Windmasters' Hill Heraldry   Ymir XXXV

Their Excellencies Girard and Guenièvre and the Barony of Windmasters' Hill invite you to join us the weekend of February 12-14, 2010 for Ymir XXXV at the Betsy Jeff Penn 4H Center in Reidsville, NC. The winter winds blow in the second month of the year, and to help ward off the chill this site offers heated cabins and classroom space, hot showers, and allows the consumption of alcohol for those of legal age.  This page will continue to be updated, and we hope that you bookmark it and mark your calendar as you plan on being a part of our Barony's Annual Celebration of the Great Frost Giant!

Norse Fact of the Week: This has nothing to do with the Norse people or culture. (Warning: Links to video with sound.)

Site Information & Directions

Prices & Reservation Information
Staff
Feast Schedule
Hotel
Lunch Field Space Merchants
Armoured & Rapier Combat Target Archery Arts & Sciences
Local Information Children's Activities
Newcomers

Site Information and Directions

Site:  Betsy-Jeff Penn 4H Center, 804 Cedar Lane, Reidsville, NC 27320.

Map of site: Click here to download a printable .pdf of the event site.

Directions: Click here to download a printable .pdf with written directions and a map to the site.

Site Restrictions:  Pets permitted only on a leash. Fires allowed in only designated areas (pre-existing fire pits). Swim in the lake at your own risk; no lifeguard is on duty. Alcohol is permitted for those over the age of 21. No original containers. Take your empties and trash home with you.  Parking directly by the cabins is prohibited. 

Cell Phone Reception:  Cell phone service in this area is spotty and may be unavailable under certain service providers.  (To help maintain the ambiance at the event for everyone, we ask that everyone keep their cell phone on vibrate or turn it off while on site for the duration of the event.)

Cabins:  There are 8 heated cabins each with 24 beds with electricity and shower facilities available for those choosing to sleep onsite.

Prices & Reservation Information

Reservation Policy

Pricing

Adult Member Site Fee
$10.00
Minor's Site Fee (ages 6-17) $5.00
Child's Site Fee (age 5 and under) Free
Cabin Fee (ages 6-adult)
$10.00  Cabin Space sold out January 15, 2010.
Child's Cabin Fee (age 5 and under)
Free
(Please
let the reservationist kow if you be bringing a child under the age of 5 who will be staying in the cabin.)
Feast Fee (all ages)
$10.00  Feast sold out January 5, 2010.
Non-Member Surcharge
(Only applied to adult non-members)
$3.00

Express Troll

To make it easier for daytrippers to check-in there will be an Express Troll location on the fighting field Saturday morning which will only handle pre-registered individuals.  All non-preregistered individuals will need to use the normal Troll located up the hill in the feast hall. The only money the Express Troll will accept will be $3.00 non-member surcharges.

Location: Fighting Field
Times Open: 8:00 AM - Noon
Only Money Accepted: $3.00 non-member surcharge
Who Can Use It:  Anyone who has pre-registered
Who Can't: Anyone who has not pre-registered

Refunds

Refunds will be provided as dictated by the Financial Policy of the Barony of Windmaster's Hill.

5.3 Event Refunds shall be provided as follows: 
5.3.1 No refunds shall be provided if the event does not make a profit. 
5.3.2 The Exchequer must receive refund requests in writing no later then seven days after the event. 
5.3.3 Exceptions may be made by authorization of the autocrat in concert with the seneschal and exchequer. 
5.3.4 Donation receipts may be given in lieu of a cash refund. 
5.3.5 This policy shall be posted at the check in table at the event. 
5.3.4 All refunds shall be paid by check from the group's checking account and shall not be issued until the event books have been closed and all reservation checks have cleared. 

