Madrone Arts & Sciences Championship

Hosted by

The Barony of Madrone (King County, WA )

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Emma la rousse d'Argentan
Date: February 7 , 2015
Site opens at: 12:00 AM on February 7th 2015
Site closes at: 12:00 AM

Event site:
Magnolia Lutheran Church
2414 31st Ave West Seattle, WA 98199

Site Opens:  9:30 am (NEW! earlier opening time)

Site Closes:  10 pm

NEW!! – PARKING
INFORMATION – Half of the lot across the street at
the LDS church will be available for us to park in for the morning only.  We
must leave 15 spots open for that church’s members to use during
that time.  In the afternoon we can use the remainder of the
lot.  There is ample street parking in the neighborhood;
please pay attention to parking restrictions signs.

Schedule

9:30 a.m. (NOTE NEW
TIME)               
Site Opens!!

10:00
a.m.                                        
Red Branch Meeting (NEW!!)

11:00
a.m.                                        
Invocation Court and Start of A&S Competition (UPDATED!!)

11:00 a.m
-12:15                              
Presentation – Count Stykarr’s Armor – Stykarr and
Master Ugo

12:30 – 1:30
p.m.                             
LUNCH BREAK

1:45– 3:15
p.m.                                
Class –On Nobility – Duke Stefan of Bellatrix

5:00
p.m.                                          
Closing Court

6:00
p.m.                                          
Dinner

7:30
p.m.                                          
Dancing with dessert sideboard

10:00
pm                                          
Site closes

Site
Fee: $10 members (children under 18 no site fee);
NMS applies.

Dinner
Fee: $8.

Dinner
provided by The Madrone Culinary Guild

Candles are allowed.

We will have off-board tables available for those who wish to bring
their own food for dinner.  A seating
chart will be posted midday. 

There are many lunch and dinner options available a very short walk
away: a list of restaurants is on the
back of the site copy.

Aeron Corrino, Madrone’s current Arts & Sciences Champion
says this about the event:  As in years past a historic
monarch has been chosen to act as inspiration for the event…..and
as current A&S Champion for Madrone I selected Elizabeth I.
But, don’t feel constrained by that…..because I added a twist.
One of the greatest winter events in London’s history happened
during Elizabeth’s reign….
In 1595 a FROST FAIRE was held on the river Thames. Performers,
artisans, craftsmen, tradesmen all brought their wares to stalls
set up on the frozen river and a carnival of skating and revelry
was held throughout the month of February in 1595. …but frost
faires happened throughout London’s history, this one happened to
be the largest.

Arts and
Sciences Championship:

Their Excellencies and Aeron Corrino would like to have letters
of intent to compete for champion, as well as requests for time
slots with judges if intending to compete as singles entrants, by
12th Night that they may put together as efficient a judging
schedule as possible.

To that end:
Should you wish to compete for Champion you will need to have two
entries prepared for judging.
#1-an item entirely of your creation, with a focus on its
historical significance and how it would have been made compared
with your technique and any differences of material/process you
employed and what inspired your choices.
#2-a 30 minute presentation on the creation of an item, but in this
case with a focus on collaboration. A great many items/artifacts
were created via a collaborative process of a series of artisans
each adding their own masterful skill to compliment the whole. So
plan to collaborate with at least one other person on your item, if
possible have them present to contribute to your presentation, and
most of all…..think of the fun of getting to geek out with
another artist to create something awesome!

Any questions regarding the competition for Arts & Sciences
Champion should be direted to Aeron Corrino. 

Research Paper
Competition:  

_{Topics:
the theme of our A & S Champions day is Elizabeth I of
England.  Papers
should be centered around this topic, but it is not required, be
creative, be interesting}

_{Guidelines for research papers can be found
at:
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/artsci/research_papers.htm
the only change is that please
limit papers to 15 pages or less, including
illustrations.}

_{Papers
should be turned in electronically submitted to: madroneresearchpapers@gmail.com
  Papers are due by midnight
on January 31, 2015. 
No late papers will be accepted. We have to allow time for judges
to read the entries.}

_{Would you like to be a
judge? Please contact me offline at madroneresearchpaper@gmail.com
.}

_{The winner will be
announced on February 7th in evening court by the Baron and
Baroness of Madrone. There will be a prize for this
competition.}

Activities Other Than the
Competitions:

Stykarr’s
Armor – a Presentation by Master Ugo: 
Master Ugo made the wonderous armor that King
Stykarr wore for his last court. Come and watch him do a
presentation about the making of it.  Both the armor and Count
Stykarr will also be in attendance. 

Class with
Duke Stefan of Bellatrix on Nobility

Dancing after
Dinner with a Dessert Sideboard  Lady
Luathrinn has kindly agreed to teach dance after dinner.  We
may have live music – check back for an update.