Egil’s Tourney XLIX, 2025, is pleased to present our extensive Arts & Sciences offerings that include 40+ classes and geek sessions and three on-going demos, five contests, two shadow puppetry presentations, and days and nights filled with bardic activities.
Evening Activities
Friday evening, 8-10 pm, Slow Middle Eastern melodic music ~ come learn the tunes – instrumental and vocal – that we’ll play for the Saturday night hafla. Bring your instruments and/or voice. Populace Day Shade. (Quiet percussion – Drumming rhythms jam will be 12-1 pm Saturday.) – set list available, contact Marina (see below).
Saturday evening,9-11 pm, Hafla, ~ (Middle Eastern music, drumming and dancing) in Big Green.
Sunday evening, 9-11 pm, Bardic Circle – traditional pick, pass or play, with an emphasis on singing along (led by Marina and Ruiseart). Bring any song books that you have. Big Green.
Saturday and Sunday , 9 pm , Shadow Puppetry Performances~ in the large Panther classroom pavilion.
Music Activities
Our 16’ square Populace day shade on the east side of the list fields will host bardic activities all day and evening Saturday and Sunday. Come join us for music, poetry, storytelling, dance, performances, jams, hanging out, etc.
Want to schedule a performance or a specific bardic gathering.? Contact Mistress Marina MacChruiter, the Bardic Coordinator by email at egils@antir.org — put “Bardic” in the subject line.
Scheduled events
Saturday
Hurdy Gurdy Hangout, 11- 12pm, Gaston de Clermont ~ A gathering for hurdy gurdy enthusiasts. Want to jam? Does your instrument need some TLC? Looking to buy a gurdy? Try one out? Come crank with us! Bring clean hands and a music stand if you have one. Populace Day Shade
Middle Eastern basic drum rhythms, 12-1 pm, Marina ~ Learn/review drum rhythms for the Hafla Saturday evening. Bring your drum or borrow one. Populace Day Shade.
Early Medieval Instrumental Music, 2-3 pm, Gaston de Clermont ~ We’ll learn a few easy medieval songs. Need to have basic skills on some instrument. Bring an instrument. Ability to read music is a plus. Populace Day Shade.
Sunday
Irish Music of All Kinds, 2-4 pm,~ bring your instruments and/or your voice and let’s make music in a traditional Irish Session format led by Ruiseart MacGregor. Populace Day Shade.
Little Free Library & The Garb Exchange
Adiantum’s Little Free Library and the Garb Exchange will be available in the A&S area. Bring SCA appropriate fiction and non-fiction books and garb to leave and take books and garb that you can use. Children’s garb is especially welcome.
Norse Trade Blanket
The Norse Trade Blanket is not happening this year. Would you like to host it next year?
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Mistress Yseult at egils@antir.org