Hosted in-person by

The Barony of Dragon’s Laire (Kitsap & N Mason counties, WA)

Harvest Feast

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Halldora Bjorn
Event Date(s): October 11 , 2025
Site opens at: 9:00 AM on October 11th 2025
Site closes at: 8:00 PM

Event site:
Village Green Community Center
26159 Dulay Road Kingston, WA 98346

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This is a Level 2 Event, we will have Baronial Court but the Royals are not attending.

 

The Bells Ring Out, A Herald Proclaims:

Hear the words of Baroness Furia and Baron Conrad of Dragon’s Laire:

In the tradition of community coming together when the harvest is small, Harvest Feast is now FREE (event and feast)!

Please PRE-REGISTER by 11:59 PM Friday if you haven’t yet so we can ensure there’s enough food. If you have already paid, there are options: You can either consider it a donation to the barony (thank you!) OR email DragonsLaire.PreReg@antir.org for a refund.

Our deepest gratitude to our Seneschal, Exchequer, Event Steward, Feast Steward, and Event Team for making an event that can be a safe community haven in turbulent times.

Yours in Service,
Furia and Conrad
Coronets of Dragon’s Laire

A Herald’s Cry:

Their Excellencies, Baron Conrad Cedricson and Baroness Furia Dommitia, invite all to vie for Their Arts and Sciences, Youth Arts & Sciences, & Bardic Champions! Other activities include Scholar’s Presentations, martial practices, and hand crafts as well as a day of New Word Feasting!

Frequently Asked Questions:

Where is the event located?

At the Kingston Village Green Community Center.

Yellow arrows are safe parking.

26159 Dulay Rd NE
Kingston, WA 98346

Are pets allowed?

No. Service animals only.

Parking?

Please see the map! Please do NOT park in the Senior Apartment Parking, it is marked, there are signs, you can be towed.

Event Team

Event Steward: THL Halldora Bjorn, DragonsLaire.EventSteward@antir.org

Feast Coordinator: THL Ciar ingen Fiachnae, DragonsLaire.EventSteward@antir.org

• Salish Feast: THL Thea of Midvale with assistance from Master Thangbrandr
• Hopi Feast: THN Lucy of Leke
• Chickasaw/Mississipian/Mound Builders Feast: Kloe of Thira, Hanin
• Mayan: THL Ciar ingen Fiachnae

Pre-registration and Accessibility: THL Jessy Gateman, DragonsLaire.PreReg@antir.org

Arts & Sciences and Bardic Championship Coordinator: Lord Karl inn irski, DragonsLaire.ArtNSci@antir.org

Scholar’s Coordinator: THL Rycheza z Polska

Day of Scholar’s Coordinator: Dame Madrun y Gwehyddes

Webminister: Lady Kira Kirova, DragonsLaire.Webminister@antir.org

Social Media: THL Caterina da Savona, DragonsLaire.SocialMedia@antir.org

Decorations: THL Sigridr Vilhjalmsdottir

This event includes the following activities and/or services:
Accepts PayPal
Has Classes
Offers Youth & Family activities
Has Heavy Fighting activities
Has Rapier and/or Cut & Thrust activities
Has Bardic activities
Has Arts & Sciences activities
Offers a feast or meal
Offers enhanced accessibility (check for details)

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Registration Information

Now open!

Please visit this link here

Pre-registration is REQUIRED for the event and the feast, as the hall is limited to 200 people. We can accommodate a limited number of people eating off-board — make prior arrangements with the Event or Feast Steward, dragonslaire.eventsteward@antir.org. Pre-registration for the feast will close on October 3rd!

Accessibility Information

The Kingston Village Green Community Center shares space with the Kingston Public Library. There are ADA parking spaces and ramps for entry and exit. Flushing bathrooms with accessible stalls.

The site layout and decorations crew will do our best to layout the hall for ease of navigation.

Site Fees

Hear the words of Baroness Furia and Baron Conrad of Dragon’s Laire: In the tradition of community coming together when the harvest is small, Harvest Feast is now FREE (event and feast)!

Please PRE-REGISTER by 11:59 PM Friday if you haven’t yet so we can ensure there’s enough food. If you have already paid, there are options: You can either consider it a donation to the barony (thank you!) OR email DragonsLaire.PreReg@antir.org for a refund.

Our deepest gratitude to our Seneschal, Exchequer, Event Steward, Feast Steward, and Event Team for making an event that can be a safe community haven in turbulent times.

Yours in Service,
Furia and Conrad
Coronets of Dragon’s Laire

To Request a Refund

Please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/So3SK8jnmSA4HbDH6 

Event Schedule

Meal Information

A Day of Feasting!

Please join Their Excellencies Dragon’s Laire for a day of exploring just a few of the glorious food cultures of the Americas.

