Christmas Tourney 2024
Please join the Barony of the Flame for our 52nd Christmas Tourney! Enjoy Heavy Fighting, Rapier Fighting, a Crafter’s Green, Merchants, and more, and then end your day with a cozy feast.
Site is dry, and not pet-friendly. Service animals are OK.
Date: December 7, 2024
Location: Pritchard Community Center
404 S. Mulberry St.
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Directions to site via Google Maps
Event Steward: Lady Thora Brandsdottir (Mika Thomasson)
Fees:
– Adult member: $15.00
– Adult Non-member: $25.00
– 17 & under: Free!
– Feast: $15.00
– Lunch Tavern: $5.00
Pre-register now to save time at Gate and guarantee a seat at Feast! (Not to mention one of the amazing hand made feast “tokens” being made by our resident pottery thrower!) Please note that you must register an adult first before the option for register a child will show up.
Lodgings:
Country Inn and Suites
107 Buffalo Creek Dr.
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
270-769-1334
The block rate is $109 per night, plus taxes.
Please call the hotel and ask for the SCA or Christmas Tourney rate. The block will close on Monday, December 2, 2024, so be sure to call early in order to get the event rate. It will not be available after December 2.
Food:
Lunch Tavern: Pulled chicken sandwich, chips, & coleslaw. Vegan option of jackfruit. There will also be a bake sale.
Feast of Comfort:
Start: Various breads, cheese, fruits of the season.
Main: Hearty Beef Stywyd, Chicken Pottage, Vegetable Pottage Stew
Dessert: Bread Pudding
Tourney Details:
Heavy:
Heavy combat will be a pool until 16 fighters are left. At that time we will break for the Hobby Horse Derby. Then move double elimination bracket the finals will be best out of 5 fights for champion. The prizes will be a Gunther custom shield, Damascus high carbon steel knife seax knife created by Vance Roberts. The champion will receive first pick of prizes and there will be a prize for the highest placed unbelted. Entry into the tournament will be a toy drive for toys for tots.
Rapier:
Novice tourney: Round Robin, may adjust depending on attendance
Christmas (Charity) Tournament: As usual to enter the Rapier tournament, we are asking for a donation of pet food or pet toys from each entrant to cover their tournament entrance fee. For a maximum of one extra life we are asking that entrants bring another pet food item or pet toys to donate (large multi-pack containers, such as large cases of canned wet food or a case of multiple bags of cat litter, will count as two donations for the purposes of extra lives). All sizes welcome and more than one donation accepted wholeheartedly!
Lives will be represented by glass beads, provided by the marshals. [Tentatively, for an added twist, I’m wanting to make this a dice tourney. Each bout, both combatants will have their armament independently determined by a die roll, their authorizations allowing.
Arts & Sciences/Other Activities:
– Crafter’s Green
– Hobby Horse Derby
– Photo Booth
– Lunchtime Choral Performance by Flamma Chorum
– Dancing
Merchants:
We have ONE merchant space left! If you are interested in merchanting at Christmas Tourney, please contact our merchant coordinator. The merchant fee is the donation of a new, unopened, family-friendly board game.
- Schmidty’s Schtuff
- Mostly Medieval
- Silent Cat
- Jewels by Maeve
- Miscellaneous Etc.
- Kraken Press
- Unicorn Bard Press / Back of Beyond Bazaar
- By My Hand Design
- North Star Armory
- Munitions Grade Arms
- Egg Armor
- Yay Beadz!
Schedule (tentative):
8am – Site opens for general event setup. List & List table setup.
9am – Gate opens. Inspections & authorizations for heavy & rapier begin. Crafter’s green opens. Photo booth opens.
10am – Heavy tourney begins. Rapier novice tourney begins.
12-2pm – Lunch tavern open. Bake sale, Flamma Chorum performance.
1pm(?) – Rapier charity tourney.
TBA – Hobby Horse derby before either the quarterfinal or semifinal of the main heavy tourney.
3pm – Gate closes.
4pm – Activities wrap up, breakdown of lists & merchants to prepare for court & feast.
5pm (or at TRM’s pleasure) – Court.
6:30 or 7pm (depending on court length) – Feast begins.
8:30pm – Feast ends, cleanup begins.
9:45pm – Cleanup finish and final check, must be out by 10pm at latest per site rental agreement.
Staff:
Event Steward: Lady Thora Brandsdottir (Mika Thomasson)
Combat:
Heavy: Castles MacFaelán (David Hutchens) (with Sir Jaime von Atzinger (Jamie Haley) as a consultant)
Heavy List: Rich Goranson
Rapier: Rick Strehl and Lord Gabriel de Burgh (Bryan Burke)
A&S Coordinator: Honor von Atzinger (Becca Barrett)
Royalty Liason: Ra’isa Raziya al-Zarqa’ (Kim Garnett)
Merchants: Lord Ulrich Michel Schmidt (Schmidty)
Gate Steward: Lady Alyna of Pinehyll (Wendy Wilwert)
Site Tokens: Marthe Averey
Food:
Lunch Tavern: Baroness Astridr Asastirr (Courtney Boston)
Evening Feast:
Kitchen: Mistress Ellowyn Kittel von Drachenstein (Stephanie Welsh Kittle)
Servers: Lord Thorvaldr Helgasson (Glenn Davis)
Royalty Luncheon: Lady Frigga Viljhalmirsdottir (Rachel Blackburn)
Feast Tokens: Gemma Borgia (Gemma Dawson) & Lady Licia deSolari
Newcomers: Chris Nolot
Photo Booth: Chad Foxhall
Hobby Horse Derby: Ursula Mortimer (Michelle Hartz)
Dance: Paul the Simple
Children’s activities: Kelsey Kittle
Helpers-at-large: Ursula Mortimer (Michelle Hartz), Lady Onora inghean Roibeaird (Olivia Richardson)
Volunteer opportunities:
Setup help
Gate help
Royal retainers – https://signup.com/go/dMuWBvb
Royalty Room guards
Royalty Lunch contributors/helpers
Town Criers throughout the day
Hobby Horse Derby race marshals
Feast setup
Kitchen cleanup
General cleanup (end of night teardown)
Per event steward: Something that would massively help is if we have people willing to help that aren’t sitting feast, they could work to tidy up the non-gym areas so that we can really focus our efforts after feast.
Site Map:
Coming soon!
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