Newsletter for the Shire of Gates Edge February 2007 A.S. XLI

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1 Newsletter for the Shire of Gates Edge February 2007 A.S. XLI 1

2 Their Royal Majesties: Romanius Scipio Vesperanius and Deanna della Penna Chris and Deanna Baran Seneschal: Lady Natalia Auvert Natasha Storfer Deputy: Lady Alesone Leslie Hospitaler: Lady Alesone Leslie Lori Wyvill Deputy: Lady Racheal no Ansteorra Herald: Lord Engenulf de Vienville Michael Wyvill or Deputy: OPEN Knight Marshal: Lord Tora no Ansteorra Robert Smetek Deputy: OPEN Reeve: Lord Eric Grayfox Martin Miles Deputy: OPEN Chronicler: Lady Racheal no Ansteorra Cherish Robinson Deputy: Brie and Tony Minister of Arts and Sciences: Lady Sabine Sandra Davis Deputy: OPEN Historian: HL Annes Clotilde von Bamburg Darlene Vandever Deputy: OPEN Archery Marshal: Baron Talmon Wilbanks Talmon Parker Deputy: Lord Eadric, Lord Iaen, and Lord Carluccio Castellan: Lady Cynthia of Gate's Edge Cindy Mills Deputy: OPEN We are currently accepting applications for the following: Minister of Children If you are interested in any office, please contact the current officer and/or Seneschal. There are several officers with openings for Deputy. If you are thinking of holding an office, being the deputy allows you the chance to see what the officer does. That way you can make an informed decision if you really want to hold that office when the current person steps down. PLEASE be kind do not call officers after 9 pm unless there is an emergency. 2

3 Copyright This is Over the Edge, the Newsletter of the Sire of Gate s Edge. This newsletter is not an official publication of the Kingdom of Ansteorra nor the SCA. Over the Edge is published monthly by the Shire and subscriptions may be had by contacting the Chronicler (info inside front cover). Subscriptions are free of charge. If you want an issue mailed to you, you must provide the stamps. All copyrights are retained by the artist or author of pieces published in Over the Edge. Clipart from or or Dover. Dividers from Cover artwork from Baroness Adelicia. Birthday s and Anniversary s in the Shire /2 Hugh s Birthday 2/3 Mattias s Birthday 2/14 Alice and Randall s Anniversary 2/23 Shanahan s Birthday 2/27 Padraic of Kilkenny s Birthday If you have a Birthday or Anniversary then do the following Please go to then click on Local Calendar then post your special day! Last month s answer: Puzzles provided by Dover Clip Art. 3

4 Greetings from our Seneschal Lady Natalia Auvert To the Wonderful Populace of Gate's Edge, Bids for the 2007 event are due by the end of February! If you have a wonderful idea and a wish to serve our lovely event, let me know and I can furnish you with the data you need to start that foundation for your bid. Applications for the Gate's Edge Seneschal position are due by March 31,2007 and announcement will follow. April will be a month of transition and at May's populace the next Seneschal will take over in full. If you have any questions, concerns or wish to talk about the requirements of the position, please feel free to me or call me at (281) I would also like to send thanks to our Reeve, Eric Greyfox, for all the effort he has put into his monthly, quarterly and yearly reports in addition to all the efforts he's made in the last year for a smooth bank transition. Thank you Eric! Thank you, Natalia Auvert Greetings from our Chronicler Lady Racheal no Ansteorra SUBMIT TO YOUR CHRONICLER!!! I need more artwork songs poems cartoons recipes photos we now have access to a color printer and copier so SEND ME STUFF!!! And the permission release located towards the end of this issue. Til next month, Racheal Unto the populace! History is what and how you make it. I am looking for stories of those who have witnessed history in our Shire. It doesn't matter if you can't write. Find me. Tell me your story. I will write it for you. What a deal!! Until then, I remain... Forever in Service, Annes Greetings from our Reeve Lord Eric Greyfox I would still like to find a deputy as it would be easier to teach someone how to take over before just having someone thrown into the position and letting them flounder like a fish out of water. In service, Ld Eric Grayfox 4

