Category: Current Activities

Saturday, January 11th, 2025 – Barre, VT

Come visit the famed hospitality of the Vinland Norse to celebrate Yule in the Shires of Mountain Freehold and Panther Vale.  We will be running Norse era period games, dancing and music.  We will be proving a “Possible Feast” of what the Vinland Norse and local indigenous peoples could have prepared.  We will be having our annual Mathom Exchange, so please bring an SCA/Medieval item that you no longer need, for the table.  Come and enjoy our hospitality! 

Site opens at noon, closes at 7 pm

Site location: Mason’s Lodge, 2 Academy St., Barre VT 05641

Cost is $15 for SCA members, $25 for non-members, under 18s are free. No reservations needed. Pay by cash or check at the Gate. Make checks payable to SCA Shire of Mountain Freehold.

Event Steward:  THL Leo Dracosson (Matthew Beliveau)
Email:  239171@members.eastkingdom.org, Ph# 802.233.2385
Co-event Steward:  Lord Wigcliff Arborious (Carl BrokenHorse-Koehler)
Email:  tree.finder@yahoo.com

Other site info: Site is handicap accessible per EK guidelines. All food will be labeled with ingredients. No merchants, sorry.

Classes – TBD

A&S Table – TBD

• Mountain Freehold and Panther Vale’s joint Yule/Twelfth Night celebration, with a “Norse in Vinland” theme, will be held in the Mason’s Lodge in Barre, VT on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 12-7 pm. Leo and Wigcliff are the Autocrats. More details are here.
• It’s December, so Freehold elections are underway! Tomas has come to the end of his two terms as Seneschal. Candidates are Lady Kastana, and Lord Leo. Vote soon! — If you’re a Freeholder, living in Freehold territory, you can send your vote by email to: seneschal@mountainfreehold.eastkingdom.org  (You do not need to be a paid SCA member to vote in this election.)
• Notes from our Oct. 20, 2024 Business Meeting can be found here.
• Sunday afternoon gatherings and practices are held at the Browns River Middle School, 20 River Road, in Jericho. (Cancellations will be posted to the Facebook group and the email list.) Heavy list practice will run from 2-5 unless it’s posted otherwise.  Fencing practice is on hold until the fall, unless we can persuade a marshal to attend – we’ll post if it’s going to happen. A&S folk, and general spectators, are welcome to attend and schmooze on the sidelines, and there are bleachers for this purpose. The entrance door varies, so try them all. We are required to protect the gym floor by bringing a pair of “inside” shoes with non-marking soles.
• Interested in the Foresters? You can find the Foresters of Mountain Freehold on Discord.
• Likewise, the Freehold Fencers also can be found on Discord! https://discord.gg/ceCQUBVAEh
• Take a look at these ancient Freehold photos from 1996-2003!