30th Year Celebration
- Date
- A.S. XXX
- Branch
- Stromgard (Vancouver WA)
- Autocrat
- Jean Louis de Chambertin
- Site
- Weather
- Activities
Event Highlights
Greetings to the People of the Known World from Mistress Elizabeth Braidwood, 3YC deputy autocrat for Getting The Word Out Via E-Mai.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ SCA 30 Year Celebration, 7-16 June 1996 in An Tir (near Vancouver, Wash.) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The Progress
The final pre-event issue of The Progress, #6, is due out in the next couple of weeks. The e-Progress, its online sibling, will be sent out shortly after. Now is a good time to subscribe -- send your request to xxxxxx with your name and kingdom.
A gate issue of The Progress will be included in your package when you sign in at the event. Issues of The Daily Progress will be available at the event for a small fee per issue.
Volunteers Will Make the Difference
There is no better way to make friends than working side-by-side. Plan to volunteer your services for several shifts during 3YC. Profits from the event will be distributed to the kingdoms based on a formula which includes volunteer hours by kingdom.
Lost and Found Possibilities are Staggering
The Constables want to remind all people planning to attend 3YC to mark their belongings with Name, Branch, and Kingdom; especially items which tend to get left behind: goblets, baskets, cloaks, staffs, armour, etc.
Attendance
Come and have a good time with thousands of your best friends. At this time, over 2400 of them are already registered to attend, and will be coming from points as far away as Lochac, Trimaris, and Atlantia.
Horses!
Horses will be available for hire on an hourly and daily basis. Horse-drawn wagons will provide some intra-site transport. Qualified heralds will be making their rounds a-horseback. Several Equestrian events are scheduled.
"Edward the Bloody Bastard" story contest!
Come help the Known World roast the President of the SCA Inc.! Viscount Master Master Sir Edward Zifran of Gendy, man of a thousand silly adventures, won't talk about the mischief he participated in before he moved to the East coast. In despair, his new bride must turn to those who knew him in the Old Days for enlightenment. Contest is for Fast-Eddie- in-his-West/AnTir-days stories specifically and there are bonus points for pictures.
This is An Tir, After All
The unusually heavy spring rains have left the site somewhat soggy. While you're packing, consider bringing along waterproof footwear as well as waterproof tarps, raingear and umbrellas. Also bring sunhats, sunblock, and sunshades. While the site is guaranteed free of fire ants, tornados, tigers, snow, poisonous snakes, elephant charges, revolution, snurfs, and attacks from the Mongol hordes, it -is- susceptible to an over-abundance of both rain and sun. Be Prepared. (Mongols -will- be attending 3YC, however they have promised not to attack.)
How Old Must You Be?
In Washington State, the age of sexual consent and tobacco consumption is 18; alcohol is 21. And while we're talking restrictions, site policy prohibits firearms, and modern law prohibits raffles.
For more information, check out our website at
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--- Mistress Elizabeth Braidwood
Pictures
The Barony of Madrone constructed a War Elephant and brought it to the 30th Year Celebration of the SCA. The War Elephant had a couple of platforms inside and archers could stand on the elephant and shoot arrows. A wheeled elephant, it could be moved by the muscle of many strong people, although not far in rough ground of the war field. The War Elephant was informally named Edward the Snuffy (a compliment (?) to Master Edward the Stuffy, a prominent Madronan.