Here is the Schedule of classes. Check back frequently for description updates and changes/cancellations.

Teachers e-mail autocrat to add descriptions to your class listings as needed.

Atlantian University credit is available to all students.

8:00 AM Site opens.

All Day: Lady Eleanor of Grey will be running a working Scriptorium in the alcove on the second floor.

Afternoon: Baron Achbar will be hosting a drumming demonstration in the front courtyard. Master Asim will continue with raqs.

Afternoon: Mistress Alisoun will have a Heraldry consult in a lobby on the first floor.

9:00 AM

• Basic Armorial Conflict Checking Using the On-Line Ordinary, Pt. 1 Theory - Baron Talorgen nepos Wrguist

• Basic Knitting - Lady Amye E Barrington
  This is a "Hands On" class. Students are asked to bring a pair of #8 (US) knitting needles and a skein of whatever peaches and cream yarn you like.

• Chirurgeon:  From CIT to CIC - Baroness Morwenna Trevethan
  Intended for Chirurgeons in Training as well as those who have little or no experience as a Chirurgeon in Charge.  Includes pre-event planning and preparation, event activities and supervision, and post-event reports.  Also discusses serving as a non-CIC chirurgeon.

• Exchequer 101 - (2 hours) -  Lady Gwenllain ferch Gwilim aka Makai

• How to Plan/Work with Page's Academy Activities - Lady Livia Zanna
  This class is highly encouraged for all autocrats and seneschals.

• Intro to Period Raqs ("Bellydance") (2 hours) Master Asim
  This is a class for those who want to learn period-esqe movements, as well as how to start with a period dancer persona! We'll cover the limited extant information on how the dance might have been performed in period, including the differences time wrought in the dance.
  You'll also get information on the two most documentable persona types for dancers! Detailed handouts, including bibliography, will be provided. Attendees are strongly encouraged to take the Basic Ottoman Garb and Persona class as a supplement to this coursework.

• Making Oil Lamps -Mistress Sine ni Dheaghiadh

10:00 AM

• Archery Accessories - Lord Christophe of Grey
  This class will briefly show archers how to make and use Archery Accessories using tools and materials available at home or purchased from local craft stores. Some of the items covered will be the making of bracers, quivers, bow stringers, string keepers, Stringer tabs, bow racks

• Basic Armorial Conflict Checking Using the On-Line Ordinary, Pt. 2 Workshop - Baron Talorgen nepos Wrguist

• Step by Step of Making a Scroll (Beginning Scribal) - Lady Livia Zanna
  This is an overview of materials, sources, and vocabulary for the beginning scribe, who would like a point to start.

• Chatelaine 101 - Lady Luce Antony Venus
  Required class for Chatelaine/Castellan warranting.

• Hand Sewing Garb - Lady Griele Vanden Berghr
  Description: Class will start off with a brief discussion of the different types of stitches used for hand sewing. This includes running stitch, backstitch, buttonhole stitch and whipstitch.
  During the class we will discuss the hand sewing techniques from the 14th century and the 16th century including 16th century lining techniques. We will also cover buttonholes, eyelets and several types of hemming options. Materials will be provided to practice some of the techniques.

• History of the Ottoman Empire - Mistress Kisaiya Zingara

11:00 AM

• Basic Ottoman Garb and Persona - Mistress Kisaiya Zingara

• Chatelaine 102- Lady Luce Antony Venus
  Required class for Chatelaine/Castellan warranting.

• Fletching Arrows - Lord Christophe of Grey
  This class will cover the basic steps necessary to building a dozen SCA legal Arrow shafts. We will cover steps such as choosing the right shafts, finishing the shafts, fletching, adding knocks and tips. A hand out will be provided for home use and will also provide information on purchasing materials from reputable  suppliers.

• Method Construction, or How Do I Put this Thing Together Anyway? (Sewing) Mistress, Jeanmaire Ilaria Beatrice du Domremy
  This is a class for advanced garb makers.

• Sometimes an "A" Is Just an "A"; Analyzing Your Scripts - Lady Sunneva de Cleia / Jennifer Townes
  Participants will learn the basics of analyzing historical calligraphic hands. This class is based partly on Patricia Lovett's essay "Analyzing the Scripts" in The Historical Source Book for Scribes (University of Toronto Press, 1999), and partly on techniques created by the instructor. It include time for a discussion on the philosophy of SCA scribes creating their own ductuses. This class is designed for the intermediate to advanced scribe, but all are welcome.