Staff

SCA Name
Legal Name
Staff Position
Email Addresss
Phone Number
Best Time to Call
Callixtus Gill
Scott Callicutt
Autocrat
callixtus.gill@gmail.com
919.844.4423
 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Medwyn Rhyfedd
Tony Garcia
Logisitics Deputy
medwyn.rhyfedd@gmail.com
919.553.9941
Before 10:00 PM
Adriana la Bretonne
Drea Ewing Callicutt
Communications Deputy
baronessadriana@gmail.com
919.844.4423 5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James of Middle Aston
James Wagner
Marshal in Charge

919.496.7713
Before 10:00 PM
Ceridwen ferch Owain
Linda Goldman
Rapier Marshal in Charge
lgoldman05@yahoo.com 301.274.4171 Before 10:00 PM
Lorelei Greenleafe
Lorelei Elkins
Archery Marshal in Charge
LoreleiElkins@aol.com
 336.577.3567
Before 10:00 PM
Helwynn Ivelchild
Cassandra Chambers
Minister of the Lists
ladyhelwynn@yahoo.com 919.272.7712 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Maria Beatriz la Mora
 Hilda "Bambi" Riggsbee-Smith
Head Cook
hippy_dippy_dancer@yahoo.com 919.225.4847
Wed-Sun before 10:00 PM
Marion le Red
Marion Campbell
Reservationist
marionred@gmail.com
919.264.4512
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Christopher MacConing
Christopher Cunning
Royal Liasion
cunning.christopher@gmail.com
252.360.1242
After 5:00 PM
Kateryn Rous
Marybeth Lavarkas
A&S Coordinator
katrous@yahoo.com


Tessa de Spina Jan Harris
Merchant Coordinator janandtessa@wildblue.net 919.309.9059 Before 9:00 PM
Rosanella Vespucci
Tracey Duncan
Newcomer's Activities
narniarose2003@yahoo.com 919.906.6153
Any time
Elisabeth Hansler
Emmie Smith
Children's Activities
elisabeth.hansler@gmail.com 910.322.2702
After 5:00 PM
Benjamin of Elvegast
Benjamin Wheeler
Field Space Coordinator
thielbmw@gmail.com 724.456.3745
Before 9:00 PM


Hall Steward
Contact Autocrat

Rosalind Jehanne
Jonna Bernstein
Head Server
wizardofros@triad.rr.com

Andreas de Caunteton
George Condon
Chiurgeon /  Head Server
scadiandreas@triad.rr.com 919.619.2601
Before 10:00 PM

Lunch

The Canton of Atillium is preparing and serving a hot lunch which will be available for a suggested donation of $5.00.  Menu to follow.

Feast

Feast sold out January 5, 2010.  You may email the reservationist to ask to be placed on the waiting list.

A feast for 100 persons shall be prepared by our Head Cook Lady Maria Beatriz la Mora (mka Hilda "Bambi" Riggsbee-Smith).  Please contact her at hippy_dippy_dancer@yahoo.com or 919.225.4847 (Wednesday-Sunday before 10:00 PM) with any dietary concerns.  She wishes to provide varieties of food for all to be able to eat well and happily.  Though, one might not choose to eat everything for various reasons.

1st remove - Northern European
Pasternaks Skywarts and Rapes in potage (Vegetable soup of winter root vegetables in vegetable broth.  This is wheat free.)
Hardboiled Eggs  (Can be added to the soup, if desired.)
Parsnip chips (thinly sliced parsnips deep fried in olive oil)
Olive, pickle and cheese plate
Bread
Herb butter and honey butter
Meatballs (They will have an oatmeal binder in them.)
 
2nd remove - North African
Nortb African chicken stew with calabash, yam, apricots, dates, garlic onions, ginger, cumin, coriander and plantains
Chicken stuffed with apricots, date, orange, honey, garlic, salt, oinions, cinnamon, ginger, & black pepper
Sauce made with same ingredients minus the chicken
Steamed Cabbage
Pigeon peas with onions
North African bread
 
3rd remove
Pernil (roasted pork "marinated" in cider vinegar, salt, garlic, onion, oregano, cumin, & black pepper)
Lentils and spinach
Brown rice with saffron
Honey glazed carrots and beets with cinnamon and cloves
Fried green plantain chips
 
4th remove
Gingerbread subtlety
Spiced fruit compote (made with white sugar)
Cinnamon sugar dipped parsnip chips
Cookies

Preliminary Schedule

Updated: Saturday, February 6, 2010

Please note that this is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.