5 Greetings from our Minister of Arts & Science Please submit reports of any and all Arts and Science projects you have been working on. Even if you do not attend a guild meeting, please let me know about your projects. Thank you, Lady Sabine Greetings From our New Hospitaler Greetings unto the Shire! Many thanks go to those of you who have helped our newcomers feel welcome; you help make my job so much easier! Because of Valentine s Day, only one Newcomer s meeting has been scheduled February 28 th. Please come and join us. The more of there are, the more fun we will have. Plus, it really helps to have people with varied interests around to stimulate conversation. The format of the meetings is basically Meet-n-Greet or getting to Know You. Don t worry if you don t have time for dinner first, I ll be sure to have something tasty to sustain you. Best regards, Alesone Greetings from our Youth Boffer Marshal Greetings to our Youth Boffers! Just a note to let everyone know that we will be having Youth Boffer on the following dates: Thursday Feb. 1 st * Thursday Feb. 8 th * Sunday Feb. 11 th * Sunday Feb. 18 th All practices will be held in conjunction with our Regular Fighter s; if Fighter is cancelled, Youth Boffer practice will also be cancelled. If you are unsure about practice, please contact me. At this time, I am planning to have a Boffer and Armor making day on Saturday February 3 rd at my house 8106 Amurwood Drive, Tomball, TX I will post a list of needed supplies on the Gates Edge list and the Website calendar. If time allows, we will schedule another workday later in the month. I hope to see all our youth at practices! As always, if you have any questions about Youth Boffer, please do not hesitate to call. In service, Lady Alesone 5

6 Greetings from our Herald Lord Engenulf de Vienville Heraldic Consultations will be held in conjunction with the Newcomers Meetings. Check the Calendar for times and places. I will also hold consultation by appointment. Greetings from our Knight Marshal Lord Tora no Ansteorra Howdy, We will be at Meyer Park located at 7700 Cypresswood Drive, Spring Texas on the following days: Thurs Feb 1 st Thurs Feb 8 th Sun Feb 11 th Thurs Feb 15 th Sun Feb 18 th On Thursdays we meet from 7 pm til 9 pm. Sunday practices run from 4 pm til 6 pm. On the first Sunday of the month, please attend Stargate s Sunday in the Park please check their website for details. I am seeking a deputy. If anyone is interested, please contact me. You do not have to be a fighter to be a Marshal. Also my warrant will soon be up if you are interested in the position, please your office application to me, our Seneschal, and the Regional Marshal. If you are wondering if there will be a practice on any certain day, please Lady Racheal at racheal.no.ansteorra@gmail.com or call us at Seeya, Lord Tora Greetings from our Archery Marshal Baron Talmon Wilbanks Archery s are usually held monthly at the home of one of our Archery Marshals. The practices take place on a Saturday in the rural Magnolia/Pinehurst area and are accompanied by a potluck meal. Currently upcoming practices are scheduled for the following dates but are subject to change so check online or contact one of the Archery Marshals to confirm. DATE LOCATION TIME Feb 10, 2007 Wanderer's Rest 11AM Start In winter months practices start at 11 AM and a Pot-luck meal is for lunch. For more information and directions see the Shire web page at or contact one of the Marshals: Baron Talmon tt_ann@hotmail.com Lord Iaen iaenmor@swbell.net Lord Carluccio Lord Eadric Non-archers are also invited. There is plenty of room for various crafts or other activities and there is always lots of socializing. In Service, The Gates Edge Archery Marshallate 6

7 Greetings from our Scribal Guild The Scribal Guild will meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. Check the Calendar for times and places. From our Belly Dancing Guild Leader Location: 4810 Theall Rd, Houston, TX Dates: February 13 & 27 Time: 7:00 pm-9:00 pm Please wear exercise clothing and drink water before you arrive. Ladies only please. Natalia Auvert Greetings from our Armor s Guild Lord Ramons lo Montalbaes Time and Date: Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 Second Thursday: Mu s place 7806 Brian St, Humble, TX No Children Allowed Fourth Tuesday: Randall s home 6511 Allentown, Spring, TX Contact: Randall Guest (Ramons lo Montalbaes), (h), rvguest@sbcglobal.net Tools and equipment is proved. Please bring all other supplies. Greetings from the Fiber Arts guild leader Fiber Arts Guild will meet 17 th to get ready for Gulf Wars. Anyone needing clothing to attend Gulf Wars and wants us to help you work on it contact Cherish or myself. Come by and have a hot meal and enjoy the atmosphere of humor and comrade. Directions can be received by calling or going on line under Fiber Arts Guild. Location: Noyce Rd, Crosby, TX Date/Time: Feb 17 th / 10 am to 6 pm Till then, Carla of Gate's Edge Blessed Be 7

