As previously announced elsewhere, starting this month our quarterly canton business meeting has been rescheduled to the fourth Monday of the first month of each quarter.
Please join us this evening, Monday January 23, at 7 PM via Google Meet.
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Gallery Sunday, January 22: “Ritual and Memory” in the Bronze Age Balkans
The Canton of Whyt Whey invites you to join us for a casual weekend outing to one of our many world-class museums.
On Sunday, January 22, at 1 PM, we’ll visit the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (14 E 84th St) to view their “Ritual and Memory” exhibit of artifacts from southeast Europe including Hungary and the Balkans during the Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages, approximately 8,000–2,500 years ago.
Admission is free. The venue requires proof of Covid vaccination. Masking is encouraged but not required. The site is wheelchair-accessible and ADA-compliant.
The visit is expected to take around one to two hours. Some folks may choose to go to lunch in the neighborhood afterwards.
All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. Modern attire. Feel free to RSVP or just show up.
Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Branch Name Change Submission
The Canton of Whyt Whey was founded in the late 1980s, with its name registration appearing on the January 1990 LoAR. In the decades since, the original population has moved out of our region and been replaced by a new generation of participants, for whom the old name didn’t have the same valence, and over the last few years an effort was undertaken to consider possible changes.
Following a great deal of thought, the populace settled on Appleholm as its new name, for which the forms were submitted this month. I thought folks might be interested in the documentation we included to support the registration.
Continue reading Branch Name Change SubmissionCider Pressing Photo Gallery
The Whyt Whey apple pressing workshop yielded over five gallons of cider!
And gentlemen in Brooklyn now a-bed
— Þorfinnr Hróðgeirsson
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That pressed with us on Crispin apples’ day.
Thanks to Þorfinnr for the use of his press and his advice on proper fermentation. Photographs by Þorfinnr, Alienor, and Mathghamhain.
Cloisters Photo Gallery
Thank you to Lady Godiva for taking pictures of some of our exhibitors at the Cloisters demo.
Cider Pressing Workshop, October 30
With autumnal crispness in the air, now is the time for cider-making! Whether you harvested apples at the Provincial farm outing or bartered for them at a local market, join us for a hands-on session of mashing and pressing them for juice.
Thorfinn Hróthgeirsson has a cider press and has graciously offered to host a workshop at his home on Sunday, October 30, at 2:00 PM.
We’ll all work together to process the apples and share the combined juice. Please bring some apples and a large-enough container to take hone your juice; expect one gallon per 16-20 pounds of apples, or roughly one cup for every 3 apples.
Thorfinn will provide the equipment, and may be able to provide yeast for fermenting it if you desire. (If you would like to walk away with fermenting equipment, notify him in advance.)
Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Gallery Sunday, November 6: Lace and the “Threads of Power”
The Canton of Whyt Whey invites you to join us for a casual weekend outing to one of our many world-class museums.
On Sunday, November 6th, at 1 PM, we’ll visit the Bard Graduate Center Gallery (18 W 86th St.) to view their “Threads of Power” exhibit on the development and social significance of lace, including examples of needle and bobbin lace from the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, curtesty of Switzerland’s Textilmuseum St. Gallen.
We strongly recommend purchasing your museum admission ($15) well in advance to ensure availability.
https://www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/118/threads-of-power
The venue requires masking and proof of up-to-date Covid vaccination along with matching photo ID. The site is wheelchair-accessible and ADA-compliant.
The visit is expected to take about an hour. Some folks may choose to go to lunch in the neighborhood afterwards.
All are welcome to join us. No Society membership or previous experience required. Modern attire. Feel free to RSVP or just show up.
Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.
Thank You Berakha!
Berakha bat Mira v’Shlomo is stepping down as our canton’s Minister of Arts & Sciences after two years of service, and we wanted to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for all she’s done.
She took on this position several months into the Covid shutdown, and launched an ambitious program of online video classes, presentations, and roundtables that linked teachers and students from across the known world.
Her “Saturday Night Solar” series extended to include thirty sessions, providing a valuable forum for members of our community to stay connected during a long period when there were hardly any in-person events.
With her departure from our canton, and our kingdom, this long run has finally come to a close, but as she sets off on her new adventure, she takes with her our lasting appreciation.
For the extensive service of Nobilis Berakha, and for the many teachers she recruited — Vivant! Vivant! Vivant!
— The Officers and Populace of Whyt Whey, October 2022
Continue reading Thank You Berakha!October 6 Commons Minutes
The Canton’s regularly-scheduled commons meeting was held by video conference from 7 PM to 8:05 PM on Thursday. The minutes below were recorded by Mathghamhain and reviewed by Alienor.
Present:
• Alienor Salton, Seneschal
• Angelica di Nova Lipa, Chatelaine
• Mathghamhain Ruadháin, Herald
• Thorfinn Hróthgeirsson
• Caendra of Ostgardr
• Jana
• Miguel
Countdown to Cloisters
We’re looking forward to seeing you all at the Cloisters on Sunday!
Please take a few minutes to scroll through this page of useful tips for attendees, which covers the schedule and setup needs, transit directions, parking information, our potluck dayboard, weather contingencies, and more.
If you have any questions that aren’t answered there, contact the event steward, Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin (mka Matthew Cavalletto), via email at 231060@members.eastkingdom.org, Facebook Messenger at m.me/mcavalletto, or mobile (917) 502-7795.
Thank you for joining us to show the best of our Society to a crowd of thousands!