Dragon Taels Summer Issue - SCA

Newsletter for the Canton of Dragon’s Bay Summer Issue Nov 2016 AS XLXIPlease Note:Council is nowheld on thethird Sunday ofeach month atthe Dome Café,Waikiki Village,Read St from1.00pm., untilfurther notice.A wind-up BBQ lunch will be held atDragon’s Lair, after archery training, onSunday 18th December2016.This will be a BYO meat,salads, etc., drinks anddon’t forget a chair.

RoyaltyThorolfR I & Halla Icrown@lochac.sca.orgBaron & Baroness of AnealaDameon Greybeard & Leonie de Greyaneala@aneala.lochac.sca.orgSeneschalAvalon of the Isle (Avalon)seneschal.dragonsbay@yahoo.com.auDeputy Seneschal: ImaginaReeveSigmund Gabrieleis (Joshua)reeve.dragonsbay@yahoo.com.auHeraldArts & SciencesGobin de la Roche (Ben)herald.dragonsbay@yahoo.com.auPOSITION VACANTKnight Marshal (Acting)Gobin de la Roche (Ben)Archery CaptainPosition cler (Acting)Constable (Acting)Liduina de Kasteelen van Valkenburg(Nancy) liduina@iinet.net.auLiduina de Kasteelen van uChatelaine/ HospitallerWeb MinisterPosition vacantPOSITION VACANTChirurgeon-at-largeSorcha inghean ui Bhradagain (Tina)chirurgeon.dragonsbay@yahoo.com.auDragon Taels

December4Toys for TotsAnealaJanuary 201715DB CouncilDome Café , Read St., Waikiki 1.00pm Dragons Bay28Midsummer FeastAnealaFebruary19DB CouncilDome Café Waikiki 6.30pmDragons BayMay12-14 Lochac Crown Tourney Kerem Adventure Camp Bullsbrook AbertridwrDISCLAIMERDRAGON TAELS is the newsletter for the Canton of Dragon’s Bay and is available online, or from theActing Chronicler, Mistress Liduina, as a paper copy, (available at The Dragon’s Lair on Sundays).Dragon Taels is published quarterly, i.e. there is a Summer, Autumn, Winter & Spring edition.Dragon Taels is not an official publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, (SCA) and does notdelineate SCA policy. The official newsletter for the Society in Australia is Pegasus, which is availablefrom the Registrar at registrar@lochac.sca.org.auClosing date for submissions (copy) for Dragon Taels is the 25th of July, October, January & May.Advertising, including event flyers, can be sent in JPEG, Windows or msPublisher and is free.

Greetings Populace!So the Seneschal’s Handbook is actually a pretty good read. If you’d like to know a littlebit more about how your group is run, I highly recommend it.First of all, I’d like to thank Dragons Bay for having me and offering support; especiallyLady Imagina. I still ask her what’s what for every single new thing that happens. I’m sureI’ll get there. And on the way, I hope I can come up with cool ideas to help improveeveryone’s game. We are always building on what came before, and with each new thingwe bring to the group, be it an event or regalia, we make it even better.The festive season is coming and spring events will be springing. If you have ideas forenriching the experience, please attend Council meetings, or submit your ideas toseneschal.dragonsbay@yahoo.com to be added to the Agenda.Yours in service,Lady Avalon of the IsleSeneschalDragon Taels

Heavy Combat training hasstarted at Dragon’s LairSunday 27th November 2016 saw the start of Heavy Combat training at Dragon’s Lair,thanks to Gotz von Hamelin, Konrad Hildebrand and Sigmund Gabrielis.We had a lively training session, with three newcomers joining in, so much so that archery training took aback seat, as the rest of us were interested spectators.Gotz and Sigmund got into full kit and unfortunately,due to the heat and very smoky environs on the day, ahalt was called after several enthusiastic bouts.It is planned for Heavy Combat training to continueand training days will happen every fortnight at Dragon’s Lair, along with the usual Archery training.The next training date will be Sunday 18th December,from 9.30am.As this will be the last training date for 2016, for bothArchery and Heavy Combat, training will start againon Sunday 15th January 2017, at Dragon’s Lair, starting at 9.30am. Archery training will continue as before, (every Sunday, unless an eventis happening). Heavy Combat training will happen each fortnight, unless otherwiseadvertised.Dragon Taels

