Come out to a full day of fun and merriment! There is a Rapier tournament to determine our next Dragon Blade, A&S tournament to determine the next Emerald Rose. As well there is a largess challenge, Armoured tournament. As well as a silent auction and fund raiser lunch where proceeds go to the Montengarde War Wagon (sending our fine fighters to Utsalmas)!! And a feast made by the King himself!!! Don’t miss this amazing first event of the year!!!!

When: January 20, 2024
Where: Delacour Community Hall, County Hills Blvd. East, Delacour, AB, T0M 0T0
Site Hours: 7 pm Friday to Midnight Saturday evening
Price: Members $20.00, Non-Members $25.00
Feast: $17.00/person over 10 years of age
Event Steward: Blailith Red events@montengarde.org

Pre-registration Link:
Here

Schedule link:
Here

Gate Volunteer Schedule:
Here


Feast Information:

We have had feasts fit for Royalty. Now come and have a Feast prepared by a King!!! That’s Right Avacals own King Ellias is the Feast Stewart for this glorious event.

  • Fresh Baked Bread with Honey Butter & Garlic Butter
  • Dried fruit, Nuts & Dates with Yogurt
  • Roast Fowl
  • Salted Pork
  • Fresh Greens with Dressing
  • Seasoned Roasted Root Vegetables (Potato, Carrot, Mushroom & Onion)
  • Baked Apple Crumble with Molasses, Cinnamon & Brown Sugar
  • Fresh Thick Cream

A&S Tournament for Twelfth Night 2024

Good Gentles all,
Come one com all. We are looking for the next A&S Champion to step forward this Twelfth Night. If you plan to vie for Arts and Sciences Champion of Montengarde at the Twelfth Night event, I would please remind you that you must be a member in good standing, and you must send a letter of intent to vie to HE Refr Bjarnarson and HE Adis Ulfsdottir to the following email: excellencies@montengarde.org. This must be received by January 12, 2024

Thank you! I look forward to all those who would enter the tournament!

The document containing information on the A&S tournament for this year is now available HERE.

YIS Jocelyn of Montengarde

For further information contact Jocelyn of Montengarde at champion-as@montengarde.org


Rapier Tournament:

We begin the search to find the next Dragonblade for our current is growing slow and tired from a year’s worth of service. He has earnt his rest. Come out this Twelfth Night and fight for the right to call yourself the Dragons blade of Montengarde. You must be a member in good standing, and you must send a letter of intent to vie to HE Refr Bjarnarson and HE Adis Ulfsdottir to the following email:
excellencies@montengarde.org as well as to His Holiness the Dandy Lama, Arjun Singh at jaspaul.yuva@gmail.com no later than 11 January 2024.

The tournament format will be a Round Robin, with the semifinals and finals being the best of three bouts.  Fighters may do battle with weapons of a combined blade length of 62″, as well as spears up to 72″ in length.  Shields will be restricted to a diameter of 18″, or a surface area of 255 sq in.

We eagerly look forward to seeing the fighters of Montengarde and its surrounding areas test each others’ mettle and see who will rise as the new Dragonblade Champion!

12th Night Dragonblade Championship Registration:
Here

YIS:
His Holiness the Dandy Lama, Arjun Singh


Classes being offered:

To register message Custance on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christie.johnson.7503) or email me at: arts-sciences@montengarde.org .

9am -10am Medieval and Renaissance Spice Mixes of Western Europe 

Instructor: Jonker Allert Pierson
Cost: $5 to cover the cost of spices
Class time: 1 hour  Max participants: 10 Pre-registration not required, but deeply appreciated.

In this practical, hands-on class, we will explore two different spice mixes (or “powders”)—powder fort and powder douce. We’ll discuss culinary applications in both period and modern cookery, spice usage in western Europe throughout the period, and taste some of the spices contained in these mixes which are found less commonly in modern western European cuisine today. Then, we’ll experiment and create our own signature powders together to take home and enjoy.

For allergy awareness purposes: the following spices will be used in varying quantities during this class: ginger, cinnamon, cloves, galangal, long pepper, black pepper, cubebs, grains of paradise, mace, nutmeg.

We will be using popped popcorn tossed with a small amount of neutral oil to taste some spices, but this is optional. Working with powdered spices can make you sneeze, so you may wish to bring a mask to cover your nose and mouth!

11am-12am Bead it and Bead GOOD! (beading on cloth 101)

Instructor: HLCustance Frideswide Featherstonehaugh
Class Time: I hour.  Max participants: 8
Cost $5 to cover the beads and other supplies

In this hands-on class learn the basic techniques of adding beads to embellish cloth. A discussion of historical beads and their applications will accompany this class

12AM to 1PM DEIB Round Table
Host: Meisterin Adelheid
Class Time: 1 hr

Let’s talk about DEIB in the SCA. How does it manifest, affect people, and ways we can simply be better. This is an open discussion format with no particular agenda items. Lets work together to make the SCA a more inclusive and accessible environment.

1pm- 2pm Basic Round Shield Construction

Instructor: HRM Kiera, HE Sir Fergus
Cost: Free
Class time: 1 hour or less if things go quick.  Max participants: No max, whoever would like to

Come learn a method of building a round shield for combat. We’ll go over materials, methods of construction using said materials and tips and tricks learned along the way. If we have time, we can also touch on how to use the dinner plate you’ve just built. Class is open to anyone interested regardless of combat persuasion.

2pm–3pm Beginner silk painting

Instructor: Mistress Morrigan
Cost: free
Class time: 1 hour.  Max participants: 5

Learn the basics of silk painting with this hands-on opportunity. These skills can be scaled up to create your own banners.   Students will learn to transfer a design to stretched silk and apply outline and colour to their piece.  A discussion of period techniques and an overview of the history silk painting during the class will occur. 

3pm – 4pm Medieval People Wore Clothes and So Should You
Instructor: Monna Caterina Etc. OL
Class Time: I hour. Students Min 2 Max 12

How to dress comfortably and practically for summer camping events and winter hall events without breaking your budget or giving up on your dreams of glorious late-period clothing.