Winter Coronation 2025

A Changeling’s Ball

February 8, 2025

Site will be open from 9am to 9pm

Table of Contents

Registration

Adult: $15
Adult (non-Member): $25
Youth (under 18): FREE

Feast: $15
Limited to 72 seats

Make checks payable to: SCA Inc – Barony of Three Rivers

Pre-Registration

Pre-registration is available!

Pre-registration will close on Tuesday Feb 4th at 8 pm.

All invoices must be PAID by Wednesday Feb 5th at 8 pm.

Site

First Congregational Church of Webster Groves
10 W Lockwood Ave, Webster Groves, MO 63119

Site is “damp” (alcohol is allowed, but only beer, wine, and mead – no distilled spirits).

Parking is available in the East lot as well as behind the building in a West lot across from Bristol Elementary. Should additional parking be necessary, parking is available along Gore Ave, and large public parking lots are within 1-2 blocks West on Lockwood.

Event Stewards

Jon Chesey
MKA: Jon Voisey
(314) 503-2988
VoijaRisa@gmail.com

Rochwen Morwenna
MKA: Lisa Robinson
Lrobinson@carrflooring.com
(314) 904-6008

Jon and Rochwen

Schedule

  • 9am: Site opens
  • 10am: Final Court of TRM Robert & Magge followed by Investiture of Orren & Lyra
  • 12pm: Teaching Ball, Order meetings, & Classes
  • 4pm: First court of Orren & Lyra
  • 5pm: Feast & Entertainment
    • Entertainment will include performances by the Falcon Wing Dancers
  • 7pm: Ball
  • 9pm: Site closes

Feast

Steward: Elspeth Modlen Ferch Daffyd

1st Borde

  • Manchets with Butter and Salt
    • Flour, water, yeast, sugar, salt, whipped butter
  • Pickles & Olives
    • Kalamata olives, cucumbers, chickpeas, cider vinegar, brown sugar, salt., olive oil, garlic, pepper, cumin, turmeric
  • Cheese & Sausage
    • Fresh mozzarella, beef smoked sausage
  • Hard boiled Quail Eggs
    • Quail eggs

2nd Borde

  • Paste in the Roman Manner
    • Pasta, ricotta, eggs, parmesan, mozzarella, salt, onion, green onion,  garlic, olive oil
  • Salat
    • Mixed salad greens, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar
  • Roast Roots
    • Beets, turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions, olive oil, salt, pepper

3rd Borde

  • Pullets in the Catalan Manner
    • Chicken, salt, orange juice, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar
  • Saffron Rice and Lentils
    • Brown rice, salt, saffron, lentils, leeks, olive oil, garlic
  • Grene Pesen
    • English green peas, herbs, salt. Bacon served on the side

4th Borde

  • Appelyn
    • Apples, raisins, cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg
  • Torta Bianca
    • Flour, olive oil, salt, cream cheese, eggs, milk, sugar, ginger
  • Oate Cakes
    • Oats, flour, butter, brown sugar, salt

Ball Set List

Classes & Meetings

Basic Scroll Design

Love preprints but intimidated by starting something original? Come learn where to start and how to lay out your ideas for blank borders and custom scrolls! (Materials provided)

The Feast Cook’s Guide to Kitchen Management

Don’t Panic! Learn the inns and outs of planning, organizing, and running a successful, and safe, feast or luncheon.

Pewter Sand Casting

Come play with molten metal in this hands-on metal casting class! Learn how to use casting frames, petro-bond sand, and 3D printed masters to make our Calontir award medallions! No experience necessary, class limit of 6.

What to Expect and How to Write Documentation for Queen’s Prize

Is documentation the thing that’s keeping you from entering Queens Prize? Want to enter but don’t know what to expect and don’t know who to ask? Never fear, in this class, we will be looking at how to create documentation Queens Prize. We will also be discussing what will happen at the event and what to expect.

Wigs & Hairpieces

A discussion on wigs and hairpieces throughout period, dating from ~4000 BCE to the 1500s.

Youth Armored and Rapier Combat Forum

Come to this discussion forum for youth combat (both armored and rapier), hosted by Calontir’s Earl Marshal for Youth Combat. This meeting is aimed at those parents/guardians whose families are interested in OR already involved in the program, as well as youth combat marshals, those interested in the MIT program, or those who simply want to help. This is a great place to questions, but also hear about the current status of the program and changes that are coming down the line within the kingdom.

Youth Activities

All Youth Activities will be held in the Preschool room and will not begin until after the first court ends.

  • 12pm: Children’s Teaching Ball
    • This activity will go over some of the dances for the ball, but in a youth friendly environment
  • 2pm: Creating a Persona with B3R Gold Key
    • Come play dress-up and create a character using garb from B3R’s large Gold Key collection!
  • 3pm: Wax Paper Stained Glass

FAQ

What is a Changeling’s Ball?

In the early days of Calontir (before it was even a kingdom), Changeling’s Balls were a popular form of event that were, as the name suggests, a ball. At that time, the ball was a much bigger portion of the event (as dance was more widely learned) and would consist of a ball, a feast, and then another ball. However, for the second ball, participants would change costumes. Some would take the opportunity to dress as mythological characters. Others would simply change dress with their partners.

During one such ball, the King and Queen (then of the Midrealm) attended. During the changeover, they exchanged garb and the king shaved off his moustache. The queen then affixed one leading to a popular cry of “To the Queen’s moustache!”

A Changeling’s Ball doesn’t have anything to do with Orren & Lyra’s personas…

That’s not a question, but that’s correct. Because bids were due well before Crown tournament we had no idea who the Heirs would be. However, Their Highnesses will be having a Norse coronation ceremony.

I’m not having Feast. What else is available?

The event site is located in one of the densest areas of restaurants in Webster Groves offering multiple options within walking distance:

I want to merchant. May I?

Most likely. Please contact the event stewards with your needs.

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