Christmas Tourney 2024

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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-registration is now closed. We can accept cash or checks at Gate.

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

Feast ingredients:
Stywwd Beef: Beef, Onions, Garlic, Carrots, Parsnips, Cinnamon, Clover, Salt, Pepper, Red wine, Beef flavor
Chicken Lombard Stew: Chicken thighs, Onion, Garlic, Carrots, Herbs de Provence, Cream, Chicken flavor
Lentil and veggie soup: Lentils, Cabbage, Carrots, Vegetable base, Curry, Turmeric, Garlic
Quaking pudding: Bread, Eggs, Cream, Sugar, Salt, Nutmeg, Butter, Currants or Raisins, Dates, Brandy

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 Portland Community Center.

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:
If you are listed below and are unable to attend, PLEASE contact our merchant coordinator so he can reach out to wait-listed merchants.

Schmidty’s Schtuff
Mostly Middle Eastern
Silent Cat
Jewels by Maeve
Miscellaneous Etc.
Unicorn Bard Press / Back of Beyond Bazaar
By My Hand Designs
North Star Armory
Munitions Grade Arms
Egg Armor
The Rampant Strawberry
Good Girl Gone Bead

Christmas Tourney LII Schedule

Courts (at the pleasure of Their Majesties)
10:00 – Rattan area
5:00 – Rattan area

Rattan Combat (Times are approximate)
9:00-10:00 – Inspections and Authorizations
10:30 – Tourney starts

Rapier Combat (Times are approximate)
9:00-10:00- Inspections and Authorizations
10:30 – Novice Tourney starts
1:30 – Charity Tourney starts

Arts and Sciences
9:00-5:00 – Crafter’s Green, A&S Room
12:00 – Flamma Chorum concert, Lobby
2:00 – Dance class, Lobby

Youth Activities
10:30-12:00 – Crafts with Kelsey, Populace Room
Approximately 1:30, when the Rattan Tourney is at 16 fighters left (listen for the herald)

Food
12:00-2:00 – Lunch tavern, Populace Room
Following Court – Feast of Comfort – Rapier/Merchant area

Merchants, Photos, and Newcomer’s Point will be open from 9:00 to 5:00 in their areas

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: Günter von Atzinger (Chris Nolot)
Photo Booth: Ceadda of Foxhall (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: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48AFA72FA4F8C25-52763629-christmas
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.

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