class is the active participation in the learning process. To learn about the clothing of the period, you research it, then sew and wear it yourself. To ...
Posted Nov 18, 2009 12:08 PM by Bernal Schooley
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Origins of Foxvale
The (Almost) Birth of an (Almost) Shire of a (Soon-to-be-Barony)Foxvale was born simply enough at a holiday party. Our beginnings came not as an immediate response to any particular situation or event but more out of wishful thinking. Sir Galem Lional Ostwestly, his wife Lady Morgan and other sundry friends and family members were sitting around my kitchen table after having eaten way more than should be legally allowed.At this point, movement was not really an option, which led to great musing by those present. In the mixed glow of a Menorah and Christmas lights we all began to muse (may also be read as complain) about LIFE….the REAL WORLD, and how our journeys ...
Posted Nov 18, 2009 12:04 PM by Bernal Schooley
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