8 Stargate Bardic Guild The Stargate Bardic Guild shall meet on the THIRD THURSDAY of each month at the home of Lady Mea Passavanti, from 7-9:30 pm. No experience in bardic arts is necessary. The purpose of the guild is to learn and have fun. Experienced bards will be encouraged to teach pieces, and all are welcome to bring suggestions for pieces to learn. If you are interested in joining the guild, please the guild principal, HL Alden Drake, at For directions, contact Lady Mea Passavanti at or Everyone from the Greater Houston Area is invited to attend. With thanks, HL Alden Drake Guild of St. Camillus de Lellis I would like to thank Chass Brown for submitting this month s recipe for the Shire of Gate s Edge s newsletter. Chass and his wife are members of the St Camillus Guild here in Ansteorra. We all help each other out with any problems that are faced in the SCA and in the mundane world. You do not have to be a member of the SCA to join the Guild. If you have any type of disability or you are a care-giver for someone with a disability you can join our Guild. There is no membership cost. Our main form of communication is an online forum but you don t have to join that either. You can send me any questions you have and I will post them for you and get answers. Also if you are planning to travel and need assistance at an SCA event, let the group know and someone will be able to assist you at that event even if it is in another Kingdom! To join the Guild of St. Camillus de Lellis, please let me know that you are interested and we can talk more. Til next time, Racheal Meeting Minutes: Newcomers-Jackie. Remember to make her feel welcome! Word fame-racheal got the coin out of the King's cake at Bordermarch. Loch s Yule had lovely children's activities, heraldic games, and scavenger hunt. No progress yet on the kitchen equipment. An industrial sewing machine has been found, and the plan is to have it available by February. Trailer Marking Project-the Boy Scout lead only painted the other trailer because it was associated with the Boy Scouts. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact the seneschal. The Business meeting will be moving to the 4th Monday of the Month in January (this month) in room 12 at the same building we use for Populace. Bids for the 2007 event are due by the end of February. The event date is the last weekend in August. 8

9 Applications for the seneschal position are due by March 31st. Archery Marshal-archery practice is the 20th. Check the calendar. Also, for those of us that didn't know Eadric let us know that Talmon was in the hospital. Keep him in your thoughts please. Caitlin had Cataract surgery today (day of populace) and Annes is under the weather. A&S-there's lots of stuff going on both in guilds and and individually. Chronicler-the newsletter is now free of charge. Eadric has changed our website so that it is easily viewable. If you do not have access to a computer, please give the chronicler stamps or meet up with her in person for a hard copy. Herald-Report from the society will be available soon. 3 of the 4 turned in the month of December have been returned, and our herald is working on it. There is a Stargate herald's meeting in addition to the one held in conjunction with the newcomers meeting. Hospitaler-there will be a newcomers meeting this Wednesday at the Wyvill home. Food and great company is provided. Knight Marshal-11,14,18,21,25,28 Ramon's armor's guild has not been confirmed but Mu's has. If you are interested if the fighter practice is canceled (weather iffy) give Rachael and Tora a phone call. Seneschal-Contacted kingdom "keeper of the stuff" keep an eye out. (Brian) Queen might need garb. (Eadric)also might want to consider gifts for the prince/princess as well. Belly Dancing-2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. The 2nd meeting of January we will have our teacher. Fiber Arts-This Saturday. We'll be making garb. Arabic food will be available. Mike-There is a large turn-out in the northern area for scribal. Eadric: Interest item Feb archery is on the 10th, same weekend as kingdom A&S. Also the Rome series in returning to HBO and April first starts the "Tudors" on show time, a show about the young Henry the 8th. Carla: check out the JoAnn's sales they have some deals on trigger. Alesone: Youth boffer will be adding Sundays into it's schedule. Check the calender for specific dates. Eadric: If you have an active guild, please send information about the guild to Eadric so he can put in on the website. Brian: Announced will be putting in a bid for summer event with Caribbean theme. Alden is planning a quest. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns-thanks-natalia both images from Remember to call someone you love 9

10 No, kidding there I was (Also known as Event Stories!) My first event was in An Tir, where I played for four short months before moving to the Barony of the Steppes. It was their University of Ithra or Grand Ithra that was held at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. My then 12-year old son and I attended two classes together that day, The History of the SCA and Chivalry and Etiquette both taught by Sir Brand deux Leon, who made a huge impression of both of us. Adam no longer felt uncomfortable in his 'dress' (the T tunic I had made him) when he saw Sir Brand in a luxurious Houppelande under which he wore a lovely cotehardie which he stripped down to when the room became warm. In the afternoon I took a class on trims and when I came out, I found Sir Brand teaching my son how to play Shut the Box. I'm afraid that very knight I have met has been measured by Sir Brand's gentlemanly qualities. Many have come close, but the only one I have met that has equalled him is the one I have married. :) My second real event was the May Crown Tournament that year in An Tir. I was enthralled by the pagentry, awed by the costumes, wowed by the combat, and amazed at all the goodies that the huge number of merchants had to offer. When I came to Ansteorra, I attended a Business meeting for the Barony of the Steppes in August. There I was made to feel welcome (which I never really had felt in An Tir) and was warmly greeted with a huge hug and a kiss from Baron Fritz. Other than Sir Brand, I had never been spoken to by a noble that I am aware of in An Tir. I attended Steppes Artisan a couple of weeks later and have been an active participant ever since. I don't know that I will ever qualify as an old-timer, as I was in my middle 40's when I began to play this game, but I married a man who has been playing for some thirty years or very close to it. Lyneya de Grey Publication Permission Form I,, being known within the Society for Creative Anachronism as, do hereby grant permission for the (Circle appropriate item(s): article/poem/picture/song/ ) entitled to be used as follows (check all that apply, complete blanks where necessary): Ownership by the publication titled Over the Edge and all copyright granted to that publication (or to: Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.), which shall determine all future use of the item named above. (Check no other item.) One time publication in an issue of: Over the Edge or: publication in that publication no more than times (separate issues). Performance at an event called. Posting on the Web page for: Shire of Gate s Edge - Over the Edge archives. I recognize that persons unknown to me may link to this site or may use my work without my permission. I shall hold the web page owner harmless from such activity if proper notice appears on the web page, and I am immediately notified when the link or use is discovered. If I have checked one of the last three options, I retain all copyright in my work and may grant permission to any other publication or entity to use my work, or may withdraw permission as I choose. I further certify that I am the sole creator of this work, and have not substantially based it upon the work of any other person. If others have contributed to this work, of if I have based this upon the work of any person, their name(s) and address(es) (or other contact information) and the name(s) of the original work (is/are): Date: Signature: 10

