This website is a portal to the internet for the Barony of the Steppes, in the Kingdom of Ansteorra, of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA), an adopted name within the SCA for Dallas, Texas, of the United States of America.

DON'T JUST STUDY THE PAST... LIVE IT!

Some say Chivalry is dead, but we live it every day. Join us to discover how our ancestors lived in earlier times as we build, dance, feast, fight, and strive to be Lords and Ladies, the nobility of our Society. And we have a great time doing it! Join us!

If anything about knights, cavaliers, vikings, kings and queens, lords and ladies interests you, then the SCA is the place for you. Someone in our Society studies and practices almost anything you can imagine people doing in the middle ages. You can experience medieval life, not just study it.

The central theme of the SCA is that we are a participatory group. When we want to understand how people fought in medieval wars, we put on our armor. When we want insight into the courts of kings and queens, we dance and feast. We show what we have learned to each other and to the public.

The SCA's members are volunteers. No one gets paid for teaching new people; meeting and teaching new people is a big part of the fun!

June Steppesletter uploaded

The June 2009 Steppesletter, our baronial newsletter, has been uploaded to the website.

This and all previous newsletters can be found at:

http://steppes.ansteorra.org/steppesletter

Thanks,

Duncan
Steppes Webminister

May Minutes and Steppesletter uploaded

The Business Meeting minutes, as well as The Steppesletter, our baronial newsletter, have been uploaded to the website.

They can be found at:

http://steppes.ansteorra.org/minutes
http://steppes.ansteorra.org/steppesletter

Thanks,

Duncan
Steppes Webminister

Archery Practice - CANCELLED

At this time, practice on Sunday is canceled. However, if you just need to fling some arrows, please go to Glaslyn's Defender of the Flame event this weekend. Sir Lazguaard will be running the range and I'm certain he has a good shoot planned. Good Luck to everyone who participates.

Until next time,
HLy Katya

April Steppes Letter online!

The April issue of The Steppes Letter is online at:
http://steppes.ansteorra.org/steppesletter

Thanks to Lady Elec for producing another wonderful issue.

Don't forget, the deadline for the April issue
is: Friday April 24th 2009

As always, advertisements, articles and artwork from the
populace would be very welcome. Please send all such items to the
Steppes chronicler, Lady Elec.

In Service,

Don Duncan Hepburn
Steppes Webminister

Unofficial Archer's Pot Luck Revel & Prize Tournament

03/08/2009 - 1:00pm
03/08/2009 - 6:00pm

Greeting Archers,

Not getting enough archery to sate that need to fling arrows down
range? Wish you could do something about it? Yeah, us too!
Our solution, let's just hold a archery tournament ourselves!

You are hereby invited to join us following the March 8th 2009
Steppes Archery Practice for our Unofficial Archer's Pot Luck Revel
& Prize Tournament sponsored by the Draconian Horde in conjunction
with participating members of our local Arc d' Or. Come join us for
a fun filled afternoon of archery contests held in grand fashion! Test
your skill against other members of our region's archery community
for word fame and a chance of winning the contents of our tournament's
prize chest!

But wait, we're not just asking archers to come, all are welcome! We
invite our local bards & heralds to come join in, entertain between the
contests and help to announce competitors to the line. Good practice

IT'S THE GREAT JACK O' LANTERN SHOOT!!

11/01/2008 - 3:00pm
11/01/2008 - 9:00pm

IT'S THE GREAT JACK O' LANTERN SHOOT!!
Saturday 3PM November 1, 2008

As our days grow short and the shadows longer,
there's the hint of chill in the blowing wind,
dogs howl at the rising moon, grim looking
gourds with dimly lit features quietly watch
& wait from the darkness. Soon, very soon
they shall answer Stingy Jack's call!

The grimacing ugly-faced Jack O' Lanterns of the
season are not something to be welcome, but are
instead something we should be prepared to defend
ourselves against!

The tradition of carving Jack O' Lanterns
goes back to ancient times when people
believed evil spirits roamed the earth and
returned to their homes in winter. An Irish
legend tells of a rude & abrasive man named
Jack whom upon his death, was not welcomed
in heaven or hell. "Stingy Jack" had played
tricks on the devil himself. Not even welcome
in Purgatory, Jack was destined to haunt the
earthly world. He carried a lantern and came

Archery Practice - CANCELLED

05/03/2009 - 10:00am
05/03/2009 - 1:00pm

As I type, more thunder is rolling about outside. Regretfully, we will have to cancel archery practice again. Hopefully, you made it to Dragons Fire Tor and were able to get some shooting in.

Let's all cross our fingers for next week. What would make a good gift for the Rain Gods? I'm really needing to get some practice in.

Stay dry, stay safe.

HLy Katya

August Steppesletter Uploaded

For your viewing pleasure:

http://steppes.ansteorra.org/node/155