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The Origin and History of the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Kingdom of the West “I brought an 11 foot ash lance made from a tapered 1 ½" dowel. I borrowed a claw foot off of my mother’s piano stool and removed the glass ball from it’s grasp. I mounted this on the top of my lance in lieu of a coronal. Since I expected the quintain to have only a brief life expectancy I chose to be last to charge it. Sir Robert “softened it up” for me when he broke it. We managed a makeshift repair and then I took my turn. I struck it at a gallop and sent the pieces flying into the air. That’s what really turned me on to doing equestrian things in the SCA. “For the Equestrian record – not long before the Oakdale overnight tournament (I don’t remember what year or month - but it was before Fulk stopped attending events) - I conspired with Ken (Fulk) to try mounted combat to see how it would work. I was a student at San Francisco State then and had done some riding of rental horses at two nearby rental stables along the beach just at the San Francisco/Daly City border (these were Mar Vista Riding Academy and Palo Mar Stables). The areas available to ride (unsupervised in those days for $3.50 an hour) included all of the beach from Daly City up to the Cliff House/Playland and even into Golden Gate Park. “The trail down from the stables (which were located on Olympic Way next to Skyline Blvd.) To the beach below the cliff/bluff they were situated upon wound through a sand dune like area which bordered on the west side of the Olympic Country Club golf course. A large culvert/tunnel about 15 feet high and 20 feet wide ran under Skyline Blvd in this area to the Olympic Country Club property and wasn’t fenced off on the Ocean/dune side. A flat sandy area about 50 feet across lay at the ocean end of this culvert surrounded by sandy hillocks about 8 to 10' high – a good visual barrier from the occasional passing rider. You could even ride into the culvert and had lots of room to maneuver inside. “On the appointed day, Ken and I brought our gear (2 helms, 2 shields, 2 maces) in a duffle bag and stashed it out of sight near the culvert. Then we went to the stable (Mar Vista I think - since they had better horses) and rented 2 horses. Then we casually rode to our secret spot, donned our gear and tried a few passes at each other. We both managed a few hits, but found the horses VERY!!! reluctant to get close enough for much contact between Ken and me and so gave up after about ½ hour. We then rode for a bit and that ended that experiment. When Sir Robert and I fought on horse back (it was a demo not real combat) at Oakdale we had similar results using mace and shield again – Leanne’s horse and Alisande’s horse ridden by me and Robert respectively didn’t like the commotion either.” – Henrik of Havn Siegfried von Hoflichskeit - Sable, on a bend argent a mullet of four points elongated to base gyronny Or and sable. The Year Four May 13, 1969 AS IV Queen’s Court of Courtesy Held at the home of Queen Amie. All ladies were invited. May 17-18, 1969 AS IV First Overnight Coronation Festival Held at Almond Knoll Ranch, Oakdale, California, home of Chang, Slayer of Beasts (Count Hagen the Strong) [See Annotations below, error on someone’s part here, as Hagen and Chang are not the same person – Hirsch]. Caradoc and Amie held court. Siegfried and Ardis were crowned. King Siegfried knighted Robert of Dunharrow and admitted Janet Breakstone to the Order of the Laurel. Queen Ardis presided over Saturday night’s festivities. Comments: ~ 38 ~ Ardis an Dearg (Sumer Redmaen) - Purpure, on a plate a rose gules seeded Or. A “Woopsie, a major correction. “First and Foremost, Chang, Slayer of Beasts has, to the best of my knowledge, no connection to Hagen the Strong. Chang's real name IS Joel Hagen, but Count Hagen's real name wasn't Joel Hagen (Darn, I've forgotten what it was. Wasn't he associated with your household, Robert?) Some of you folks out there may recognize Joel's name as the sculptor of all those neat alien skulls and similar artwork for many years.” – Stefan de Lorraine
The Origin and History of the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Kingdom of the West 1 “I can confirm that Joel Hagen is not Count Hagen. After all, I went to High School with Joel -- we were two of the three smallest boys in our class for most of that time. Just didn't recognize him when I saw him in the mid-70s. He grew late, but was taller than I am by then (not to mention having acquired muscles that he never had in high school). “Ah, the people I missed by not being in at the beginning! I blame it on the local librarian: she not only got me hooked on SF, she was an officer in the Little Men ... and didn't tell me about them when I went off to Berkeley. If she had, I might even have made the first tourney.” – William the Lucky -- full of might-have-beens, but nobody ever specified whether the name refers good luck or bad luck. I “Ha. This from someone who has often told me that when Boncueur first told him about the SCA he thought