Banner War
Event Summary
Date: September 27 , 2013 until September, 29 2013
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on September 27th 2013
Site closes at: 12:00 AM on September 29th 2013
Event site:
Masonic Park Campground
24310 Mountain Loop Hwy
Granite Falls, WA 98252
WAR! In war, everyone is involved! Bring your house
and families to one of Aquaterra’s longest running events!
Help spread the wordfame for your house in the spirit of friendly
competition! Like the name says, this is a War of
Banners! Bring your personal or house banners to spread your
word fame! War points are awarded for more than just
fighting! Archery, Thrown weapons, Rapier, Siege cooking,
Arts & sciences, Youth armored combat, and Family
activities! Plus war scenarios including a true woods
battle! You can solo or team up with other houses to combine
your efforts to win the coveted war chest!
Come see the beauty that is in the heart of Aquaterra! The
event will be at the gorgeous Masonic Family Park located at 24310
Mountain Loop Hwy, Granite Falls, WA 98252. The park is a
beautiful forest setting with a creek running next to it!
Site opens at 12PM for merchants, 3 pm for populace 9/27 and closes
at 3 pm 9/29. Site is discretely wet. Please visit the
kingdom calendar for more information.
Friday
8pm – Chatelaine/Newcomers Night
Midnight- gate closes
Saturday
8am – gate opens
9am – opening court – War bands present yourselves!
– Largesse Challenge entries due after court
– Largesse Class begins
– Siege Cooking begins
½ hour after morning court – armor inspection
1 hour after morning court – WAR! Heavy combat,
Archery, Rapier, YAC, and Thrown Weapons begin.
10am – 2pm – Family Activities
3pm – Ladies Tea – location to be announced
6pm – evening court / gate closes
After evening court – the Inn opens including the Bardic
Competition
9pm – site gate closes
Sunday
8am – site gate opens
Court time to be announced
3pm – site closes
WAR!
War bands must present themselves at Saturday morning court and
make a donation to the War Chest. Presentation is
important! Remember
the A&S competitions!
Heavy Scenarios
MOC: HL Gideon Hravensfuri
Battles will be run through more than once each. The decision on
exactly how many times will depend on how many banners are
fielded. One War point will be awarded for
each scenario. Please contact Gideon for more
information. Combat Archery (CA) will be
allowed.
1. WOODS BATTLES Woods Battles will be the “Road Ambush”
style
2. BRIDGE BATTLES
A. Hold Bridge for time to acquire war point…unlimited
resurrection 15 min. duration
B. Hold Bridge, last man standing…no resurrections
3. FIELD BATTLES
A. Transport Flag…unlimited resurrections 15 min. duration
B. Prisoner Transport Battle…unlimited resurrections 15 min
duration
C. Capture the Flag Battle…unlimited resurrection 15 min.
duration 4. Last Man Standing -no resurrections.
Thrown Weapons
out and Throw your best I have acquired Two war points for Thrown
Weapons, One the Guys and one for the Lady’s for the highest score
for the competition on Saturday as well I am adding a Blanket
tournament so bring something to put out on the Blanket as a
gift and that way everyone that throws wins something.
range open to try your hand at the Inner Kingdom Competition and we
can see how its done.
everyone at the war…
Archery
There will be archery run by HL Torn of Froghaven and will
have two WAR points!
Siege
Cooking
Expect something a little silly. A little
less Cooking and a little more Art. Pick up rules and supplies from
Baroness Fiamma, in the main hall after Saturday morning court.
Judging time tba with participants. 1 WAR
point.
Vox Off
HL Alan ap Neal will be running a Vox Off
with 1 WAR point each category: adult and
youth. This will be weather dependent, so the place and time
will be announced. Listen for the heralds!
Arts and Science
Please contact our A&S Minister, HL Samira al-Waddi, with
any questions at melodyrythem@yahoo.com. A
War point will be awarded for each
competition.
