Activities

Poor Man’s Pennsic 2025

Activities

No silent auction this year.
Court will be held at 5pm.
All marshal activities are subject to the weather.
There are no air conditioned buildings.

Rapier

MIC : Ysabella DeMeurte Michalik
Saturday
9 -10 inspections and auths
10 – 11 Vallhalla/Corners
11 – 12 Round Robin
Noon-1 lunch
1 – 3 Newcomer Mug Tourney
3-4 open Field (BYOMarshal)
4pm field closes
Newcomer Mug Tourney: Bring a mug/cup/goblet for donation to the Newcomer Largess! Donations NOT NESSASARY to participate, but if a mug is brought for donation, fighter starts with bonus points awarded.
This will be a Challenge Tourney, with scoring tracked by poker chips.
White Chip = 3 points Marshal Peers (MoDs, knights, and Sitting Royalty)
Red Chip = 2 points GOA (OCV and Dons)
Blue Chip = 1 point All other fighters

Armored Combat

MIC: Justinian of Cherson
Saturday
9-10:30 Inspections and auths
10:30 – 12 Sheep ball melee
A soft sheep ball that won’t break your toes.
12-1 Lunch Break
1-2:30 Double Elimination Tourney
Mikkel Daansson is running this tourney. We have a stick of rattan for the prize.
2:30-4 Round Robin Tourney
There will be a prize.

Thrown Weapons

MIC: Alessandro of Falcon’s Keep
10-4 unless court requires an earlier wrap up. If court is at 4 then 9:30-3:30. Tournaments to be announced.

Archery

MIC: James the Elder

On Saturday there will be a variety of fun novelty shoots, some open range time for individual practice, and an opportunity to shoot the Society Seasonal Archery Challenge to have the archers’ scores reported for the SCA wide contest. A more detailed schedule of exact times will be listed at the event.

Arts and Sciences
Classes

Classes will be held in the Merchant building.
A&S coordinator is Quinn of Falcon’s Keep

Saturday

11:00am – Noon
Late Iron Age Latvian Clothing– Quinn of Falcon’s Keep
*****Canceled***

11:00am – 11:45am
Handmade Paper – Chiara da Tucci
Class may take 30 to 40 min depending on how many one wants to do. There will be focus on the historical significance and evolution in addition to making paper. Class is kid friendly. Participants size is max 10.

1:00pm -3:00pm
Absolute Beginner Naalbinding – Itta of Jararvellir
Naalbinding is a simple technology that can yield useful objects like hats, mittens, and socks, and has a broad time span of use! This will be an absolute introductory level, hands on, informal circle style class for anyone who has thought about learning naalbinding someday. We will discuss making a needle, choice of fiber, good first projects, and there will be a handout provided with an overview of historical examples and diagrams of simple stitches. Most of the class time will be spent learning the Oslo stitch. Needles and yarn to practice with will be provided and help will be on hand. Interested gentles can use the time to make their own needles with the provided historical-ish tools if desired. I will have a petting zoo of common beginner mistakes when starting a project and how to avoid them. Maximum class size 4. Adults Only.

2:00pm – 3:30pm
Spiral Ornamentation– Quinn of Falcon’s Keep
Spiral ornaments made from coiled wire and yarn were used to adorn garments during the Late Iron Age in Finland and Baltic region (Latvia and Estonia). This class is hands-on after a short lecture on history and uses. No fee. Class size limit 6. Age 12 and up (small metal pieces used.)

Bardic Activities
Daytime bardic will be happening. It will be at the 1-2pm. Near populace building. Hosted by Isabeau Dufay.
There is space available for evening bardic for those interested. Locations are marked on site map.

Merchants
Coordinator : Dalla Grimmsdottir
Contact coordinator if interested in merchanting at the event. There is no fee for merchanting.