Bergental and Beyond the Mountain Yule

Event details

(Feast is sold out 11/21/2023)

The great baronies of Bergental and Beyond the Mountain invite you to celebrate Yule at a beautiful new location!  The site is a stone church bursting with ambiance inside; bring banners to help decorate and add to the festive atmosphere.  There will be more details forthcoming, but we anticipate having the Bergental Champion Arts and Sciences competition, the silent auction, and an outdoor spear tourney. 

Please note that the site is DRY and does not permit any flames. 

When:
Saturday December 2nd, 2023
9AM to 9PM

Where:
First Congregational Church of Dalton
514 Main Street
Dalton, MA  01226

In addition to a sumptuous and hearty day board for all, an evening feast prepared by Mistress Eleanor MacCarthaigh and her kitcheners will be set for the first 80 gentles who register.  During the feast, many fine Yule traditions will be observed, including a Boar’s Head, the first foot, an offering of the upper crust, and, if we are very good, perhaps a special guest will come…  Come meet friends once again and let us celebrate this festive time of year.  In addition, their Excellencies Bergental and Beyond the Mountain ask the populace to procure, produce, and present yourselves in your finest purple garb for a color court that will be a truly wonderous sight.

Dayboard and Feast:

Dayboard:
  • Chike Endored
  • Lentils & Chickpeas (Vegan)
  • Jeweled Rice (Vegan version available)
  • Assorted Veggies & yogurt dip
  • Cheddar Cheese
  • Ham Berries & Cream Lemonade
Feast:
  • TBD

Event Offerings: 

Bergental A&S Champion:  Luminary Competition

Greetings unto the populace of Bergental and adjacent gentiles, this year’s luminary competition will have 2 elements:

  1. Art is service too!
    • Each competitor will display 3 items of largess, each made with a new skill or art leaned within 12 months of the competition
      • these items will be collected at the end of the completion to help restock the Baronial largess coffers
      • An entrant may elect to make more than three items, or include multiple sets of three items à IF a competitor elects to display/donate multiple sets, they shall identify one set of three as their completion entry.
  2. Artisan’s Choice project, with some element of heraldic imagery/pageantry.
    • Get down with your art jam folks! Show off your skills and joy
    • I love heraldry and pageantry, so this is my attempt to encourage folks to increase or heraldic presentation game!!
Yule Rapier Boar Spear Tournament:

Spears are still new to Rapier, but spears have always been part of Bergental/BBM’s Yule celebration. Come enjoy the day board feast, the fellowship, the celebration and prove your skill with spears or against them.
Help us build on our existing traditions with new layers. The Prize is also part of our tradition; Bergental Bacon and bragging rights and maybe more. Format will be determined by the number of participants available, if you don’t have a spear we will have loaner boar spears available.

Yule Heavy Boar Spear Tournament:

For information or questions please contact Lord Corwin Blackthorn at seneschal@bergental.eastkindom.org.

Bardic:

Bardic performances are also being planned throughout the day in the gorgeous sanctuary space. 

Merchants

Strongford Arts

Strongford Arts are makers and purveyors of one-of-a-kind, traditionally made art jewelry inspired by extant pieces from museums and other collections, bridging history from Bronze Age to the Renaissance.

We also have limited space for merchants.  We hope to provide a small but diverse selection of merchants for your shopping pleasure.  Merchants please send emails of interest to Rytsar Aleksei Dmitriev at 164172(at)members.eastkingdom.org.

Event Location

First Congregational Church of Dalton
514 Main Street
Dalton, MA  01226
Google Map

Site Opens: 9:00 AM
Site Closes: 9:00 PM

Registration Fees

Registration:
Reservations are due no later than Friday, November 24th, 2023.

Adult Members (18+) – $12
Adult Non-members (18+) – $17
Youth (17 & Under) – Free

PayPal Registration Link:  https://surveys.eastkingdom.org/index.php/867937
A PayPal invoice will be generated within 24 hours of the online preregistration information being submitted.  Online preregistration is not complete until the PayPal invoice has been paid.

Feast: SOLD OUT!
Feast – $10, limited to 80 seats
Reservations are due no later than Friday, November 24th, 2023.
There will be limited off-board seating in the feast hall.

Make Checks Payable to: SCA MA Inc./Barony of Bergental

Contact Information

Event Steward:

Rytsar Aleksei Dmitriev (MKA Malcolm Kroh)
164172(at)members.eastkingdom.org

Baroness Emma Makilmone (MKA Nancy Nummy)
nan.nummy(at)gmail.com

Send Reservations to:

Steven Brown
33 Cady St
Ludlow, MA 01056

Questions: exchequer(at)bergental.eastkingdom.org

PayPal link:  https://surveys.eastkingdom.org/index.php/867937
A PayPal invoice will be generated within 24 hours of the online preregistration information being submitted.  Online preregistration is not complete until the PayPal invoice has been paid.