1. “Personal/House” Banner contest. Show off your banner as well
as your skills at creation. Place and time TBA.
2. Heraldic Costuming. Let’s see you show off your personal
heraldry. Documentation must be included with this one. Place and
time TBA
Games
HL Rhiannon Boyle will be running the games competition.
WAR point for games will be won by the war band
that plays the widest variety of games. Scoring will be a point for
each player that plays a different game. So this can be 1 player,
playing 20 games or 20 people playing 1 game. The band that has the
highest score will win the Games war point! Games will be
from 12-4 on Saturday at the same pavilion as Family
Activities.
Largesse Competition
Donyng
13 yrs old) and Children (12 and under).
follows:
label them discreetly with your name. They do not have to be
the same.
Competition entries to the A&S area right after opening court
on Saturday.
entries in the comfort of your own home).
The winners are chosen on a points from the populous.
Depending on the number of participants there will be a first and
possibly a second place prize. A War point
will be awarded for each division.
to the Baroness for the Largess Coffers.
Largess making Class
buttons
Construction
Mug Belt Carriers
opening court in the A&S area.
teach a class that takes less than 3 hours please contact me off
Reeds
will be a War point awarded for the band with the
most participants.
YAC Torchlight Tournament
HL Jólgeirr Álarson will be running the YAC
Torchlight Tournament Saturday evening.
Family Activities:
Presented by Eibhlin inghean Sheain Saturday: 10am – 2pm.
List of activities:
Cardboard Shields
Play and learn midieval games
Make midieval games
Make beaded necklaces and bracelets
Paper Crowns
Backstrap Weaving (will be able to take home your own shoulder
bag)
Coloring Pages
We will aslo have a toy castle and set of knights and trebuchets
and stuff to play with
Chatelaine/Newcomers Night:
Join the Chatelaine Friday at 8pm at the
Chatelaine encampment for discussion and Q&A on the SCA and the
Barony of Aquaterra. For those interested, we will conclude the
gathering with a walk through the event site.
Bardic Night
Jester at the Inn Saturday night after evening
court
Bardic. The first one allows for preparation. The rest are designed
to challenge Bards with impromptu style games.
winner will win one WAR point!
short story and turn it into an original poem or song, which the
Bard will perform at Banner War.
words or less.
capture the heart of the story and match the stories tone (i.e. if
the story is a comedy, then a comedic song or poem should be
created).
is from a published book; the books title and author(s) must be
presented.
is an original short story, then a copy of the story must be
printed and provided to the judge.
not provided, the Bard may still perform but the score will
strongly penalized.
– The winner will win one WAR
point!
Challenge: This is a team challenge that does not require
documentation. The teams will design a series of five Haikus that
describe an event that took place at (any) Banner War.
begins, all Bards present will draw a random number from a
hat.
be used to form teams of three or four people (depending on number
of applicants).
minutes to create the Haikus.
the standard “5-7-5” syllable format.
Impromptu Finals Competition: After all scores are added
up, the top three Bards will move on to the final round- Creating
an impromptu story related to (any) Banner War. No documentation
required for this contest.
highest running score begins the impromptu.
one complete sentence and then stop. The Bard to his/her left will
then say a new complete sentence that plays off of the first
sentence.
flow together to create a short story and keep it moving along. A
sentence that is not related to the story will receive no
points.
think of a new sentence in 10 seconds or less, that Bard is
eliminated from the competition.
eliminated, the third wins the competition automatically.
runs for the entire 5 minutes, the remaining Bards will each be
allowed one final sentence to bring the story to a close. After
which, their total scores added up (including all points earned
during the this contest) to determine the winner of the Bardic
Competition.
Tie-Breaker: In the unlikely event of a tie score, the
Bards will compete in a tie-breaker competition.
attempt to make Jax the Jester laugh with a comedic
performance.
be anything. It does not need to be period. No documentation is
required.
props, but may not include additional people in their
performance.
timed with a stop watch and given a maximum of five minutes to make
Jax laugh.
fastest wins the tie breaker.
make Jax laugh, then a winner will be selected based on how
entertaining their impromptu performance was.
