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Photo by Deiniol ap Gwyrgwst |
1. Damiana Almodovar running Troll. Lady Shannon Gallowglass is just finished trolling in. |
Photo by Deiniol ap Gwyrgwst |
2. A view of the Tadcaster camping area. On the other side of the stone wall is the parking area. Watch this space. |
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3. A view of the Troll booth from the top of the camping area |
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4. Arlyn in the camping area |
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5. Lord Geoffrey Gryphon and Lady Katrine arrive and begin setting up next to Don Ian and his family |
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6. Setting up the kitchen tent and some of the A&S tents |
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7. Now where did we store that bonfire we're supposed to have tonight? Hey - who let the pet Salamanders out? The car belongs to Lord Robin Gallowglass and all he did was park. |
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8. Firefighting measures are already in progress |
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9. Lady Melodie tries to see into the engine |
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10. Lord Keegan pries open the hood with a pickaxe |
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11. Now several people are prying open the hood. Adolphus, Robert, Mel, Keegan, ?, Padraig MacHail, Alex from Carillon, ?, Owen |
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12. Still prying - Robert and Keegan |
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13. Still prying - Keegan, ?, Robert (prying), Mel, and ? |
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14. Ok - NOW spray the fire extinguishers |
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15. And use the water |
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16. And more water, and some dirt for good measure |
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17. Well? Is it out yet? |
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18. Hm. The engine seems to be out, but the interior is smoking |
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19. And of course the car doors are locked... |
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20. Lady Melodie uses the pickaxe to gain access to the interior |
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21. Yep, still hot folks... oh and the car too. |
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22. Now the hose comes in handy |
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23. It looks out - wait for the smoke to clear |
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24. Yup - it's pretty much out |
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25. And here are our friends the firemen! We have half of their volunteers on our staff who greeted them by name as they stepped off the truck. |
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26. Assessing the situation |
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27. A view of the firetruck. Half the scadians are still in mundane clothing. |
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28. More greeting of the firemen |
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29. Lord Keegan relates actions taken so far |
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30. Drown it just to be sure everything is out. |
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31. The pumper truck |
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32. The specialty truck |
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33. Drowning the interior |
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34. Now it's really really out. |
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35. Pack up the truck and go home! |
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36. Time for the REAL Beltaine bonfire. Suba, Melodie, Padraig, Keegan. Arlyn in the foreground. |
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37. Lord Geoffrey and Arlyn |
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38. Ok, that is one big log - we spent some time debating if it would even catch fire. It did - we burned the entire log in the course of the weekend. |
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39. Suba, Mel, Keegan, Scheherazade, ?, Angino |
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40. ?, Angino, Arlyn. I like this photo, it looks kinda mystical. By the way, that's a torch in the foreground - the photographer is *not* on fire. |
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41. Angino and Arlyn. We all lit the fire simultaneously. |
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42. Ooo - it looks *really* mystical in this photo. |
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43. Her Excellency speaks a few words before we circle the fire three times for good luck in the coming year. |
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44. Lord Olrik van Lubbeke and the Baronial banner |
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45. Alisdar MacGiolle Chroiste on bagpipes - they sounded really good. Really. Lady Katrine Lyndesay holding the canton banner, and Lord Bilgisayar Tajir al-Hissoon holding Deiniol ap Gwyrgwst's banner. |
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46. The REAL Beltaine bonfire. |
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47. Our merchant-crat, Regal Pewter |
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48. Other merchants setting up Saturday morning |
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49. The view from Regal Pewter |
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50. Lord Michel Wolffauer and some folks under the blue feast tent, also the site of the brewing classes. ? and Lady Mel walk down with bags of stuff for Arts and Sciences classes in the white tent. |
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51. Newcomer's Point and Herald's Point. Lady Sabatina de Valle, Lady Philadelphia Brown, and Deiniol ap Gwyrgwst presiding respectively. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
52. Brewing classes were very popular! |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
53. Her Excellency Scheherazade Allouyna al-Zahira, Baronness of Bhakail (in red), teaches a middle-eastern dance class to several of the children and adults. That's Lady Mel in the background :) |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