it was the silliest thing he had ever heard of. Likewise that he only went so that Boncueur would quit bugging him about it. “This is all interesting reading, mind you. I have visions of myself sitting on alert duty over in Germany while all of my friends where having a great time back home.” – Steven MacEanruig A “There was an abduction at this tournament that proved too successful. The abductors (led by Henrik of Havn, whose lady had been abducted at an earlier event) won, then didn't know where to go from there. “I promised a story. “We arranged to convoy up to the tourney with House Havn. The plan was simple. Henrik and some of his people would put Leanne's horse Schoen (remember me mentioning her?) into a horse trailer in Marin, then head for El Cerrito (or one of those places) and pick up Allison and Meredith and their horse, then come to Oakland to meet Luise and me and Jon the Lean (who was sharing a house with us at the time) and various other members of our household and then we would all head for Oakdale. Should be on the road by 9:00 PM or so, and there by midnight or so. One Econoline (driven by a friend of Leanne's) and John's Reluctant Dragon (a car with quite an SCA history – more later), the van hauling the horses and Jon hauling the UHaul trailer full of gear. “As I remember, the convoy arrived at our place in Oakland around 3 in the morning, though I may exaggerate here. Schoen had been in two accidents while riding in horse trailers. She was not interested in getting into another trailer. When Leanne arrived after work, the crew still hadn't managed to get the horse in the trailer. It took another three hours or more to finally get the horse in, which I believe was accomplished by Leanne riding her into the trailer and sustaining some minor injuries in the process. Fortunately, the other horse was very docile and no problem, but Schoen protested the trip the entire trip, both ways. “So they arrived at our place in the wee hours of the morning and we started to pack stuff into the trailer and van. I was pretty tired by this time (I had had to work that day, getting up at gawdawful in the morning) so I was just moving stuff out to the trailer. Luise and some other ladies were packing up some food and decided they needed another container. Jon had a chest that was somewhat available, but we needed the key. Luise sent me to get Jon's keys. I did that, only to find that they decided that the chest was a bad idea. I toted the keys back to the street and looked at all the stuff in the trailer. I went back for another load of stuff. You may notice an omission there. “Everything is packed and Jon says, "Steve, where are my keys?" I say "Keys?" After an intense search, it finally dawns on me that I had them up to the time I looked into the trailer. We had to dig out a quarter of the trailer (fortunately I remembered where I had looked into the trailer) to find where the keys had fallen after slipping out of my fingers ... Not one of my good early mornings, but they rarely are ... “So we pack ourselves into the vehicles and it's hie for Oakdale. We arrive at dawn on Saturday. I am a lump for the entire day. I didn't even get into my armor. I sat in the shade of our minimal tent and dosed and occasionally conversed with friends. “Fortunately, a new member of our household, Anita Salcido, knew some hypnosis. In the evening, while everyone else was having fun at Ardis's court, she put me into a light trance and I slept like a baby. Probably the best sleep I ever had at an overnighter. Sunday I was able to have a good time. “The tourney was notable for, during the Queen's Court, Astrid of Hawk Ridge sought a champion and Stephen Blackeagle stepped forward. During Sunday, there was a round of fighting that proved that Sir Bela of Eastmarch was a hot weather fighter. It was probably his best day as a fighter in the SCA. “Oh, and in case it isn't obvious from the above, it was a very HOT tourney. There have been hotter since, but not up to that time.” – Stefan de Lorraine 1 “Jon the Lean was driving the truck hauling the horse trailer which was to pick up Schön. She had been in one trailer accident and Steve is correct, it took about three hours to get her loaded and yes Leanne did finally ride her into the trailer.” – Henrik of Havn B “Obviously the evening of May 17, IV, was one of the great moments of my life. Siegfried had told Geri weeks before that he would knight me at his coronation, but she didn't let it slip and I didn't know until he called me forth.” – Robert Dunharrow 1 “Well, she didn't let it slip to Robert, but a bunch of us young whippersnappers, who had been abusing her hospitality for months, had a good idea of what was to happen and elbowed ourselves into numerous vantage points at court.” – Kevin Peregrynne B “The site is a 6 acre place on the South side of Cal. Hiway 120, about halfway between Escalon & Oakdale, and situated on a slight rise (the only rise between those 2 towns.) Look for it on your way to or from Yosemite. The house is at the north end, with an ~ 39 ~
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