The Kingdom of Caid is the sixth kingdom in the Society
for Creative Anachronism. Its modern boundaries include Southern
California, Southern Nevada and Hawaii. This Page is oriented toward
people in the Society. If you are new to the SCA and wonder what
this all about, we recommend that you start with our Newcomers Guild.
Greetings from Their Royal Majesties Patrick O'Malley & Kara the Twin of Kelton.
We thank all those who were able to join us as we enjoyed the activities of Crown Tourney.
LONG LIVE CAID!
For more information about and from Their Royal Majesties, please visit the Royals section.
Congratulations to our new Heirs
Sir Conrad Breakring won the honor for Eleanor di Michelozzo Gianfigliazi in the final rounds of combat.
Huzzah for Prince Conrad & Princess Eleanor!!!
Remembering those who have recently passed
Siobhan Iarconnachtach inghean ui chulachain Passed 2/17/2010
Siobhan lost her battle with cancer and departed for the Summerlands late on 2/17/10. She was a member of the Barony of Calafia and the Canton of Tanwayour.
Duchess Carol of Bellatrix Passed 1/24/2010
Her Grace, Duchess Carol of Bellatrix, six times Queen of the West and a great friend to Caid, passed away at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 24, 2010, surrounded by her loving family. The SCA has lost a great lady but her spirit will live on through our memories of her kindness, honor, generosity, and beauty.
The Baronies of Calafia and Gyldenholt invite the populace of Caid to join them in celebrating Friendship. This year's celebration will have a Scottish theme! So pleats your kilt and polish up your pipes! There will be highland games, hound coursing, and bagpipes, fighting, shopping, food and fun! There will be a lunch for $5. Merchants are welcome and encouraged. There is a merchant fee charge by the site owners of $25/booth. Due to this Calafia will waive the site fee for the merchant and one minion.
There will be a short memorial immediately following court for the Rapier community or any who would attend for Michele du Chinon who was recently killed in a vehicle roll over. He was a beloved husband to Lady Anne deVere of Brittany. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her.
Site opens: 8:00 AM
Site Closes: 5:00 PM
Lords and Ladies, Archers all, the Barony of the Angels invites you to Woodley Park in the Barony of Altavia on Sunday, March 14, 2010, for Angels' annual Robin Hood Archery Tournament.
Archery will include a Clout Shoot and other historical/historically-inspired shoots. Be assured there will be plenty of shooting for all skill levels! There will also be Thrown Weapons and Rapier scenarios. The new Baronial Champions for Archery and Thrown Weapons will be determined.
CLOSED BOOK ARCHERY AUTHORIZATIONS WILL BE HELD FROM 9:00 AM TO 10:00 AM
Contests
In honor of March 14 (3.14), Best Representation of ð (Pi) contests include Culinary ("pie" is acceptable), Visual Arts, Youth (children), and Textile/Fiber Arts.
Other Activities
Dame Lynette Sandoval de los Unicornios will supervise a Fiber Play day.
VERY DRY SITE. CHILDREN MUST BE SUPERVISED BY A PARENT AT ALL TIMES. PETS ARE ALLOWED IN THE PARK BUT NOT INSIDE THE ARCHERY RANGE.
Do you find your persona wandering the entire historical gambit from 1 AD through 1600 AD? Do you find yourself waking up in a peplos, spending the day in an apron dress, and retiring for the evening in a ruff and hoop skirts? Is this scenario complicated further by the fact that your persona is male? If any of this sounds familiar, you owe it to yourself to come spend the weekend indulging your inner time-traveler at Black Oak Lodge 2010: Crossroads in Time on March 19, 20 and 21, 2010.
The event is once again set in the cool green forests of coastal Caid. Accommodations include a cozy bunk in an enclosed wooden cabin for two nights.
Activities for the Weekend Include:
Round table discussions about personae development: Please bring your favorite personae with all the accoutrements that make you who you are (as opposed to when you are someone else).
Three different raffles featuring the best prizes EVER, designed with just YOU in mind, which you are automatically entered into by a) showing up and b) being a current member of the SCA (attendance at the Feast on Saturday Night is required to win).
A Children's Scavenger Hunt where YOU might be one of the items to be found.
Rapier and Armored Lists full of chivalric combat, heroic deeds, and potentially convoluted rules designed to stimulate your imagination. (In keeping with the event theme, additional points may be awarded for dispatching your opponents in chronological order).
Numerous arts and sciences classes, Scriptorium, and the Annual Lady Kaarna Memorial Purple Dessert Contest.
The Bard of Darach Bardic competition, hosted by the current Bard of Darach, Mistress Eilidh Swann.
Meals included with the weekend include a delicious soup on Friday evening, Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings, lunch on Saturday, and for Saturday evening: The Most Delicious Feast in the History of Food!!
