Corona Virus Quarantine
Just as Gulf Wars was to start, the Board of Directors was compelled to shut down all official SCA activities due to the looming threat of the Covid-19 Corona Virus Pandemic.
Events affected:
- Gulf Wars 2020
- Spring RUSH
- Lilies War Work Day and Lilies (postponed to fall)
- Spring Crown Tourney
- all local meetings and practices: April, May...
Coping Mechanisms
Virtual Gulf Wars posts on the Kingdom of Calontir Facebook group - classes, songs, stories, battles as we imagine they might have been
Video - Calontir Glows!
Arts & Sciences
On-line Classes & Chats
RUSH
RUSH would like to announce that for the duration of event closures due to the current epidemic, we will be offering RUSH credit for online classes that meet the following criteria.
- Classes must be at least an hour long.
- Classes must be taught by a SCA person.
- Classes must be SCA related per normal RUSH criteria.
If you teach or take a class, please send the following to RUSH@calontir.org
- Instructor’s name (mundane & SCA)
- Student’s name (mundane & SCA)
- Name of class and/or class description
- Length of class (time)
We would love to encourage the wearing of garb as one would to event classes, but we understand that during this trying time, that may not always be feasible so we are waving that requirement during this temporary offering.
If you have any questions, please contact us and we will try to get to everybody as soon as we can. And please, above all, take care of yourselves and stay healthy.
In service, Quiteria la Roja
(incoming RUSH Chancellor)
Stirring the Pot: An Unofficial Cooks Guild Colloquium
Calontir Virtual Arts & Sciences Classes
SCA University Podcast - THL Saito Takauji has begun a podcast for teaching RUSH classes online.
Mushira Catalina's Majlis
A Majlis is my social sitting area where we talk about Arts, Sciences, the SCA, Calontir Culture, Service, and why we are here. Each week during the Plague times I invite all of you to join me and my special guest as we discuss what brings them joy in the SCA world of Arts & Sciences & Service.
If you have missed any of my previous chats, you can find them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYYlKivhjzSsH2f0jyciQ5DR6B5LIlr5k
Calligraphy Course at Mr Rogers Hobbyhood
Youth and Family Achievement Program - many activities that can be done at home (by young and old!)
Period Letter Writing Pen Pals - organized by Sir John Bowyer
Music & Dance
Three Rivers Friday Night Bardic Zoom
A&S Facebook Groups
- SCA Virtual Classroom and Artisan Display
- The Honorable Clover - another FB-based SCA Virtual Classroom environment
- Quarantine Activity Resources
- Shelter-in-Place Scribal War - Interkingdom
- Digital Ren Faire - music, some from Wolgemut
Medieval Games:
- Calculi - FB video on the Roman game by Richard de Bleys with other games in the comments:
- Rota (available as an app on Google Play)
- 9-Man Morris aka Mills (multiple versions available on Google Play)
- Latrunculi (a couple of versions available on Google Play)
Museums and Academic Resources:
- The British Museum - School Resources
- Color our Collections - free PDF coloring pages from 113 Museums
- Cambridge Core Over 700 textbooks available regardless of whether previously purchased. Free access is available until the end of May 2020.
Martial Activities
Backyard Basics Pell Drills by Duke Marc de Arundel of the West
Youth Combat Training Video by Hamlyn
Cornerstones of Greatsword by HG Hirsch
Virtual Fighter Practice using ZOOM
Tune in to these sessions for his Excellency Matsu, Their Grace’s Ashir & Xerxes, and more.
When: Every Wednesday Evening in May beginning May 6th – 7:00-8:30pm
Open to the first 100 guests to login. We will try to record and post the practices to YouTube for those who can’t make it.
Schedule confirmed as of now -
- May 6th – His Excellency Matsu is teaching - Mental preparation, decision making, and the difference between practice – both training and fighting.
- May 13th – His Grace Xerxes is teaching – Setups and fight visualization
- May 20th – His Grace Ashir – Class to be determined and posted in the future.
We will try to keep this going as long as we are under the SCA moratorium.
Thank you, Sir Dirik