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Every year the Barony of Bhakail in the East Kingdom holds a heraldry-and-music event called Noisemakers. Last night I did it all by myself!
I have been planning for a while to make myself (as the baronial herald) more available to the Storvik populace. Thus, I announced on the listserve that I would be bringing my books and such to the third Monday night fighter practice of the month. So that people could figure out more easily what I was doing with my table, chair and book crate, I wore the plain (non-baronial) heraldic tabard and did an "oyez, oyez" vocal advertisement before the sword-thwacking really got going. :-)
And I actually did something. Our baronial chronicler was reminded that the device that Master Herveus conflict-checked for her about a year ago was never submitted, so I said I'd take another look at it and see if it is still free of conflicts after another year of heraldic submissions. Then a new fighter named John asked me about SCA names and devices, so I told him about the basic rules. He is thinking about a Serbian name ... yeah, this is going to be interesting, as there are so few resources available on SCA heraldry websites. I jotted down the URLs of the Academy of St. Gabriel and Slavic Interest Group websites on a slip of paper and gave them to him for further consideration. A third person asked me some questions, too, so she may come back in future weeks.
Then I got word that Maugorn was too exhausted from his hard work on the MD Faerie Festival to drop by practice, and none of the other musicians showed up. So I was, for the second time in three days, the entire band. I played as many non-bransle songs as I could muster, and then once the birthday cheesecake for Jen came out, the gathering turned to conversation with no more dancing.
Now, of course, I have bransle and English country dance tunes running nonstop through my brain. Once tomorrow's short-freelance-deadline article is over with, I should blast these earworms out of my head with "Quadrophenia" or Midnight Oil or something.
I have been planning for a while to make myself (as the baronial herald) more available to the Storvik populace. Thus, I announced on the listserve that I would be bringing my books and such to the third Monday night fighter practice of the month. So that people could figure out more easily what I was doing with my table, chair and book crate, I wore the plain (non-baronial) heraldic tabard and did an "oyez, oyez" vocal advertisement before the sword-thwacking really got going. :-)
And I actually did something. Our baronial chronicler was reminded that the device that Master Herveus conflict-checked for her about a year ago was never submitted, so I said I'd take another look at it and see if it is still free of conflicts after another year of heraldic submissions. Then a new fighter named John asked me about SCA names and devices, so I told him about the basic rules. He is thinking about a Serbian name ... yeah, this is going to be interesting, as there are so few resources available on SCA heraldry websites. I jotted down the URLs of the Academy of St. Gabriel and Slavic Interest Group websites on a slip of paper and gave them to him for further consideration. A third person asked me some questions, too, so she may come back in future weeks.
Then I got word that Maugorn was too exhausted from his hard work on the MD Faerie Festival to drop by practice, and none of the other musicians showed up. So I was, for the second time in three days, the entire band. I played as many non-bransle songs as I could muster, and then once the birthday cheesecake for Jen came out, the gathering turned to conversation with no more dancing.
Now, of course, I have bransle and English country dance tunes running nonstop through my brain. Once tomorrow's short-freelance-deadline article is over with, I should blast these earworms out of my head with "Quadrophenia" or Midnight Oil or something.
