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The day we’ve all been waiting for is here! We look forward to seeing you at June Faire, June 20-22, 2025.

For more event info, please see the Kingdom calendar page or Baronial website event page for June Faire.

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The first step is to pre-register every person in your party. Pre-registration is NOT required to come to June Faire — but it will speed up your entry, and pre-reg is required if you will be signing up for camping space.

All-weekend site fee for SCAdians	https://forms.gle/zZyVuMGu5uBiDt7C6
Saturday “Kitsap Medieval Faire” entry for the general public	Website: https://www.kitsapmedievalfaire.org/ Pre-reg form: https://forms.gle/hqLF8yT936g1K94b8

After you have pre-registered yourself, you can sign up for camping space! There is no additional fee for camping at this event. If for some reason you miss the camping pre-registration deadline, there will be limited open camping space, when you arrive at June Faire.

Tent / pavilion / group camping sign-up for SCAdians	https://forms.gle/6dzPrfWbvsXxpd5N8
RV camping signup for SCAdians	https://forms.gle/rfXbqvBB5wBvoy5dA

All of our martial practices are now on their summer schedule. Youth armored combat is revving up this year. Keep reading for all the details.

Click here if you need the address — or other details about our weekly gatherings and martial practices.

The Scribal Guild usually meets in a private home on the 2nd Thursday and 4th Friday of the month, and the Culinary guild typically alternates between the 4th Thursday and Saturday. The Barony does not publish the location of private homes; to get the address, please contact the Guild heads via email.

Date	What’s happening in (and around) Dragon’s Laire in May, 2025?
May 3	NEARBY EVENT. Mayfaire will be hosted by the Barony of Glymm Mere in Oakville, WA — featuring their annual rapier and armored combat championships. More info on the Kingdom calendar and Facebook.
May 5	Incipient Canton of Misty Ridge Business Meeting at 7:30pm, online — see Facebook for last-minute details.
May 6	Baronial Business & Financial Meeting at VFW Post 4992 – doors open at 6pm, meeting starts at 6:30pm. These meetings are open to anyone. Also live-streamed (check the private Facebook group for last-minute details).
May 8	Thursday Scribal Guild meeting starting at 6:30pm. Topic: Paint from Pigments. Email the guild head or join the private Facebook group for the address.
May 13	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: June Faire planning meeting starting at 6:30pm.
May 16–18	KINGDOM EVENT. May Crown Tournament will be hosted by the Canton of Porte de l’Eau in Grandview, WA. More info on the Kingdom calendar and Facebook.
May 20	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: 3rd Tuesday Games night and scribal practice.
May 22	An Tir Kingdom Newcomer class online– starting at 6:30pm. More info on Facebook.
May 23–26	NEARBY EVENT. Embers and Ambrosia, Celtic Bardic, and Daffodil Archery will be hosted by the Barony of Blatha an Oir in East Bonney Lake, WA. This Memorial-day-weekend event has a bit of everything! More info on the Kingdom calendar and Facebook.
May 27	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: 4th Tuesday Bardic night. This is a drop-in activity, and all skill levels are welcome. Bring what you’re working on, test out your piece in front of a small audience, and/or practice with the group.
May 30	Friday Scribal Guild meeting starting at 6:30pm (possibly including Zoom). Topic: Ink recipe.
May 31	NEARBY EVENT. Lionhearts Martial Championship & A Day of Archery will be hosted by the Baronies of Madrone and Wyewood in Kent, WA. This event combines Madrone’s championships for armored combat, rapier and cut-and-thrust & Wyewood’s archery and thrown weapons championships. More info on the Kingdom calendar and Facebook.
TBA	The Culinary Guild meeting date/time will be announced later. Email the guild head or join the private Facebook group for the address.

	When and…	…Where are the Fighter Practices?
Heavy (armored) combat	Tuesdays, 6–8pm	outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**
Youth armored combat (“Yak”)	May 13 & 27, 6–8pm	VFW Post 4992 (rain or shine)
Thrown Weapons & Rapier	Tuesdays, 6–8pm	outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**
Archery	Wednesdays, 5–7pm	outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**

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If you have other ideas for classes you’d like to teach, please let our A&S Minister, [dl_officers office=”ArtNSci”] know — via our Facebook group, on Discord, or at DragonsLaire.ArtNSci@AnTir.org! These do NOT have to be simply ‘classes’. They can be lectures, demonstrations, roundtables, interactive discussions, etc.. The possibilities are endless. You can reach our

The Baronial Chatelaine, Aoife Aileanach is looking for people from Dragon’s Laire to give short lectures and vignettes on various subjects of the SCA. “I’m basically looking for an extension of what we have on display at June Faire (costume making, cooking info, weaving, spinning, metal work, archery equipment, etc).” These could be 15-min talks, just enough to give new members an introduction. If you are available and willing to give a short presentation, please contact DragonsLaire.Chatelaine@AnTir.org .

