September Baronial Report, part 1 – Pennsic

Posted on September 12, 2016 By Muin maqq Minain

This year’s Pennsic had both very good moments and some very difficult ones as well.

First the good moments. We would like to thank everyone who helped out in camp this year. All of your hard work and dedication went a long way to making this year another fun and comfortable one for everyone. We would like to give a special thank you to Darmon and Yoshi for doing the bulk of the work on the shower, and to everyone who helped put up the common area. We would also like to make special mention of Alex, who is new to the SCA, Bhakail and Pennsic. This year we had some new and bad issues with flooding, and Alex volunteered to trench the side of the camp on that end, which was the opposite side of where he was camped. To the best of our knowledge we did not have any more flooding issues after that. We would also like to thank Alianora who supplied us with hand made neck coolers and East Kingdom tissue holders. These definitely came in handy for this very hot Pennsic.

We would also like to thank everyone who helped to make both Our cocktail / Filk night and Our Period Games and Bardic night so successful. Everyone pitched in to make the camp look lovely both nights. Special thanks go to Generica for helping organize folks and make everything look so lovely for Period night. The Third Annual East vs. Mid chess match happened once more and the Mid won yet again, championed by their Barony of the Flaming Gryphon in the person of their newest Baron, Baron Edward Foxley. We also entertained other friends from the Middle as part of the games night and look forward expanding things next Pennsic to include gaming champions from the East and Mid (and maybe elsewhere…).

Sean O’Morain did a fantastic job of running the bardic circles both nights, and his participation helped to make the evenings run smoothly and delightfully. And of course, we could not have a Period Games night without Aurddeilen’s help and guidance. This night is near and dear to my heart,and I appreciate what he does more than I can say. In addition to the games Aurddeilen brings though, We need to thank Ottar and Raggi for providing the viking chests for the “viking chest game”. Bhakail was once again able to make complete, delightful specticals of ourselves, much to the delight and consternation of unsuspecting passer-bys.

Our champions, as always did an amazing job of representing the Barony in their comportement and demeanor. That being said, We would like to extend a special thanks to our former rapier champions, Berrick and Morwyl, and Iron Bog’s rapier champion Taka, for taking such good care of Her Excellency when she was overcome with heat stroke. Things would have gone much worse if not for their careful ministrations and timely request for EMS to help.

And this leads us into the bad. This year Pennsic was hot and humid to a dangerous degree. Many folks had various issues with the heat, including Her Excellency. We would like to thank everyone who helped Us out, either by taking care of Her Excellency, helping Us pack, or just holding down the fort while one or both of us had to be away from camp. Special thanks go to Hedwigis for taking time out to drive down to EMS with Her Excellency on Saturday, and to Barry, Lillia, Rosie and John for doing a good deal of the heavy work of helping His Excellency pack up. If we missed anyone, please understand it was very hectic at the end; we love and appreciate everyone who helped in big or small ways. We wouldn’t have been able to get out on time if it weren’t for all of the help and certainly appreciate all of the efforts to keep us and one another hydrated throughout the War 🙂

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