Pennsic XLIV: Sunday, War Week
Sun Aug 2 08:20:06 EDT 2015
There's still no water pressure - not that I take showers in the morning anyway. But the dishes haven't been washed, and cooking will be difficult. I woke before my alarm again, but not by much. I've made sandwiches for lunch. I've eaten all the bread I brought from home (before it got moldy ☺), and I've opened the camp's only(?) loaf of whole-wheat bread. (I guess I'm the only one here who prefers whole wheat? I should be glad we have any at all. ☺)
I've got Marian cantigas running through my head, which I guess is good since those are the first things in all the music I'm learning (KWC, Chorulus) that will be "performed". I've been looking at how to attach my blood-drive tokens to my hat. There are a couple of holes on each side for the cord that keeps it from blowing away. I could attach another string or ribbon through them with the tokens tied to it. I don't seem to have many options here for string, though. (I wonder where all my site-medallion strings end up? I mostly never use them.) The tokens are on short, narrow red ribbons, so I could tie a bunch of them together. But that would look messy (although perhaps period), and they've proven in the past a tendency to untie and escape. But I did find a (crow-picked) sufficiently-long cord lost from someone's chemical glow-stick which should do nicely. It could go all the way around the hat, so tokens could be spread front and back. It would also make my hat more recognizable.
I can see adding another token each year, combining the blood-drive and the Pilgrimage Project traditions. The blood drive in itself actually is a sort of pilgrimage, going off from the homeland (Pennsic) to some remote destination (a church, off site) for an important purpose. (Or is that more of a crusade? Nah, unlikely to die, and not expecting any plunder.)
I found the laptop's WiFi turned on yesterday. That's a useless waste of power. I thought I had turned it off last Sunday. I know I turned it off last night. It was on again this morning. I guess it resets when I boots. ☹ I'll just have to check it every time. ☹
Sunday 20:31
The water was working again when I left for classes this morning. I had to turn off a spigot across the road from our camp.
A lot of music today....
When
Duration
Where
Name
Instructor
Description
09:00
1.0
A&S 7
The Humoral Doctrine
Master Michael Graham
An explanation of the origins and structure of the prevailing doctrine of health in the medieval and Renaissance period.
10:00
2.0
Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent
Pennsic Choir: Open Rehearsal
Pennsic Performing Arts
Singing in the Pennsic Choir is an intense and rewarding experience.
12:00
1.0
A&S 10
Richard III, Death and Discovery
Countess Tangwystl Caterina D'Courci
Return of the King. In 2012 the mortal remains of the last warrior King of England to die in battle were discovered under a car park in Leicester. This is about the king's death, discovery and re-interment .
12:00
1.0
A&S 11
Brewing Sugars: Simple and Complex
THL Madoc Arundel
This is a discussion of simple sugars, starches, and fibers that the average brewer may encounter in the development of recipes and the preparation of ingredients. We will look at conversion of starches to fermentable sugars, how yeast breaks down sugars during fermentation, and some techniques for use of different sugar compounds. Note that the instructor is not a scientist, but some limited science is inevitable.
13:00
1.0
A&S 5
The Heavy Plow
Master Dani of the Seven Wells
History teachers say that the invention of the heavy plow was significant in European history, but seldom go into details. This class does. How was it different and how did it make a difference - and how did it mold medieval society?
14:00
1.0
Amphitheater
Mass Project
Lady Erlandr Nordenskald
Hands-on look into the Mass as a musical form and its importance in Renaissance vocal music. Each day we'll study and rehearse a different movement, starting with early period Kyrie and ending with a mid-15th-century Agnus Dei. While no performance has been scheduled, it won't be ruled out. These sessions are sponsored by the Known World Choir. (Rehearsal Tent unless noted: 7/29@12pm; 7/30@5pm; 7/31@5pm; 8/2@2pm(*AMPI); 8/3@5pm)
15:00
1.0
A&S 1
Using Psychographics in SCA Event Planning
Lord Oswyn of Baðon
A look at what psychographs are and how they can be applied to SCA event planning.
16:00
1.0
Roaring Wastes (N-18)
Chorulus Pennsicus Rehearsal
Lord Cailin mac Aindréis
Closed rehearsal.
17:00
1.5
Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent
Recorder Jam Session
Lady Erlandr Nordenskald
Do you play the recorder? Come join us. In the 90-minute session we will start with beginner/easy reading and then move towards harder music. If you're a youth player, then come at the beginning. If you're more advanced, then come halfway through.
I think I've taken a class on the humors before. This one would have been better with a (good) handout. The whole discipline seems absurd to us - phlegm, cholor, bile....
The class on Richard III was good, presented by someone who was involved with the forensic analysis of the remains.