Sneak peak, still very tentative:

Lady Thea of Midvale, Salish Sea: smoked salmon, wild rice and berries, hazelnuts, and blackberries

Lady Lucy of Leke, Hopi: Three Sister Stew with pepper sauces on the side, corn tortillas, roasted seeds

Kloe of Thira Hanin, Chickasaw/Mississipian: Roasted squash dish, smoked turkey, bread of some sort, grape dumplings

Lady Ciar ingen Fiachnae, Mayan: Pork tamale bites, cornbread, honey, and caramelized or dried fruit

Tournament Information

Arts & Sciences and Bardic Championships

Vying for Champion of Arts & Sciences

Arion the Wanderer: “Linothorax: Design, Construction, and Use in SCA Combat”

Sigridr Vilhjalmsdottier: “10th Century Flax: Weaving on a Warp Weighted Loom”

Vying for Bardic Champion

Karl inn irski: In Taverna (sheitholt)

Seonag nic Griogair: Luis Milan’s Fantasia (guitar)

Zebel Maloyan: We Will Go Home (storytelling & singing)

Scholars Presentations

Paullus Quinctilius Barbatus: The Enduring Stage: Roman Theater and its Influence on Renaissance Writers

Karl inn Irski: A Brief History of Western and Eastern Plucked Zithers: Scheitholt and Guzhen

Brighid Ross: Readers Theatre: Speaking Through the Ages

Aelianora de Wyntringham: Roman Latrines

Madrun y Gwehyddes: Procedural and Conceptional Knowledge: How and Why Historical Tablet Weaving Works the Way It Does

Arts & Sciences and Bardic Championships

Submit a Letter of Intent by Sept. 20th, 2025

Your Letter of Intent to enter a Championship is due to Their Excellencies and the Arts and Sciences Minister by September 20th. Your written documentation (for A&S entries) is due on October 4th, 2025.

The letter of intent should include your SCA and modern names, contact information, specification on which championship competition you are entering (pick only one), what your entry consists of, a statement that you have read the requirements and duties of a champion and are willing and able to carry them out, and any space or equipment needs you anticipate.

Letters should be sent to Their Excellencies Dragon’s Laire and the Dragon’s Laire Arts & Sciences Minister.

Baroness Furia Dommitia	DragonsLaire.Baroness@antir.org
Baron Conrad Cedricson	DragonsLaire.Baron@antir.org
Arts and Sciences Minister, Karl inn irski	DragonsLaire.ArtNSci@AnTir.org

Requirements & Eligibility

Champions need not be from the Barony but are officers of the Barony, thus must hold paid SCA memberships and be able to sign agreements for the holding of Regalia.

The requirements for Our Champions are as follows:

– Our Champions shall swear an Oath of Service to the Barony through Their Excellencies Dragon’s Laire.
– Your service as a Champion is exclusive to the Barony for the 12 months of your term.
– Represent Dragon’s Laire with honor and grace in Our lands, the Kingdom and wherever you may roam in the Knowne World.
– Wear and display the regalia of your Office at all events you attend.
– Share your knowledge and skill by teaching the members of Our Populace.

To Participate in the Arts & Sciences Championship

Our Arts and Sciences Champion shall be knowledgeable and skilled.

The goal of the Championship Competition is two-fold:
– First, to provide an opportunity for artisans to share their knowledge and enthusiasm, for their specific crafts and for the Arts and Sciences in general, with each other and with the populace; and
– Second, to select a skilled and passionate artisan to represent and inspire the Barony of Dragon’s Laire.

Artisans will share their knowledge and work with a single entry in the style of Athenaeum. The format for sharing is up to you – traditional display, demonstration, formal presentation, interactive activity, or a body of work showing your progress as an artisan, as a few examples. Documentation of at least one page is required but can be as many pages as the candidate feels is necessary.

All entrants are expected to chat about their entry with the Populace during the day. Throughout the day, the Baron, Baroness, Arts and Sciences Minister, the Seneschal, and the current Champion will speak with each entrant. Their Excellencies will select the new Champions, considering input from the other officers and feedback from the Populace.

To Participate in the Bardic Championship

Our Bardic Champion shall be entertaining.
We seek beauty and wonder, be it found in Court or by fireside.

All genres of songs and tales found in the SCA are welcome, including: period pieces, filks, SCA historical stories, original works, and “modern pieces.” Examples of “modern pieces” include, but are not limited to, Yeats poetry, Scottish folk tales and songs, Heather Alexander, and the Elf Hill Times Songbook songs.

Dance, including SCA belly dancing, theatre, and instrumental works are also wonders we wish to behold.

Written documentation is not needed. Bards followed the oral tradition in many cultures.

You should relate pertinent historical details of your presentation as part of your introduction.

For the Championship, you will perform one entry before the Populace during the day. Your audience may ask questions after your performance.

