Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday
(2024-03-29 - 2024-03-31 - Site opens at 4:00 PM & Closes at 12:00 PM)
Hidden Mountain
Please join us in the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Hidden Mountain at our annual Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday!
Event Schedule: All times are subject to Change as is the way with the SCA.
| Fighting | There will be both Heavy and Rapier Tournaments. Duke Cuan and Master Elphin will be your Marshals for the day. |
| Arts & Sciences | Please read on as Mistress Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane has prepared very special A&S competitions for the day!! |
HIDDEN MOUNTAIN CREATIVITY CHALLENGE
In celebration of 40 years of Creative Anachronism in the Barony of Hidden Mountain, we invite all artists and craftsmen to participate in a challenge to your skill and creativity at Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday!
The goal: To submit for judging something that is useful and/or beautiful (ideally both).
The rules:
- Your project must be constructed entirely on site at Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday.
- You may plan your design before you arrive on site but you may not begin construction until after morning court and must complete and submit it by one hour before evening court.
- Materials and tools for various types arts and crafts will be provided to competitors. (You get to keep the materials, but must return any tools.) If you desire, you may bring materials (e.g., wood, cardboard, paper, inks, paint) and appropriate tools from home. Note that electricity may not be available for special tools and competitors will be responsible for workspace clean-up.
- All projects submitted for judging must include a designated component that will be provided by the competition sponsors when you sign in.
Note: EZ Doc forms will be available on site for those wishing to document their project processes.
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Response to our announcement of the CREATIVITY CHALLENGE at Hidden Mountain Baronial Birthday has been gratifying indeed. But we've received a few queries as to competitions not involving on site work for those with other obligations during their time on site. Never fear!
Never fear! Forty years ago King Olaf in the Hidden Mountain Charter said: "From time immemorial, Hidden Mountain has known how to have fun.
Taking that as our guiding text we have made our themes for the day creativity and fun with a variety of competitions designed to allow as many folk as may wish to participate.
-- Best celebration in any medium of one or more individuals or events in Hidden Mountain's 40 year history": Paint a portrait, create an original poem or song, embroider a historical scene, carve a statue. When we say "any medium", we mean it!
-- Best birthday present to the Barony: Think of anything that you can create that the Barony could use: Cooler covers, toys for the toy box, finger-woven medallion cords, small handmade items for gift baskets, wall hangings, boxes or baskets for gift exchanges, regalia for baronial officers. (All gifts become property of the Barony!)
-- Best use of the Barony's heraldry in any medium: Order and/or award medallions, scroll blanks for baronial awards, tabards or sashes for retainers and/or champions. (It's the Barony's birthday -- only heraldry registered to the Barony is eligible for this competition. [We'll be sponsoring similar competitions for the cantons down the road.] Again, anything that uses heraldry "owned" by the Barony becomes property of the Barony!)
-- Threadbenders' Delight: Show Our Colors: Best example of fiber arts in the Barony's colors of black, white with possibly a hint of gold or yellow. Any fiber art is eligible: weaving, embroidery, knitting, sprang, kumihimo, anything that bends thread or yarn. Make a favor of the baronial badge for your own belt or to donate to the Barony, embroider a blackwork collar and cuffs, edge a white veil with black needle lace and gold beads. As long as it is black, white and yellow/gold, it counts!
Important Notes: All these competitions, like the CREATIVITY CHALLENGE, may be entered by those who do not reside in the Barony (or the Kingdom, for that matter).
-- A single item may be entered in more than one competition. For instance, a set of kumihimo cords in black, white and gold could be entered in both the Baronial Birthday Present and the Threadbender's Delight. A cooler cover embroidered or appliqued with the Baronial arms could be entered not only in those two categories but also in the Best Use of Heraldry category. All you have to do is to indicate your intention when you check in with the Arts and Sciences team on Saturday morning.
-- All non-performance entries will be judged using blind scoring. If you provide email, Facebook or snail mail addresses, we will send you complete judging results with a few days of the event.
-- We currently plan to have sign-up and drop off of entries for everything open in the Hall from 9 a.m. to morning court and from after court to noon to accommodate those daytripping. Sign-ins for the CREATIVITY CHALLENGE may be begun before court, but work on your project may not begin until after morning court.
For any questions or to get approved images of any heraldry you plan to use in your entries, contact Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane at silverdragon@charleston.net with any questions or to get approved images of any heraldry you plan to use in your entries. (For further information Katherine la Douce at keparker97@gmail.com)
Vivat Hidden Mountain, putting the creativity in Creative Anachronism for more than 40 years!
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| Feast: | Lord Sean Sreamach with be preparing an Asian Themed feast for you to enjoy. Dietary concerns: Please contact the Event Steward. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Merchanting: | If you wish to merchant please contact the Event Steward for information. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other: | All buildings are ADA Compliant. If you have a manual wheelchair, you MAY need assistance, as the ramp into the Hall is steep. Note: As this is a primarily a girls Summer camp, the site is grassy, rocky, and semi-paved dirt roads. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration: |
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| Make Checks Payable To: | SCA, Inc., Barony of Hidden Mountain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Registration Notes: | Lodging Fee is for a bed in a cabin. There are 6 beds in each cabin and a total of 10 cabins. Please reach out to the reservationist if you have a preference to your cabin/cabin mates. If you wish to tent camp you may do so: Adult fee of $7.00 and Youth fee of $3.00. Reservationist is Lady Caissene ingen Fhaelain. REFUND POLICY: Refunds will be given only if the event makes a profit. Exchequer must receive refund requests in writing no later than 7 days after the event. All refunds shall be paid by check from the Barony's checking account. No refunds shall be issued until the event books have been closed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Site: | Sandy Ridge Girl Scout Camp 3681 Girl Scout Road Bennettsville, SC 29515 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Site Restrictions: | No alcohol. No pets. Only service animals. No RVs. No smoking within 50 feet of people or entrances to buildings. Socializing after 10:00 pm must take place away from the cabins. No ground fire | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Steward: | Pippin the Red (Edwin Pippin), 1222 Manorway Dr, Florence, SC 29501, Phone: (843) 610-2682, E-mail: Callintryluck@gmail.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reservations: | Caissene ingen Fhaelain (Kathy Fletcher), 1636 Camfield Lane , Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466, Phone: (843) 534-7191 (text or phone message) (Please no later than 8 PM.), E-mail: Ladycaissene@gmail.com |
From the South: Take your best route to Highway 52 south of Society Hill. Take Hwy. 52 North into Society Hill. In Society Hill, follow Highway 401, NOT Hwy. 52, which bears left. Follow Hwy. 401 straight through Society Hill (Gailey and Lord plant will be on the left as leave Society Hill). Go 7 miles, look for Hwy. 912. Turn LEFT onto Hwy. 912. Follow Hwy. 912 for 8 miles until ends at Hwy. 9. Turn LEFT onto Hwy. 9 and then turn RIGHT onto Ebenezer Rd. (you will see a church and a water tower). Follow Ebenezer Rd. for 3 1/2 miles. Sandy Ridge will be on the RIGHT.
From North of Bennettsville: take your best route to Hwy. 9 near Pageland/Cheraw. Take Hwy. 9 East towards Bennettsville.Look for water tower on LEFT of highway before Bennettsville. Turn LEFT onto Ebenezer Rd/water tower turn). Ebenezer United Methodist Church will be on your RIGHT after you turn onto Ebenezer Rd. Follow Ebenezer Rd. for 3 1/2 miles. Sandy Ridge will be on your RIGHT.