Friday, February 12

Activity
Start Time
End Time
Location
Troll open for staff & merchants 4:00 PM
   5:00 PM
Dining Hall
Troll open for all attendees 5:00 PM 1:00 AM Dining Hall

  Saturday, February 13   

Activity
Start Time
End Time
Location
Troll
7:00 AM
3:00 PM
Dining Hall
Express Troll
8:00 AM
Noon
Fighting Field
Newcomer's Point
8:00 AM

Newcomer's Tent
MoL open for check-in
8:00 AM
10:00 AM
Fighting Field
Morning Court
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Rec Hall
Fighting Authorizations After Morning Court Noon
Fighting Field
A&S Competitions & Display
After Morning Court
After Evening Court
Rec Hall
Archery
11:00 AM
4:00 PM
Archery Field
Pages School Class
11:00 AM
Noon
Children's Activities Tent
Silent Auction for Western Marshal Arts class
11:00 AM
3:00 PM
Silent Auction Tent
Atillium Hot Lunch
Noon


A&S Judging
Noon
4:30 PM
Rec Hall
Heraldic Consult Table
1:00 PM
4:00 PM
Rec Hall
Children's Activities
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
Children's Activities Tent
Exchequer 101
1:00 PM
3:00 PM
Dining Hall
Exchequer Office Hours
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Dining Hall
Performing Arts Competition
3:00 PM
Rec Hall
Evening Court
5:00 PM
6:30 PM
Rec Hall
Feast
7:30 PM

Dining Hall
Dancing
After Feast

Rec Hall

Sunday, February 14

Activity
Start Time
End Time
Location
Site Closes
10:00 AM



Hotels

A group rate has been negotiated at two local hotels. 
Days Inn Reidsville
2205 Barnes St
Reidsville, NC 27320-8150
(336) 342-2800
Group Rate: $50.00 per night for a king room / $55.00 per night for two queens

Comfort Inn Reidsville
2203 Barnes St.
Reidsville, NC 27320
(336) 634-1275
Group Rate: $67.50 per night for a king or double room

Field Space

If you would like to set-up a pavilion around the fighting field at Ymir, please contact the Field Space Coordinator, Lord Benjamin at thielbmw@gmail.com by Monday, February 1.

Please include the following information in your request:

Group Name:
Size of Structure (with ropes please):
Name of Contact Person:
Email of Contact Person:

Field space is limited and will be allotted based on the order in which reservations are received.   All reservation requests will receive a confirmation email notifying the status of your reservation.  In order to set-up a pavilion around the field at Ymir, you must register to ensure adequate space will be available.

Armoured & Rapier Combat

Baron James of Middle Aston (mka James Wagner) will serve as Marshal-in-Charge for the day.  You may contact him with any questions regarding martial activities at 919.496.7713 (before 10:00 PM).

Armoured Combat

Syr Otto von Schwartzkatz will run pools of round robins with the top two from each pool advancing to an elimination tournament.

Rapir Combat

Vicar Ceridwen ferch Owain (lgoldman05@yahoo.com or 301.274.4171 before 10:00 PM) will be marshaling the rapier tournament. Rapier fighting will be a Multi-list round robin as has been the recent tradition for Ymir. We will take the top 2  from each list and do a single-elimination bracket. Bring your armor, bring your blades, bring your best to the field!

Archery

The Archery shoot will be woods-walk style with a variety of shooting scenarios and targets.  There will be prizes for all shooting levels and abilities, beginners and youth included.  A special Ymir prize will be given for the best over all score.  Shooting will start 11:00 AM and conclude at 4:00 PM.

Merchants

Please contact the Merchant Coordinator Lady Tessa de Spina (mka Jan Harris) at janandtessa@wildblue.net or 919.309.9059, if you would like to merchant.  Please be prepared to let her know what you are selling, your tent size (including ropes), whether your tent is modern or period, and whether you will be arriving on Friday or Saturday. 

Merchants Planning to attend as of February 6, 2010:

Local Information


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Arts & Sciences

Norse Household Items Competition & Open A&S Display

Lady Kateryn Rous (katrous@yahoo.com) will be coordinating an open display and an Arts & Sciences competition for Norse Household Items.

Items used in a Norse household can include tools, cookware, dyestuffs, yarn, drop spindles, needles, furniture, bedding…you get the idea. Items can be things produced by Norse peoples, stolen by them, or obtained through trade. Please make sure your documentation explains how it’s reasonable for a non-Norse produced item to be included in the competition (for example…Byzantine pottery in a Viking household competition? Sure; archaeologists have found Byzantine pottery at Viking sites, they could have gotten there through trade or through robbery…) If you are in doubt about your item, email Kateryn.

