Greetings from Nuzha and Andriú!
Welcome One and All to another fun Summer Season here in SUNNY….okay okay overcast Thescorre! As much as we can guarantee that the weather will do whatever it wants, we can also promise that this summer holds a LOT of fun and many activities for us all, so we hope to see all of your faces soon!
A quick recap to help you find your favorite guild/practice:
Monday Nights – Rapier Practice
1st Tuesdays – Cooks Guild
2nd Tuesdays – Scribal Practice
3rd Tuesdays – Barony Business Meetings
2nd Wednesdays – European Dance Practice
Thursdays – Heavy Weapons Practice, Youth Practice
So as you can see, there’s a lot to choose from. And still in the planning stages for a comeback are:
Music (either instrumental or choir or both)
Middle Eastern Dance Practice
If you have other guilds you would like to see happening in the Barony, please reach out. We would love to promote and support anything the populace would like to see happening.
So that you may join us, if you would like, His Excellency Andriú and I will be attending the following events this summer:
Coronation 4/13/2024
Crown Tourney 5/11/2024
War Practice 5/17/2024 – 5/18/2024
Baronial Champs 5/25/2024
Pax 7/6/2024
Pennsic 8/2/2024 – 8/9/2024
Seven Pearls 8/24/2024
Known World Cooks and Bards 8/30/2024 – 9/2/2024
We hope you find things you enjoy doing this summer and that you share your enthusiasm with those around you. For the Dream only exists if we build it for each other. As always, be safe, have fun, and do everything with JOY!
With hope and Joy,
Andriú and Nez
We are always in need of nominations for awards. If you see someone doing something great, please let us know!
To fill out the nomination form, go HERE.
If you already have a Baronial award, please let us know so we can create accurate polling lists.
We have a form for that too! You can find it HERE.
To nominate someone for a Kingdom Award, please use the form found HERE.
Andriu:
Allergies:
Perfume
Preferences:
Beverages:
Water
Iced Coffee
Scotch Ale
Foods:
Yes
Favorites:
Color: Purple or Green
Themes: Moons and Nature
Nuzha:
Allergies:
(None are serious. I just can’t eat these items personally. Please make Andriu beef. He loves it.)
Walnuts
Beef (and beef broth)
Sensitivity to shellfish (sea salt is fine, other fish are fine)
Preferences:
Beverages:
Water
Hot Decaf or Half-Caff Coffee
Dry or semi-dry wines (red or white)
Foods:
Veggies!
If it’s not beef, I’m probably going to eat it.
Favorites:
Color: Red or Blue, but I am VERY fond of rainbows
Themes: Suns. I love all things found in nature, like flowers and bugs or small animals. (Please do not give me kittens or other living things. LOL! But I enjoy when others share their pets.)
Our SCA History:
Melinda grew up in the 19th Ward, in the city of Rochester – around the block from the Patton (Andy’s) Household. The two have known each other since childhood and their families have been close for many years. It is not surprising that they both would come to enjoy working on events together as well. What was surprising is that while Nez was born into the SCA (c1980), Andriu was not introduced to it until he moved 4 hours away, to Potsdam, for college, becoming a member of the college group associated with the Shire of Northern Outpost in the fall of 1996. In the winter of 1997, Andriu came home for break to work in Nez’s first SCA kitchen, at UWEKAT (now C3R), where he met his now wife and helped a lot more than he believes to this day. 😊
In the Fall of 1998, Melinda joined Andy at Potsdam and enjoyed the camaraderie of the members of the Shire of Northern Outpost. It wasn’t long before she longed for home, however, and moved back to her beloved Rochester.
For the next 10 yrs, Nuzha continued to cook feasts, sew garb, work with the ADEPT demo group to bring educational demos to the schools, set up and tear down events, teach dance, build armor (not for her!), form a household, and eventually retire from that household. As you can imagine, this brought on a bit of SCA participation fatigue. Nez was sincerely thinking of taking a long hiatus/finding a new hobby, when Andriu came back to the SCA, full of excitement and joy over having found Thrown Weapons and Cooking, if I recall correctly. Andrew had spent much of the previous ten years as a professional cook and found that SCA kitchens allowed him to enjoy the fun of the craft again. And he brought us over a decade of food safety knowledge and subsequently taught us all how to do better for our feast goers. But it was standing in her kitchen at C3R, at the end of a long night, that Andriu reminded Nez of why people are drawn to the society. The Dream. In his joy and wonder at the newness of it all, Nez could see the spark that had been long missing in her. Andrew encouraged Nez to seek out something new; to reinvent herself in her longtime hobby and learn to enjoy the “game” again. Thus, they became a “unit”, venturing to events all over the Kingdom together, to cook in kitchens, marshal youth fighting, teach, set up, tear down, and generally just create the dream for as many people as possible.
In Mundania:
Andrew is an advisor, working in inventory management and logistics, for an international technology company. He is also a Master certified automotive technician. Previously, he has been a corporate trainer of sauté and prep cooks for a national restaurant group.
Andrew is married to his beautiful wife, Kristen. Kristen is not a Scadian, but has attended events in the past. Together, they have two energetic and helpful children, Ragnar (MKA Carter) and Arinbjorn (MKA Dylan), who have been attending events since they were infants.
He currently serves as Thescorre Youth Marshal and Voice Herald.
Melinda is an Office Manager for a small tech company in Rochester. She owned a tailor shop for approx. 8yrs, then moved on to construction, electric, and plumbing (her true passions). After 20 years of working as a contract worker, Melinda chose to take on the consistency of a desk job. She still prefers construction and electric to sitting at a desk, but working in the tech field has allowed her to bring digital technology to Thescorre, so she considers that a win.
She is married to her love Kevin, who remains bemused that she drives a truck just to load and unload it every weekend. Kevin is not a Scadian, though he has been known to ferry items for events and set up/tear down when needed. Though the SCA is not his “thing”, he continues to support Melinda’s involvement and help in any way possible (as long as he doesn’t have to wear those funny clothes 😉)
Melinda currently serves as the Thescorre Webminister, Social Media Officer, and Historian.
Our Vision:
Between the two of us, we have well over 40yrs in the SCA. We have seen traditions come and go. We have watched as the brightness and newness has faded for many and we have watched it glow anew for others. It is our sincerest hope to bring that spark – that Dream – to everyone who wishes to participate. Over the last couple years, the SCA has opened new doors to accessible options for many of our members. It has also closed doors to others. We know that neither side of this equation has had an easy road and we would like to honor that. Traditions are beautiful and they matter. Accessibility is necessary and beautiful in its own right. We believe that the way forward is to combine the two. We must incorporate accessible options into our beloved traditions. We must work with those affected (meaning everyone) to create an inclusive, accessible, tradition-filled and joyous Thescorre. Because at the end of it all, this should be fun. It should be meaningful. And we want people to participate for the love of the experience.