Due to site restrictions, attendance at this event is will be very limited and by pre-registration only. Registration forms and additional details are available at www.darachshire.org
Travelers from the west have revealed Caid has a golden shore. We will March to the Sea, if we can figure out how to get there! Help us to navigate through Caid, the seas, and the known world on our ship, the Striking Falcon. For the heavy weapons and rapier fighters out there, we will have fresh new scenarios such as circle bouts and fighting on a gang plank. We plan to keep a fast pace, with little standing around, to get as much fighting in as possible so we are ready to face the high seas. Heavy weapons fighters, please be sure to bring your full gauntlets if you have them.
For those who are interested in the Arts and Sciences, there will be a competition for the best period pieces of navigational equipment. In addition, we'll have a cooking competition, in which you can either bring your food, or prepare it on site. The theme will consist of food that would have been eaten on ship or is good for traveling on our way to the sea. If there is interest, dog coursing space is available. Please e-mail the Event Steward if you wish to participate in coursing.
Site opens at 8:00 am with lists opening soon thereafter. Court shall commence at their Excellencies' convenience (which just so happens to fall about 10:00 am). The fighting will begin shortly after opening court. Site closes at 6:00 pm.
Please join the Shire of Wintermist and the Baronies of Dun Or and Nordwache on the weekend of March 26- 28 (Friday through Sunday) 2010 for a weekend of tournaments and melees at Andreotti's Corner, 25902 Lerdo Highway, Shafter CA. 93263. The site will open to all at noon on Friday March 26 and close at 4pm on Sunday March 28. The site has plenty of shade trees and flat grassy fields for the numerous tournaments to be held over the weekend. The site is four miles east of the I-5 on Lerdo Hwy. and eight miles west of the City of Shafter. There is a convenience store at the entrance to the site which has a kitchen and a gas station. Campfires are allowed in contained structures and with fire extinguishers present.
Merchants are always welcome and any queries should be made to Lady Kali Raqs Xa Har Baldavin@Hotmail.com.
Planned events include a bardic circle (it'll be a competition if there are enough entrants) A&S competition hosted by Dun Or with the theme of "favors",
A thrown weapon tourney hosted by Nordwache
Melee battles
A pot luck feast, so bring enough to feed 6 if you want to participate
A torchlight tournament
Rapier pickups, and a tourney as well if we get enough fighters
And a few other activities as well.
Site owner has requested a minimal vehicle presence on the event area. To honor this request all campers will have one hour to unload (two hours for merchants) and then move your vehicle to the designated parking area. If not moved within that time, you will be assessed a $5 parking fee and then still be asked to move your vehicle.
Join the Barony of Starkhafn on March 26-28, 2010 as we celebrate our Anniversary! Champions will be determined in armored combat, rapier, equestrian, archery and thrown weapons, and arts and sciences.
Site: Petrack Park, 400 N Highway 160, Pahrump NV 89060. Camping is allowed on site.
With permission and support from the Barony of Calafia, the Hospitallers of St. John of Caid are once again holding the St. Jude's Ransom Tournament to raise money for the St. Jude's Children Hospitals. There will be enough room for fighting in the Rapier, Unarmored and Armoured divisions of combat. There will also be a silent auction. All donations for the auction and the tournament are greatly appreciated. If you have any questions please e-mail the autocrat.
Have you not been able to do all the SCA camping you would like? Are those tents and pavilions sitting forlornly in the garages and trailers, looking for a weekend to get used? Well, have hope, the time for the King's Hunt will soon be upon us!
A plague of wild beasts has befallen our fair Shire! They are damaging our crops and threatening our livestock. The time has come to round up some of Caid's finest warriors and do battle upon the big-eyed deer and soft, fluffy bunnies who have ruthlessly invaded our wild places!
Wherefore do we plea for the aid of all the brave and skilled hunters of our Kingdom. Once again, the Shire of Carreg Wen will be hosting the King's Hunt. Come join us in the morning tracking down wild "animals" and in the afternoon we will have a tournament. The hunting party is made up of a "hunter" carrying a spear and two "dogs" which carry a single-handed weapon. The "Animals" may fight with any weapons. The prize goes to the hunting team that slays the most animals. There will also be a prize for the most unique animal. Saturday morning the fencers will be hunting dog skulls and each other in Blood of Heroes.
In the afternoon, there will be both heavy and rapier lists. The rapier list will be an interactive Hunt-themed tourney. Archery shoots and equestrian activities will also be held on Saturday.
This year's Event also means the return of the Master Baker of the Hunt competition! The title of Master Baker of the Hunt will be awarded to he or she who brings the best bread to site. Anyone may participate in this Populace's Choice competition. The entries will be judged by silent vote during the feast--please bake at least one large loaf of bread so as many people as possible may taste and vote. Printed ingredient lists are required with each entry and period documentation is encouraged, but not required.
Tickets will be available on site for $8 for the Saturday night Feast. A feast menu will be posted on-line soon. A breakfast will be provided Sunday morning so that all who come may travel home well fed.
Location: Live Oak Campground is nestled between the verdant hills of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the river of the same name. There is plenty of shaded camping space available and heated showers.
