Category: Novice Day
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Favor-Making, The Tail-End Construction (07/13/2026)
My many thanks to those Magistra Sapphira, Lady Veronica, and the Noble Fenneke for the silk-stenciling during the June 5th Monday gathering at the Shire’s Fencing and Fighting Championships. Even more thanks to Lady Veronica for taking it upon herself to apply the resist and paint to the favors themselves. We come to the tail…
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Missives from Maestra: Shire Favor Thursday (and 5th Monday) 06/25 and 06/29/2026
Greetings, Shirefolk, The 2nd Monday saw Magistra Sapphira, Lady Serilda, Lady Ceara, and myself discussing how best design favors to make for the Shire’s upcoming events Novice Day and 100 Minutes War. Since that day, all of the supplies have arrived, so I will bring them all to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting place in…
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Favor-Making in the Next Few Gatherings and at 5th Monday
Greetings, Shirefolk, The silk-painting day has inspired the idea to make favors for Novice Day. The supplies have been and are being ordered as I key this. They will not have arrived yet for the 2nd Monday June 8th gathering in Wayne, but should be by 4th Thursday June 25th, and we can do some…
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Missives from Maestra: Silk Decoration Day, and Many Thanks (05/28/2026)
Greetings again to the folk of the Shire, I thank Maestro Antonio Patrasso for journeying from the Swamp to the Forest to help teach us how to decorate silk banners. We were joined by Lady Veronica of Manchester, the gentle Eileen Duffy, former Swamp resident Lady Ceara MacKiernan of Arundel, two other gentles from Settmour…
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Pennon-Making Thursday (05/28/2026)
Novice Day comes apace. Our shire’s pennons need refurbishing/replacing. The honorable and esteemed Master Antonio Patrasso will come to us from our fair neighbor to the south on Thursday May 28, 2026 to show us how to make said pennons. He will be bringing the supplies. That said, he would like to know how many…
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Missives from Maestra: Monday Meeting 05/11/2026 and Novice Day Form Notice
Greetings, Shirefolk, The Sixty-first year of the Society has been celebrated. Now that the weather is (mostly) milder, thoughts turn to preparations for those going to Pennsic, or the respective regional warcamps, and other such events martial and otherwise. Where “otherwise” is concerned, East Kingdom Novice Day comes apace on July 18, 2026. Having learned…
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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…