Stone the Crows – Sept. 14th 2024

Stone the Crows

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September 14th 2024
Site opens: 10 am
Site closes: 9 pm

Event Registration Fees:
Adult members
$20
Adult non-members
$30
Youth 17 and under are Free

Merlin Community Hall
150 Aberdeen St
Merlin, N0P 1W0

If you have any inquiries
that are not answered on
this site, or are stated as TBA, email us
champcorbeauevents@gmail.com
Please put ‘ StC ‘, and what it is regarding, in the Header

Event Steward
Cesare Ambrogino di Salvazzi

Feast Steward
Selewine de la Wode

THE SCA PROHIBITS HARRASSMENT AND BULLYING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.
Participants engaging in this behavior are subject to appropriate sanctions.
If you are subjected to harassment, bullying or retaliation,
or if you become aware of anyone being harassed or bullied,
contact the event steward, seneschal, President of the SCA, or your
Kingdom’s Board Ombudsman.

Lunch
for $7 you get…
Pork Sausage Pottage or Cabbage Pottage

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

Baked Gammon of Bacon

Sweet Bun /w Honey Butter

Hard boiled Egg

Mushroom Tart

Sugared Almonds

Fine Cakes

To reserve your lunch, include ‘Lunch’ in the heading of the email,
and let us know your SCA name, and how many lunches you are reserving
champcorbeauevents@gmail.com

Lunch dietary warnings
Pork Sausage contains dairy
Baked Gammon contains meat, egg & gluten
Sweet Bun contains dairy, egg & gluten
Mushroom Tart contains dairy & gluten

Feast – $15

Seats for feast are Very limited – reserve your seat early
To reserve your place at Feast, include ‘Feast’ in the heading of the email,
and let us know your SCA name, and how many Feast places you are reserving.
champcorbeauevents@gmail.com
Please be advised that most feast menu items can be modified (or an alternative given) to meet dietary restrictions. Please let us know of your dietary restrictions in the email to reserve your feast, as we want to ensure any of our friends who wish to sit feast can do so.

First Remove

Stewed Capon
(contains meat & citrus)
Jumbles
(contains egg, dairy & gluten)
Honey Glazed Roots 
(contains dairy)
Appelmoise
Miscelin Bread
(contains gluten)
Conserve of Orenges
(contains citrus)
A Tarte of Ryce
(contains egg, dairy & citrus)

Second Remove

Fylettes in Galytyne
(contains gluten)
Pear Tart
(contains egg, dairy & gluten)
Mushy Peas
Almond Pudding
(contains dairy & nut)
Spiced Bread
(contains egg, dairy & gluten)
Fine Cakes
(contains egg, dairy & gluten)
Blancemanger
(contains nut)

Third Remove

Wafers
(contains egg & gluten)
Snow
(contains egg & dairy)
Mon Amy
(contains egg & dairy)
Hypocras
(non alcoholic version)

Schedule
9:30 am
Gate opens for Royalty, their staff, and merchants

10 am
Site Opens for general populace

10 am to 11 am
Armoured / Fencing inspection / warm up

11 am
Armoured / Fencing First Tournaments begin

1 pm
Lunch is served

2 pm to 4 pm
Armoured / Fencing Second Tournaments begin

Court
(at TRM discretion)

Feast
Begins after Court

9 pm
Site Closes

Mistress Medb ingen Dungaile, will be sitting her Vigil for the Order of the Pelican
Come out and be a part of her special day !

Merchants Welcome
Email regarding details champcorbeauevents@gmail.com
Please put ‘Merchanting’ in the Header of the email

There will be a Refreshment Stand inside the hall
We will NOT be serving alcohol
We Will be serving serving
Various carbonated beverages & Jumbo Mr Freeze
(while supplies last)
Everything at the Refreshment Stand is priced at $1

As long as the weather is favourable, and we can hold the event outdoors,
Dogs are welcome on site, as long they remain on a controlled leash and are cleaned up after, immediately

Having had various shire folk notice a few odd looking eggs on our lands recently, we investigated further. As we feared… these are cuckoo eggs !

We Crows are very welcoming, and love to share what we have.
We also accept that we may be a bit odd, but we are certainly not crazy about cuckoos.

You see, cuckoos are not content with just sharing… no, they demand it all for themselves and push anyone else out into the cold.
In fact, we see these eggs as a threat to the proper upbringing of our own young !

If these eggs were to hatch… in no time at all, we would be seeing an influx of cuckoos, perhaps even to the level of the duck invasion of Raising Waters !
To make sure that we enter the cold season without cuckoos trying to steal all our food and nesting space, we need to make sure all the eggs are gathered and properly contained.
We hope that those who are fleet of foot, and endless in their energy. can help with this task. We will have a basket set up just for the collection of the eggs.
Don’t forget to check inside the egg !

