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Don Aaron and Elizabeth CarterWelcome to the current middle ages..
You have found the Barony of Gryphon's Lair web site. Where we hope you will find all the information necessary to learn who we are and what we are about.
Gryphon's Lair is centered in Ogden, UT and encompasses many of the surrounding cities north of Salt Lake City.
What is the SCA?
Gryphon's Lair is a Barony in the Kingdome of Artemisia one of 19 Kingdoms in The Society for Creative Anachronism (or SCA). The SCA is an international non-profit organization dedicated to researching and recreating the arts, skills, and traditions of pre-17th-century Europe.
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Members of the SCA study and take part in a variety of activities, including combat, archery, equestrian activities, costuming, cooking, metalwork, woodworking, music, dance, calligraphy, fiber arts, and much more. If it was done in the Middle Ages or Renaissance, odds are you'll find someone in the SCA interested in recreating it.
What makes the SCA different from a Humanities 101 class is the active participation in the learning process. To learn about the clothing of the period, you research it, then sew and wear it yourself. To learn about combat, you put on armor (which you may have built yourself) and learn how to defeat your opponent. To learn brewing, you make (and sample!) your own wines, meads and beers.
You will frequently hear SCA participants describe the SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to have been." In some ways this is true – we choose to use indoor plumbing, heated halls, and sewing machines. In the dead of winter we have more to eat than King's venison, salt pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is that we selectively recreate the culture, choosing elements of the culture that interest and attract us.
Source - sca.org new comers info read more here.