HEAVY COMBAT TRAINING AT DRAGON’S LAIR

CURRENT COMPETITIONSTwelfth Night LI (2017) hosted by Barony of PolitarchopolisA Nautical item:Any medium, any period.Ideas: Navigation item, rope, bucket, safety, every day tools, etc.An item for the Hands, Head or Feet:Any medium, any period.Ideas: Gloves, shoes, socks, comb, brush, pattens etc.Something to carry liquid in:Any medium, any period.Ideas: for a journey, in the home, at work.May Crown LI (2017) hosted by Barony of AnealaA piece of Illumination :Any medium, any period.Inspired by Bees:Open category. Any item related to or referencing bees, their keeping or theirproducts.Ideas: food made with honey as an ingredient, an item containing beeswax, a beekeeping item, research on bee keeping.Concept for a period event:Research a period event and then explain how it could be run as an SCA eventin the future.Ideas: a tournament format, feast service, May games, guild festivals, a balls(dances, social setting, music, time of day, etc), a play, a tavern (the food, tableset-up, pastimes available, etc.Future Competition categories will be announced in Dec 2016.For more information see the tml

"Dragon's Lair" is the name of our clubrooms and practice grounds where meetings, archerytraining, arts and sciences and more are held. You can find us there most Sundays - unlessanother event is happening elsewhere. You're most welcome to come and join us!Casuarina Wellard Community Centrecnr of Mortimer Rd and Barker Rd, Wellard.(1.9km from the Mortimer Rd / Kwinana Freeway exit)

We hold open house every Sunday at Dragon’s Lair and everyone is welcome.ARCHERY TRAINING. . . . . Unless there is an SCA event on that day.9am—12nn Dragon’s Lair - Casuarina/Wellard Community Hall (see map).Cnr Mortimer Rd & Baker Rd Casuarina.HEAVY COMBAT TRAINING. . . .Every 2nd Sunday, 9.30am, at Dragon’s Lair.18 th Dec. 2016, then starting 15th Jan 2017, unless otherwise advised.COUNCIL MEETING: 1pm at the Dome Café, Read St, Waikiki Village, unlessotherwise advised, (see above)ALL WELCOME. . . . .Contact the Seneschal, Avalon of the Isle for moredetails:seneschal.dragonsbay@yahoo.com.auWE HAVE A LIBRARY(small but available for perusal)The Known World Handbook (This is the SCA Bible, a must read.)The Historical Atlas of Knights & CastlesThe Life and Times of the Medieval KnightExploring the World of the VikingsCorsets, Historical Patterns and Techniques(If you have any books you would like to donate to augmentour small library, please let Avalon know.)Dragon Taels

BARONY OF ANEALAhttp://aneala.lochac.sca.org/ARMOURED, RAPIER & ARCHERY TRAINING:Sundays 10am—12nnLake Monger Primary School, Dodd St, WembleyContact: Richard: marshal@aneala.lochac.sca.orgARTS & SCIENCES NIGHT:2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month, 7pmContact Catherine: vertragis@arach.net.auCOLLEGE OF ST BASIL THE GREATUniversity of WAhttp://lochac.sca.org/basil/ARMOURED AND RAPIER TRAINING:Oak Lawn, UWAContact: dracolewaide@live.com.auSHIRE OF ABERTRIDWRWandi Community Centre, 302 De Haer Rd, Wandi.http://abertridwr.org/Training at Wandi each Sunday from 1pm (unless event happening)For more information, contact : Galen Wulfric (Adam)adblower37@gmail.com

DRAGON TAELS is the newsletter for the Canton of Dragon’s Bay and is available online, or from the Acting Chronicler, Mistress Liduina, as a paper copy, (available at The Dragon’s Lair on Sundays). Dragon Taels is published quarterly, i.e. there is a Summer, Autumn, Winter & Spring edition.