2019 End of Year A&S Night Updates

As we’re heading to the end of the year, our gracious hosts at the DeKalb Public Library have some events coming up that conflict with our regular A&S Nights. Please note the following changes to our schedule for the end of the year:

NO A&S Night on: 10/9/2019, 10/16/2019, 12/18/2019, 12/25/2019 (Closed for Christmas), 1/1/2020 (Closed for New Year’s Day)

We will be in the Zimmerman Room on: 10/23/2019 and 10/30/2019.

All other days, we will be meeting in the Yusunas Room like normal.

Please also note that we will NOT have Fighter Practice on 10/21/2019 to allow folks to rest and prepare for the Keith Country Day School demo on the 22nd.

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Upcoming Japanese Garb Days

Yamamura Kitsune-sensei has offered kindly to teach our populace how to construct beautiful basic Japanese garb. Over the next two months, Yamamura-sensei will offer two classes and two construction workshops. Attend all, none, or some at your leisure!

All classes and workshops will take place in the Yusunas Room as part of the Barony of Carraig Ban’s regularly scheduled Arts and Sciences Night, and are open to any/all who wish to attend!

August 14th, 2019: Keena/Kitsune’s Kosode Instruction, History, and Advice Class

https://www.facebook.com/events/608416219680700/

This will primarily be education, instruction, and advice for those wishing to create a kosode, the upper body garment that is the basic unit of Japanese clothing. This item might sometimes be called “kimono,” or “yukata” of a number of other related words, but, in the end, it’s the bare minimum to not be naked in court as a proper SCAdian nihonjin. Learn about the garment’s history, ideal fabrics, and ask burning questions!

August 28th, 2019: Keena/Kitsune’s Kosode Construction Workshop

https://www.facebook.com/events/366313224075264/

This will be a construction workshop to continue the work begun on your own time, or to have some encouragement to get started on your own kosode. Yamamura-sensei will help you deal with difficult sections, as well as help you adapt designs to your body structure.

September 11th, 2019: Keena/Kitsune’s Hakama Instruction, History, and Advice Class

https://www.facebook.com/events/354752171863312/

This class is about the foundational lower body garment, the hakama. Learn about expressing rank and status through pants! How to tie attractive knots! How to use the bathroom quickly! And what a man in red hakama might be saying about himself.

September 25th, 2019: Keena/Kitsune’s Hakama Construction Workshop

https://www.facebook.com/events/626999024476377/

In this workshop, Yamamura-sensei will assist attendees in creating their own hakama, from design to, at the least, pinning (which is well past half the battle).

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Views From The Tower – October 2018

View from the Tower

Barony of Carraig Ban

Current Events and News – October 2018

Upcoming Meetings

October 14, 2018
November 11, 2018

6pm Panera Bread (DeKalb, IL)
2476 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Meeting Notes/News

Baron Honda Heihachiro will be Event Steward for next year’s Ragnarok. Dates confirmed as 5/31/19 through 6/2/19. Please contact him to volunteer to assist.
A Baronial holiday party was discussed for December.
Carraig Ban will be having an Embassy at various events with information to hand out.
We will be co-hosting Kingdom 12^th Night with the Barony of Ayreton January 12^th, 2019.

From the Barons

Greetings unto the Barony!

As we move into the winter months, many of us are planning trips to visit friends and family near and far, including our extended SCA families. Traditionally, our Barony has hosted a Baronial Holiday gathering, and we wish to continue this. To help us plan, we’d like the members of the Barony to submit responses to our poll by Sunday, October 14th (our next Barony meeting), located here: https://goo.gl/forms/iNO4RnOpopHnRvLF3

We have some events coming up soon that folks may want to put on their calendars:

See event listings below and locally –
October 27th: STEMFest/Maker Faire Demo @ NIU Convocation Center, 9am – 5pm

Did you know that we have an all new awards submission form? We do! As part of the Carraig Ban website updates, we’ve rolled out a Baronial Awards submission form. You can find it here: https://goo.gl/forms/ohVjH4sXJROgeUHE2

If you have any suggestions for us on activities, demos, or events, please let Baron Honda or myself know!

In Service,
Thegn Samson Muskovich

From the Chatelaine

Carraig Ban cares about its people, and what barony would be better served naked? None! That is why we’ve have tried to reconcile the many items generously donated to Gold Key into a centralized location in the care of the chatelaine. These items of clothes have been donated over the years to ensure that the most forgetful of long-time members and the freshest of newbies alike have sparkling, useful clothes to garb their person at events such that they feel involved and welcome! These items are currently going through a catalog and repair process so that not ONLY are there many available, but a public access document will list the general range of ages, sizes, and eras of clothing available. Furthermore, repair and upkeep of the items is a baronial concern, and periodically A&S meetings will feature repair days. For more information, contact the office of the chatelaine, currently Akiyama Kazuhiko, at satal.derihannsu [at] gmail.com.

Thank you very much!
Akiyama Kazuhiko

Officer Openings

Baronial Seneschal – looking for a deputy Seneschal with the intent to turn over the office. Give me a shout via any medium you prefer if you are interested.

– Seamus

Financial

A financial policy is being drafted.

EVENTS

See Midrealm Calendar (for web-based).

EXTRA – EXTRA

Arts and Sciences

A&S nights have resumed on Tuesdays.

NEW LOCATION – Dekalb Public Library. 6 to 8:30 pm. September 4^th through December 18^th (not on 9/11/18). Being held in Zimmerman room. Check Facebook for details on dates and times.

If you have an article you would like to submit for the newsletter please forward to nhalden0001@gmail.com by the end of the month to be included in the next month’s issue.

Marshal

The outdoor fight practices in DeKalb at Liberty Park are being held on Mondays. Currently on hiatus until after Pennsic. Check the Facebook page for details. Ideas on an indoor location for fall/winter should be referred to the Knights Marshal.

A fight practice is also being held at COD in Glen Ellyn on Wednesdays.

We will be trying to get the news out the beginning of each Month. Please contact me if you have something you want included at nhalden0001@gmail.com .

If anyone needs a mailed copy of this information, please contact me. Listed below are upcoming events and our officers list.

In service to the Barony,

Nicholaa

Baroness Dame Nicholaa Halden, Chronicler

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View from the Tower – September 2018