October 11, 2025
Their Excellencies, Baroness Furia Domitia and Baron Conrad Cedricson
, invite you to come share beauty, knowledge, and wonder with the Barony and witness the selection of our Baronial Arts and Sciences Champion and our Baronial Bardic Champion. Be amazed by our splendid Scholars. And enjoy a sumptuous all-day Feast, inspired by New World foods, that will be prepared by our amazing Feast Team, led by the Honorable Lady Ciar ingen Fiachnae
.
Our most excellent Event Steward is HL Halldora Bjorn .
Kingdom event calendar link: https://antir.org/events/harvest-feast-53/
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1241412297246888/
Where? When?
When: October 11, 2025. The hall opens at 8AM for setup — 9AM for everyone else.
Clean-up will begin at 8PM, and the hall closes at 10PM.
Where: Village Green Community Center, 26159 Dulay Rd NE, Kingston, WA 98346 (link to Google map).
What does it cost?
Event Fee: Adult members $20, Adult non-members $30, Youth 17 and under FREE
– For more information about paid SCA membership: https://www.sca.org/join-us/
Feast Fee: Additional $15 for adults (donations accepted for youth)
Pre-registration is open!
Here’s the link to pre-register: link to Google form
Pre-registration is REQUIRED for the event and the feast, as the hall is limited to 200 people. We can accommodate a limited number of people eating off-board — make prior arrangements with the Event or Feast Steward, dragonslaire.eventsteward@antir.org. Pre-registration will close in late September or when the event is sold out, whichever comes first. Tickets for Dragon’s Laire feasts usually go fast!
Volunteers Needed
Many hands make light work — and this is never more true than at an event. There are many opportunities that just take an hour or two of your time! It’s a great way to meet fellow populace members and to “break the ice” if you’re new.
We have MANY opportunities to volunteer, starting Friday night with food prep and setting up / decorating the hall, during the event itself (parking coordinator, servers during the feast, etc.), or putting away tables and chairs after the event on Saturday night.
Contact to volunteer: dragonslaire.eventsteward@antir.org
Activities Throughout the Day
All-Day-Long Feast
Yes! You heard us right. We are planning a uniquely different Feast style…it’s an all day Feast with four small meals throughout the day. The meals focus on “New World” foods from four different cultural groups. For this event, we are supplying dishes and cutlery, so you need only bring a drinking mug.
Tentative menu, subject to change based on ingredient availability.
Salish: Smoked salmon, wild rice & berry dish, hazelnuts, blackberries
Hopi: Three Sisters stew with various pepper sauces on the side, corn tortillas, and roasted squash seeds.
Mississippians (Moundbuilders)/5 tribes: roasted squash dish, bread, likely smoked turkey, and grape dumplings.
Mayan: Pork tamale, cornbread, honey, caramelized or dried fruit
Arts & Sciences and Bardic Championship Competitions
Harvest Feast features our annual Baronial competitions for A&S and for Bardic arts. Letters of intent are due on September 20, 2025, and documentation for A&S entries are due October 4th. To learn more about the competition and how to enter, please read the guidelines here on our website.
Scholars’ Assembly Presentations
What are the Scholars of Dragon’s Laire? Learn more about this research-oriented pursuit of excellence!
We will have Scholars presentations at Harvest Feast this year. If you are interested in submitting a paper, the deadline is September 15th, and you will be notified if you have a slot for presentation by October 1st. Read all about the paper requirements on our website. A panel discussion to answer questions and discuss the program is being planned for an upcoming Social (date to be determined).
Other Arts, Sciences, and Bardic Activities
Our event team is still working out the details. so watch this space for future updates.
Youth & Family Activities
Planning is in the early stages, but there are usually medieval games and be drop-in youth activities at Harvest Feast.
Baronial Court
Baroness Furia Domitia and Baron Conrad Cedricson
will preside over opening court. Competitors for the A&S and Bardic Championships should be prepared to stand up and declare their intent! The winners will be announced at Evening Court, as will the Scholars of Dragon’s Laire, and there will be other awards for various members of the Barony.
Know someone you want to nominate for an award? Here’s the form on our website.
Want to learn what types of awards an recognitions our Barony offers? We have that info, too!
Schedule (TENTATIVE)
This is a very early, draft, of the schedule. More activities will be added as plans develop.
8:00 AM – Site opens for Set-up Crew, Kitchen Crew, and Competitors
9:00 AM – Entry Gate Opens for all Attendees
9:30 AM – Invocation Court
10:00 AM – First Feast Meal
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM- A&S and Scholars Displays and Presentations (In A&S Room)
10:30 AM to 1:30 PM – Heavy Fight and Rapier Tournament (Open area next to Center)
12:30 PM – Second Feast Meal
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM – Bardic Performances (In A&S Room)
3:00 PM – Judging Ends, Deliberations of Their Excellencies and Advisors
3:30 PM – Third Feast Meal
3:30 PM – Gate Closes
4:30 PM to 6:30 PM – Evening Court. Arts & Sciences and Bardic Champions and Scholars of Dragon’s Laire will be announced
6:30 PM (After Court) – Fourth Feast Meal
8:00 PM – Clean-Up of Site
10:00 PM – Site Closes
New to the SCA? A little bit about what to expect…
You can check in and pay your daily fee at any time the entry Gate is open. Once you’ve checked in at Gate, you will get a site token to pin on your clothing, and you can come and go for the day. People will arrive at different times throughout the day, depending upon their interests and schedule.
For a feast event like this, you should try to come in “garb” (an attempt at pre-1650 clothing). Most of the time, you will be asked to bring all your own eating dishes (a “feast kit”), but this particular event is the exception to the rule. Just bring a drinking mug! You can borrow garb from the Gold Key deputy of the Chatelaine’s office — click the link to email the Chatelaine, Aoife Aileanach .
Dinner is always provided if you pre-registered for a feast, and this feast also includes lunch.
Court is the time when our SCA “nobility” give out awards to recognize the hard work and achievements of our populace members. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the show! (And if you know someone that deserves recognition, anyone can make an award recommendation!) Just watch the people around you, stand up when they stand up, cheer when they cheer, and have fun.
Finally, some of our indoor events have outdoor fight practices, space and weather permitting. Everybody can watch, and bring your fighting equipment if you want to participate. There will also be a variety of Arts & Sciences and Bardic activities. Watch, or bring a craft and participate! Don’t be afraid to introduce yourself, let people know you’re new, and ask questions.
People interacting with this event must adhere to the SCA Core values; behave with courtesy, honor, chivalry and respect, even in times of inevitable differences of opinion; and comply with SCA policy and modern law. The SCA prohibits harassment and bullying of all individuals and groups. Hate speech is not tolerated in the Society. Hate speech is speech or symbols that offend, threaten, or insult individuals or groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or other traits.
Contact Us
Event Steward: Halldora Bjorn , email dragonslaire.eventsteward@antir.org
Baroness Furia Domitia and Baron Conrad Cedricson
at coronets@dragonslaire.org