Welcome to ‘The Great Baronial Bead Challenge’.
Within the booklet (attached below) is a list of activities We would like to see more of in Our Barony.
When you complete an activity on the list, sign and date the entry. These completed entries can then be brought to Us and traded for a glass bead (red for service, white for martial, and green for arts & sciences).
Though you are of course very welcome to repeat activities you enjoy, you may only trade in each item on the list for a bead once. We will initial your booklet to show you received a bead for that entry.
Also please note, We have done Our best to add varied activities covering all aspects of SCA life. We do not expect anyone to complete every activity in the booklet. That’s just crazy!
Now, how does this relate to taxes? Glad you asked.
The theme for this year’s taxes is ‘beaded things’.
Use your collected beads somehow, and show us what you have done at Feast of the Hare. String them on a necklace. Embellish your garb. Bling up your scabbard. Make a mosaic. Decorate a banner.
Nor does this have to be an individual challenge. Team up and pool your beads. The possibilities are as wonderful and varied as the people in Our Barony.
In Service,
Shahid and Catherine
PDF: Great Baronial Bead Challenge Booklet.
Note: The booklet is formatted to be printed double-sided and then folded in half, so the pages are out of order.