Ladies Tea
War!
would like to invite you to Tea With the Baroness. Come for an hour
and enjoy a gentile and elegant respite from the surrounding
war. Enjoy some light refreshments and each others’ company.
on Saturday, September 28th.
own tea cup. Refreshments
provided. Gluten free options will be
available as well as an ingredients list.
so please RSVP HL Adeliza a Donyngat
“Supper at an English Country Inn, Honoring Master
Robyrt”
Hosted by HL Elewyn ferch Emrys. Head chef: Baroness
Fiamma the Unquenchable. Cost $5.00/each and seating is
limited. Tickets sold at Gate on a first come/first
served basis. Tickets in hand required at the Inn, which will
be Saturday, after evening court.
In July of the year of our society AS XVII, during the reign of
Torgul and Angharad, the incipient Shire of Aquaterra was formed by
six people Robyrt of Watersyde, Myrrhnyn of Watersyde, Amber of
Soddenfeld, Magdalena Segovia of Uist, Tergia de la Mer, and
Kirsten of Wolfslaier.
Many have left us over the years yet one founder still remains,
ever vigilant, ever the Aquaterran – Master Robyrt of Waterside
Come join Aquaterra for an evening of food and merriment at
Banner War. This is a night to celebrate one of those that made
this brilliant group possible through endless encouragement,
prodding, and insistence that we learn the values of volunteering,
holding to traditions, and always striving to improve ourselves.
Let us join together to revere a man that has helped guide many of
us along our path in the society. Raise a toast to one of our
beloved founders as we dedicate this night to honoring his lifelong
commitment to this fine Barony reflecting on the splendor that is
Aquaterra and the many friends and family we have met through our
vibrant Barony.
Site information
Site Fees: Adult (18+) – weekend $20 / day $15. Youth (7-17) –
weekend $13 / day $8. Child (6 and under) – free. Family cap –
weekend $66 / day $46. The $5 member discount applies to all
full price adult fees, including those in the family
cap. Please make checks payable to SCA Inc-Barony of
Aquaterra.
Autocrats: HL Pike Geirleikrson (Michael Olsen) PikeGeirleikrson@yahoo.com and Lady Sabina di Zorzi
(Geraldine Terhune) SabinadiZorzi@yahoo.com
MIC: HL Gideon Hravensfuri (Jim Meyers) gideeon03@yahoo.com
Merchant coordinator – Prior to event: HL Isabel of Oxeneford
isabel@scadiantailor.com
Merchant coordinators – On site: Lord Tristan Alejandro El
Gitano and Isolde la corvid Gitana
Please e-mail the autocrat if you would like to volunteer!
Remember, no volunteers means no events, so please step in and help
out! Gate is especially in need of carded members to put in a
couple hours each. Thank you so much!
We will have a “Bring out your dead” trash service accepting
donations to pick your trash up from your camp both sometime during
the day Saturday and in the morning on Sunday, so listen for the
call!
For information regarding bringing minors to events, see
here:
http://aquaterra.antir.sca.org/files/2011%20Unofficial%20Guide%20to%20brining%20Minors%20to%20SCA%20Events.pdf
Please make checks payable to “SCA Inc. Barony of Aquaterra”
* For RV Reservations, please contact Baroness Arianne at
archeress@frontier.com
Hurry space is limited!
*RVs must not be parked in the main activities area.
*As always, volunteers are needed (and greatly appreciated),
especially for Gate! Notify the Autocrat team if you would like to
volunteer.
“In regards to marijuana laws, all SCA participants should
follow modern law, both State and Federal. As it is still illegal
under Federal law, marijuana is prohibited at SCA functions.
Jan 2013 Board Meeting.”
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