Tir Righ Summer Investiture XLI/2006

The Investiture of Kheron II and Ksenia II, succeeding Ulf and Amanda.

Date

12-14 May XLI/2006

Branch

Lions Gate (Greater Vancouver, B.C.)

Autocrat

Bernadette, the Viscountess

Site

Burke Place Farm, 0 Ave, Aldergrove B.C.

Weather

very cool and even frosty Friday night, but sunny bright and quite warm during the days

Activities

(highlights as mentioned in event copy)

Sample: Queen's Rapier Champion Tournament on Sunday

Sample: Costumer's Guild Contest: Full Court Garb

Event Copy

PRINCIPALITY OF TIR RIGH MAY INVESTITURE
MAY 12-14, 2006
LIONS GATE

OYEZ! OYEZ!

COME ONE, COME ALL AND WITNESS THE STEPPING DOWN OF OUR GLORIOUS PRINCE ULF AND PRINCESS AMANDA, IN THE FAIR BARONY OF LIONS GATE.

WITNESS TOO, THE ASCENSION OF TANIST KHERON AND BAN-TANIST KSENIA AS WELL AS THE NEXT HEAVY CHAMPION OF TIR RIGH!

Come delight in the gaiety of the court pageantry, Heavy and Rapier tournaments, Archery, Arts & Sciences, browsing the Merchants, Singing, Dancing, Storytelling and much more to delight all the senses!!! Join us on this grand occasion as we celebrate the Glory of Tir Righ!

Activities planned (written in no particular order):

Peer meetings, Final Court of TH Ulf and Amanda, Investiture of Kheron and Ksenia, First Court of TH Kheron and Ksenia, Shopping on Merchants Row,Squires Tournament, Dancing, Rapier Tourney, Cookie decorating (children), Blue Helm (children), Dancing, Live Chess Game (with people as the pieces), Archery, Laurel A&S display (meaning anyone displays and Laurels comment), Dancing, Bardic, Shopping on Merchants Row, Heavy Champions Tourney, Dancing, anything else that someone wants to contact me about running, etc......

Site opens 5pm on Friday May 12th and closes 5pm Sunday May 14.

• Overnight camping is allowed.
  
• The site is a hop, skip and a jump from the Aldergrove border crossing (north of Bellingham, WA).
• There is no potable or running water on site so please bring your own.
• There are no flush toilets; Porta-Potties only.
• Please pack out your garbage.
• Regular An Tir smoking and leash laws are in effect. (Please note: coyotes have been seen on farm before. Leash laws apply to both ends of the leash, thank you).
• The site is part of a working dairy farm, please be respectful of all site rules, thank you.

PRE-REGISTRATION is available for those wishing to avoid lengthy gate line ups!! Merchants and RV's MUST pre-reg. (RV space is very limited, first come, first serve) Pre-reg. ends April 30th. See contact information below with autocrat info.

REFUND POLICY: Pre-registration is refundable with at least one week notice, minus a $2.00 processing fee.

See Barony of Lions Gate website (www.lionsgate.antir.sca.org) or Kingdom or Principality calendar for additional information. Schedule to follow soon!!!

SITE FEES:
Not including NMS where applicable. $4 CAD /$3 US.
Adult (18+): $15 CAD / $13 US (Day Trip: $10 CAD / $9 US)
Youth (12-18): $10 CAD / $7 US (Day Trip: $8 CAD / $6 US)
Age 11 & Under: Free
Family Cap: $35 CAD / $30 US (Day Trip: $ 25 CAD / $22 US)
(Family Cap: Max 2 Adults & all minor children " MUNDANE "family only)

PRE-REG SITE FEES:
Not including NMS where applicable. $4 CAD /$3 US.
Adult (18+): $12 CAD / $11 US
Youth (12-18): $8 CAD / $7 US
Age 11 & Under: Free
Family Cap: $28 CAD / $25 US
(Family Cap: Max 2 Adults & all minor children " MUNDANE " family only)

SITE ADDRESS:
Burke Place Farm
25133 0 Ave.,
Aldergrove, BC, V4W 2H4

DIRECTIONS:
FROM THE US: make your best way to Aldergrove Border crossing, Left on 0 Ave, drive 2 miles, turn right at SCA signs or red barns, drive past the barns to the left to site.
From Truck crossing, right on 0 Ave, drive approx. 12 miles, left at SCA signs or red barns, drive past the barns to the left to site.
FROM COAST: Take Hwy #1 east, at exit 73 follow 264th St (Hwy 13) south, go 8 miles and right on 0 Ave, right at SCA signs or red barns, drive past the barns to the left to site.
FROM INLAND: Take Hwy #1 west, at exit 73 follow 264th St (Hwy 13) south, go 8 miles and right on 0 Ave, right at SCA signs or red barns, drive past the barns to the left to site.