54. His Excellency Lorcan Dracontius, Baron of Bhakail, with Amadeus the dog. His man-at-arms, Lord Geoffert of the Lone Oak, walks toward him. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
55. Quick! Name those archers! The only two I can name are Baron Lorcan Dracontius and Lady Sabine de Kerbriant, the last two people on the right. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
56. From Archery, looking back through the A and S tents at the merchants |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
57. Tristen, Andrew, Lord Keegan MacNaughton, and Don Ian Raven of Tadcaster. This is Tristan and Andrew, two of the fencers from other kingdoms that have moved to the Glorious East Kingdom. Tristan authorized in single, dagger, case on this day. Andrew, being a White Scarf (similar to our OGRs) just had his auth card transferred to the EK. Both of whom I, Geoffrey Gryphon, got to fence and had a ball doing so. Looking very much forward to crossing blades with them again. Andrew’s Lady, Jean, and I have an ongoing standing dagger duel. She is also a White Scarf from Trimaris. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
58. Little ?, ?, Katrine, Geoffrey, and ?also-Kat? |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
59. Lady Suba teaches small kids how to build fires. Actually this was a fire safety class carefully disguised as how to cook on a stick. Grown ups: Alisdar, Annys, and Suba. Children: Quintus (in yellow), Covey, Lucy, Annie, and Serena. There are more kids in this clump, but these are the ones you can see. Right now we're demonstrating the use of a shovel as a fire tool, and how to put out different kinds of things that are on fire. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
60. Fencers. No, I don't recognize their faces... |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
61. More Fencers. I just have the hardest time matching faces to names here... |
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62. More Fencers. That's Keegan in the black and gold. As for the rest I'm drawing a blank on their faces... |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
63. Ian the Fool, Geoffrey Gryphon, and ? |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
64. Kat, Ian the Fool, Geoffrey Gryphon and ? |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
65. Elizabethan Ale Brewing Class. Padraig MacHail, one of the two teachers, is holding the hose and the cooler. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
66. Troll Booth still going strong! Deiniol ap Gwyrgwst and Lady Philadelphia stay in the shade. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
67. Merchant's row. Dang that's a lot of merchants for a first event! |
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68. Getting ready for The Maypole. Way too many people to name all of them. |
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69. Yay! More merchants! |
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70. Everybody have a ribbon? Oh geez, how do we explain how to do the dance? It's so easy but if you've never done a hey before and you're four years old, what explanation would work? |
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71. Yes, it was very windy. Note: longer ribbons, shorter pole next time... |
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72. Jimmy and Woolly indulge in a little light sword-play as an alternative to the Maypole. Archery in the background is between shoots. |
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73. Jimmy and Woolly are having a lot of fun over there. |
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74. Ok - the Maypole dance is underway and We very quickly decided not to worry about doing the dance right and decided just to go with it. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
75. More Maypole hilarity. |
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76. Winding down the Maypole |
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77. The EK Chorale is singing off to the right under the direction of Lady Erlan Nordenskald (in the plaid). |
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78. The maypole is gradually getting wound down. |
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79. Well, it is not perfect, but it *is* ours :) |
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80. Lady Suba ties off the finished maypole. |
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81. One of our merchants, White-Wolf-and-the-Phoenix. Not sure which one is the white wolf :) |
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82. Beltaine fire: it just keeps going and going and going... |
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83. Checking back on Robin's defeated fire-breathing dragon. |
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84. Yep, still dead. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
85. Ah yes, very serious mead judging. There were a LOT of mead entries. Lord William Graham and ?Gavan? |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
86. Judging beers, meads, and cordials is such arduous work - Not! Scheherazade, Sir Magnus Bloodaxe, William Graham, ?, ?, and Adolphus |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
87. Yes, judging alcohol is very serious work... |
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88. Beltaine feast - Lord Gunther and Lord Eirikr in the foreground |
Photo by Sayidata (Lady) Suba al-Hadid Jamilia al-Bhakailia |
89. OMG, the children are sitting quietly and eating the feast - quick, take a picture! Quintus of Bhakail, Serena the Quiet, and Emma the Clever. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
90. Beltaine feast - high table. ?, Angino, Scheherazade, Lorcan, Mel, Keegan, ?, Sir Magnus |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
91. Beltaine - a toast to Their Royal Majesties. ?, Scheherazade, Lorcan, Mel, Keegan, Oli. Lord Geoffrey Gryphon in the background |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
92. A toast to the cooks: Fiona, Bilgisayar, Lydia, Angino, and Corwyn |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
93. The court of Their Excellencies Scheherazade and Lorcan. Angino, and Eirikr in the background. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
94. Lady Philadelphia gets notified that an entire kingdom has been keeping a secret |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
