Yule Feast Menu

I am putting together the menu for Yule and so far this is what I have
Beverages: hot tea, Wassail Punch(non alcoholic), Birch Beer(non alcoholic) , lemon water
Appetizers; Ham and Cheese Scrolls, Beggar's Purses(with chocolate coins on the side),Irish Soda Bread, Clementines, Chestnuts
Main Course: Meat Pies, Nutcracker Bake(made with potatoes,peppers,onions and a crunchy topping), Bashed Neeps(carrots and turnips mashed with Irish butter)
Dessert: Shortbread Cookies, Holiday Red Velvet Cake

if any attending are bringing anything to add let me know and I will place it on the menu
Lady Amhranai caithuait

Yule Gathering

Saturday, December 13, 2014
Limestone Rec Room (Behind Limestone Community School) 93 High Street  Limestone, Maine
3-5:00 PM

Failte agus Slainte good Gentles
as the cold winds blow and winter sets upon us Twin Riverswood turns its face to the warmth of friends and hearth with a gathering for Yule with food, music, good cheer and activities to while the hours.
Set up for event is from 1-2:30pm any allergies please post or message Lady Amhranai amhranai@localnet.com

Event Steward: Lady Amhranai

This is not a officially sanctioned SCA event.  No site fee.

Agenda and Meeting Minutes from Saturday November 15, 2014

Greetings good gentles of Twin Riverswood
Here is the agenda from our meeting last Saturday. I apologize for it being so late getting posted, but I was waiting on confirmation of a site for the Yule Gathering which I received last night.
Twin Riverswood Agenda
Saturday November 15 2014 CE
Meeting commenced 1:00pm
Attending : Lady Amhranai Caithuait, Aristonia Bourdain, Branwen Caithuait, Sophie Hamlin, Chelsey Ellis

Old Business
Update on status of twin Riverswood
We are still in the process of creating our identity to file the paperwork for our non profit status and looking at ways to raise the filing fee of $150.00(incl. lawyer fee).
We discussed having meetings in a more centralized location for the time being as we cover the area from Presque Isle to the Canadian border near St. Francis and as most members are in the central limestone- caribou- Presque Isle area we feel that setting meetings in these towns and occasionally Van Buren would be the most beneficial; I realize we have members in the outlying towns of Fort Kent, Madawaska, and St. Francis and if they wish to come to a meeting then carpooling options will have to be addressed, or they can also always PM me or email me any concerns or input and it can be addressed at the next meeting or through messages.
All those attending were in agreement as well as I had put this to Baroness Sancia as well who also was in agreement. all other members who weren't in attendance can send me their input.
Yule Event
Baroness Sancia has told me that the Van Buren Community Center was free for the time slot we had but she had paid an overage fee of $30.00 for the extra time for clean up. I have also looked into the Limestone american Legion Hall as it has been recentlt renovated and for the time frame I am thinking of (3-5pm with set up for 1pm) it would be $75.00, so I have filed this for a possible future event when we have funds available. I have been working closely with Bill Tucker Limestone's new Rec Director and asked him if we could use either the Veteran's Gym located at MSSm or the Rec Room for the Gathering; at the time of the meeting he hadn't returned a response , but he let me know yesterday that the Rec Room was available for that time but not the Veteran's Gym and we won't have a fee. He has talked with our Town Manager and we will have enough seating for 20 people. I know the Autism awareness Support group is having their first Annual Christmas Celebration with a 'Sensitive Santa" for the kids and some members will be attending this event at the Nordic center in PI so I feel having the Yule Gathering at the Rec from 3-5pm will give those who are attending the AAS event an opportunity to make this one as well.
We discussed how we wanted to have the meal and decided a potluck would be good, and we decided also on doing a Nutcracker themed activity as well as having complimentary gift boxes( I can make these up).
Those present voted on the Limestone Rec Room or Veteran's Gym whichever one was available for that time (it is the Rec Room).
New Business
Due to health issues and an increased academic load Baroness Mairi has tendered me her resignation as Herald and Guildkeeper. I understand she is still willing to be a part of Twin Riverswood, just not an officer. These positions are now open to any who wish to reliably take them on. we will look at applications for these after we return from hiatus in March.
Claire O'Neal has stated she will remain on as Chatalaine; as it stands now Donnovan Leye is still our Knight Marshal.Dona Aurora Di Siracusa is our Magistrate and Keeper of the Tomes, I am still Castellan, and Baroness Sancia remains as our exchequer and Web Mistress.
Last meeting we had discussed and voted on Aristonia becoming Deputy Knight Marshal; this was run by Baroness Sancia who gave her approval and as there were no comments posted or presented to the contrary she now hold this post. Congratulations Aristonia Bourdain.
Other Updates
Officers Reports
there are no new items to report other than those outlined above, with the exception of saying Failte to Chelsey Ellis who along with her friends Mike and Josh would like to join the group. She would like to attend as many meetings as her work will allow and may be able to carpool sometimes depending on the location she needs to go to and from; she will try to come to the Yule Gathering if her schedule allows..
Publicity
Those present did have a lot of ideas presented as gfar as garnering publicity and possible new members for our group. Media coverage, demos and listing our meetings and events in local publications were all discussed and we will do more with this after we return from hiatus.
Upcoming Events 2015
A Gathering of Celts
March 14, 2015
We willl be having our first meeting of the new year and we will be discussing things that may have come up between December and March, status updates, as well as doing some fun themed activities and of course eating great food
Time and place will be announced closer to the event.
Days of Olde Village Faire 2015
We learned a few good lessons from our first Ren Faire attempt, so we will be looking at creating a better experience this coming year. Things we will be looking at for this event will be:
Venue-
Season-
Theme-
Time-
Activities/ Vendors/Demos-
Advertising-
Food Options-
Music-
Donations-
Lots to do but I am confident if we all pull together we can pull it off.
Next Meeting : Dec.13,2014 Limestone Rec Room 1-5pm
Meeting Adjourned 3:15pm