The Company of St. Catherine (Spinning/Weaving/All Things String)The Baronial Council meets every month on the third Wednesday at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. The meeting starts at 7pm.
The Baronial Household is the personal household of the Baron and Baroness of Calafia., and is designed for those new to the Barony or the SCA.
Established by Talanque, Baron Calafia, and Rowan Lynn, Baroness Calafia, the first Mentor of the Menage (M.O.M.) was Dame Elinore Windemere of the Moors. The Household was instituted as a way for members of the populace to familiarize themselves with the SCA, the Kingdom of Caid and the Barony of Calafia.
Members of the household attend meetings on a monthly basis to learn what we do and how we do it. It is a household of finite membership (most members attend for 6 to 12 months) but anyone is welcome to come to a discussion of any area of interest they have not yet explored.
Everyone is welcome to attend Baronial Household even if you have been around awhile.
Meetings begin at 7PM on the first Wednesday of each month in the Gardens Room of the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. For information on upcoming classes you may contact Baronial Household steward, Baroness Adelicia of Caithness, at newcomers@calafia.org.
The Barony of Calafia hosts many Arts and Sciences classes, as do the many subgroups. For more information on what is currently available, contact the Baronial Minister of Arts & Sciences, Mistress Adelicia of Caithness.
The Brewers Guild is a loosely organized group interested in the beverage arts, both alcoholic and non. Meetings are currently on a monthly basis at the house of Lord Levi ben Daniel. The meetings are open to all over the age of 18 (due to hot liquids & the use of burners), with a limit of 21 for tasting of fermented beverages. If you are interested in brewing, come help with the brewing in process & learn by doing. If you want to craft your own, help & equipment is available. For further information, please contact Lord Levi ben Daniel.
-->The Company of St. Catherine (Spinning/Weaving/All Things String)The Company of St. Catherine is a baronial guild dedicated to the fiber arts. We spin, weave, knit, and do most anything that involves string. Our meetings are on the fourth Sunday of the month, beginning at noon, at the home of the guildmistress. The meetings usually involve a potluck lunch. Please contact us ahead of time. For more information, please contact the Guildmistress, Baroness Thea Northernridge
Hearth & Cauldron is Calafia's Cooking guild. Our mission is to encourage and promote the study, recreation and research of cooking throughout the middle ages re-creation of such, as well as the sharing of knowledge and techniques for preparing food for one or many. We will discuss and practice various cooking techniques, ingredients and recipes. Period and some non-period recipes may also be explored. Discussion meetings will be held on the second Thursday of the month, with cooking meetings scheduled on either Saturdays or Sundays. Please contact the Guild Mistress, THL Medb ingen Mathgamna for meeting address and times.
The Calafia Music Guild promotes the music of the European Renaissance and Medieval periods through instrumental and vocal performance and instruction. The guild enjoys perform early music for entertainment, including for dancing. For more information, visit their website (http://www.calafiamusicguild.org), join their google group (http://groups.google.com/group/CalafiaMusicGuild?hl=en) or contact the Guildmaster, Master Samuel.
The Calafian Pottery Guild provides a supportive organization for ceramic artists of all skill levels. They provide an opportunity to network and share knowledge and techniques through workshops, special events, and at Arts and Sciences displays. They provide populace awareness and appreciation for ceramic artists and their work. They promote period creation, education and high quality work among our members. For more information, visit their website (http://calafianpottery.org/) or contact Gemma Evangelista Borgia.
We meet on the third Monday of the month at Allied Gardens Rec Center to recreate dances of the European Renaissance, including period dance sources from Italy, France, and Elizabethan England. Partners are not required, and all steps will be taught and called. All are welcome, from newcomers to longtime dance mavens. Come for the exercise, come for the friendly interaction, come to practice those steps that you want to show off at the next revel! For more information, please contact Lady Maluchka.
It is the mission of the Calafian Needleworkers Guild to encourage and promote the study and research of medieval needlework to include any period needle work that is done to embellish; the learning of period stitches and re-creation of such; the sharing of knowledge and techniques; and to engender ardor for such handiwork.
We meet monthly; alternating between an evening meeting at the home of Illora (Guild Mistress) one month and a Calafian event meeting the next. We have a Yahoo group set up for communication and sharing where we arrange meetings and hold discussions. For more information, please contact - Illora of the westlea
Iron BrigadeAn association of the various warbands in Calafia. For further information, please contact Sir Valrik
Just a Bit of Trim (The Calafian Costumers Guild)For those interested in period costuming. Monthly meetings are held at 7pm on the second Monday of every month at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center, and is open to all levels of skill. Please contact Lady Brighid ni Muirenn
For those interested in metalworking. They meet on Tuesday nights, with occasional weekend project days. Please contact Lord Bjorn of the Woodpile.
