St. Radegund's Planning Meeting

Another one? Yes. Saturday, May 30th at 2:00pm at Sibley Park, Mankato, Mn. The Event Steward, Class Coordinator, and Seneschal will be there. Please feel free to come with ideas. Other people needed for planning are the Marshall, archery personnel, class teachers, and volunteers of all sorts.
http://www.rivenwoodtower.org/radegund-44.pdf

St. Radegund depicted on the seal of her priory with staff, book, and alms purse.

Anna's Apiary

On June 4th two three pound packages of bees will arrive at the Schuster small holding. Though skeps would be lovely and period they are sadly not permitted to house bees in the U.S. - sadly because of their picturesqueness but skeps are unfortunate in the destructive way in which honey needs to be extracted. The little Italian beauties will be introduced into their Langstroth boxes in the evening hours to encourage them to stay. Anyone wanting to witness the process may contact the seneschal at http://www.rivenwoodtower.org/ for details on dress and bee etiquette. Perfume, noise and erratic movements not recommended.

Barbarians Wanted

I received this invitation from the coordinator of this event in New Ulm, Minnesota. He "discovered" the SCA during a demo our shire did there a few weeks ago. He is putting out a call for Germanic "barbarians" to participate. Perhaps there are some among you which may hear this unique call to battle. Here is his invitation:

Romans March on New Ulm This Fall 2009
Roman Soldiers will march on New Ulm, Minnesota , this fall, 2009. Members of Legion XIIII Milwaukee area and the Legion X Chicago area will set up camp near the famous Hermann Monument . They are coming to recreate an important historical event.
In the year 9 AD, Roman Legionnaires from the XVII, XVIII and XIX Legions fought a battle east of the Rhine River in northern Germany . The original battlefield in Germany , recently discovered by Tony Clunn, is helping tell the story. This was, in fact, such a decisive battle that it helped create the foundations for modern Europe .
The City of New Ulm and the Hermann Victory Committee are hosting a three-day Hermann Victory Celebration Friday , Saturday, Sunday September 18-20, 2009 .
A small-scale reenactment of the Battle of Teutoburger Wald will be part of this three-day event. Roman soldiers and German tribal “barbarians” led by Hermann the German (or Arminius as he was known to the Romans) will once again meet in the New Ulm “ Teutoburger Forest ” to set the course for the future of Germany .
Local barbarians and those from nearby tribes are invited to enlist in the reenactment. Saturday afternoon at the Roman campsite, you can join one of the tribes: Hermann’s Cherusci Auxiliaries, the Bructeri, the Marsi, or form your own tribe. We’ll supply the face paint and some Cherusci Auxiliary uniforms. Learn a bit of the history, dress and arm yourself as they might have 2000 years ago.
Saturday near sunset a reenactment of that battle will be staged. Varus and his Romans will march from their summer camp into the carefully planned ambush. History tells us one fall day in 9 AD Hermann the Cherusci and his tribal allies ended Roman expansion in that part of the world.
Visit the camp Saturday afternoon (all barbarians welcome) and later that day on September 19, a 2000- year-old event in history will be revisited.
Interested Romans and barbarians can contact http://us.mc376.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jkmake@gmail.com
and visit the Hermannmonument.com website to learn more about the three- day event

Was It May?

Brrr! Well, no one camped. It was cold. That's all there is to it. The revelers came out on Saturday and brought warm garb and drank hot cocoa, watched the fighters thunk away at each other. There were hits taken and...lets see, two days later aught to be the time for fully matured aches and bruises...I'll have to check on their status.

Food was served and shared by all, yumm.

The stick game followed, to everyone's entertainment. The Youth Shire Stick Champion is the wiry and fierce Ashley. The Shire Women's Stick Game Champion is once again Melanie Wing! And the Shire Stick Game Champion, first time playing, is Cameron Hanson! Huzzah!

The pleasant though chilly day ended sitting about a fire that failed to perform adequately until some chilly soul got up and scrounged in the dark for some sticks.

It was a very nice time in a very nice setting with some very nice people who could see their breath.

A Maying

May 15th, 16th and 17th the Shire Of Rivenwood Tower will hold it's Camping practice and May Party that will be combined in one big cheerful event this year. It will be held at Rush River County Park near Henderson, Minnesota. http://tinyurl.com/rushriverpark ; http://www.co.sibley.mn.us/content.aspx?Id=3D4DF025-AB29-44C6-8C73-90DB5B5677DE



Saturday the 16th there will be held Fighter Practice, Archery Practice, and the ever popular Stick Game! Shire Champions will be determined! Bring a chair and a cup.


Feasting will follow that evening. It is pot luck. Bring your own fire roastables, feast gear, and a dish to pass!


Come and join us!
http://rivenwoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/camping-practice.html

Bridget's Flame

All gentles and nobles know by these presents that Stephen and Ailleanne, King and Queen of Northshield, having observed the many good works and labors in the art of coin making by Bartel Fitzneel, including sharing his vast knowledge and experience with any interested citizen, are minded to invite him into Our Order of the Bridget's Flame.

Huzzah Bart! Oops!... Lord...Lord Bartel Fitz Neel.

May 9th is Crown Tourney

Saturday, May 9th is Crown Tourney! It is in Chaska, Minnesota. http://rivenwoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/04/royal-crown-tournament.html Bart Saxton is creating the copper pennies that will be site tokens. They are based on 14th century French coins. I do not have a picture of one of them but can tell you that they are very pretty. Perhaps "pretty" is not a prefered moneyers term - but they are.