To the parents: Some of the prizes in the eggs are small treats, some are larger ‘prizes’. We request that any egg that does not need to be kept to contain the prize itself, be returned to us by being placed in the basket – Thank You

Armoured and Fencing Tournaments
Combatants from each martial style will get a chance to participate in the following tournaments


Way of the Thief
Run since the first Stone the Crows, this traditional tourney has been adapted over time, but the essence remains the same

One end of the Alley has a single combatant: The Merchant
The other end has 2 combatants: The Thieves
The Merchant has an off hand money pouch (can be used to parry).
The Thieves intent on getting the money pouch !
The Merchant must either dispatch or maim the Thieves, or escape through the far exit.
If the Merchant is injured (takes any hit), they drop the pouch and exit they way they entered.
The money pouch can then be picked up by either of the Thieves.
The Thieves can choose to fight each other, or escape out opposite ends.
Whoever holds the money pouch when they exit the Alley, gets the Point.
Whoever has the most points, when the tourney ends – wins


Bribery Brawl
A new tourney for this year, but one we believe will be well enjoyed and can become our second traditional tourney
The style of this tourney will be determined on the day of according to how many fighters are present.
Each combatant will be given a bag containing tokens
Each of these tokens can be used to give their opponent a disadvantage in the upcoming fight.
However, combatants only get a few tokens, and each token colour affects their opponent in a different manner.

There are rumours that Our Royals may have extra tokens from their own coffers that they can distribute out to fighters for; gallantry, chivalry, best death, best kill, best dressed, best batting of eyes…. They are the Royals, and as such, can deliver ‘wealth’ as they see fit.

Token colours and the disadvantage imposed by them are:
Green – Single dagger/mace (mace is armoured only)
Blue – Legged (we will give you a seat if needed)
Red – Fight off hand (looks like you already lost your main hand)
White – Single one-handed weapon (looks like you already lost your off hand)
In each combatant bag of tokens will contain 1 Green, 2 Blue, 2 Red, & 2 White

Before they take to the field, the two combatants who will fight next, will approach the List Keeper, when they are called.
Each will have a closed hand when they arrive. When given the go ahead by the List Keeper, each combatant will open their hand to determine what, if any disadvantage, will be applied during their fight.

Each combatant can choose One of Three Options to do with their tokens with every combat pairing.
You may: – Open your hand and with 1 token in it, and the corresponding disadvantage will be applied to your opponent during that fight.
– Open your empty hand, meaning your opponent has no disadvantage for that fight
– Call ‘CHANGE’ immediately, then open your hand with 1 token in it. This means whatever token is in your hand, will be the disadvantage used against You.
Using the CHANGE option: You must call ‘CHANGE’ as soon as the List Keeper says you can show your tokens. You cannot wait and see what is being used against you. The List Keeper can decide you waited to long. If BOTH combatants call ‘CHANGE’, then the rule applies both ways.
Calling ‘Change’ means that BOTH the token in your hand AND the token in your opponent’s hand are taken out of play.
If your opponent played a token that was more, less, or exactly the same level of disadvantage, the one in Your hand is the disadvantage used against You. If your opponent had no token in their hand, the disadvantage of Your token is still applied to You for that fight.
Why you may want to use this option – to force your opponent to lose a token that may be of greater disadvantage than your own. Example: If you think your opponent is going to play the ‘Dagger/Mace’ token, you can call CHANGE and use your own ‘Single one-handed weapon’ token

If the tourney run has the same two combatants fighting more than one bout per round, the one token is applied for all bouts.

Only one token can be used by a combatant for each pairing of combatants.

You only get so many tokens, so strategy is needed before you even take to the field !

When you have no fights left and are out of the tourney – You Must Then RETURN ALL UNUSED TOKENS to the List Keeper.

PLEASE RETURN ALL TOKENS !
We will need them so the Fencers can have their turn at the tourney, and for next year’s tourneys, and the other events that we have plans for them for (we really don’t want to have to purchase more)

Thrown Weapons Tournament

Flight of the Crows
Run since the first Stone the Crows, this traditional tourney is returning once again

Your axes, knives, & other implements, are the crows flying through the air.
Make sure you aim them right, so they can land on what a crow wants.
What does a crow want ? corn, shiny things, or eyeballs of course !
These three things will be on the target, sticking any of which will gain you points.

Archery Tournament

Shoot the Scarecrow
A brand new tourney for this year
The scarecrow is bothering the crows…
so stick it full of arrows to convince it to move along.
There will be a scarecrow set up as a target, however…
some of the braver crows have already started to sit on it.
Don’t Shoot the Crows, or you will loses points !