Montengarde Needs Your Help Much of the work needed to keep a Barony running in the SCA happens in the background by the people who volunteer their time as officers. Without such dedicated service the SCA would grind to a halt. Montengarde has a number of officer positions that are available to those looking to…
Baronial Candidate Q&A and Meet and Greet.
Greetings, friends! Thursday, September 18, the barony will be hosting a Q&A and meet and greet session with the baronial candidates. This important event will also feature a friendly community end-of-season POTLUCK! It’s all taking place at the Rehabilitation Society of Calgary (our usual fight practice spot). Doors at 6:30; Q&A and meet and greet…
Fight Practice Passes
Tired of bringing cash to practice every Thursday? Want to support our barony’s use of the hall all year round? Buy a fight pass! Just $90 cash gets you six months worth of Thursday practices! Passes are sold twice a year and cover July-December and January-June. July-December passes are on sale now until the end…
Parade of Wonders 2025!
Friday, April 25th, 2025! Save the Date! Once again, there are plans for Avacal to appear in Canada’s largest pop culture parade, the POW! Parade of Wonders! For the first time, the POW! Parade of Wonders will be parading right to the steps of CALGARY EXPO. The Parade will be starting at Victoria Park’s Haultain…
April Tavern Extra!
There will be all kinds of activities going on this month at Tavern (April 8)! In addition to the regular activities of dance, beverages, and available period board games, there will also be –
Learn How to Event Steward
Have you ever wanted to learn how to Event steward events, but had no idea where to start? Been part of a team and feel almost ready but not quite ready to take the leadership plunge? Join Sir Kathryn & myself, Duchess Kiera as we assemble a bid and, pending approval, Event Steward Dragonslayer 2025…
November Tavern – Food Bank Donations
What – TavernWhen – Nov 14, 7 pm – 10 pmWhy – To be social, dance, and collect items for the Food Bank In addition to the usual activities, we will be setting up some tubs for items to go to the Food Bank. What sort of things does the Food Bank collect?
September Tavern – Newcomers
NEWCOMER TAVERN – SEPT 12 This month we will be making space for the Officers and Champions to share a bit of what we do in the SCA so it’s an ideal time to bring that friend who has asked about what you do on weekend. In addition to the usual activities of dance and…
Summer Skirmish 2023 Post Demo Info
And another Summer Skirmish is done for the year and it was a mighty one! For those interested in the stats The Military Museum has already set a tentative date for August 17-18 for 2024 (so as not to conflict with another Medieval Fair on the 24-25. Again, a huge thank you to Isabelle Bassett,…
Montengarde is Part of Summer Skirmish (Aug 25 – 27, 2023)
Once again as per our Educational Mandate, Montengarde calls upon its populace to come out to demonstrate our fighting, our historical excellence, and our overall enthusiasm! More details to follow as we get closer to the event but save the date and start thinking about what you would like to bring as something the public…
A&S Online Moving to Discord
After Dragon Slayer, you’ll need something to wear for Quad War. This Tuesday, June 20th, come see what the cool kids are making for it!Now on Discord! 7 pm – 9 pmhttps://discord.gg/D5hJzEue – We will be meeting in the Public Voice Chat.– There is a quick Walk Through to Discord under the WELCOME– Discord is…
Dragonslayer Reminders
Greetings, Here are some friendly reminders for the weekend. 1. There is currently fire bans and restrictions in place. As such please bring propane cooking devices and/or propane fire pits. Also please note the ban included bug torches unless they are propane. 2. If you ate bringing dogs with you they must be on leash…
Call for Dragonslayer & Dragonblinder
Greetings good people of Montengarde and the surrounding Shires! Dragon Slayer approaches and We eagerly await letters of intent for both Dragon Slayer (Heavy Champion) and Dragon Blinder (Archery Champion). The cut off date is Wednesday at Midnight, so please be sure to e-mail Us at excellencies@montengarde.org in the next couple of days. Why, you…
May Days in Windwyrm! May 26-28
Whatcha doin’ this weekend? Coming to MayDays?! We sure hope you are! Yes, we’re camping! Friday You can come Friday evening to set up and hang out with us, then… Saturday Gate opens at 9 Displays for A&S set up for 10 Merchants should be opening for 10 Fighty stuff is around 11, I’ve heard…
May 25th, 2023 – Fight Practice Moved to Riley Park
Due to scheduling conflicts with The Calgary Rehabilitation Centre, Martial Practice for the 25th of May, 2023 will be relocated to the S.W. corner of Riley Park (weather dependent). Please note that this location has limited amenities and is a fully public location. Please prepare accordingly. Please see below for a map of the location.…