Our preliminary list of food trucks, merchants, and artisans is out! We’ll update this list as changes (if any) occur.

Merchant applications are closed for the year, but if you want to display your medieval art, there is still time! Prospective bards and artisans please reach out to our Minister of Arts and Sciences, Karl inn irski , at dragonslaire.ArtsNSci@antir.org

We have linked websites when available, so you can have a “sneak peek” at anyone that strikes your fancy!

Food Trucks

• Funnel of Love – Funnel cakes, elephant ears, deep-fried treats.
• His Ohana Shave Ice – Hawaiian and Taiwanese shave ice and ice cream.
• Hot Dogs Etc – Hot dogs, Polish sausages, chips, and drinks
• McCloud’s Patty Wagon – NEW THIS YEAR burgers
• Smokin’ Robinson’s – St. Louis-style BBQ
• Sauced Food Truck – Filipino, Mexican, and American.
• Viking Feast Ice Cream – Ice cream.

General Goods Merchants

Merchant applications are closed for the year.

• Ancient Echoes – Honey, soaps, feast gear
• Bear Mountain Forge – Hand-forged swords and knives
• Cozy Gnome & KBT Candles Collab – Candles
• Chocolate Lantern & Apothecary – Lanterns, dragon tooth ‘daggers’, handmade jewelry​
• Dark Age Games – Period (Medieval / Renaissance) Games
• Dragonskiln Studio – Sculpture
• DragonStorm – Hand-made knives, leather products, mugs, and pouches
• Fancy Accent Tea Co – Packaged teas
• Gaean Allusions Pottery – Wheel thrown/decorated stoneware with Celtic & Mythic designs
• Hawk’s Forge – Hand-forged period camp equipment
• Horse ‘n’ Round Studio – Handspun yarn, spinning supplies (including some raw wool from my own sheep)
• Ilaria’s Poterie – Pottery, display and demonstration
• Inky Quills LLC – Handcrafted, cold process soaps, shaving soap kits, lotion bars, shampoo bars, and soap dishes
• Keltic Kraze – Wood items decorated with Pyrography, Feastware, hair accessories, brushes and combs
• Medieval Masterworks – Leather art
• Nordic Trader – Nordic Wares, Viking Age museum reproductions
• Persistent Tiger Design – Jewelry and semi-precious stones
• Queen Bee Ceramics – Ceramics
• Red Wolf, LTD – Broaches, pins, torcs, and other nice SCA jewelry
• Reannag Teine – Pottery
• Sera’s Phineries – Artisanal sumptuous chain and gemstone jewelry
• Serendipity Jewelry – Jewelry
• Sidhefire Arts – Ceramic wares, pottery and primitive beads, buttons, and baubles.
• Sigourney’s Custom Cloaks – Cloaks
• Strange Forest Designs – Chainmail jewelry and accessories
• Tandy Leather – Leather and leather goods
• TursiArt – Primarily Jewelry and Scribal supplies, almost all handmade
• Turul’s Nest – Clothing and treasures
• Vidar Leatherworks – SCA appropriate leathergoods
• Walkingstick Designs – Historical costume, Medieval, Ottoman and Renaissance clothing and accessories.
• Walton Enterprises​ – Hairpins, broaches, and other hair accessories
• Wild Woods – Ghana baskets and handmade wood and leather items
• WinterNight Bazaar – Furs

Artisans with Sale Items

• Dragonfire Pottery – Period and medieval pottery reproductions (outdoor A&S)
• Morgaineaware – Period and medieval pottery reproductions (outdoor A&S)
• Medieval Printing Arts – Period Print Making, display and demonstration (President’s Hall)
• Silverwolf Creations – Weaving  (Norse Village)
• Stonebreakers Keep – Soapstone (Norse Village)

All Artisans

Outdoor:

• Glamfolk: Norse Village immersion. Soapstone Carving, Weaving, Culinary
• Fellowship of the Black Swan – a group of living historians portraying a medieval free company of military archers, artisans, and camp followers.
• Slighe nan Gàidheal will be demonstrating wool waulking ( slighe.org )
• Moneyer’s Guild of An Tir: striking coins
• Dragon’s Laire Culinary Guild: cooking displays & demos
• Woodworking with Mateusz z Plocka
• Weaving with Elisabeth de Besancon
• Medieval Games with Chrysalis of Dragon’s Laire and Bear
• Pottery with Gwen the Potter and Morgaina of the Woodlands

