Twelfth Night 1976

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Location: Isles Tucker's Grove Park Santa Barbara, CA Date: 01/17/1976

This event was long remembered for the excellent feast of roast pig, and that such a small group as the Barony of the Isles (perhaps ten people strong) could feed and entertain over 200 attendees in style.

Event Staff

• Autocrat: Baroness Jessica Llyrindi of Northmarch
• Banquet Organizer: Amadea da Strada Dragonessa
• Pig Butcher & Carver: Sir Martin the Temperate
• Entertainment Organizer: Christina Jehanne de Bruges

Event Information

From the July 1975 issue of The Crown Prints

Caid's 12th Night Banquet & Revels will be held in the Barony of the Isles next Jan. with very little time for getting the hall rental $$ together before deadline time. It may seem very early for all this but consider that SCA events are a HOBBY, after all; most of us can only handle SCA details on weekends & occasional odd hours during a usually busy work-week. So there are actually VERY few "working" hours between now and the time Isles has to complete arrangements for 12th Night.

Therefore, the deadline to get at least $1.00 per person to reserve a spot at the banquet is at the Coronet Tourney in Sept. (or mail it to either Martin the Temperate or Lady Jessica Llyrindi of Northmarch - see addresses in PEOPLE TO CONTACT column before Sept. 13, 1975. DON'T PROCRASTINATE!

Total fee for the banquet is $5.00 per person (which Isles would be quite happy to accept in advance) with the $1.00 being a non-refundable default for "no-shows". The high rental fee on the hall is one of the reasons for the early reservation demands. There is a possibility that Isles can obtain another hall for a better fee, and if so, the 12th Night Revels will be moved to Jan. 17, 1976. More info on this later.

MEANWHILE, make your reservations early; don't regret "meaning to do it".

There will be a contest for the best pair of male & female costumes of the same country & period, shown at Southern 12th Night, to be judged by the Cantons of Lyonesse & Failte. Suitable prizes will be awarded.

From the August & September 1975 "frankly unofficial" issue of The Crown Prints)

SOUTHERN 12TH NIGHT will be held in the Barony of the Isles (Santa Barbara area) on Jan. 17, 1976. The banquet will cost $5.00, at least $1 of which MUST BE IN BY NORTHERN CROWN TOURNEY to hold your reservation! Sept. 28, 1975 is the LAST date to get reservations for Southern 12th Night, so don't procrastinate on this or you may miss some good fun. The total banquet fee is due by Nov. 30 (they have a hall to rent, food to buy. . .) If for some reason you have to cancel, $1 will be held from the refund. Send the money to Martin the Temperate (details omitted) or Baroness Jessica Llyrindi of Northmarch (details omitted).

AND MORE 12TH NIGHT INFO. . . If you have something to offer for entertainment at Southern 12th Night, contact Martin the Temperate as soon as possible. Let him know in detail what you want to do, & especially how long the entertainment is to last (working out a time schedule is very important). Do NOT plan to arrive on 12th Night with this nifty act. . .

SOUTHERN 12TH NIGHT COSTUME CONTEST The Cantons of Lyonesse & Failte are offering prizes for the best pair of male & female costumes; same country, same era or period of time, shown at the 12th Night Revels. A statement of intent to enter the contest is due by Oct. 1, to Lady Gabrielle nicChlurain (details omitted). NO SINGLE COSTUMES: MATCHED MALE & FEMALE PAIRS ONLY.

DOLL CONTEST FOR 12TH NIGHT Open to all SCA people, the doll contest rules were in the July issue of THE CROWN PRINTS (25 cents each) or ask Mistress Tyra Stuart of Moray about details (details omitted).

A statement of intent to enter the contest is necessary, due to the failure of previous contests: a lot of work & planning goes into these projects, so people would like to hear from YOU if you're really interested in them. Deadline for this statement is Oct. 4 (at the Angels Anniversary Tourney). If Mistress Tyra does not have at least five such statements by then, the contest will be called off. Please help support the Arts!

