Category: Novice Day
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Missives from Maestra: The Novice Day Acknowledgements (07/27/2025)
Many will be at Pennsic in the Debatable Lands of AEthelmearc during Peace Week at this posting, but I hope those whom I mention will be told that they are being acknowledged. There were five entries in the third Magistra Isabeau d’Orleans Novice Day Arts & Sciences Memorial Prize display. Each of these deserve mention:…
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Missives from Maestra: The Novice Day Edition (07/18/2025)
I do no regret canceling the Heraldry class of this past Monday, especially after hearing that two women had died on the road that night when their vehicle was borne away by the flash flooding that had been predicted. That said, following is a list of classes on offer for tomorrow’s Novice Day, with times…
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Missives from Maestra (07/11/2025) UPDATE (07/14/2025)
TONIGHT’S GATHERING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD ADVISORY IN THE AREA! Greetings to the Shirefolk, At our previous gathering on Thursday 06/26, our Webminister Fenneke Jans came by to assist in tracing out patterns onto the cut fabric for the making of Her Majesty Indrakshi II’s favors for the upcoming Pennsic…
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Missives from Maestra (06/25/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, The last gathering on 06/09/2025 at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall saw our intrepid Seneschale Sapphira the Navigator help trace out patterns for the Queen’s favors and take some home with her. I have plenty more blank cuttings of fabric if anyone wishes to show up on Thursday 06/26 from…
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Missives from Maestra (06/04/2025)
Greetings to the Shire, Spring is giving way to summer, and plans for the Pennsic War grow apace. At the Arts & Sciences gathering on Thursday 05/22/2025, two yards of black fabric were cut into 40 pieces (though five may be discarded for edges that may be too rough and uneven) that would eventually become…
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2024 Novice Day: Arts & Sciences Recap
Greetings to the Shire, It was a scorcher of a day. The weather had also promised rain, and delivered toward the day’s end. Now that I know how well the wooden pavilion works at keeping out the rain, I am no longer so leery of holding future Arts & Sciences displays and competitions there. I…
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More Updates!
Almost two weeks ago, I attempted to hold the Shire’s first virtual A&S gathering. I was unable to go in or let people in, and for this I beg forgiveness. I immediately went into the shire’s respective Facebook pages, let gentles know what happened, and perforce cancelled the meeting. Our intrepid webminister and I have since…
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(Belated) A&S Novice Day Results
Greetings to the Shire, This was my first time running Novice Day’s Arts & Sciences display. The rain came down in varying degrees from mist to drizzle to downpour all day. At first I thought we would have only one entrant, but as the day progressed we ended with a total of eight, three out…
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The Shire of Rusted Woodlands welcomes one and all to the Tenth Annual East Kingdom Novice Day on June 24th, 2023!
This is the perfect opportunity for those newest to the Knowne World to showcase their talents. Those gentles that are better acquainted with our lands will be able to meet new people and share those experiences that have kept them coming back for more. Gold Key (loaner garb) will be available at Troll (check-in). The wearing…
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A Missive from Maestra Ana de Guzmán
Greetings to the Shire, The last meeting on April 24, I cut pieces for the Queen’s favors to be made, and gave some pieces and pattern tracing paper along with the favor assembly instructions to our intrepid webminister after she had portioned the tracing paper. I had intended to start some on my own, and…