An Tir Coronation 11

Prince Steingrim Wulfaresson Stallari with Princess Fiona di Varanus on 16 April 1977 at An Tir Coronation in Building 15, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA.

Event Announcement

The House of the Black Rose will autocrat the An Tir Coronation on April 16, A.S. XI, at the Tacoma Community College in Building 15. Events will begin at 10 AM and end at approximately 6 PM. There is ample parking available on-campus.

SCHEDULE: Set-up: 10 A.M.-Noon Procession and Coronation: Noon-2 PM Festivities and Contests: 2 PM-6PM (approx) No potluck is planned, but food-swapping will doubtless be permitted. There are ‘’no kitchen facilities’’. GAMES will include gurning, twilsey-wopping, and fencing. CONTESTS: cold fruit dessert poem to new Prince and Princess Most Chivalrous Gentleman Most Graceful and Beauteous Lady Drinking Song (parody)--discretion advised Wine--other than grape. FACILITIES AVAILABLE: Some tables and chairs; euphemisms; water. WHAT TO BRING: cushions, in-period games, beverages, food for self and household. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard of Gloucestre,

DIRECTIONS TO SITE: From both north and south, take the #132 Bremerton exit off I-5. Following the signs to Bremerton will put you on Bantz Blvd. Take Bantz to So. 12th, turn left, proceed 2 blocks to Mildred, turn left again, and down to So. 19th. Building 15 is in the southwest corner of campus. There will, one hopes, be signs near the entrance to direct you. THE HELM WILL BE PASSED TO DEFRAY RENTAL EXPENSES, AS USUAL!!!!¹

Event Chronicle

AN TIR CORONATION, BLATHA AN OIR, APRIL 16 A.S. XI--chronicled by Deirdre Muldomhnaigh

Tacoma Community College was the site for the coronation of Prince Steingrim and Princess Fiona on April 16, A.S. XI. Some one hundred citizens of An Tir attended.

Before the Grand March, at the final court of Edward and AlmaTea, Benedicite Draconia (Traepishka) and Athelas of the Knife were given Awards of Arms. The Law of An Tir was read, and Gerhard Kendal and André Le Sard presented Their Highnesses with boffers and boffer-helms. Alysson of Dunrobin returned Gerhard's purloined chessboard (her cousin had stolen it).

After the Grand March, Viscount Sir Steingrim and Viscountess Fiona came forth to claim the Coronets of An Tir. The knights, officers of state, peers, and landed barons and baronesses swore fealty to the Coronet, and the Coronet reciprocated. Viscountess AlmaTea was made a Viscountess and a Lady of Valorous Estate.

Then was proclaimed the Kingdom ban on fencing and Oriental martial arts at official SCA events. The Principality Marshallate plans to appeal this ruling, but meantime it will be strictly observed.

Manfred de Blutfaalfe, Domric the Sober, Ludwig von Lemminghaus, and Morgan of Aberystwyth were named the Princess' Guard during Fiona's reign; they will guard the Princess and aid any other lady suffering from unwelcome attentions.

Alisoun Varena was made First Mistress of the Pied Piper's Place, a cooperative child-care corner at tourneys. Anne of Caerdydd presented pillows, complete with Their Highnesses' arms, to the Throne. Gerhard Kendal and Andre Le Sard presented their new Highnesses with boffers and boffer helms. The Shire of Blatha an Oir presented silver goblets (filled), salt, and bread as a token of their loyalty.

Manfred de Blutfaalfe presented the Great War Sword of State to Prince Steingrim. It is white, with a red tip, and bears more than accidental resemblance to a blind man's cane. In the same vein (jugular),Yulseth of Darkwood presented His Highness with a wargame figure entitled "It Hasta Be Shasta." House Mandragora presented Their Highnesses with penannular brooches--in the wrappings of Fiona's was found the note, "To be a Princess you have to kiss a lot of frogs---RIBBET!" Julian of the Purple Must presented wine in inscribed bottles. Michael the Black presented emblazoned ostrich eggs to Their Highnesses and Their Recent Highnesses. Scott, for some reason, presented a stick.

Weary, by this time, of court, the populace participated in or watched a live chess game, organized by Gerhard Kendal, who had originally planned a fencing match. While the chess game was forming up, Viscountess Anne II reminded the folk of her weaving contest (Twelfth Night deadline) and Deputy Marshall Styrbjorn Hrolfsson announced new armour regulations (printed elsewhere in this issue). Viscount Elrond mentioned the possibility of a seven-man longship crew for the Duvall raft race. Catherine Winifred of Tor Bitterroot mentioned her project of household registration. Gerhard Kendal announced a tourney to be held at Westercon in Lions Gate on July 3. Principality Knight Marshall Gilmirron of the Blue Flame decreed that there will be no more visible plastic armor on the field. It makes us resemble a DuPont commercial. Also, anyone questioning a marshall's decision will be removed.

The live chess game by now being organized, it ensued. White won; Seamus killed Akbar.

During events, a proposed listing of Ithra classes was available for perusal and expression of interest. Elsewhere in this issue, the front-running classes--those eliciting the most interest--are listed, as well as where to write for information.

At Final Court, it was announced that all contest entrants were winners. Those who placed first were not announced. We have not received this information by press time. Shalom ben-Avram of York threw Wakefield Castle open as a staging area for forays on the town, and the proposed after-revel to Canterbury Inn; Prince Steingrim indicated his interest in photos of the Coronation, and offered to pay for prints; the Shire of Blatha an Oir announced its intention of throwing a Hogmanay (New Years Eve) in the Grand Old Style; and the populace vacated the area by the statutory closing time of 6 PM (more or less), leaving, as usual, the facilities cleaner than we found them.

In the evening a goodly group did in sooth assemble at Canterbury Inn in Seattle, for drinking, eating, wenching, knaving, and roistering. Folk walking past on the street and glancing in the window were stopped in their tracks.²