11 The following recipe is reprinted with permission. It is one from a St. Camillus Guild Member. Banana Split cake (diabetic) 2 pkgs white choc sugar-free instant pudding -- Mix according to directions but use 2% milk 3 sliced banana's 1 pint sliced strawberries low calorie, sugar free whipped topping crushed almonds 2 short bread low sugar crusts in crusts put in a layer of pudding, then a layer of banana's, then a layer of pudding, then a layer of strawberries, then a layer of pudding, then a layer of whipped topping then sprinkle with crushed almonds. Remember to chill it for 30 min or so before cutting. Each pie (we call it cake lol) is 8 pieces. Each piece covers your milk and fruit for one meal. I love it and I am not diabetic. Had to find ways to get my x-wife to eat diabetic stuff... and this was a major hit with her. I do the same as above but use Kiwi and strawberries... mmmmmmmm Chass Brown A.K.A. Charinthalis Del Sans of the portable chariot. Honorable Recruiter of the House of the Red Shark. Rear Admiral Northern Region Ansteorran Royal Navy - Ship the RedShark. Muddeler of Mead Calendar for February 1 7:00 PM Gate s Edge Fighter 2 Groundhog Day 3 Youth Boffer Armour Making 2-4 Candlemas - Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX) 7 7:oo PM Scribal Guild 8 7:00 PM Gate s Edge Fighter 10 11:00 AM Archery 9-11 Kingdom A&S (For Competition Rules)- Rosenfeld (Tyler, TX) 11 4:00 PM Gate s Edge Fighter 12 7:30 PM Populace 13 7:00 PM Belly Dancing 6:30 PM Armour s Guild at Mu s 14 Valentine s Day 15 7:00 PM Gate s Edge Fighter 17 10:00 AM Fiber Art s Guild Jagermeister and King's Champion - Ffynnon Gath (San Marcos, Tx) Axeman IV - Skorragardr (Shawnee, OK) 18 4:00 PM Gate s Edge Fighter 21 7:00 PM Scribal Guild Coastal Invasion - Seawinds/Stonebridge Keep (Corpus Christi/Victoria, TX) Ice Axe 26 XXVI - Middleford (Killeen, Tx) 26 7:30 PM Business Meeting 27 6:30 PM Armourer s Guild at Ramon s 7:00 PM Belly Dancing 28 7:00 PM Newcomer s Meeting I am including another style of calendar this month. Please let me know which one you prefer. Thank you, Racheal 11

12 February 2007 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1/28 4 pm Fighter 1/29 1/30 1/ pm Fighter 2 Groundhog Day 3 Youth Boffer Armour Making Candlemas - Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX) 4 Stargate Sunday in the Park pm Scribal 8 7 pm Fighter am Archery Kingdom A&S (For Competition Rules)- Rosenfeld (Tyler, TX) 11 4 pm Fighter 12 7:30 pm Populace 13 6:30 pm Armour s at Mu s 7 pm Belly Dancing 14 Valentine s Day 15 7 pm Fighter am Fiber Arts Guild Jagermeister and King's Champion - Ffynnon Gath (San Marcos, Tx) Axeman IV - Skorragardr (Shawnee, OK) 18 4 pm Fighter pm Scribal Coastal Invasion - Seawinds/Stonebridge Keep (Corpus Christi/Victoria, TX) Ice Axe 26 XXVI - Middleford (Killeen, Tx) :30 pm Business Meeting 27 6:30 pm Armour s at Ramon s 7 pm Belly Dancing 28 7 pm Newcomer s 3/1 7 pm Fighter 3/2 3/3 Fox Tail Tourney - Eldern Hills and Brad Leah (Lawton and Fort Sill, OK) 12