Continuing from yesterday’s post about the very busy event!
The event was my last day as Aquaterra’s Arts and Sciences Champion, a role that was a lot more fun than expected. I am thankful for the opportunity to help shape the A&S activities in our barony over the last year and hope to keep supporting those in the future!
One of my last official duties was running a Scribal Competition sponsored by our Seneschal, Camilla Valerian, in an effort to help encourage interest in the scribal arts in our barony. The competition was to create blank charters (scrolls used repeatedly for most local awards) for either the Blue Stag or the Blue Kraken awards. There were four folk interested in participating, but life happened in all cases, so for the majority of the day, it looked like we weren’t going to have a competition.
Then, Kat Draggon decided to create an entry while on site and convinced their friend Dagr Bjornskaege to participate as well. Between the two of them, the populace vote was super close, with Dagr barely prevailing. Dagr has also since contacted me and offered to create a fully finished version of their charter for Their Excellencies’ use! Such a turnaround from what it appeared would happen!
My final responsibility as Champion was to run the competition to replace me for the coming year, and I believe that turned out incredibly well despite only having one competitor. Domina Aenor de Pessac presented a well-informed explanation of her exploration of creating painted banners in the styling of painted stained glass. The judges were impressed, and Their Excellencies swore her into the role at evening court. Unfortunately, I was remiss in taking photos of her entry, but her presentation was so very thorough and educational that it exceeded my expectations for our local competition, so I’d very much say that was a successful end to my year and I’m so excited to see what she does with the role!
There were a couple other bright points of the day, as though there weren’t enough already. One was witnessing Camilla’s protege ceremony, making Aenor her Pelican. I am so glad to see this connection and expanded support for Camilla!
The other bright point was that I received my first Arts and Sciences award, a Griffe et du Lion, the AOA/first level Kingdom A&S recognition!
Whew! So much for one, single day event!
It’s taken me some time to get to posting since I also re-structured my SCA blog site and updated my SCA resume and wiki to reflect the changes that happened this past weekend, but seeing all this in print really is good for my brain and I hope to keep improving on documenting my SCA experiences – especially the wins!
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