DragonSlayer 2021

Schedules, Activities, & Classes

Friday, June 18th, 2021

7:30pm - Minotaur Breakout Room: Pictionary Challenge
Hosted by: Arwyn of Leicester, OL, OP
Come up with your best Dragonslayer themed team name and may all your competitors be slayed. Teams can be from 1 to 20 people.

Saturday, June 19th, 2021

10:00am - Main Social Room: Welcoming Address

10:30am - Main Social Room: Queen's Hunt & Tea
Hosted by: Sultana A'isha

Hey Avacal!!!

Guess what! It's Dragonslayer this weekend! Know what that means? That darn dragon is back at it again!!!

Please join me for the Queens Hunting Party and tea Sat morning at 1030am! Let's prepare together to battle the dragon...and have refreshing mimosas/Shirley Temples while we do it.

11:00am - Minotaur Breakout Room: Period Food and Kitchen / Dining Setups for Camping Events Roundtable
Roundtable leader: Arwyn of Leicester, OL, OP

Come and share your ideas on how to cook period food, how to make a period looking kitchen setup or dining area, how to do this simply even with a camp propane stove, etc. For all members, new to SCA camping to the seasoned member with a full setup. If you have pictures to share, bring them to the roundtable and we do a show and tell. Let's all get ready for the reopening of Avacal!

12:00pm - Dragon Breakout Room: Youth Bardic & Martial Performances

Hosted by: HE Montengarde, Bjar the Blue

Families! Dragonslayer invites you to the Youth Bardic & Martial Performance at Dragonslayer (Sat Jun 19 12 pm - 2 pm)

1. Family Bardic - We'd once again like to invite families to a midday bardic. We want to keep this performance as accessible to the youth as we can, including the option to show pre-recorded performances that the parent can share as part of the circle. Whether their comfort level is "Twinkle twinkle little star" or singing along with a parent, we’d love to hear them! IMPORTANT - Parent or legal guardian must be present with their youth during online participation.

2. Youth Martial - Currently we can't meet to fight, but we would like to invite the youth to present their kit or show off their kit in action for 2 to 5 minutes; be it combat or archery or equestrian or other SCA martial activity. This idea is largely inspired by the 'Dressage Performances' and 'Martial Relays' of the Bardic War, where fighters could show off their kit, and share videos of themselves in action. We are still working out the technical details, but the biggest intent is that none of the content goes online except for screening it at a set time during the event.

Any pre-recorded content will require a Model Release and Creative Release for it's use.

NOTE: This is an all-ages family activity.

1:00pm - Minotaur Breakout Room: Ambroise Paré: the new breed of barber-surgeon.
Instructor: Dáire Ó Lochlainn

Battlefield medic, surgical and wound care pioneer, forensic pathologist, and surgical instrument maker; Ambroise Paré (1510-1590) revolutionized late Medieval surgery with his insights into surgical techniques and post-operative care. Looking at Paré's own writing, and contemporary and modern commentators, his work and legacy will be explored.

1:00pm - Griffin Breakout Room: Heraldic Consultations
Hosted by: Eirik of Two Ravens

2:00pm - Minotaur Breakout Room: Dress for your Social Station!
Instructor: Monna Caterina (Avacal)

How to use your persona research to design a wardrobe to match, plus bonus tips on how to make that wardrobe work for you at a camping event.
Combine your persona development with your costuming to double your SCA fun!

4:00pm - Minotaur Breakout Room: Archery in medieval Ireland.
Instructor: Dáire Ó Lochlainn

Looking at historical and archaeological evidence, a survey of archery in medieval Ireland will be undertaken. A synthesis of the two evidence types will then present an assessment of the use of archery in medieval Irish warfare. The Hiberno-Norse 'Ballinderry Bow' will be looked at in detail as it is perhaps the best preserved example of the bow in medieval Ireland.

5:00pm - Main Social Room: Dinner with Their Excellencies

Hosted by: HE Montengarde, Bjar the Blue

6:00pm - Main Social Room: Closing Address

7:00pm - Main Social Room: Evening Bardic (to begin immediately after the closing address)
Hosted by: Thisbe Elysande La Blanchette

Thank you for attending Dragonslayer 2021!

The social room will remain open on Saturday evening for as late as we have revelers and conscious event staff!