In addition, Baronne Guenièvre is providing a prize for the best food or drink entered in this display.  Judging will be based on both taste and documentation.

For the purposes of this competition, “Norse” will be taken to include those people we typically call Vikings, but can also pre-and  post-Viking cultures of the Middle Ages (think of the countries we now think of as Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland.)

There will also be area set aside for an open display of any and all arts projects.

Dance

Your host for dancing at Ymir this year will be Lady Sophia the Orange.   From Lady Sophia: "After four years off, I'm getting back in the saddle of leading dance, so please be gentle. I will not plan for classes, but if an underground dance experience happens to appear during the day, I'll be there.  Dancing after feast at Ymir will consist of a short list of Sophie's Favorites and then I'll take requests.  If I know it or have notes, I'll help you dance it.  I'll stay up as late as we have dancers who want to dance.  I will rely on my CD collection, however, if musicians happen to show up that want to play, we'll work together.  I have over 14 years of experience teaching dance, dance music, and organizing musicians, so I can handle most anything you can throw at me.  But please don't take that as a challenge.  For more information about what I can offer you, visit www.musicasub.org."

Scroll Blank Competition

The Triton Principal Herald will be sponsoring a Norse scroll blank competition at Ymir!  Just like last year, the lovely Lady Livia Zanna has offered to coordinate and judge said competition.

Per Livia's rules, Norse in this instance means from the areas of Ancient Scandinavia, which encompassed Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland.  While most sources say the word "Norse" refers primarily to a period anywhere from 1700BC to 1066AD, we have opened up the competition to the full SCA period, because there are some fantastic fifteenth and sixteenth century illuminations from those areas, that could provide more inspiration, since early period manuscripts from those areas are few and far between.  Therefore, the date range is from way back then to our usual cut-off of 1600.

Each item entered will be judged individually, but the entrant's total score will be the cumulative total of each of their items.   The emphasis on this competition is quality over quantity.   Also a reminder, please remember that for an scroll to be valid and useable for court, it must meet Atlantian conventions as regards the colors used for the award badge, and space left for heraldry on awards that convey Awards/Grants of arms.  All entries will become the property of the Crown after the competition.

Any further questions, please contact Lady Livia directly at newtonb69@hotmail.com.

Scrivner Royal

From Baroness Tegan de Moreton: 
The competition for Royal Scrivener will be held at Ymir.  I know that many of you are already working on projects for the scroll blank competition.  You may use the same entry for both competitions.  To compete for Royal Scrivener you will need to show a sample of your calligraphy.  You do not need to be present.  You may send a sample of your work with someone else.

The duties of the Royal Scrivener are:  The Royal Scrivener must host the next Royal Scrivener competition and make the scroll for winning the competition.  That is all that is required.  The benefits of being Royal Scrivener are that you are offered the opportunity by the Clerk Signet to chose what scrolls you would like to do for the upcoming awards.  In other words, you get first choice on assignments.  Their Royal Majesties may also ask for special scrolls to be completed by the Royal Scrivener.  You also have the opportunity to be the lead scribe at any Royal progress events that you are able to attend.  You also serve to encourage the scribal arts.

If you have any questions about the competition or the position, please contact Baroness Tegan at zombiellama@att.net.

Poeta Atlantiae

From Lady Teleri the Well-Prepared:
We had but two entrants into the Poeta Atlantiae competition at Twelfth Night.  Two!  Great was the disappointment of their dread and royal Majesties, so great that indeed they are calling for a second competition at Ymir.  I will go further and say: even if you cannot make Ymir in body, send your entry!  I will accept them via email (.doc, .txt, or .pdf) or hard copy in the post.

As before, Their Majesties have requested that suitable candidates provide two proofs of their ability, in the following forms:

One, a poem in any style, retelling a Russian folktale, in honor of the origins of our Tsar and Tsaritsa.  Please document at least the source of the folktale.  (You don't have to document it as period, but we'd like to know where it comes from.)

Two, a poem in any period style on the topic of "The Queen of Atlantia," either in the abstract or about Queen Kalisa in particular.  Please provide documentation for the period verse form.