Brewing sugars was at the same time, but (1) it had relocated to a different tent and (2) was pretty crowded (although Erin was there).
Heavy Plows was interesting material, but the presentation was uninspiring. I was hoping for more about historical, technological, and social consequences of changes in plowing and farming practices.
We had a couple more basses for the Mass Project today, both good readers (including Robyn, in Chorulus and bass section lead for KWC), so it was a more satisfying effort. I realized today that I know one of the masses we've been sampling (Tomas Luis de Victoria, on O Magnum Mysterium) from college - probably from one of the summer tours, most likely Europe (I was remembering a particular church) - but it was long enough ago that I don't remember it that well and it wasn't particularly recognizable from our slogging. On the Sanctus and Benedictus today things were becoming familiar. Or maybe we sang it in Ad Hoc, which often skipped the Credos of masses. We sometimes sang the mass movements during real masses at a Catholic church in Chinatown (DC), and the Credos were generally too long. (Hence the creation of the "missa brevis".)
Psychographics are apparently used in the game "Magic the Gathering", and this is applying similar analysis to planning SCA events. Not being in the SCA, and never having attended any events other than Pennsic, I didn't have a lot of input.
Chorulus Pennsicus is going to be excellent, as usual. We are immediately sounding very good - not perfect.
Today's recorder jam was completely different from Tuesday's. We had only one child (who left early), and mostly people who could read music - and play something other than soprano. We finished up with a 5-part piece, with all the parts covered, and people not getting lost. Robyn was at this also, and brought some interesting instruments.
I stopped for ice on the way back to camp, and all the store had was large blocks - no bags of cubes, and the staff said there were none to be had within 15 miles. With almost all the ice in my chest melted, there was room to manouver a block in.
Anna, our land agent, got a text message from
eftychia, but her phone seems to have a virus so she couldn't read it.
Dinner tonight was chili. It might have already been ready when I got back from classes, but I didn't find out people had eaten until Colleen told me. Anna arrived back at camp while I was eating.
Looks like the laptop needs charging again. I have no idea what's run the battery down so fast this time. ☹
Monday 00:24
I've had a shower. It's windy tonight, but warmer than the previous couple of nights.
The laptop is mostly charged, but I'm going to leave things unplugged overnight.
It's noisy tonight. Lots of people are out partying. (But no pipers.)
The Ad Hoc Singers sang Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium in 1991. (No clue from the web page whether we skipped the Credo.)
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There's still no water pressure - not that I take showers in the morning anyway. But the dishes haven't been washed, and cooking will be difficult. I woke before my alarm again, but not by much. I've made sandwiches for lunch. I've eaten all the bread I brought from home (before it got moldy ☺), and I've opened the camp's only(?) loaf of whole-wheat bread. (I guess I'm the only one here who prefers whole wheat? I should be glad we have any at all. ☺)
I've got Marian cantigas running through my head, which I guess is good since those are the first things in all the music I'm learning (KWC, Chorulus) that will be "performed". I've been looking at how to attach my blood-drive tokens to my hat. There are a couple of holes on each side for the cord that keeps it from blowing away. I could attach another string or ribbon through them with the tokens tied to it. I don't seem to have many options here for string, though. (I wonder where all my site-medallion strings end up? I mostly never use them.) The tokens are on short, narrow red ribbons, so I could tie a bunch of them together. But that would look messy (although perhaps period), and they've proven in the past a tendency to untie and escape. But I did find a (crow-picked) sufficiently-long cord lost from someone's chemical glow-stick which should do nicely. It could go all the way around the hat, so tokens could be spread front and back. It would also make my hat more recognizable.
I can see adding another token each year, combining the blood-drive and the Pilgrimage Project traditions. The blood drive in itself actually is a sort of pilgrimage, going off from the homeland (Pennsic) to some remote destination (a church, off site) for an important purpose. (Or is that more of a crusade? Nah, unlikely to die, and not expecting any plunder.)
I found the laptop's WiFi turned on yesterday. That's a useless waste of power. I thought I had turned it off last Sunday. I know I turned it off last night. It was on again this morning. I guess it resets when I boots. ☹ I'll just have to check it every time. ☹
Sunday 20:31
The water was working again when I left for classes this morning. I had to turn off a spigot across the road from our camp.
A lot of music today....
When
Duration
Where
Name
Instructor
Description
09:00
1.0
A&S 7
The Humoral Doctrine
Master Michael Graham
An explanation of the origins and structure of the prevailing doctrine of health in the medieval and Renaissance period.
10:00
2.0
Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent
Pennsic Choir: Open Rehearsal
Pennsic Performing Arts
Singing in the Pennsic Choir is an intense and rewarding experience.
