Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences War Points

The Arts & Sciences War Points will be determined by the outcome of the competitions listed below.

Great Northeastern University

Each teacher will earn five points for his or her declared side, and each person attending the class will earn one point for his or her declared side. The side with the highest point total wins the overall point. In order to qualify for the point, all teachers must pre-schedule their class with the Class coordinator by Sunday June 27.

The Potables Competition
Brewing, Vintning, Meads, Cordials, Best in Show

Limit 3 entries per person, per category. All entries must be pre-registered at the A&S table in the Barn between 2:00 pm and 2:30 pm on Saturday. Prior to the judging, all entries should be kept in your camp (at proper drinking temperature). Judging will begin at 2:30 pm, details to follow.

Artisans' Showcase war point. This will be a "best of three" for the following A&S Activities:

Arts and Sciences Grand Exhibition

The Arts & Sciences Grand Exhibition is open to any and all arts and sciences related objects or projects, finished or "in progress", by artists of any age. There will be a separate Youth Table for work by younger artists. All are encouraged to participate. This is an easy way to contribute to the war effort!

Each entrant in the Arts & Sciences Grand Exhibition will earn five (5) points toward winning the exhibition for their declared side. In addition, each comment card filled out by viewers of the exhibition will earn one (1) point toward winning the exhibition for the commentor's declared side. In addition to filling out comment cards, companions of the order of the Laurel and Maunche are encouraged to bring small tokens to recognize exhibits that they find to be outstanding. At the close of the exhibition, the points will be tallied and the side with the most points will earn one war point toward the overall Artisans Showcase war point total.

The Exhibition will be open to the public for commenting on Saturday from Noon to 3:00 pm. Entries must be signed in at the Barn on Saturday between 10:30 am and Noon, and must be picked up on Saturday afternoon between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm. Items entered in the Exhibition will be attended by GNE war staff at all times. If you need a mannequin or other special equipment to properly display your item please bring that with you (we will provide exhibit tables only). We strongly suggest that all scrolls be framed, covered or protected in some way.

   Documentation: Documentation is optional, however some sort of brief (one page or less) description of the item and its background, context, construction or use is encouraged. Cards will be available for entrants to write basic information about the item being displayed. Entrants may also choose to sit with their item to answer questions for all or part of the Exhibition if they so desire. We do not want a lack of documentation to discourage you from entering any item for comment.

Bardic Exhibitions

There will be a bardic competition at 9 pm followed by an informal self led bardic gathering. The competition will be run by Countess Svava. All good comedy is done in threes and this year will be the third year of a comedic theme. The theme is something funny and the goal is to make Svava laugh. Pieces should strive to be period in style and language, original pieces are most welcome, just nothing blatantly modern. The piece should not be more than 3 min long, Countess Svava will NOT be timing closely, but we are encouraging a quick competition. If you have to pause to let the laughter die down you have not gone over. Once the competition is over the barn is available for an open bardic.

Great Northeastern War Embroidery Challenge

Ten embroidery kits will be available for each side. Kits are first-come, first-served, and will be available at information point starting at 12 noon on Friday. Competitors will design and construct an embroidery work on a specified theme using only materials supplied in the kit. The completed piece must be turned-in at the barn for judging at the end of Court on Saturday night, and the winner will be announced at closing ceremonies on Sunday morning.

Other Arts & Sciences Activities

The Tenth Annual Malagentian New-Moon Balle

We are very pleased again this year to invite all our guests to the Malagentian New Moon Balle. Dance in Malagentia, like almost everything else, is fairly informal; we welcome everyone to stop by, dance a little, dance a lot, or just enjoy the live music and make some new friends.

The Balle will be held on Friday night in the Barn, starting at 8:00 pm. The DisSonatas will provide music for the evening; visiting musicians interested in joining in should speak with Lady Mickel before the start of the Balle.

If you've never done Renaissance dancing, or if you merely need a refresher, dance classes will be held in the Barn in the hours leading up to the Balle. Check the Class Listing for times. Please note that there will be no formal dance instruction during the Balle.