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• Lyondemere Anniversary: We invite all good Gentles to join us on July 19, 2008 to help us celebrate the 30th anniversary of our fair Barony. Come enjoy the fighting of various kinds, fun, feasting, and fair weather in the Barony by the sea. As this is the thirtieth year, the theme will be pearls and the best use of such in some creative fashion. Read More >>
• Fall Crown Tourney: Their Majesties Edward and Mora call all citizens of Caid to bring forth their finest and join them for a tournament on Saturday, August 23, 2008 to determine the Heirs to the Thrones of Caid. To mark this occasion in grand fashion, all baronies, shires, cantons, colleges, households, war bands, and individuals are charged to bring out their finest in tournament pageantry. Read More >>
• Council Meetings: Join us on the first Monday of the month for our Baronial Council meeting, at the El Segundo Public Library from 7:30-9:00 PM. Meetings are open to everyone. Come in your modern clothing, and join us afterwards for socializing and food at a nearby restaurant. Details >>
• Caidan Calendars HEROES AND LEGENDS, A Caidan Calendar of Peerage and Mythology, are available now! Details >>
  
  

The Barony of Lyondemere is the local chapter of the SCA, the Society for Creative Anachronism. The SCA is a non-profit 501(c) society dedicated to research and re-creation of elements of the Middle Ages and Renaissance history. The Barony is also the parental group for the Noe College, the SCA branch at Cal State University of Long Beach (CSULB).

We are also a part of the Kingdom of Caid, one of nineteen "kingdoms" or major geographical units of the SCA. There are an estimated 35,000+ people involved in the SCA around the world.

The Barony of Lyondemere hosts up to an average of 10-15 or more meetings, workshops (such as cooking, dancing, costuming, arts), and fighter practices a month, and between 3-5 major events a year.

Council Meetings (1st Mondays) are held once a month, during which we discuss business items. Fighter practice (Sundays and Wednesdays) encompasses both Heavy Weapons and Rapier Fence. Heavy Weapons is an "unchoreographed martial art," recreating swordplay of the middle ages, using rattan swords, shields, and a variety of other secondary weapons. Rapier Fence is medieval Fencing in the round, using foil, epee, musketeer, or schlager (no saber). Archery practices (target archery) are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.