Founding Revel

 

Hosted in-person by Device of Stromgard

The Barony of Stromgard (Vancouver, WA)

Founding Revel

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Donnina Donatelli
Event Date(s): February 14 , 2026
Site opens at: 9:00 AM on February 14th 2026
Site closes at: 8:00 PM

Event site:
Camas Community Center
1718 SE 7th Ave Camas, WA 98607


This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event.

Please join the Barony of Stromgard in celebrating 25 amazing years as a Barony at our Founding Revel.  We’ll have a plethora of classes, dancing, multiple bardic performances, and a feast based on the foods of the Amber Road, featuring a bardic showcase. Gold Key will be available for anyone who needs medieval clothing for the day. We’ll have a fun “Is It Cake?” competition and a Storytellers’ Point for tales of daring deeds, bold adventures and outrageous stories that may or may not have any basis in reality.  Come vote for your favorite bard and see if they win fame and recognition during Evening Court.


This event includes the following activities and/or services:
Has Classes
Has Bardic activities
Has Arts & Sciences activities
Offers a feast or meal

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Accessibility Information

The event space is on the second floor and is ADA accessible.

 

Site Fees

Fee Type Cost*
Adult 35
Under 17 Free
Children Free
*SCA Members will receive a $10 member discount off the cost listed above.

Event Schedule

Time Activity Location
9:00 Site Opens
10:00 Gate/Gold Key opens
11:00 Morning Court
12:00
  • Musical Instrument Petting Zoo – 2 hours
  • Leather embroidery – 1 hour
1:00
  • Profiling Fairytales – 1 hour
  • Class – TBD – 1 hour
2:00 Lyre is for Lovers/Kantele demo – 1 hour
3:00 Feast/Bardic showcase
4:00 Feast and social time
5:00 Evening Court
6:00 Event ends. Clean up and pack out

Meal Information

The Feast will be a four course served feast with family style platters.  All dishes are inspired by the Amber Road, an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean.  A full menu with at least a basic ingredient breakdown will be made available for those with food sensitivities.

Classes Offered

Musical Instrument Petting Zoo – Learn about some historic stringed and percussion instruments ranging from the Bronze Age through the Renaissance and try them out.  Suitable for kids (with a parent helper present for little kids) – 2 hours

Lyre is for Lovers/Kantele demo – This is a combination class.  Lyre is for Lovers – Learn about the Lyre, it’s history, and how it’s played!  Bonus – Hear the tune from the Seikilos epitaph, one of the earliest known melodies, and have a chance to try it out yourself! Kantele Demo – Learn about and play the Kantele, a plucked zither from Finland and neighboring Baltic region.  Learn how to play simple block and strum chords on it and a simple melody.  One hour, class limited to six people

Profiling Fairytales – A class to talk about the archetypes of fairy tales, the bones of what each fairytale needs, the 7 rules of character survival in fairytales and how it is decided how old a fairytale is in academic circles

 

Other class descriptions when available.

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