95. Lady Philadelphia called into court to finally receive the Queen's Order of Courtesy that everyone has kept secret from her. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
96. Lady Philadelphia received the Queen's Order of Courtesy |
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97. The Scroll. Oooo, ahhh |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
98. Lady Katrine Lyndesay presents the sonnet composed in honor of the Baron and Baronness, at the request of Geoffrey Gryphon after he won the bid on the custom sonnet in the Toys for Tots auction at Yule. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
99. Lady Katrine Lyndesay, presenting the sonnet custom-written to honor Their Excellencies at the behest of Lord Geoffrey Gryphon, who won the custom sonnet in the Toys-for-Tots auction last Yule. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
100. Alexandra Lev and Serena the Quiet gather wood for the bonfire during court |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
101. whoo-hoo, watch it burn all up. Young budding pyros at work. Alexandra Lev and Serena the Quiet |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
102. The scroll of the custom sonnet. Angino, Geoffrey Gryphon, Scheherazade, Lorcan, William Graham, Geoffert, ? |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
103. The toys for Tots presentation. ?, Jade Santiago, and ? |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
104. Toys for Tots - the representative from the Marines Toys for Tots program |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
105. Toys for Tots, War of the Toys - Fighters:10, Fencers:231 (211 were trucked in by Jade, including the bicycle :). Difficult to judge! |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
106. Their Excellencies Scheherazade Allouyna al-Zahira and Lorcan Dracontius, Baronness and Baron of Bhakail |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
107. Feasters relax during court |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
108. Geoffrey Gryphon presents awards to Beltaine Mixed Pairs Tournament winners, Lady Constanza and Lord Stephen of Brideswell of Atlantia. The prizes were embroidered pouches by Lady Melodie. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
109. Adolphus presents a bow to Gunther from House Bright Shadows. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
110. Adolphus makes his presentation |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
111. Adolphus presents a favor to Gunther from House Bright Shadows |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
112. Lord Adolphus Xavier Brenner exits court after making his presentations. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
113. Gunther isn't allowed to leave yet... |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
114. ooo - the scroll! Gunther receives the first ever Order of the Eft for excellence among children in the Barony. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
115. Lord Gunther is the first inductee into the newly-created Order of the Eft for excellence in youth. What a beautiful scroll! |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
116. Gunther bows his way out of court |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
117. Gunther with his "loot" |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
118. Lady Cellach presents to Lady Suba some items she'll need as she takes on the task of organizing of the making of the Queen's favors |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
119. Lady Cellach ingen Chernaig presents to Lady Suba a collection of items she'll need as organizer of the queen's favor project. The collection includes (among other things): needles, embroidery floss, maps to the the fabric stores in the area, bandaids, asprin, and a bottle of scotch. All the things she *really* needs. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
120. Lord William Graham presents the winners of the brewing competition |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
121. Two winners of the brewing competition |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
122. Lord William announces more winners |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
123. Valentina is a winner of one of the brewing competitions |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
124. Lord Christopher Jameson called into court |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
125. Lord Christopher Jameson receives the medallion that goes with the Harlequin he was awarded at Yule. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
126. William Fitzwater's gifts to the Heralds - scepters of authority |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
127. Heralds with sticks - now they can whack anyone who isn't quiet while they're making announcements :) |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
128. Oli's Quest - yes, he finished in 45 minutes! |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
129. Sayidata (Lady) Suba al-Hadid Jamilia al-Bhakailia |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
130. One of the tales of the quest |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
131. Listening to the tales of the quest |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
132. Baron Lorcan holds aloft Serpent's Thunder, the ceremonial sword of Bhakail that has but recently been recovered. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
133. The glowing stump burning in the bonfire. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
134. Serpent's Thunder! The ceremonial sword of Bhakail has been returned! |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
135. Baron Lorcan presents the Salamander's Tear to Lord Robin Gallowglass. Normally the Salamander's Tear is awarded for injury during the course of one's duties. Lord Robin had both a car and a pavilion destroyed , so he qualifies. |
Photo by Lord William Graham |
136. The Baron and Baroness toast the Autocrat and the Seneschal for an event well run. |
Photo by Werner der Fromme |
137. Lady Suba presents to the Baron, the Baronness, and the populace the chivalrous children who completed the Children's Quest: Tyler, age 5, Emma the Clever, age 9, Danielle, age 10, Melissa age 13, Brooke age 11 (I hope I didn't mix those last two names up), and Lev representing Alexandra age 6 |
Photo by Sayidata (Lady) Suba al-Hadid Jamilia al-Bhakailia |
138. Matthias balances the denuded maypole as part of the clean-up crew hilarity. |
