Kingdom Feast and Bardic Celebration L/2015

Date: November 06 to 08, L/2015
Branch: An Tir
Autocrat: Renart le Fox de Berwick
Site: Ocean Shores Convention Center, Ocean Shores, WA
Weather: (briefly) Sample: Cold, with snow on the ground.
Activities: Five course feast all day Saturday - Italian themed; Bardic performances all weekend; Arts and Sciences display; Masked Ball Friday evening; Heavy Armored Tournament Saturday; Rapier Tournament Saturday; Tavern/Games room

Event Highlights

Feast Menu

(tentative menu}

First Breakfast* Roman Breakfast (HE Refr orðlokarr Fiachson)

Bread
Porridge
Olives, cheese and dried fruit to go with the above
Eggs dressed with oil, wine, and garum
Watered wine (or beer if we want to go all barbarian)

Second Breakfast - Luncheon: Three tables with three themes from Imperial Rome (Maestra Fiamma the Unquenchable & HL Rycheza z Polska)

Lunch in a Noble Roman house:
- Lettuce Omelette
- Mushroom Omelette
- Smoked Cheese
- Cold Ham
- Focaccia Bread
- Olive Oil
- Melons with Mint
- Quince Paste

Lunch delicacies at the baths:
- Oysters
- Sauce for Oysters
- Cumin Sauce
- Sausages
- Mustard sauce
- Crispy Fried Chick Peas
- Libum (cheesebread)

Lunch at the tavern:
- Bean & Barley & vegetable soup
- Pompeian Bread
- Pickled Onions
- Dates
- Fig Cakes
- Olives, Grapes, Nuts

Dinner - A dinner of Scappi selections (HL Ysolt Tayler of Windhill)

Scaciofali bonissimi - Roasted artichokes with rosemary olive oil
Carotte Arrostite - Roasted carrots with balsamic and cinnamon
Insalata di sparagi - Asparagus with balsamic and olive oil
Riso alla Lombarda - A layered dish of rice, cheese, eggs, chicken and sausage
Bove stufate con prugne & visciole - beef braised in wine with dried fruits

Supper - Delectable dishes from Byzantine-held Sicily (Countess Berengaria de Montfort of Carcassonne)

Yuverelakia
Rice Pozzallo
Ragusan Broth
Insalata Palermo
Lenticulum
Caeseus cum Recenti Fico (Figs with Ricotta Cheese)

Dessert - Dame Muireann inghean ui Mhuirneachain (lead chef) and Ora Baethen (asst. chef)

Dulcia Domestica Palmulis - Dates stuffed with almonds and pepper, then cooked in honey. Apicius #294
Crostate di Ciliegie - Tarts of Cherries
Bomboloni - A small fritter, may be filled with jam or custard. Based on Scappi V137
Jambals - Italian shortbread cookie popular during the Renaissance
Mulsum - Roman Honeyed Wine
Panna Bianca - A delicate custard topped with pistachios and rose petals
Italian Almond Cake - A dense cake of wheat flour and ground almonds

Schedule

Friday

7:00:00 PM Cook's Prep

7:00:00 PM Masked Ball

7:00:00 PM Tavern

Saturday

6:00:00 AM Cooks Prep

7:30:00 AM Gate Opens

8:00:00 AM First Breakfast

9:00:00 AM Arts and Sciences Display / Workgroup begins

9:00:00 AM Games Room Opens

11:00:00 AM Second Breakfast - Luncheon

2:00:00 PM Dinner

5:00:00 PM Supper

7:00:00 PM Dessert

10:00:00 PM Cleanup

Sunday

9:00:00 AM Cleanup

9:00:00 AM Fall Crown Council

Masked Ball

Masked Ball on Friday!

On Friday starting around 8:00pm in the evening there will be a masked ball. This is a great opportunity to wear your most elaborate garb, along with a mask (which is optional), and come and join the fun with dancing and much merriment. If you are a musician, come to the ball. We need you!

THL Carith will be there to teach dances, so no experience is necessary. She has set up a tentative set list of 12 dances and if you have a local dance minister you are welcome to practice before hand. The dances are:

Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie (a Pavanne)
Rufty Tufty right into Hearts Ease (2 English Country Dances)
Queens Alman (Alman)
Washerwoman's Bransle (Bransle)
Gathering Peascods (English Country Dance)

Break

Black Alman (Alman)
Merry Merry Milkmaids (English Country Dance)
Casuelle la Nouvelle (Italian)
Dargasson (English Country Dance)
Lorayne Alman (Alman)
korobushka (technically out of period but this is our traditional last dance)

Arts and Sciences Displays

Arts and Sciences at the Feast

The Kingdom Feast site will be hosting several rooms dedicated to the Arts and Sciences created by the people of our incredible Kingdom. In between the several courses served, come join us in the Arts & Sciences rooms for the following:

“Celebrating Italy” Display – in keeping with this year's feast theme, the focused theme for the display will be Italian, from early to late period. For more information on how to participate in the display, contact Marquessa Laurellen.

Kingdom Arts & Sciences Roadshow – Previous Arts and Sciences Single Entrants and Champions will have displays of their work and will be talking about their entries in detail. For more information on the Roadshow, please contact Marquessa Laurellen de Brandevin.

Bardic Activities

Bardic Activities at the Feast!

There are going to be various bardic classes throughout the day of the feast. There are also performance time slots, providing time in front of those partaking of the feast, for various performers. These time slots run throughout the day.

If you are a poet, actor, singer, musician or do any other performance art and wish to perform at the feast, please contact the Bardic Coordinator, HL Skamp Widegrin for more information. We'd love to have you!

Marshallate Activities

Marshallate Activities at the Feast!

Heavy Tourney

The format will be round robin. Depending upon number of entrants there will be either a single or multi fields for the round robin. Opponents will fight with matched weapons with a choice of either two-handed sword or sword and buckler.

Prizes for tournament: One Styrkarr made rawhide sword for the overall winner and there will be another prize chivalry. Tentatively planning to have a prize for the inspiration of the overall victor.

The tournament will start c. 11 am, on Saturday of the Feast.

Rapier Tourney

Some tentative plans for the tourney: A trademark of the Italian styles of fence is the emphasis on the point over cutting, which has been stressed since the time of the Roman legions: The legions used to laugh at enemies who cut or slashed with their swords. Henceforth for this tournament only thrusts will count, no cutting allowed. Also each person entering the tournament must tell 1 fact of information about an Italian master during introductions. For example where they lived, taught, a technique they developed, how they died, where they traveled, who they learned from, etc.

Please note that the above information about the tourneys is tentative. More information will be coming as plans finalize!

Tavern/Games Night

Tavern and Games at the Feast Tavern Night!

For those not going to the Ball on Friday night - or for those taking a break from the dancing - come join us at the Red Dragon Inn for games, fun and a general good time! Souvenir tokens will be available for purchase and can be used to play some of the more interesting games. The proceeds from the souvenir sales will go to the Kingdom Raven Travel fund. The person ending the evening with the most tokens in his or her possession gets bragging rights for the rest of the weekend! This will be a BYOB tavern; brewers and vintners are encouraged to show off their products if they so wish and share their talents with those assembled.

Come join in the fun and prepare yourself for the amazing feast to come on Saturday- Red Dragon Inn at the Convention Center from 7pm until we’ve had all the excitement we can stand for one night. Perhaps we can even get in a round or two of the game created at last Kingdom Feast known as “When I was _____”. Rules to be explained at the event.

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Sample: Twelfth Night Pictures By Lord Joe Populace

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