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Costuming
-Lady Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa-
Wear your best as there will be prizes given for both 'Best Early'
and Best Late' period ensembles!
Judging will take place throughout
the day and prizes will be awarded at evening court.
Table Decorating
-Their Excellencies Steppes and Elfsea-
Please see site restrictions on the Location tab
Additional Information is Forthcoming
Table Top Siege Weapon
-Honorable Lord William Black Dragon called Ironwyrm & House Arkham-
CONTEST RULES:
The competition is open to all small hand held or table top devices constructed for the purpose of
hurling small bits of food stuffs (marshmallows, grapes, cheese cubes, veggies, peanuts, etc.) which
can meet the following conditions:
All devices will be declared within one of two categories:
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"Hand held" - those meant to be fired while held in the hand (so called "baby", "feast", or "mini" crossbows).
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"Table top" - those meant to be fired while sitting on a flat surface (so called "baby, "feast", or "mini" trebuchet, ballisita, or catapult)! All feast devices must fit within a sixteen inch feast platter (or circle) to be allowed to enter!
All string & prod powered feast devices (crossbows and some ballisita) may not exceed a draw of ten pounds!
All devices must be capable of firing grapes as ammo. All ammo (grapes only) will be supplied by the contest sponsors. No other projectiles will be allowed!
THE COMPETITION:
- All competitors twelve years of age or under
must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian!
- All spectators must remain behind safety ropes
during the competition!
- All contestants must compete in the competition
using one "feast weapon" entry only!
- All contestants must demonstrate to the
attending marshals that their "feast device" is
safe, in good working order, and they can operate
the devise in a safe & sane manner!
- All contestants must be ready when their names are
be called, absent contestants will be rotated to
the end of the list once and only once! Should a
contestant be declared absent a second time when
their name is called they will be stricken from the
competitors list!
- All contestants shall be allowed to pick twelve
grapes, six for ranging & practice shots, and six
for scoring shots. Any grapes which fly to pieces
upon firing do count as shots, so pick your grape
shot wisely!
- All contestants must remain seated at the firing
line's table while competing (no standing allowed),
all mini-siege engines must remain upon the table
while firing (no hand held siege engines allowed).
- All grapes shot must enter the target intact to be
counted (pieces of grape do not count as a score.
Exception being should it splat on the inner target's
metal rim it shall count toward the lower points
score!
- Maximum target distance will be limited to 15
yards.
- The competitor with the highest recorded score
at the completion of the list shall be declared the
winner of the contest!
We're looking forward to having a splattering good
time and lots of laughs again during this year's
contest! Please take note, plastic sheeting or a
good washable cloak is always advisable!
Kingdom Eisteddfod
-Master ihon Vinson MacFergus-
The first round will be the piece you consider your best. Depending on the
number of competitors, some or all will move on to the second round.
In order to win, one of your pieces must be an SCA or Ansteorran piece
(original or otherwise) and one of your pieces must have brief
documentation. A suggested outline can be found below.
*Outline for Eisteddfod Documentation:*
I. Basic information
a. For non-original pieces:
i. Title
ii. Date
iii. Area of origin
b. For original pieces
i. Title
ii. Period (century) upon which the piece is based
iii. Area where the style would have been heard/seen
*Note: all this could be part of the title of your documentation: e.g. Upon
a Dead Man's Head: A poem by the English poet, John Skelton ca.1498 *or* My
Superior Poem, an original Sonnet based on the English form utilized
**by **William Shakespeare* (1564 – 1616)* .*
II. The elements of the piece that were characteristic in
period - e.g. this original song utilizes a two rhyming couplets followed
by a nonsense chorus as one might find in *The Famous Ratcatcher*, earliest know printing, 1615.
III. Some short discussion of what make your piece a 'standout' in preparation or
performance e.g. The piece requires exceptional breath control and exhibits difficult changes in
pitch and meter [*assuming
it does*] *or* While Middle English would have been easily understood by the
original auditors, it was necessary to seek a balance between the original
pronunciation and what is accessible to the modern ear.
IV. At least two resources - please do not use Wikipedia
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