AUTOCRAT INFO:
Viscountess Bernadette
[Contact information deleted for privacy]

PRE-REG CONTACT
HL Finna Kettilsdottir,
[Contact information deleted for privacy]

Event Highlights

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DESPERATELY NEEDS FORMATTING --Elizabeth Braidwood 20:35, 15 May 2006 (EDT)

Greetings Tir Righ,

This weekend past we celebrated the investiture of our new Prince and Princess of Tir Righ... Long live he Highnesses Kheron and Ksenia!!!

On Saturday we held a 100 minute Squires Tourney with 34 entrants. Most Wins was given to Leith Ambrehid with 68, Most Fights went to Aibhlin with 84 and the Chivalry Prize was awarded to Saif al Saran among other things for his courtesy to the List Ladies. (I will include all the results at the end of this e-mail)

Sunday brougth with it the Tir Righ Heavy Champions Tourney where 24 combatants fought for the honour of holding the Great Spear of the North "Boars Tooth" The finals saw Viscount Ieuan face Savaric Port de Lion, the first bout went to Savaric, the second to Ieuan and when the dust settled Savaric stood above all as Tir Righ's Heavby Champion. (Best death was later awarded to Viscount Ieuan).

Viscountes Gwyneth Gower Scolar of the Tir Righ Tir Righ Minister of the Lists

SQUIRES TOURNEY:

Name Wins Losses Total Winning % Miles fitz Heubert 14 30 44 31.82% Guido d' Aquila 19 21 40 47.50% Dawfaul Son of Atkin 10 48 58 17.24% Whitehand 16 21 37 43.24% Raynar Blitz 11 36 47 23.40% Leith Ambrenid 68 13 81 83.95% William of the Battered Helm 19 21 40 47.50% Saif al Saran 10 8 18 55.56% George Bjornson 13 22 35 37.14% Padraig MacBrian 0 0 0 0.00% Elanor Wrenn 14 29 44 31.81% Conal MacAllister 4 7 11 36.36% Barrett MacAllister 0 0 0 0.00% Olen Medvedevich 40 21 61 65.57% Aziz 23 7 30 76.67% Dalibor Krivoklatsky 20 15 35 57.14% Cyneric Bearson 29 20 49 59.18% Kerry Mac Garaidh 17 10 27 62.96% Savaric 48 9 57 84.21% Findlaech MacGilleandrias 7 7 14 50.00% Eirik Davinson "The Cursed" 2 14 16 12.50% Ming Lum Pee 0 0 0 0.00% Toryn Davinsson "The Littlest Viking" 14 10 24 58.33% Allan Robbins 11 15 26 42.31% Aibhilin 15 69 84 17.86% Wendy 1 17 18 5.56% Aberrant 14 7 21 66.67% Pickles 11 10 21 52.38% Haakon 2 16 18 11.11% Donaldbain 10 11 21 47.62% Gunter Drakan 0 8 8 0.00% Meredudd 22 13 35 62.86% Gunnar 24 19 43 55.81% Sethric Underwood 8 12 20 40.00%

TIR RIGH CHAMPIONS TOURNEY

  Challenge Round

Ieuan def. Miles Leith def. Bolverk Ulfgar def. Aziz Sigurd def. Jayson Ming def Wren Allen def. William Olen def. Kerrigan Paddy def. George Cyneric def. Saif Savaric def. Sethric Findlaech def. Kerry Meredudd def Rayner

  Second Round

Ieuan def. Findlaech Aziz def. Bolverk Ulfgar def. George Sigurd def. Kerrigan Leith def. Sethric Meredudd def. Ming Wren def. Allan William def. Miles Paddy def. Cyneric Saif def. Olen Savaric def. Raynar Kerry def. Jayson