The Calafian Rapier Guild promotes the practice of Period Rapier combat. Guild meetings are held the 1st Sunday of the month at Allied Gardens following Melee practice (around 1pm).For more information contact Lord Michael Mallory.
The Scholar's Group usually meets the 1st Monday of each month at 7:00pm. For further information, please contact Duke Guillaume.
ScriptoriumFor period illumination and calligraphy. Please contact Ponc lo Bonome.
The Calafian Equestrian Guild is for Horse owners, Equestrians of all ages and skill levels, and anyone interested in learning, practicing and doing anything related to Equestrian activities in the SCA and the Barony of Calafia. We meet every month on the third sunday. We typically meet in the late afternoon or early evening depending on the daylight and how hot it is. Limited horse sharing is available and any assistance non-horse owners can offer those loaning their horses is greatly appreciated.
We practice mounted games such as reeds, Quintain, pig sticking, rings, and other obstacles that test the skills of both horse and rider.
We are also starting to do mounted combat which is very exciting. Mounted combat is done with boffer style weapons and pairs riders and their mounts against each other in literal combat exchanging blows.
We meet at El Capitan Equestrian Center located in Lakeside California
12307 Willow Rd, Lakeside CA 92040
If you are interested or have any questions please contact Lady Tierrynna.
Fighter, Archery,
and Rapier PracticesFighter Practices are held on Sundays from 12 noon to whenever people get tired, and Wednesdays from 6pm to sundown. They are held at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. For further information, contact Sir Ashraf al-Mansur.
This new style has recently become a full authorized fighting form under the Marshallate. The guild continues to exist to assist in researching and teaching historically accurate unarmored combat techniques. Practices are currently held Wednesday night at 6:30pm at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. Contact Mistress Muirrenn ingen Donduban for more information. Calafia Unarmored Combat discussions have a mailing list. For Kingdom and Society level discussions, check their mailing list.
Target Archery Practices are held on Sundays from 10:00am to noon, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Loaner equipment and basic instruction are available. This is held as part of an Open Archery Practice through UCSD Recreation. There is a $1.00 fee to use the facility. The UCSD Archery Range has returned to its old location near the UCSD Thornton Hospital. Parking on Sundays is free in UCSD Parking lot 702. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, there is a charge of $3.00 (purchased from a vending machine) per practice in the same lot. From I-5 exit at Genesee Avenue eastbound. At the third traffic signal turn right (south) on to Campus Point Drive. Go the next signal and turn right (west) again on to Voight Drive. Go about 100 yards and look for the entrance into Lot 702 and turn left. Parking vouchers can be purchased at the vending machine close to this entrance. Once you have a parking voucher (needed only on weekdays) proceed to the southern-most point in the parking lot next to the UCSD Challenge Course. This is identified by the tall towers built from old telephone poles. Park in this area and walk through the Challenge Couse along a paved pathway due south. Once you reach Campus Point Drive again, follow the sidewalk to Health Center Drive and curve along to your right (now westbound again). The Archery Range is perched on top of a two-level hospital staff parking lot on your right. The structure is below grade so the range will appear to be roughly level to the sidewalk. For safety, please enter at the middle of field. (For additional parking directions go to http://act.ucsd.edu/maps/ and click on .Parking., then click on .Athletic Facilities.. The Archery range location is flagged. Do not park in the hospital lots: They are more expensive than Lot 702 and are enforced at all times, 24/7/365.) Newcomers are offered a free session. After that, archers are required to either join the UCSD Open Archery Workout Class or purchase a 10-Time Archery Workout pass. Either option can be done on site if you bring a checkbook. For other questions, please contact THLord John of Sudwelle .
Rapier Practices are held Wednesdays & Sundays, along with the regular fighter practices, at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. For further information, contact Wölfel Wizsilberlin.
Directions to the Recreation Center: From Freeway 8 (East or West) take the Waring Rd. exit. You will go thru three stoplights, one just off the freeway and two after you crest the hill. At the fourth stoplight turn left onto Greenbrier Ave. The street dead-ends in the parking lot for Allied Gardens Rec. Center. The meetings generally will be in the room on the right hand side as you go in the main entrance of the rec center. (The main entrance faces the lawn area, not the parking lot)