TWELFTH NIGHT COSTUMES Mistress Tyra is available for consultation & will cheerfully aid you in any problems with selecting & putting together a 12th Night outfit. (Sorry, but she cannot sew the costumes for you--deadlines on a book & construction of her own & her Lord's costumes prevent this.) There are patterns available from Golden Key for a nominal rental fee (and a pound of flesh if they are returned in poor shape!) Pattern lists--modern patterns which can be purchase & made over for costumes--are available from the Costume Guild & notebooks, costume books & other designs which can be perused at House Merriment (phone first--sorry, no books loaned out to anyone.) (details omitted)

From the November-December 1975 "Fantastically Illegal Communique" of Caid

SOUTHERN 12th NIGHT MENU:

• Ye GRAND PIGGE--Ye animal beyng roasted & served w/appels
• HARE--sauteed in Hygh greese, rowled in flwr
• INDYAN PHESANT--roasted wyth stuffing of fyce, celerie, onions, prunes, fygges & nuttes & anoynted wyth honney
• A ROUX ofGarden Herbes
• A SOUPPE, coldde
• Varyous FRUTTES
• Fyne BREADE wyth salted butter & honney
• TEA from the Orient & COFFYEE from the New World, hotte
• A TEA of Herbes colde
• TUBERS from New Spain, roasted

NO PERSONNE NEEDE LEAVE YE HALL HUNGERED!!!!!

REPORT ON THE PIG'S PROGRESS

A 100 pound pig was purchased by Isles on Oct. 1--he is to be raised to appx. 280 pounds by 12th Night & provide a lot of good eating. He is being carefully cared for by David the Ironlivered & eating rations of pig chow, table scraps & grocery store vegetable cuttings. Needless to say the pig is enjoying The Good Life in Isles (at least while he lasts)!

From the November-December 1975 issue of the "Fantastically Illegal Communique of Caid Principality"

If you wish to receive your 12th night tickets in advance in the mails please send a SASE to Martin the Temperate. Otherwise we will get your tickets to you at various tournaments and if we don't see you Good Luck!

The following items are things that would help facilitate serving at 12th night which we don't have and will have to purchase out of 12th night funds if they can't be found. Things are needed in large numbers and would hopefully be uniform in shape and size: Serving bowls, Pitchers, Ladles, Serving spoons, Large cooking pats.

Please bring your own trenchers, goblets, bowls, utensils etc. A sharp knife or dagger would be especially needed.

Deadline for paying total 12th Night reservation is December 15. Please send a S.A.S.E. with your payment and 12th night tickets will be sent out by return mail. Mail payments to Martin the Temperate (details omitted)

A hand-drawn map by Maestra Flavia Beatrice Carmigniani accompanied the article, as well as a full list of reservations already received, by modern name.

There were additional details about entertainment, overnight accommodations, the costume contest, and the doll dressing contest.

And from the January 1976 issue of the "Outrageously Unofficial Newsletter of the Principality of Caid"

Progress Report for Southern Twelfth Night

If you have paid for tickets and have not received them before the 17th of January, it will be for one of the reasons given below:

• (1) they were delivered to you in person
• (2) they are still in the mail
• (3) they were not sent (and won't be, if you did not send in a SASE)

In any case, do not fear, for we will have a master list by name and ticket number, and will be checking them off at the door.

Please remember to bring dishes--plates, bowls, goblets, etc.--and utensils (a sharp eating knife will be most useful) as they WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. If necessary, get paper or plastic.

Remember than 100 lb. pig? It now weighs approximately 200 lbs. We have only an approximation because even the bravest member of Isles will no longer get any nearer this beastie than absolutely necessary. There is still some time to go in the fattening-up process, but the "good life in Isles" is about to end for ye Pigge.

Entertainment: Contact Christina Jehanne de Bruges. Tell her in detail what you want to do, how long it takes, whether you need music, etc., to go with it (or are bringing your own). A time-schedule is absolutely necessary: do NOT plan to do your thing at the 12th Night banquet without advance notice! Also, if your music is on tape, get it to Amadea WELL BEFORE 12th Night so that she can get it put on the kind of tape the owners of the equipment will use. They have very expensive gear, and use expensive tape with it: they have kindly offered to use some of their own tapes for our music, to be wiped later, but they will not use cheap tape in their machines.

Southern 12th Night Opening Court at 2:00 PM Sharp.

Highlights

From the Feb-Mar 1976 issue of The Crown Prints

Now that the blood has returned to our nether limbs and our gaudies packed away for several months (sigh) the report on Southern Twelfth Night follows:

Court commenced (almost on time) with the procession of the visiting royalty, Their Majesties William and Donna, King and Queen of the West; the Prince Royale Christopher; the Princesses Royale Alison and Dove; and His Majesty Aonghais Dubh MacTarbh, King of the East.