• Retaining 101 - Baroness Adrianna la Bretonne
  Class Description: An introduction to being a royal retainer for those currently serving as a retainer, may possibly be a retainer in the future, or wonder what the people standing behind the big chairs are doing. We will discuss the responsibilities, etiquette, and expectations as well as the benefits of serving your royals or baronage in this position.

• Viking Poetry - Lord Jonathan Blackbow

• Working from 1st Principles (Heraldry) Mistress Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane/E. L. Wilmett

• Youth Combat Marshal 101 - Lady Gwenllain ferch Gwilim aka Makai

12:00 - Noon Lunch

1:30 PM

• Beginning Spear - Lord Jonathan Blackbow

• Designing an SCA Name Using the Rules for Submission - Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill /Beverly Curry
  Want to know how those pesky submissions rules work with regard to designing your name?  Can't figure out how Thomas Baker and Thomas Baker the Smith both managed to register their names?  Come see how the formulas work and  get clues to design names that heralds will love! 

• Elizabethan Canvaswork Embroidery  - Lady Katheryn Rous

• Fetch Me a Feather; Making Quills - Lady Sunneva de Cleia / Jennifer Townes
  This class explores the methods of selecting, preparing, and curing feathers in preparation to cutting a quill. It includes instructions on how to make quill-making tools and a demonstration of preparing and curing a feather. This class will NOT include a live demonstration of cutting a quill tip. However, it will include a picture tutorial on the proper way to cut a quill. Participants will leave with a handout on the proper way to cut a quill, complete with safety instructions. This class is designed for the intermediate scribe, but all are welcome.
  See Weapons Policy Above.

• Introduction to the SCA - Baroness Morwenna Trevethan
  Welcome to the SCA.  Now what?  How to survive your first event, your first court, your first feast, find your niche, and have fun doing it.  A bit of history and protocol thrown in for good measure.

• Hosting Royalty - Baroness Adrianna la Bretonne
  Class Description: This class is for all royal liaisons, autocrats, members of the retinue, head retainers, Baronage, and others wondering how to handle a visit from TRM, TRH, or other landed Baronage at your local event. What is the etiquette of inviting and then hosting royals? What might be requested from your group? What information should you ask for? How can you make such a visit special for your group and the visiting royals?

• Minister of the List (MoL) 101 (2 hours) - Deputy Kingdom MoL
  Required class for warranting.

• Tuning Your Archery Equipment - Lord Christophe of Grey

2:30 PM

• Beginning Great Sword - Lord Jonathan Blackbow

• Couching and Laid Work; The Stitch That Made History (2 hours) Mistress Sine ni Dheaghiadh  Class is limited to 8 students. $3.00 is for supplies used in the class.

• Elizabethan Shirts and Chemises -  Mistress, Jeanmaire Ilaria Beatrice du Domremy

• Seneschal 101 - Baroness Adriana la Bretonne
  Required class for warranting.

• Target Ideas and How to Make Them (Archery) - Lord Christophe of Grey

• Youth Combat Marshal 101 -  Lady Gwenllain ferch Gwilim aka Makai
  Required class for warranting.

3:30 PM

• How to Run an Archery Shoot - Lord Christophe of Grey

• Introduction to Houpellandes - Mistress, Jeanmaire Ilaria Beatrice du Domremy

• Melee Tactics - Sanooke

• MoL Tournaments - Deputy Kingdom MoL

• Seneschal 102 -  Baroness Adriana la Bretonne
  Required class for warranting.

• Protocol and Etiquette - Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill
  A class for new and old alike, to both instruct and refresh all of us in the manners and expected behaviors we are supposed to practice.  Learn how and when to bow, who wears what hat, and common sense stuff about visiting other pavilions at events

Check back often. There is more to come. Classes or times might change.

Pre-Registration is available on-line. Click Here.

Or USPS mail to:

Cerdwin of Taylorwood
Judy Thomas
1328 Taylor Rd.
East Bend, NC 27018
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