[Elfsea] Steppes 12th Night!

[Emma Haldan via Elfsea]

Please join us in putting an exclamation point on your holiday celebrations at Steppes 12th Night 2015!
For those on Facebook, please join us at https://www.facebook.com/groups/737161933004202/permalink/755489427838119/
For those not on facebook, the website is pending, and please read below. ACCEPS is up and available for this fun event!
Her Excellency Ekaterina Iadorovna Kharlampieva

Baroness of the Steppes, Lady of Glaslyn, Lady of Kyngescreke

Cordially invites you to attend the annual celebration of

Steppes Twelfth Night

January 3rd, 2015


 
Her Excellency is pleased to host Eisteddfod, the Kingdom Bardic Championship,

at Steppes 12th Night 2015.


 
Site: Corral Barn, 3312 North Central Expressway, Plano, Texas 75074.


 
The site will have alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and bottled water available for sale. We are not allowed to bring in any alcoholic beverages, nor commercially sold soft drinks or bottled water. Fruit juices or hand-crafted non-alcoholic beverages are permitted.


 
Directions: Take best route to Plano and take US 75. Take Parker Road exit. If coming south on

75, take the overpass and turn north onto the frontage road (do not continue on Parker). Take the

third entrance on the right (in front of the Hangout Patio Bar & Grill). If you pass Joe’s Crab

Shack you’ve gone too far.


 
Schedule

Site opens: 10 am – PLEASE NOTE, site opens earlier than previously advertized

Morning Court: TBA

First Course Served: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

Second Course Served: 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Evening Court: TBA

Third Course: 8:00 pm

Site Closes: Midnight

Please Note

The schedule is a work in progress.


 
FEAST

First Course (2:00 – 4 pm)

Tomato Basil Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

French bread

Pear, cheese, walnut and honey tarts

Pickled vegetables

Mushrooms





Second Course (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

Smoked pork

Roast beef

Pear sauce (good with pork)

Garlic sauce

Mustard sauce

Roasted yams


Third Course (8:00 pm)

Sugared Almonds

Shortbread cookies

Gooseberry jam

Assorted fruits and nuts

Please Note:

You are allowed to bring in your own food, and you will need to bring your feast gear. Alcohol and commercial beverages of any kind, e.g., soda, energy drinks, beer, homebrew, MUST be purchased on site, from the cash bar. This includes bottled water. Fruit juices or hand-crafted non-alcoholic beverages are permitted. If you have any questions about this restriction, please ask them.

The feast is a revolving sideboard, so you are welcome to sit with friends as you like, there is plenty of room. Please bring your banners, your best feast gear, all of your festive finery! If there is something you would like to hang on the walls, please contact Baroness Allessandra, the event Steward, we may be able to accommodate you!



Table Decorating Competition

A Traditional competition in the Barony of the Steppes. Come make your table look festive and welcome. Bring out your best dishes and drapery. Festoon your table with greenery and finery.

Please sign up on-site. You will receive a token which will allow our judges to come look at your beautiful scene. Prizes will be for “Best Russian Table” (for our Baroness) and “Best Steppes Table”.

Steppes Costume Contest

Another  traditional favorite in the Steppes. Wear your best to Twelfth Night. Categories include: Ancient, Early and Late for Men, Women and Youth. Prizes will be awarded.


 
Tabletop Siege Engine Competition

Dimensions for the siege engines are pending. Rule of thumb, these are toy size, not what you can fit on the top of the entire table.


 
Kingdom Eisteddfod

Watch as the best bards from across the kingdom face off against each other and....the Wheel of Doom! Who will emerge victorious and be named the 32nd Premier Bard of Ansteorra? Join us at Steppes Twelfth Night, on January 3, 2015, to enjoy some of the best bardic Ansteorra has to offer and find out!

The competition will be a bard vs bard, double elimination format, with each round having a theme determined by the Wheel of Doom. The themes on the wheel will be: Ansteorra, Period/Period Style (documented), War, Love, Death, Drinking, Chivalry, Audience Participation, Open (Bard's Best), Crown's Choice.

Bye rounds shall be destructive, and shall be performed against a former Premier Bard. In addition to the regular panel of judges, 9 random audience members will be chosen, who will cast a collective "populace vote". There are no style (song, poetry, story, instrumental) requirements, and documentation is only required for one piece (the period/period style piece). Any questions should be directed to the outgoing Premier Bard, Master Alden Drake at alden_drake at sbcglobal.net.

Also: Themes will not be duplicated; the Wheel of Doom will be spun at the beginning of each round. Audience desired and welcomed!


 
Subtlety Contest

Come use your talents to disguise food as other food, or as non-food.   It can be sweet or savory, but it must be delicious.  Please submit entries at 8 pm on the feast cart designated. Winners will receive prizes, and be served to Her Excellency! (Please note: an ingredient list is required. Our resplendent Baroness is allergic to onions, tomatoes, and strawberries.)


 
“Anniversary Tree” for Her Excellency Ekaterine Iadorovna Kharlampieva

The first anniversary is traditionally commemorated with paper. Come make a paper ornament and place it on Her Excellency’s Christmas tree to let her know how much she has done to make the Barony of the Steppes a beautiful, wonderful and welcoming place. We will provide paper, scissors, glue and other “implements of creation” to make a memory for Her Excellency to treasure. (You are welcome to bring an ornament rather than make one, or to do both. Paper is encouraged, but not required for this keepsake gift.)


 

 
Other Entertainments

There will also be table games, European dancing, live musicians and singers, an Heraldic consulting table, and Merchants. If you are interested in helping with any or all of these things, please contact Baroness Allessandra, the event Steward.


 
Merchants

Due to site limitations, we will not be able to host merchants this 12th Night. So please, fine and wondrous merchants of Ansteorra and the Knowne World, come and relax with us this year!


 
For questions, up to date information, and group planning, please join us on the Steppes 12th Night Facebook page: (website pending)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/737161933004202/


 
Site Fees: Adult (18 & older): $20.00

Child: $10.00

Family Max: $60.00

Non-membership surcharge: $5.00


 
ACCEPS _is_ available! Buy your tickets now, before the holiday crunch:

http://acceps.ansteorra.org/regit/event_main.php


 
Steward: HE Allessandra Desiderio (Karie Mitchell)

2524 Peppertree Place

Plano, Texas 75074

karie.mitchell at gmail.com

214/562-2433 (please leave a message)


 
Co-Steward:HL Emma Haldan (Esther Reese)

917 St.Paul Drive

Richardson, TX 75080

reese_esther at yahoo.com

210/385-5979 – text only


 
Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. They may also attend with a 21 year or older adult with a signed and notarized Minor Event Waiver Form from the parents. Make

checks payable to: SCA, Inc./Barony of the Steppes.


 
Posted 11/23/2014
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