[Moo] vivats to Wiglaf!

[Barbara Miller]

I would like to happily announce that Wiglaf was third in the Kingdom Arts and 
Sciences Persona Pentathalon last weekend!   He scored 161 points on the 5 
objects he created and wrote about that a person in a single time and culture 
may have had and used. He is doing early Saxon, and that is a culture we often 
gloss over as difficult to find information on or not shiny enough...

The top four scores in the Persona Pentathlon were: Mistress Fu'il with 198 
points, Lady Christiana Iarina Chaykinaia with 186 points, Lord Wiglaf 
Sigeberhting with 161 points, and Master Andras with 158 points. The other 
entrants were: Eleanor Gildenher, Adelric Falke, Ysabeau Ferch Gwalchafed, 
Baroness Eydis Herjolfsdottir. 

For those not familiar with the Persona Pentathalon, one creates 5 objects from 
a single time and culture that a single person may have had and used. The 
objects created must fall into 3-5 of 5 catagories. It is a lot of work and 
preparation, and one not undertaken in a mere month or 2, but it is often the 
efforts of a year, and a challenge to yourself to learn more about a culture and 
time of your choice. It does not have to be your own persona. 

As a shameless plug for Defending the Gate's A&S competition (March 26 of next 
month), our competition is "Domestic Items". You can make and show domestic 
items you have made, and then you will already have one of the items for your 
own entry into the Persona Pentathalon Competition at next year's KA&S! The rest 
of the year, challenge yourself to explore your chosen time and culture to 
create 4 other objects from these cultures...

Yours in service and encouragement, :)
Blitha of Wolfhou

THE FIVE CATAGORIES for the KA&S Persona Pentathalon ARE: (items given are 
examples and are not limited to...)
Studio Arts: examples are - bookbinding, drawing, illumination, sculpture, wood 
carving, etc. 

    
Clothing and Needle Arts: examples are - bead-work, costuming, clothing 
accessories, hats, knitting, embroidery, etc. 

    
Pyrotchnica: examples are - armor, ceramics, mosaic, lamp-working, etc. 
    
Domestic Arts and Sciences: examples are - basket weaving, cooking, brewing, 
toys & games, soap-making, etc. 

    
Courtly Arts: examples are - heraldic display, horse barding, music composition, 
poetry, a research paper, etc.


      
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