Guenever Elspeth Malyn, Mistress of Sciences for Angels and Fiona MacGregor, Seneschale of Caid, received Awards of Arms, and Lord Conrad von Regensburg, Crescent Herald, received a Grant of Arms. Sir Martin the Temperate was given a scroll commemorating the demise of the pig at his hands.

• Canton Lyonesse presented the Royal Family with a porcelain teapot, six mugs, and assorted teas
• Griffin Freehold presented a glass pitcher with a design of lords and ladies medievally attired on it
• Lady Eyana bat David NiChlurain and Cedric the Dark presented Her Majesty with 2 magnums of Akadama¹ Light Red Wine and fifth of same "for dinner."
• Mistress Tyra Stewart of Moray gave both the Queen and Princess Vivian Aurore de la Mer copies of Costume Guild Notes from the past year
• House von Regensburg gave the Princess a beautiful pin in the shape of a crown with blue stones and pearls that was made by Lady Joan of Crawfordsmuir, a member of the Household

The winners in the Costume Contest sponsored by Canton Lyonesse were Huette Aliza von und zu Ährens und Mechthildberg and Duryn the Red who wore 14th Century English costumes; hers was teal blue and his was cinnamon, both complete with dagged sleeves and bells. All of the entries were beautiful and it must have been an extremely difficult decision. (In fact, all of the costumes at 12th Night were beautiful--wasn't it a delight to be able to wear velvet and brocade, and not have to worry about dirt and mud?!) The prize was two $10.00 gift certificates for Sant's Fabric Store in Los Angeles.

The banquet was delicious and served in a very organized manner that made it possible for everyone to eat at the same time. The menu consisted of barley and yogurt soup, two kinds of bread (white bread made by Lady Cristobal degli Glicine che Mangia Uome and raisin-wheat by Ruth Sutton²), fruit, nuts, fresh vegetables, chicken, rabbit, the famous Pig, baked potatoes, assorted relishes, baked apples, and beverages (Whew!)

Diverse entertainments were provided by:

• Lavendar of Lorne and her group who performed both with instruments and a capella
• Belly dancers from Griffin Freehold (Miranda Douglas of Schiehallion, Lora of Griffin, Quiauhxochitl, and Wanda Kendall, as well as Lady Joscelyn Fitzharry of Gillyflower and Hildy
• Two flautists, who were excellent
• A performance of "The Carpenter's Tale" that was hilarious from the sounds of the laughter bellowing from the banquet hall
• Two beautiful ballads performed by Alana Baliset of Arakeen
• Belly dancing by Lady Cristobal degli Glicine che Mangia Uome
• A bear song presented to Robear du Bois and Sir Morven of Carrick by Sir Martin the Temperate
• By popular request, Cedric the Dark sang several verses of "Greensleeves," accompanied by William of Dover on the guitar

Under the auspices of Mistress Tyra, Lord John ap Griffin held an auction for Golden Key. When all of the lost articles left over from the previous season had been claimed or paid for, Herman de Medici suggested a 'people auction' and gallantly offered himself first. Baroness [history.westkingdom.org/Who/Who-T.htm#1241 Trude Lacklandia], Duke Andrew of Riga, King Aonghais (who brought in a whopping $17.75 from Countess [history.westkingdom.org/Who/Who-S.htm#328 Sumer Redmaene] and Lady Eyana bat David, and Lady Fiona MacGregor were auctioned off and brought in, collectively, almost $50.00³

There followed dancing and general reveling; the dancing was led by Baroness Jessica Llyrindi of Northmarch, Lady Aurelia de la Licorne, and Lady Micaela de Neuville.

Special thanks go first to the hardy members of the Barony of the Isles and especially David the Ironlivered's master plan which worked beautifully (Lo, dinner was served ON TIME!) Thanks to the folke who served Baroness Jessica Llyrindi, Sir Martin the Temperate, Sir Morven of Carrick, Lady Frances of Dragonsforge, Amadea da Strada Dragonessa, Lora of Griffin, Philip of Meadhe, Lord Robert Godwin of Markmoor and Rupert Fairchilde MacChlurain. More thanks to Amadea for organizing the banquet and to Christina Jehanne for organizing the entertainment. Thanks go to Lord Conrad for a well-scheduled and well-run court; also to Lord John ap Griffin who organized the Grande March and go through the names so well.