  Third Round

Ieuan def. Ulfgar Sigurd def. Saif Findlaech def. Leith Savaric def Ming Paddy def. Allan Aziz def. Olen Kerry def. Wren William def. Meredudd Cyneric BYE

  Fourth Round

Ieuan def. Sigurd William def. Ulfgar Meredudd def. Leith Savaric def. Paddy Kerry def. Cyneric Olen def. Findlaech

  Fifth Round

Ieuan def. Savaric Sigurd def. Kerry William def. Paddy Olen def Meredudd

  Sixth Round

Ieuan def. William Savaric def. Olen Sigurd BYE

  Seventh Round

Savaric def. Sigurd Ieuan BYE

Finals (Best 2 of 3) Savaric def. Viscount Ieuan VIscount Ieuan def. Savaric Savaric def. Viscount Ieuan

• Prince Kheron fought all BYE FIghts*

Pictures

(Links to event pictures off-site)

Sample: Twelfth Night Pictures By Lord Joe Populace

Personal Memories

A memory of the Investiture Ceremony:

Their Incoming Highnesses had decided on a theatrical investiture:

His outgoing Highness, Prince Ulf, imposed a number of unpopular taxes (including one on feathers in hats -- to be paid in beers, and banning all 13th-C personas), and then was urgently called out of court to deal with brigands. After a bout of much shouting, banging of swords on shields and other sounds of combat from behind the royal pavilion, he came back into court bloodied about the head and obviously injured unto 'death'. He called in his heir, quizzed him to make sure he understood the duties he was about to undertake (the oath part of the ceremony), invested him, and then died on the throne. The deceased Prince was borne away by his all-woman King's Guard -- word has it that they'd been practising that bit for several days as His ex-Highness is a well-build man. I hear a rumour that the blood-soaked cloth used by Viscount Ulf (Saint Ulf, if we can identify two more miracles) has become a relic and pieces will be available for purchase in the near future.

During the Squire's Tournament on Saturday afternoon, Mistress Meresigha and I made Schmutzgeekla (deep-fried bread dough) on the eric and gave it away to passers-by (once they said "schmutzgeekla").

During breaks in the Heavy Championship Tournament, Viscount Ieuan and Sir Yusuf demonstrated lessons in Fighter Appreciation, narrated by Baron Devin. Very enlightening... and amusing.

Also during breaks in the Heavy Championship tournament on Sunday, Sir Oak and a number of people gave a demonstration of Norst Stickfighting (or Stick Wrestling, as I heard some folks call it). In one of the last bouts, a gentleman broke/sprained his wrist.

We had frost Friday night, but the days were bright, clear and quite warm.

-- E.B. Elizabeth Braidwood 16:51, 15 May 2006 (EDT)

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Here were Prince Ulf III's last proclamations:

• Taxes to be raised by 3 Baraks per person & all hats with feathers will be subject to a fine of 1 cold beer
• M&M's are hearby the official food of Tir Righ
• Anyone found living in the 13th Century will be summarily sentenced to be covered in fish oil & fed to the royal cats

After court, I asked Mistress Meresigha how it felt that she and Mistress Megan were now the official food of Tir Righ. She laughed and said she'd have to talk to Megan about it!

--Quentin 00:43, 16 May 2006 (EDT)

Somewhat less interesting to the populace, but my own memories of the event, nonetheless...

In no particular order:

- Setting up on Friday and seeing Kieran Gunn and Dominiqua Perreira camping just across from us...I was so happy to see our friends again.
- my friend's son projectile vomiting in my tent (thankfully, nothing vital was affected)
- Meeting little Zorah and her mother Devora; being gifted with fresh mint by them was so well-timed...it kept my tent smelling wonderful all weekend!
- My son, Geoffrey the Incorrigible, falling asleep on my lap during court.
- My daughter, Emily the Unabashed, head-butting me so hard during court that Her Excellency, Baroness Aurora actually commented on it afterwards.
- Seeing our beloved Amanda sit as Princess one last time.
- Having Mistress Elizabeth Braidwood come up to me after the event to tell me it had been a pleasure camping next to me and my children.  I always worry that others will feel put out by camping next to small children, but Mistress Braidwood was so very courteous and kind.  I will never forget that.