# Event Details - **Event Name**: Highland Foorde Holiday Party - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 28 Dec, 2025 at 10:30 am – Sun, 28 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join Highland Foorde as we celebrate the holidays and showcase SCA excitement! This activity will have classes, challenges to select our new Champions (A&S, Brewing and Bardic), a garb swap, and finally a potluck! If you have any friends or acquaintances who have been interested in the SCA, please encourage them to attend. To further show good will towards those who are interested in the SCA, (Newcomers), feel free to prepare and bring a small helpful token or largess that is beneficial to someone new! We encourage carpooling as this activity is meant to be welcoming to everyone and could be very popular! Tentative Schedule 10:30am: Site Opens 11am-12:30pm: Baroness Beatriz will be teaching Hand Sewing, Come learn basic, useful stitches for all types of garb and sewing projects. Prior experience is not required, and all materials will be provided. 1:30pm-2:30pm: Lady Bertina is teaching hand sewn buttons, all materials will be provided. 3pm-4pm: Garb Swap and Newcomer Meet and Greet! Do you have old garb from a previous SCA era? Do you wish to gift a newcomer with their first garb pieces? Bring your grab to upcycle and trade with others! Please take home any of your un-swapped garb when you're done. 4pm-5pm: Placeholder for Brewing, Bardic and A&S Challenge Judging 5:30pm: Tentative Court Time 7pm: Site Closes The 12/28 weekly Sunday Highland Foorde Heavy Fighting Practice is expected to take place at the Holiday Party, weather permitting The duties of a champion!: Being a champion of Highland Foorde is generally a year long commitment where you'd represent Highland Foorde in your station during champion competition held at larger events. You're also requested to retain for their excellencies at events they're attending should you find yourself there as well. Finally, you will be in charge of next year's challenge for your position when it's time to select a new champion. Champions are presented with regalia on loan to use while they're champion, to be passed on to the next champion or returned to Highland Foorde when you step down. Challenge Information: From Lady Peyton, our A&S Champion: I invite our artisans and researchers to step outside their comfortable niches. As we dive deeper into our craft, we naturally drift toward familiar eras, trusted sources, mediums, and tools; clinging to them because they’re comfortable and beloved. This challenge asks you to spread your wings again, just like when you first discovered the SCA and, more specifically, A&S. Choose a manuscript resource outside your usual comfort zone; whether that means a different period, region, culture, or medium, and create something new (for our Challengers at least) inspired by something old. Bonus points if you can also talk or write about your submission, explaining what your usual comfort zone is and how this new piece pushes you beyond your normal wheelhouse. This is an opportunity for everyone to get a little experimental. I encourage the populace to think about that one thing they’ve always wanted to try and to take that leap. Winter may be a season of comfort and warmth, but for this challenge, let’s dare to shed a layer or two and see what new ideas emerge. From Ollamh Ruaidhri an Cu our Brewing Champion: Good times and good company demand good drink, therefore, those wishing to become the Baronial Brewer should prepare two concoctions, one alcoholic and one non-alcoholic. Documentation is lovely but pleasing the palette is paramount. From Ollam Lanea inghean Ui Chiaragain, our Bardic Champion: Please bring us three performance pieces of your choosing, be they sung, played on an instrument, or recited. A period piece A piece that brings you inspiration A piece that reminds you of the joy of community--your barony, your friends, your family, etc. Please keep each of your three pieces shorter than 5 minutes so that all who are interested may participate without fatiguing the judges or audience. Spoken documentation will suffice. Extra points will be awarded for original works, original translations, and more thorough documentation. Link to GPS for the event site: https://www.google.com/maps/place/East+view+Community+center/@39.4396351,-77.4748654,871m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c9dd5cff708c05:0x26ad62c4e9a2edc!8m2!3d39.4396351!4d-77.4748654!16s%2Fg%2F11l25h1h6j?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEyMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D We encourage and ask that you use the sign up sheet for the potluck so that we can all be aware of what is being brought. Sign up for the Potluck by using this link if it asks for a code, it is 3650: https://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=ALRY0992&v=312351bff0 If you have any questions, please email roisin.caomhanach@gmail.com Promotional image excerpted from: British Library, Royal 19 C VI, f. 131 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frederick/highland-foorde-holiday-party/200029277765649 - **Event Categories**: contests, holiday, parties, food-drinks, entertainment, potluck, workshops, meet-and-greet - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 58 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Frederick - **state**: MD - **country**: United States - **location**: East View Community Center, Oakmont Drive, Frederick, MD 21702 - **lat**: 39.44036 - **long**: -77.47516 - **full address**: East View Community Center, Oakmont Drive, Frederick, MD 21702, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Highland Foorde Holiday Party - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/b415a5fec6e973184cadd863955b8fb9a7e343660aa2350c59a42976aabd0459-rimg-w675-h540-dca49590-gmir?v=1766352405 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Highland Foorde Holiday Party being held? - **A:** Highland Foorde Holiday Party takes place on Sun, 28 Dec, 2025 at 10:30 am to Sun, 28 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm at East View Community Center, Oakmont Drive, Frederick, MD 21702, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Highland Foorde Holiday Party ? - **A:** Highland Foorde Holiday Party is organized by Barony Of Highland Foorde. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Highland Foorde Holiday Party is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Frederick, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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