12:00
1.0
A&S 10
Richard III, Death and Discovery
Countess Tangwystl Caterina D'Courci
Return of the King. In 2012 the mortal remains of the last warrior King of England to die in battle were discovered under a car park in Leicester. This is about the king's death, discovery and re-interment .
12:00
1.0
A&S 11
Brewing Sugars: Simple and Complex
THL Madoc Arundel
This is a discussion of simple sugars, starches, and fibers that the average brewer may encounter in the development of recipes and the preparation of ingredients. We will look at conversion of starches to fermentable sugars, how yeast breaks down sugars during fermentation, and some techniques for use of different sugar compounds. Note that the instructor is not a scientist, but some limited science is inevitable.
13:00
1.0
A&S 5
The Heavy Plow
Master Dani of the Seven Wells
History teachers say that the invention of the heavy plow was significant in European history, but seldom go into details. This class does. How was it different and how did it make a difference - and how did it mold medieval society?
14:00
1.0
Amphitheater
Mass Project
Lady Erlandr Nordenskald
Hands-on look into the Mass as a musical form and its importance in Renaissance vocal music. Each day we'll study and rehearse a different movement, starting with early period Kyrie and ending with a mid-15th-century Agnus Dei. While no performance has been scheduled, it won't be ruled out. These sessions are sponsored by the Known World Choir. (Rehearsal Tent unless noted: 7/29@12pm; 7/30@5pm; 7/31@5pm; 8/2@2pm(*AMPI); 8/3@5pm)
15:00
1.0
A&S 1
Using Psychographics in SCA Event Planning
Lord Oswyn of Baðon
A look at what psychographs are and how they can be applied to SCA event planning.
16:00
1.0
Roaring Wastes (N-18)
Chorulus Pennsicus Rehearsal
Lord Cailin mac Aindréis
Closed rehearsal.
17:00
1.5
Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent
Recorder Jam Session
Lady Erlandr Nordenskald
Do you play the recorder? Come join us. In the 90-minute session we will start with beginner/easy reading and then move towards harder music. If you're a youth player, then come at the beginning. If you're more advanced, then come halfway through.
I think I've taken a class on the humors before. This one would have been better with a (good) handout. The whole discipline seems absurd to us - phlegm, cholor, bile....
The class on Richard III was good, presented by someone who was involved with the forensic analysis of the remains.
Brewing sugars was at the same time, but (1) it had relocated to a different tent and (2) was pretty crowded (although Erin was there).
Heavy Plows was interesting material, but the presentation was uninspiring. I was hoping for more about historical, technological, and social consequences of changes in plowing and farming practices.
We had a couple more basses for the Mass Project today, both good readers (including Robyn, in Chorulus and bass section lead for KWC), so it was a more satisfying effort. I realized today that I know one of the masses we've been sampling (Tomas Luis de Victoria, on O Magnum Mysterium) from college - probably from one of the summer tours, most likely Europe (I was remembering a particular church) - but it was long enough ago that I don't remember it that well and it wasn't particularly recognizable from our slogging. On the Sanctus and Benedictus today things were becoming familiar. Or maybe we sang it in Ad Hoc, which often skipped the Credos of masses. We sometimes sang the mass movements during real masses at a Catholic church in Chinatown (DC), and the Credos were generally too long. (Hence the creation of the "missa brevis".)
Psychographics are apparently used in the game "Magic the Gathering", and this is applying similar analysis to planning SCA events. Not being in the SCA, and never having attended any events other than Pennsic, I didn't have a lot of input.
Chorulus Pennsicus is going to be excellent, as usual. We are immediately sounding very good - not perfect.
Today's recorder jam was completely different from Tuesday's. We had only one child (who left early), and mostly people who could read music - and play something other than soprano. We finished up with a 5-part piece, with all the parts covered, and people not getting lost. Robyn was at this also, and brought some interesting instruments.
I stopped for ice on the way back to camp, and all the store had was large blocks - no bags of cubes, and the staff said there were none to be had within 15 miles. With almost all the ice in my chest melted, there was room to manouver a block in.
Anna, our land agent, got a text message from
eftychia, but her phone seems to have a virus so she couldn't read it.
Dinner tonight was chili. It might have already been ready when I got back from classes, but I didn't find out people had eaten until Colleen told me. Anna arrived back at camp while I was eating.
Looks like the laptop needs charging again. I have no idea what's run the battery down so fast this time. ☹
Monday 00:24
I've had a shower. It's windy tonight, but warmer than the previous couple of nights.
The laptop is mostly charged, but I'm going to leave things unplugged overnight.
It's noisy tonight. Lots of people are out partying. (But no pipers.)
The Ad Hoc Singers sang Victoria's Missa O Magnum Mysterium in 1991. (No clue from the web page whether we skipped the Credo.)
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/756910.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]