Duchess Sir Elina of Beckenham, OL, OR, OP, KSCA
Battlefield Reporter, PI
Friday boasted glorious weather all day for fighting! Pick-ups and instruction abounded across the fields, Knights from around the Known World took to the field to offer tips and techniques.
Lady Guendalina’s snoods now at Neverland Designs @ 121 Plunder Lane
Unicorns, horses & bears, Oh My! Stick horses & stuffies, games, puzzles, dolls & more. Space 28
Pavilion for Sale 13x18 Oval Marque 10 yrs old. Full set package $800. Pick up last Sat of war. Text 865-310-5044 N03 Meridian Royal
Wide brim straw hats $6. Neverland Designs @ 121 Plunder Lane
By Duchess Elina of Beckenham OL, OR, OP, KSCA
Battlefield Reporter, PI
What do you do at 5 PM on Thursday of Peace Week? You wend your way to the Performing Arts Tent to see some of your favorite performers from across the Known World. This year we offer 57 performances and six Afternoon Series Expos where you can show up and perform. Whether you enjoy Shakespeare, a rollicking bit of music, spine-tingling stories, comedy, or Commedia, we have you covered. Take a look at this year's season of fun. We're saving you a seat.
~PEACE WEEK~
Thursday, August 3 • PERFORMING ARTS TENT
I travel the paths I know so well
Through bee-loved fields and over dark hill
And as I see memories from long before
I feel you walk with me once more
I hear your words and remember those days
In years past, when you cheered and waved
Each step that I take your voice I miss more,
As I hear you come up beside me once more.
Every year I come home and spend my days walking
And greet my friends and spend some time talking
But it’s the time when I wander like I did before
A choka is a form of Japanese verse dating from the 6th through the 14th centuries. It consists of alternating lines of five and seven syllables, with a final seven syllables at the end. The length is, however, as many lines are necessary.
Mistress Sofya Gianetta di Trieste commissioned me to write a poem for the Memorial in celebration of the lives of the absent at the encampment of the Crown Province of Ostgardr on August 11. She has given me permission to publish it here the next day.
At the service of your honors, I am
By Kumata Kurō Ie’naga
The Pennsic Independent
It turns out that neither the Midrealm nor the East were victorious in this 49th Pennsic War. That honour goes to six-year-old Henri Singleman of the East, according to the authority of said six-year-old, who upon the occasion of his appearing in photos TWICE in the pages of this publication, exclaimed, “I won Pennsic!”
Their Majesties of the Midrealm and the East have been duly informed.