Site will open Friday, April 2, 2010 at noon and close Sunday April 4, 2010 at noon.
The Hunt will begin on Saturday morning.
Oyez , Oyez, Oyez!
The Shire of al-Sahid cordially invites all to join in celebrating its 19th anniversary and the return of spring to the high desert. Tournaments to determine the champions of al-Sahid in armored combat, rapier, youth combat, archery, and thrown weapons will be held on the green grass of Schmidt Park, Victorville California. The celebration will include entertaining activities such as a children's scorpion egg hunt, bunny melee (BYOB), and with enough interest, jousting (upon steeds of the bouncing sort). An Arts & Science pavilion will be provided to display your latest project(s), for artisans to work and share together, and for gaming. Bring your favorite lawn game to make use of the park's beautiful green turf.
Merchants are warmly welcome however contact information and resale permit number must be submitted to the Event Autocrat by March 14.
The Barony of Angels is proud to host the next session of Collegium Caidis, Saturday and Sunday, April 10 and 11th, 2010 at Los Coyotes Middle School, 14640 Mercado Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90638.
The site schedule is as follows:
Saturday: Site opens at 8:00 AM, classes begin at 9:00 AM and conclude at 6:00 PM.
Sunday: Site opens at 8:00 AM, classes begin at 9:00 AM and conclude at 4:00 PM
Please be sure to check the Collegium Website for any last minute changes to the schedule, as well as class descriptions: www.collegiumcaidis.org
There will be no pre-registration accepted for classes. All students will pay the registration fee at the gate, and proceed directly to the classes of their choice. Classes with limited space will be filled on a first-come/first-served basis.
Updated Event description: "The Barony of Gyldenholt has the pleasure of
hosting a tournament to determine which rider and steed shall have the
honor of being Equestrian Champion to Her Highness, Princess Eleanor di
Michelozzo Gianfigliazi, when She becomes Queen of Caid.
Come witness great displays of horsemanship and chivalry at the Prado
Equestrian Center:
The Canton of Gallavally would like to invite the Entire Known World to
join us in the celebration of our Anniversary.
We plan to gather at one of the beautiful parks in the city of Hemet,
Westin Park.
Activities will include double elimination armoured combat and rapier
tournaments, a peoples' choice arts & sciences competition, a white elephant
raffle (donations gratefully accepted) and both armoured and un-armoured
bouncy Jousting.
If you have not jousted on, or was a spectator of, bouncy ball jousting -
you are in for a treat! This is something you must not miss!
Peoples' choice arts & sciences competition - Bring your finished and
unfinished projects! You never know what will catch the 'peoples' eye! Great
prizes!
White elephant raffle bring your donations to the next Baronial Counsel
meeting, bring it to the event, give them to a friend to give to me Just
donate all that wonderful stuff you would love for someone else to enjoy!
Put on your finery and bring out your colorful plumage in celebration of spring. The College of the Voyagers and the Barony of Angels invite you to join them in the annual May Day celebration. We will have a day of fighting, games, and the traditional maypole dance! Bring your latest projects for the annual A&S people's choice.
In conjunction with May Day will be Kingdom Sciences Day.
The infamous Voyagers maypole will make its appearance for the traditional dance. After the dance, we will pass the maypole to a new couple so it can continue its work. See who the lucky recipients for the upcoming year will be!
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
All come and partake of the fun and fellowship with the Canton of Summergate at our annual anniversary tournament. Our theme will be Norse and all are welcome. We will have our usual fighting competitions, youth activities for the wee ones and in accordance with our Norse theme, we will also be holding a contest for the most authentic attire of the period. To the winner goes a prize and bragging rights. Prizes will also be awarded for rapier & heavy weapons competitions. We will be serving lunch for a donation provided by our excellent cooks. So pray thee come and join our festivities at the Summergate Anniversary Tournament.
If you would like to add or make changes to an event, please to the Calendar Deputy at .
If you do not see information posted, please encourage your Seneschal or the Event Autocrat to submit the information to .
Only the Seneschal or Event Autocrat may submit information to be posted on the calendar.
If you have any trouble viewing the Calendar, please and let him know.
Standard Disclaimer: This is the recognized Web Page
for the Kingdom of Caid of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
The maintainer of this site is . It is
not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism,
Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies. In cases of conflict with
printed versions of material presented on this page or it's links, the
dispute will be decided in favor of the printed version.
Every article and every graphic on these web pages is
considered an intellectual property and protected by the same copyright
laws that apply
to print publications. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the artists
and authors have given permission for this web site only to use their
works, not every web site or publication in the Kingdom of Caid. Please
respect their work, and always ask for permission. To do otherwise is
not only discourteous, it's illegal. If you'd like to use any graphic
from the site or reprint an article, . I will
then put you in touch with the author or artist to work out the details.
In general, most authors and artist will give permission, provided that
proper credit is given. If you're not sure, .
Comments, suggestions or updates regarding this site should be sent to the
