Greetings Unto All!

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Many Thanks,

Humbly Yours in Service,

 Krysztof

Hear ye, hear ye! May this announcement cause all ears to ring in the most pleasant of ways! We of Sankt Vladimir College in the cold northernmost regions of the Kingdom of Atenveldt, standing alongside the Barony of Ered Sul, would like to invite all who can come to join us on March 8th, 2008 to attend Aurora’s Feast! Join us as we celebrate the life of Lady Aurora de la Croix and Thegn Antonio Biagi as well as witness the final court of Their Excellencies Gunnar and Saeunn, protectors of all things wooly, and the Investiture of Lord Christopher FitzArthur and Lady Miana ní Chonnagáin as the next Baron and Baroness of Ered Sul!

Aurora’s Feast/Ered Sul Baronial Investiture will be held at Flagstaff High School. The site will open at 12 noon and close at 8pm. Among the activities scheduled for the day are:

• A Silent Auction will be held throughout the day, half of the proceeds will go to Sankt Vladimir to offset the costs of the event and half will go to the Kingdom of Atenveldt General fund. To that effort, if anyone has any items they wish to donate, please contact the coordinator, THL Jerusha a’Laon. She’ll be happy to pick up items.
• A wind-chime tourney will also take place. It will be a round robin tournament with the participants having been armed with pillows and blindfolded. There will a prize for both an adult and youth winner donated by THL Jerusha.
• If there is interest, Mistress Jehanne will lead the populace in English Country Dancing.
• There will be a Feast served with lots of yummy food please look to the lists for a specific menu. The Feast steward is Uilleam O’Cleirigh. If you have any questions, please contact him.
• Court will be at Their Majesties discretion.

This year, feast will be included with the site fee:

Adults with proof of SCA membership: $7.00

Adults without proof of SCA membership: $10.00

Youth 6 to 17 years of age: $5.00

Children 5 and under are free

NO ALCOHOL allowed at this event. Smoking permitted across the street from the school property. No animals allowed except assistance animals. Policies will be strictly enforced.

Directions to Flagstaff High School: Address is 400 W. Elm Avenue Flagstaff, AZ 86001

From Tucson: Go to Phoenix via I-10 West. Take the I-17 North exit in Phoenix.
From Phoenix: Go to Flagstaff via I-17 North.

Once in Flagstaff: I-17 will turn into Milton Road. Continue on Milton Road. Milton Road will veer left (going through an underpass) and become Route 66. Take the first left immediately after the underpass (Santa Fe Street). Then take an immediate right at Sitgreaves Street. Continue on Sitgreaves until it dead ends at Elm Street. You’ll be right in front of the High School. Look for signs directing to parking.

Event Steward: M’lady Mishi– Michelle Jager – 520-609-5450 (no calls after 9pm) mika_ichijougi@hotmail.com

Feast Steward: Uilleam O’Cleirigh – Kelly Sawyer – 928-856-4381 – liamoclare@yahoo.com

Silent Auction Coordinator – THL Jerusha a’Laon (Johanna Garcia) 602-423-9203 (no calls after 10pm) jerushasca@cox.net

Investiture Assistance - Mistress Jehanne (Jeanne Russell) 928-564-2886 nametaken@ctaz.com

As I’ve talked to many of the populace over the past few weeks, everyone it seems is making something new or improving something old to get ready for war. The craftmanship, creativity, and ingenuity of our populace is astounding! Please take some time when you get a chance and consider writing a brief how-to or story about a project you’ve worked on this year to share with the rest of us on our website. We hope to build this site as a destination for learning as well as general info! Its your site so help build it! I am ready and willing to help with putting it together with you if you need help, so contact me via web@baronyoferedsul.org

General Sewing Day! Come hang out and help(or be helped) to make garb with the NAU students. If you have your own sewing machine please bring it. Fabric and notions will not be provided, you must bring those as well.

Date: January 26^th

Time: 11:00 am

Directions: Take Milton Rd. to Riordan Rd. and go East towards the college. Turn right at the first stop sign which is Knoles Rd. Tinsley will be the first building on the left, it is Building #44. Parking can be found either along the building or in the parking structure across the street. Everyone will be in the large classroom at the north end of the building.

The last Populace meeting of the reign of the their Excellencies Baron Gunnar and Baroness Saeunne will be on January 17th 2008 @ 6:30pm, at the the Flagstaff Thorpe Park Adult Center. Please join them to celebrate with a potluck feast. Please bring a dish to share. Finger foods are best so we don’t have a big clean-up, but We will not turn away anything. Populace will start at 6:30 to give Us more time to talk with everyone and mingle.

Congratulations to Lord Christopher and Lady Miana who will succeed
Their Excellencies at the Baronial Investiture to be held at Aurora’s
Feast on March 8th of next year.