Please contact Lady Teleri with any questions, about either the competition or the duties of the Poeta, at poeta@atlantia.sca.org.

Performing Arts Competition

CALLING ALL PERFORMERS! We will have a Performing Arts Competition at Ymir on Saturday afternoon! All performers are welcome to enter - singers, storytellers, jugglers, poets, dancers, magicians and more! A Viking/Norse theme is encouraged but not required. Extra points will go to those who stay in theme and provide documentation. This is a great opportunity to share your talents and gain great experience in performing, so we hope you will join us! You can pre-register by sending an email to Lady Rosanella Vespucci at narniarose2003@yahoo.com or register at the Newcomer's Point when you get on site. Feel free to email Lady Rose with any questions.

Exchequer 101 Class

Baroness Gwenllian Ferch Gwilim will be teaching Exchequer 101 in the feast hall from 1:00-3:00 PM for all persons needing this class to be warranted exchequers.  She will then hold office hours following the class.  Please email Her Excellency (bneca@hotmail.com) with any questions regarding the class.

Children's Activities

When Children’s Activities are not in session in the tent, there will be coloring books and toys for children of all ages.   (There will be toys and a play castle tent and large Lego castle for the Wee Ones.) The tent will not be supervised when Children’s Activities is not in session, so youth that use the tent are under the responsibility of their parent or guardian.

Page School Class: Available from 11:00am to 12:00 pm, the instructor and topic TBA.
All are welcomed, ages 5-17 years, regardless if they are active Pages or not.

Children Activities: From 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm
    •    Design their own Viking beads (will have pre-made clay beads the kids can color anyway they want.)
    •    Make Viking coins to keep, trade or to use to make a Viking Treasure Necklace.
    •    Learn to lucet friendship bracelets (with a take home cardboard lucet.)
    •    Play Hold! Tag and other games to use up their energy!
    •    Have a lot of fun and make new friends!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Herrin Elisabeth Hänsler (mka Emmie Smith) at youth@atlantia.sca.org, or call (910) 322-2702 after 5:00 pm.

Newcomers' Activities

NEWCOMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!  We invite all newcomers to stop at the Gold Key Tent that will be located at the list field.  Loaner garb and loaner feast gear will be available.  There will also be a Newcomer’s Orientation by Lady Rosanella Vespucci.  All newcomers to the SCA (defined as those who have attended two events or less) will receive a Newcomer’s Token, a comprehensive information packet, and complimentary delicacies.  Learn even more by completing the Newcomer Viking Quest.  There will be a drawing on Saturday before feast for the chance to pick up some garb and feast gear to help you begin your SCA Dream.  Those who complete the Quest will be entered into the drawing TWICE.

Norse Fact of the Week Archives:  

Fact 8: Most Nordic verse of the Viking Age came in one of two forms: eddic or skaldic. Eddic verse was usually simple, in terms of content, style and metre, dealing largely with mythological or heroic content. Skaldic verse, conversely, was complex, and usually composed as a tribute or homage to a particular Jarl or king. Performance of skaldic poetry was spoken, not sung or chanted.
Fact 7: The Vikings were unique as a medieval European people due to the extensive provisions they made for divorce. Even after Christianity became the accepted religion of Scandinavia, divorce continued to be a prevalent custom in the North, acting as a social safety valve for a people whose marriages were arranged to the benefit of their families instead of for the maximum happiness of the wedded couple.
Fact 6: While New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world, the Scots have a long rich heritage associated with this event - and have their own name for it, Hogmanay.  There are many theories about the derivation of the word "Hogmanay". The Scandinavian word for the feast preceding Yule was "Hoggo-nott."
Fact 5: The Old Norse Christmas was celebrated in January and the southern festival honouring Sol invictus, i.e. the Unconquered Sun(god), was held on December 25, which is the reason why the Christian Christmas was set at the same time.
Fact 4: 1050 Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center.
Fact 3: Like the SCA, Scandianvian cultures has business meetings.  The Thing or Ting was an assembly for importand issues as well as were crimes could be addresed.
Fact 2: The Viking long boat is one reason for the success of viking raids.
Fact 1: Heimskringla is the best known of the kings' sagas written in Old Norse by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241) around 1230.