Award of Arms

Mayfair 2008 turned out to be a wonderful and stunning evening for Gerald and I.  In addition to his award of the Jambe de Lion, I was amazed to receive an Award of Arms, myself.

~ Cristiana

 

Jambe de Lion

On a late spring afternoon, Gerald was quite surprised to receive a grant of arms (Jambe de Lion) from King Cedric and Queen Elizabeth.  This unexpected event took place at Glymm Mere’s 2008 Mayfair festival.

What an exciting evening.

 

~ Cristiana

 

Mirella’s Bluewheeler Horse Ride

 

William Tell presented many new opportunities for Mirella.  The most exciting of these was a brave ride upon a bluewheeler horse.

This is the certificate she was awarded at the completion of her first SCA camping event.

~Cristiana

 

William Tell 2007

This year’s William Tell tournament was our first SCA camping event as a family.  What a fun time we all had.  The weather was nice – not too hot and not too cold.  We tried out the new pavylion that Gerald and I have been making and took note of what worked well and what needed improvement.

Gerald served as the Thrown Weapons Marshal.  He also won the first place in the Novice Division of the thrown weapons competition.  The award certificate he received is posted at the left.  A very impressive showing!

The evening bardic circles were wonderfully entertaining and Saturday’s ‘dinner after dusk’ was enriched by the beauty of candlelight.

My limited experience in the SCA has always found an event to be enriched by the presence of Ithra classes, and William Tell was no exception.  The Medieval Encampments course I took was filled with valuable information…and now I can’t stop thinking about finials.  But then, who can?

~Cristiana