<div dir="ltr">Happy Monday Ponte Alto!<div><br></div><div>I hope everyone who attended Defending the Gate is well recovered from the weather!</div><div><br></div><div>Coronation is coming up this weekend and there's sure to be some excellent A&S happening there. Don't forget that if you are participating in the Persona Challenge you are required to display, either in person or virtually, but your project does not need to be completed! Works in progress are totally fair game!</div><div><br></div><div>Bloodbath fast approaches, with our open display being the primary A&S, but also a scroll blanks competition that day. The prize for the scroll blanks will be a stamp kit for our upcoming block printing block. We will also have a photo area nearby with props. We encourage bards and dancers to join us for the day, and if there is enough interest, I will happily make that a bit more formalized and on the schedule for the day.</div><div><br></div><div>At business meeting last night there was talk of bringing back the baronial picnics and when that happens (end of April so keep an eye out!) we will absolutely have A&S there. I will try to arrange some sort of class, but I would also like to invite anyone who wants to attend and maybe have a dance practice or share some food A&S or anything else to join us.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Updates for the Week</font></b></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_2980790579927139764gmail-m_4674818032953527461gmail-m_-1307427034209043915gmail-m_4258337388356924934gmail-m_-4545262961337429505gmail-m_-7675187490713145250gmail-m_-3842201148131122338gmail-m_-3767650892709431373gmail-m_-9191460295716603237gmail-m_4204562886439033285gmail-m_-5112842367704335458gmail-m_-8106988288167310915gmail-m_-6795191392714880304gmail-m_4727876082391320008m_2012094301795420708gmail-m_3311117627477850952gmail-m_-3425986232685745274gmail-m_-2675839535345139749gmail-m_1697504851765728476gmail-m_-8461665095756449593gmail-m_2848797509837832734gmail-m_2211565318071032991gmail-m_-2466893335232190713gmail-docs-internal-guid-8a967039-7fff-0c5a-ee4d-c2ffe32909f6"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We are still in need of largess! Contact Her Excellency to learn more.</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">I am still looking for anyone who may want to take up the mantle of MoAS or Social Media Officer once my tenure for these is up at the end of October! If you'd like to join me for A&S at Bloodbath, or just chat about what those entail, please feel free to reach out.</p></li></ul><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></font></span></div></div><div><span id="gmail-m_2980790579927139764gmail-m_4674818032953527461gmail-m_-1307427034209043915gmail-m_4258337388356924934gmail-m_-4545262961337429505gmail-m_-7675187490713145250gmail-m_-3842201148131122338gmail-m_-3767650892709431373gmail-m_-9191460295716603237gmail-m_4204562886439033285gmail-m_-5112842367704335458gmail-m_-8106988288167310915gmail-m_-6795191392714880304gmail-m_4727876082391320008m_2012094301795420708gmail-m_3311117627477850952gmail-m_-3425986232685745274gmail-m_-2675839535345139749gmail-m_1697504851765728476gmail-m_-8461665095756449593gmail-m_2848797509837832734gmail-m_2211565318071032991gmail-m_-2466893335232190713gmail-docs-internal-guid-8a967039-7fff-0c5a-ee4d-c2ffe32909f6"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Events this Week</b></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Tuesday, 3/29, 7 pm- AEL Tour,</b> Join Lord Hakon and myself to look at all the places where we use the Atlantian Enterprise Login system, talk a bit about writing award recs for other people, and more. <a href="https://fb.me/e/19CtIEWq8">Facebook link here</a>.</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Wednesday, 3/30, 7:30 pm- Newcomer's Night. </b>The discussion topic this month is: Discuss your experiences as a newcomer and discuss ideas on how we can make sure we are welcoming to newcomers. <a href="https://fb.me/e/2j4td6vHx">Facebook link here.</a></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Thursday, 3/31, 6 pm- Heavy and Rapier practices.</b> Please check the facebook group to confirm that practices are happening.</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Sunday, 4/3, 12 pm- Heavy and Rapier practices.</b> <span style="background-color:transparent">Please check the facebook group to confirm that practices are happening.</span></p></li></ul><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Upcoming A&S Opportunities- April and May 2022</b></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Coronation of Cuan and Adelhait, 4/2-</b> Quite a few! There are competitions, displays, classes, and a lot more. <a href="https://coronation.atlantia.sca.org/martial/">Check out the event site here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Saint Paddy's Day Bloodbath, 4/9-</b> Open display, Baronial Scroll Blanks competition. <a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=176a9a04">More info in the event page here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Festival of Elvegast, 4/9-</b> Arthurian Table Setting display and "Trial By Fire" style cooking competition. <a href="http://the-festival-of-elvegast.windmastershill.org/">More info on the event website.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Dragon's Fire, 4/9- </b>Fire themed A&S! This is a really fun sounding competition, so check out the f<a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=e41a70de">urther details here</a>.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Night Under a Faie Moon, 4/16-</b> Mask competition, dayshade decorating, 16th century cooking, and our very own Baron Drogo will be teaching brewing! <a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=3850404b">More details on the event page here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday, 4/23-</b> A wide variety of Hidden Mountain themed A&S, with <a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=1eb348ef">further explanation linked.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Revenge of the Stitch, 4/23- </b> Major garb related A&S as well as bardic and static displays!<a href="https://spiaggiarevengeofthestitch.wordpress.com/"> See the website for more info.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Performing Arts Workshop, 4/30-</b> Join Nottinghill Coill for a day of Performing Arts discussion and learning. <a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=0b1d5eea">More info here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Crown Tourney, 5/7-</b> Tempore Atlantia (pre history to 1000 AD) and the Persona Challenge display. There will also be a youth display on "What does the SCA mean to you?" <a href="https://crown.atlantia.sca.org/">See the event page for more info.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Highland River Melees, 5/14- </b>Gubbins! Pocket Trash! Whatever you call it, A&S competition for the odds and ends that flesh out a persona. There will also be bardic and classes, and <a href="http://highlandfoorde.atlantia.sca.org/highland-river-melees/">the event website has more details.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Gardens of Thyme and Oakwood, 5/14- </b> An agriculture, forestry, and tending the land focused day of some incredible A&S competitions, displays, demos, and classes. <a href="https://gardensofthyme.atlantia.sca.org/">Check it all out here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Hawkwood Baronial Birthday, 5/20-</b> Primarily virtual, bardic and classes. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/hwbb/">Details on the event page here.</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Ruby Joust, 5/27-5/30- </b>Dance, Performing Arts, Competitions. <a href="http://caermear.atlantia.sca.org/gemjoust.html">Keep an eye on the website.</a>
</li></ul></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">YIS,<div>Doña Mariana Ruiz de Medina</div></div></div></div>