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Time Change for Regular Virtual Activities

Based on a poll and a special request to the rapier folks (because everyone wanted the exact same time slot), we decided on new times for weekly A&S and rapier so that folks can do both on Wednesdays!

  • Rapier will now be from 6:30pm – 8:00pm every Wednesday.
  • A&S will now be from 7:30pm – 9:30pm every Wednesday.

The joining links are the same, and are as follows:

Rapier:

Weekly rapier practice will be from 6:30-8:00pm every Wednesday in the comfort of your own home!

A&S:

Weekly A&S will be from 7:30-9:30pm every Wednesday in the comfort of your own home!

May 2020 Virtual A&S Activity Schedule

Wednesday night May A&S will be as follows:

May 6 — Documenting Original Writing with Ishmael

May 13 — Scriptorium! (Open Scribal Night)

May 20 — Rice Paste Resist Dyeing with Kame

May 27 — Half the Heroes: Sex and Gender in Fighting and the SCA with Nyvein

Weekly Virtual A&S is from 7-9:00pm every Wednesday.

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

Announcement: Virtual Skewered! Design Contest

Although pestilence travels across our lands, join the Shire of Roxbury Mill in a design contest to celebrate the best of their annual summer Skewered! event. Artists can compete by submitting designs that they feel capture the Shire’s annual event, to be used on t-shirts and tote bags for genuine Skewered! merchandise. The designs will be displayed on the Shire website and voted on by the Atlantian populace; two winners’ designs will be selected and will be available for purchase online. Children are encouraged to submit designs for Skewered! stickers that will be voted on by the Atlantian populace. The children’s sticker winner will also be available to purchase. 

Even though we cannot gather together to stab and poke our friends this year, we hope that Atlantians will take this opportunity to be creative, support their artist friends, and create a t-shirt to be the envy of the kingdom! In addition we encourage the children of Atlantia to create a design for decal stickers to show off their creative side. The deadline for submissions is June 6th, after which designs will be publicized on the Shire of Roxbury Mill website and voting will become available via a Google Forms link. Winners will be announced live virtually on June 20th, and merchandise purchase links will become available. 

How to Submit

If you are interested in participating, please submit a design (saved in .png file format) via email to skewered.roxburymill@gmail.com. Please include with your submission your SCA name and chapter, a completed creative use release form, and a few sentences on the inspiration for your design. For any children artists, they must also include their SCA membership number, or complete the children’s activities release form and return it. Any submitted design will be posted/publicized for voting purposes.

Recurring remote activities

Due to the pandemic, in person meetings are canceled. However, links and call-in numbers for weekly rapier and A&S virtual activities are now available! Armored activities will be posted when available.

Rapier

Weekly virtual rapier practice will be from 7-8:30pm every Wednesday.

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/sjc-egnj-ngo

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 413-424-4539 and enter this PIN: 407 983 629#

A&S

Weekly Virtual A&S will be from 7-9:00pm every Wednesday.

To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/vwn-gvet-pgo

Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 650-667-2697 and enter this PIN: 529 343 850#

Activities Cancelled due to COVID-19

Due to COVID-19, all official Roxbury Mill in-person activities are cancelled for the foreseeable future. This includes regular fighter practice, A&S, archery, and business/social meetings. However, we are working to put together virtual options for many of these activities. Please check our Facebook group or email list for the most up-to-date announcements and virtual activities. Major announcements will be posted in those venues as well as on this website.

March 2020 A&S Schedule

Arts and Sciences activities at Wednesday practices this month are:

  • March 4: Revenge of the Stitch Team Planning / Open A&S 
  • March 11: Swap night! Bring any unwanted SCA-related goodies and share/swap with others! 
  • March 18: Sarah’s Seaming Technique — Noble Sarah will teach an unusual late-period seaming technique that also simultaneously finishes the seam (are you intrigued? I am!)
  • March 25: More Fiber in Your Diet — Lady Ela will discuss different types of fiber (e.g., wool, linen, silk, cotton) and the strengths, weaknesses, and demands of each for different fiber arts (knitting, crochet, sewing, spinning, weaving, etc.). She’ll bring samples; you bring questions! 

February 2020 A&S

Feb 5th: University Recap – what did you learn at University?

Feb 12th: Handsewing Skills (Andy)

Feb 19th: Shire Business Meeting / Newcomers 101 (Adelaide)

Feb 26th: Cloaks and Pelisses (Ysabeau)