[Sca-cooks] Subtleties pictures from Pennsic

[Robert Downie]

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Does anyone have any contact numbers  or know anyone within the Casa 
> Bardici household? I'm wondering if  anyone has written an article 
> about this set-up or would be willing  to write one for the Florilegium.
>
> Perhaps I'll just have to add some of these messages to this file:
> decadence-msg     (14K)  3/18/97    Decadent SCA camp sites.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/DWELLINGS/decadence-msg.html 

There was a contact email in the invitation sent to the Subtleties list 
(possibly this one too, I'm not sure since I'd accidentally unsubbed 
myself at that point).  We talked to some of the folks involved on 
Thursday afternoon, and they were very happy to discuss the set up with 
us (and let us take lots of pictures).  It's a lot of work, but they 
really enjoy creating the magical final result.  See the original 
message with contact info below:
Faerisa

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[SCA_Subtleties] Announcement: Subtlety Competition and 
Exhibition at this Year's Pennsic
Date: 	Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:00:39 -0400
From: 	Marie Lutins <casabardicci at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: 	SCA_Subtleties at yahoogroups.com
To: 	SCA_Subtleties at yahoogroups.com


All ye Makers and Patrons of the fine arts of table and board: Take Heed!
His Excellency Guglielmo Bardicci
A humble citizen and court Baron of the fair Sylvan Lands of Aethelmearc,
Petitions Your Attention.

Continuing in his ever-expanding patronage of the arts and in celebration of
Four & thirty profitable years of war, Baron Bardicci once again sponsors

A Grand Subtlety Competition and Exhibition
at this year's Pennsic War
Open to all Denizens of the Known World.

A subtlety is an extravagant comestible designed to delight and deceive the 
senses.  An ornate and edible artform often served at the culmination of a 
Feast or as part of the desert remove, it is a centerpiece of the sideboard.

All entries will be accecpted on Thursday morning of War Week and shall be 
on display throughout the day during the open house of CASA BARDICCI 
accompanied by period entertainment and gracious hospitality for all 
visitors.

Contestants should consider that this competion will take place at Pennsic 
where amenities are at a minimum.  Field subtleties that can stand up to the 
rigors of war are highly recommended.  Entrants may wish to consider that 
their creations will be displayed in a late-period Italian villa, amidst an 
opulent Venetian board.  Imagination and well-researched works are highly 
encouraged.

Each contestant will receive a silver coin for entering our contest and the 
populace shall choose up to a dozen winners to receive a Bardicci Golden 
Token and an invitation to the Baron's High Society Soiree in Honor of the 
Arts.  Two entries will be chosen from among the finalists to be awarded 
Highest Honors and receive a period silver spoon hand-crafted by Master 
Erwillian MacFergus and a fabulous period portrait platter crafted by Lady 
Genevieve de Chalfant.

Royalty, Peers and other influential Personages and Patrons of the Arts 
shall view and consume the exhibition at His Excellency's High Society Arts 
Party in the full splendor of Casa Bardicci at night.

Contact Master Erwillian the Bard's scribe Radha at casabardicci at hotmail.com