Thanks to Marguerite the Uncoordinated, Sovay Healdgwyn, Anduvroth Polyverse, Arrigan of Kerry, Lady Gabrielle nicChlurain, Robert of the Isles, Lord Conrad, Cedric the Dark, Tristram of Ravensgate, and Robert Godwin and all the others who were on hand to help Lady Fiona with the tables, chairs, and banners in the banquet hall.

Very Special Thanks to David the Ironlivered and his lady wife Ruth for everything they did, including the housing, feeding, and coddling of the Pig.

SPECIAL THANKS to Lord Eadmond du Battlemont and Lady Cristobal for helping so that Sir Martin could get some sleep!

Thanks to the Barony of the Isles from the Principality of Caid for having the foresight to know that the weather would be too beastly to have court in the heat and for getting an AIR-CONDITIONED banquet hall! Three cheers for the Barony of the Isles!!!!

Apologies to anyone whose name is left out of this report; please let us know and we will give appropriate recognition.

• ¹ A sweet Japanese wine
• ² Ruth Sutton held a contest to get help with an SCA name and device, the results of which were announced at Isles Anniversary Tourney 1976. The winning entry was Sharrana Llewellyn ap David.
  
• ³ 38 years ago this was a lot of money!

From the April-May 1976 issue of The Crown Prints
Hedgia du Loup sang two songs: "Vivre et Mourir" & "Shall I Tell You of a Time." She also presented the Prince with a dragon-head ring of sterling. It was mentioned to us that this info was not in the previous CROWN PRINTS--however, we take this opportunity to point out that if we had more than one reporter bothering to give us info, we could have more complete reports (hint! hint!) Or, in other words, if you want to make certain your name is in the CP, why don't you send in the report for us to print????

Memories

• Please feel free to add your memories of this event here.

From Their Excellencies of Angels

We wish to extend a heartfelt and sincere thank you to the People of the Barony of the Isles for a most enjoyable Twelfth Night.

The food was very good, the entertainment amusing, and the hall excellent. Since the weather was in the hands of the fates, we give our thank you's elsewhere for that. We were most impressed by the hardworking people of the Isles.

We would, in particular, like to thank Baroness Jessica Llyrindi of Northmarch for the beautiful example of courtesy which she displayed at the recent event. Truly, she is a gentlewoman, in all sense of the word, and she has set a model for the rest of us to emulate.

We once again say, "Thank you for Twelfth Night."

--Master Piers Howells de Cambria, Baron of the Angels and Mistress Ximena Aubel de Cambria, Baroness of the Angels

From TRM of the West

King William & Queen Donna and Christopher, Alyson & Robin would like to express our appreciation & heartfelt thanks to the populace of the Barony of the Isles, and to Caid, for Southern Twelfth Night; the magnificent feast with the pig & rabbit, stuffed chicken, soup, baked apples & candied fruit & nuts. We thank all the loving people who worked very hard to make it all an authentic & lovely meal. The entertainment was grand & the dancing festive.

We especially would like to thank Ruth, David, Christina, Amadea, Martin, Rupert, Renfield, Jessica, Eadmond, Fiona, Cristobal, Kerrinda, Conrad, John, Bjo, Herman, Philip, Eyana, Cat, Flip¹, etc., etc., etc...

Dear Lord John & Mistress Bjo & Demoiselles²:
Thank you so much for the beautiful roses at Northern 12th Night. They were lovely and were used in an atmosphere situation with our crowns in our bedroom for us to see when we cam home after a long Twelfth Night. The long-lasting pitcher will be placed in an honor spot along with the other gifts. You were all so very kind to make us feel so wanted at Southern Twelfth Night.

--Sincerely, Donna & William, Christopher, Alyson & Robin

• ¹ Lord Cedric the Dark was often called by his modern nickname, Flip (his actual given name was Cedric).
• ² Refers to Viscountess Lorissa du Griffin and THL Kathryn du Griffin

From James the Inconstant

• I remember watching Martin dismembering the Pig with an axe while muttering to himself something along the lines of "How did a nice Jewish Boy like me end up doing this?"

More Information

• This event on The History of the Kingdom of the West website

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