Spooky things are afoot in this edition of the TWII.
Upcoming Events:
- Wed 30 Oct: Isles Rapier and Armored Combat Fighter Practices (7:30pm; Theatre & Dance Courtyard at UCSB)
- Sat 2 Nov: Fall Coronation (Dun Or / Palmdale, CA)
- Sun 3 Nov: Fall Queen’s Champion (Dun Or / Lancaster, CA)
- Tue 5 Nov: Shire Business Meeting (6:30 pm; Rusty’s Pizza, 270 Storke Road, Goleta, CA)
- Tue 5 Nov: Isles Craft Night (7:30pm; Todde and Mora’s house)
- Wed 6 Nov: Isles Rapier and Armored Combat Fighter Practices (7:30pm; Theatre & Dance Courtyard at UCSB)
- Sat 9 Nov: Calafia Anniversary (Lakeside, CA)
- Sat 9 Nov: Naevehjem Anniversary (Ridgecrest, CA)
Last Week
Agincourt Tourney was held on Sunday at the Woodley Park archery range. The archery events included a clout shoot, a forester round tourney for both hand bows and crossbows, and a novelty shoot for handbows. There was also a thrown weapons novelty throw, a period archery demo (featuring a 90-lb. longbow), a cooking competition, and a costume contest. Congratulations to Countess Jane Corwin, who finished second in both the crossbow shoot and the costume contest (dressed as Elizabethan-era Hawkeye). For more, talk to Lodovico, Delphine, Edward the Pink, Adelais, Angelo, Jane, or Paul.
There was also a glass bead-making workshop held on Monday to assemble site tokens for Isles Anniversary. Expect to see another workshop soon.
This Week
Fall Coronation and Queen’s Champion are this weekend in Lancaster/Palmdale.
The monthly Shire Business Meeting is on Tuesday, at Rusty’s Pizza on Storke Road, at 6:30pm.
Further Away & Other Bits
Isles Anniversary is November 16th. Lady Delphine is the Event Steward; talk to her to volunteer. More information about the event can be found at http://sca-isles.org/anny2013/.
The Shire has a Facebook Group, for those who are so inclined to discuss things there.
Interested in unofficial but helpful Isles announcements and a bit of snark? Follow the Red Tower on Twitter: @SingTheRedTower.
Your reward for reading all the way to the end is the news that scientists have reconstructed the medieval strain of leprosy.