All entrants are expected to chat about their entry with the Populace during the day. Throughout the day, the Baron, Baroness, Arts and Sciences Minister, the Seneschal, and the current Champion will speak with each entrant. Their Excellencies will select the new Champions, considering input from the other officers and feedback from the Populace.

Scholarly Bardic studies are welcomed in the Arts and Sciences Championship (see above). Scholarly studies focus on the academic side of a bardic activity, rather than the performance. Bardic entries that do not focus on performance, but include demonstration, should be submitted for the Arts and Sciences competition.

Scholar’s Presentations

What are the deadlines?

The 2025 deadlines are September 15th with presentations scheduled for Harvest Feast on October 11th. Participants will be contacted by October 1st for presentation scheduling. If you can not attend Harvest Feast but still want to participate, please do so! An alternate presentation date will be coordinated.

What are the guidelines for the paper?

Paper criteria:

• Length: Minimum 2000 words, around 4-5 pages of text, not including dedications,
  acknowledgements, illustrations, charts, appendices, bibliography.
• Font and spacing: 12-point font and either 1.5 or double-spaced.
• Margins: 1-inch top, bottom and sides. Number all pages except the title page.
• Bibliography: A list of everything you read, including the references you have cited,
  and should include primary source material.
• Citation style: There are many to pick from. Choose one and stick to it, should include
  a title page with the title, your SCA and modern name, date.
• Illustrations: Illustrations, tables, and figures should be numbered consecutively (figure 1, illustration 1, table 1) and referred to in the text the same way.

Please contact THL Rycheza z Polska for questions and to submit papers. Email forward coming shortly. Until then you can email DragonsLaire.EventSteward@antir.org and we will forward to her.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The Dragon’s Laire Scholars program is designed to recognize and promote scholarly research. (And give you an outlet for your geek.)

Participation consists of two parts:

• write paper
• public presentation of the paper or a portion of it you wish to discuss

Who can participate?

Any gentle within the Barony or the wider SCA community. You do NOT have to be a member to participate.

What are appropriate topics?

Any aspect of pre-seventeenth century culture, either material (objects) or non-material (movements, history, or other) or SCA cultural topics (history of missile combat in the SCA for ex).

Is it a competition?

No. Your paper is reviewed against the criteria as stated and either accepted, which means you will be scheduled for a formal presentation of the topic, or declined as not meeting the criteria and you will not be scheduled for a presentation.

If declined, you may amend the paper and resubmit it (guidance can be provided) if the deadline permits or refine it for another time. Upon completing the presentation you will be named a Scholar of Dragon’s Laire.

Who reviews the papers?

The Scholars of Dragons Laire.

Do you have to create an object for the project?

No, although you may do so to enhance your presentation. The Scholar program in particular lends itself to topics for which creation of an object is unsuitable, or overly onerous, such as one which would employ dangerous or illegal processes, or you merely do not possess the means to do so.

You may, of course, write about an object you are creating.

Does your research have to be original?

No, this is not a doctoral thesis, it is a research paper. We are independent (hobbyist) scholars not PhD candidates.

Youth and Family Activities

Youth Armored Combat

Come to the battle of the Pumpkin Patch at this Harvestfeast! Youth Armored Combat will be doing war scenarios with an autumn flavor. Activities begin at 1:30

Family Craft Activities

Two craft options are planned!

In consultation with the Suquamish Museum, we will explore beaded necklace making.

Corn husk dolls, which are common across cultures in our feasts!

Volunteer Information

Many hands make light work — and this is never more true than at an event. There are many opportunities that just take an hour or two of your time! It’s a great way to meet fellow populace members and to “break the ice” if you’re new.

We have MANY opportunities to volunteer, starting Friday night with food prep and setting up / decorating the hall, during the event itself (parking coordinator, servers during the feast, etc.), or putting away tables and chairs after the event on Saturday night.

Looking for crew for:

• Serving
• Trash
• Tear-down
• Parking
• Scullery

Please contact the Event Steward if you are interested!

Classes Offered

Scribetoper!

Dame Tamlyn of Wyntersea will be hosting a scribal table to do Dragon designs on Scribetober Cards. Blank cards, inspirational images, and drawing/coloring/painting supplies will be provided. Please check the schedule for timing.

Looking for small group classes and/or hand crafts. Indoor or outdoor space available.

Emergency Preparedness Information

The building has fire alarms and exits clearly labeled, incase of emergency please calmly exit and move to the lower field or the far parking lot – depending on cause.

The event will be in October so there may be adverse weather, please bring cloaks, coats, and shoes as appropriate.

The fire station is slightly less than 3 miles away. The closest emergency room is St. Michael’s in Silverdale, ~30 minutes.

Emergency Veterinary Care is in Poulsbo at Poulsbo Animal Emergency and Specialty.

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