SCA @ UVa

This weekend was full of fun SCA activities. On Saturday Ben and I went to Journey to the Crusades hosted by Caer Gelynniog. It was a very enjoyable event and also a busy one for me. I authorized in both heavy rapier and epee. Now I can do rapier activities at events. Now to just get a fencing tunic done so I can look more period stylish too. ;)

Also at JTTC I tried my hand at thrown weapons (spears, axes, knives). Turns out that I either have some skill or good beginner's luck because I placed second in the thrown weapons competition. Really, I was just happy to have anything stick in the target.

Some of the UVA students did quite well too. Dan & Karen authorized in rapier, Charles authorized in heavy and he took first in the thrown weapons. Congrats to them and go Isenfir!

Beyond the things we did at JTTC, there was just the enjoyable atmosphere of the place. It was a beautiful site, lots of room, and plenty of shade (though perhaps not enough for some). There was no indoor space but there was electricity so we enjoyed a great feast that evening. No matter how many delicious feasts I go to, I always end up eating too much in the early courses and never having quite enough room by the end. Luckily it was a nice long feast so it mostly had time to settle before dancing. That being said, we started with all the slow dances first.

On Sunday we went out to 4th Sundays and made some significant progress on my Elizabethan bodice. With any luck I can do some fitting of it on Wednesday at Handcrafters and be just that much closer to actually have a second set of garb.