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The '''Canton of Whyt Whey''' is the [[SCA]] [[branch]] defined by the borders of the county of New York (Manhattan Island). It is part of the [[East Kingdom]]. |
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== History == |
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The origins of the [[Canton]] of Whyt Whey lay in the backyard of [[Sir]] Edward Zifran of Gendy in the 1980's. He would hold [[fighter practice]] back there and afterwards everyone would go to a restaurant across the street called P.J. Reynolds (now defunct). Eventually the fighter practice was no longer held at his house, but the gathering at the restaurant on Tuesday nights remained. |
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Sometime about 1988, someone looked around and said words to the effect of "hey, we could start a [[canton]] here!" The original thought was to call the canton "Grate Whyte Whey" as a [[pun]] on the misspelling of [[Ostgardr]] that would mean "[[cheese]] [[farm]]" and the nickname for Broadway. The [[herald]]s allowed only the last two words to be the [[name]] of the canton. |
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== [[Heraldry]] == |
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There was much debate over the [[device]] for the canton. Some of the founding members were adamant about it having [[cockroach]]es, that most indomitable of local fauna, on it. Others were grossed out by the idea. The current [[College of Arms|registered]] device is "[[Sable]], a [[german beetle]] dismembered within a [[laurel wreath]] and on a [[chief]] [[embattled]] [[argent]], a [[pomme]]." |
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== [[Event]]s == |
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Being located in the county of New York (the island of Manhattan), few full-size, and no [[camping event]]s have ever occurred there. Possibly the largest [[event]] was the "May Games" event held in Central Park, with the feast held at the West Side YMCA. The group does many [[demo]]s for [[school]]s, and has had a presence at the [[Fort Tryon Park Medieval Festival]] for several years. From 1992-2005 the weekday fighter practices were held in Union Square, and many news organizations, TV stations, and independent journalists, photographers, and videographers have acquired words, pictures, and footage of SCA [[member]]s and SCA [[fighting]] there. |
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== Publications == |
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The [[newsletter]] is known as the ''[[Cheese Cloth]]''. |
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== [[Officer]]s == |
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The unnofficial titles of the officers of Whyt Whey are as follows:<br> |
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* The Black Flag [[pursuivant]] |
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* The Combat [[knight marshal]] |
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* The Raid [[captain-general of archers]] |
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* The Roach Motel [[chatelaine]] |
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* The Hav-a-Heart [[seneschal]] |
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* The D-Con of [[arts and sciences]] |
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[[category:cantons (SCA)|Whyt Whey]] |
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