Inside President’s Hall:

• Scribal works display as well as illuminators and calligraphers – Tamlyn of Wyntersea
• Costumers display – Angharat verch Reynulf and Raffaella di Contino
• Medieval Printer Demonstration – Laurellen de Brandevin
• Several smaller displays and demos to be added

Bardic Stage

• Stay tuned for more info about the An Tir regional Kingdom Bardic Competition
• Other performers… contact dragonslaire.ArtsNSci@antir.org to volunteer to perform!

It’s time for the spring CHANGE in our combat practices! Days are getting longer and drier, and by the end of the month all our practices will be on their summer schedule. Youth armored combat is revving up this year. Keep reading for all the details.

Click here if you need the address — or other details about our weekly gatherings and martial practices.

The Scribal Guild usually meets in a private home on the 2nd Thursday and 4th Friday of the month, and the Culinary guild typically alternates between the 4th Thursday and Saturday. The Barony does not publish the location of private homes; to get the address, please contact the Guild heads via email.

Date	What’s happening in (and around) Dragon’s Laire in April 2025?
April 1	Baronial Business & Financial Meeting at VFW Post 4992 – doors open at 6pm, meeting starts at 6:30pm. These meetings are open to anyone.
April 4–6	REGIONAL EVENT. Baroness War will be hosted by the Barony of Vulcanfeldt in Grandview, WA. More info on the Kingdom calendar and Facebook.
April 7	Incipient Canton of Misty Ridge Business Meeting at 7:30pm, online — see Facebook for last-minute details.
April 8	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: June Faire planning meeting starting at 6:30pm.
April 10	2nd Thursday Scribal Guild meeting starting at 6:30pm. Topic: Insular Minuscule calligraphy. Email the guild head or join the private Facebook group for the address.
April 15	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: 3rd Tuesday Games night and scribal practice.
April 18	Friday Scribal Guild meeting starting at 6:30pm (possibly including Zoom). Topic: wordsmithing for award texts.
April 22	Tuesday Social and Fight Practice at the VFW starting at 6pm. ALSO: 4th Tuesday Bardic night. This is a drop-in activity, and all skill levels are welcome. Bring what you’re working on, test out your piece in front of a small audience, and/or practice with the group.
April 24	An Tir Kingdom Newcomer class online– starting at 6:30pm
April 25–27	CANTON EVENT. We’re sponsoring the second annual Beltane festival, hosted by our incipient Canton of Misty Ridge, in Sequim WA. More info on the Kingdom calendar, baronial website, or Facebook.
TBA	The Culinary Guild meeting will be on a weekend, this month. Email the guild head or join the private Facebook group for the address.

	When and…	…Where are the Fighter Practices?
Heavy (armored) combat	every Tuesday at 6–8pm	April 1: Silverdale Lutheran Church After that: outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**
Youth armored combat (“Yak”)	every Tuesday at 6–8pm EXCEPT 4/15 AND Sunday, April 6, 1–4pm, for pick-up fights and practice	VFW Post 4992 (rain or shine)
Thrown Weapons & Rapier	Sundays, 11am–12:30pm until… April 15 & later: Tuesdays, 6–8pm	outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**
Archery	Sundays, 11am–12:30pm until… April 16 & later: Wednesdays, 5–7pm	outside the VFW Post 4992 (weather permitting)**

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If you have other ideas for classes you’d like to teach, please let our A&S Minister, [dl_officers office=”ArtNSci”] know — via our Facebook group, on Discord, or at DragonsLaire.ArtNSci@AnTir.org! These do NOT have to be simply ‘classes’. They can be lectures, demonstrations, roundtables, interactive discussions, etc.. The possibilities are endless. You can reach our

The Baronial Chatelaine, Aoife Aileanach is looking for people from Dragon’s Laire to give short lectures and vignettes on various subjects of the SCA. “I’m basically looking for an extension of what we have on display at June Faire (costume making, cooking info, weaving, spinning, metal work, archery equipment, etc).” These could be 15-min talks, just enough to give new members an introduction. If you are available and willing to give a short presentation, please contact DragonsLaire.Chatelaine@AnTir.org .

Pre-registration is open until March 15th, and the potluck sign-up is available too! Ostara will be held on March 29th, 2025 – more details on our website.