We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am followed by our Populace Meeting at 11:30am, May 11, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. We should be having some visitors from the West, so bring your best! Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out fighting,...
ACTIVITY UPDATES
27 April and 4 May 2024 Fighter Practices Cancelled
Due to many of our fighters being unavailable both April 27th and May 4th, Fighter Practice is cancelled for both dates. Please join us at Atenveldt's Spring Coronation Event May 4th. We also have guests planned to come to our May 11th fighter practice from Calafia to...
March 30, 2024 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am, March 30, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out fighting, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on our Facebook page that you are interested so we can bring...
March 29, 2024 Archery Practice
We will be having Archery Practice 4:30pm-6:30pm, March 29, 2024, Friday at the corner of E 24th St. and S Camino Del Sol. (head East down E 24th St. from S Fortuna Rd. to the end of the street, the site will be on your left). Even though shade will be provided,...
[Cancelled] 23 March, 2024 Fighter Practice
Fighter Practice for Saturday, March, 23, 2024 is cancelled. Have a great weekend at Border Wars if you can make it! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
March 16, 2024 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am, March 16, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out fighting, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on our Facebook page that you are interested so we can bring...
March 15, 2024 Archery Practice
We will be having Archery Practice 4pm-6pm, March 15, 2024, Friday at the corner of E 24th St. and S Camino Del Sol. (head East down E 24th St. from S Fortuna Rd. to the end of the street, the site will be on your left). You may find a little St. Patrick's day theme...
2024 February Activities Recap and Photos!
What a wild month! Our participation at the Two Rivers Renaissance Faire did not go unnoticed, and we made some new friends along the way! A big thank you to Eleanor and team for allowing us a place among your fine people this year! We look forward to hopefully being...
February 24, 2024 Newcomer Orientation Day!
Welcome all! We will be having a Newcomer Orientation Day of demos for just about all activities we currently have available locally in the Shire! Come on out to Sanguinetti Park starting at 9am through 12pm on February 24, 2024, Saturday. No need to worry about...
February 17, 2024 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am, February 17, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out fighting, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on our Facebook page that you are interested so we can bring...
The Shire at 2024 Two Rivers Renaissance Faire!
The Shire of Burning Sands will be at this year's Two Rivers Rennaissance Faire February 2-4, 2024! Come see us there from Friday through Sunday! Current members who wish to contribute please bring any projects you can work on there so people can see what we do for...
January 20, 2024 Populace and Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am followed by our Populace Meeting at 11am, January 20, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out fighting, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on our Facebook page...
A Proclamation from the Crown
We, Cona, King by Right of Arms, do hereby proclaim that, for the duration of Our reign, those who have been given an Award of Arms may don a circlet constructed of precious metal, unadorned, to be no taller than one quarter of an inch, as an external marker of their recognized nobility.
January 19, 2024 Archery Practice
We will be having Archery Practice 4pm-6pm, January 19, 2024, Friday in open public land near the corner of E 24th St. and S Camino Del Sol. (head East down E 24th St. from S Fortuna Rd. to the end of the street, the site will be on your left). Even though shade will...
January 13, 2024 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am, January 13, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on our Facebook page that you are interested so we can bring loaner...
January 6, 2024 Fighter Practice
Greetings and Happy New Year Burning Sands!We will be starting the new year out with Fighter Practice starting at 9am, January 6, 2024, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Newcomers: If you are interested in trying out, please email seneschal@sbs.atenveldt.org or post on...
December 23 and 30, 2023 Fighter Practices CANCELLED
In observance of the Holidays, Fighter Practice for both December 23 and 30, 2023 are cancelled. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in January! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
December 16, 2023 Fighter Practice CANCELLED
Fighter Practice for Saturday, December 16, 2023 is cancelled. Have a great weekend! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
December 09, 2023 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice 8am-10am, December 09, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. As always, Newcomers are welcome! Please fill out our Contact Us form or post on our Facebook page if you are interested in using loaner gear! Hope to see you there! YIS,...
December 2, 2023 Period Potluck Success!
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!A grand time was had at our little Period Potluck hosted by Lord Mihil! Thanks to all who participated! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
December 2, 2023 Archery Practice CANCELLED
Due to the prevalence of the Period Potluck gathering planned for the same day, Archery Practice has been cancelled for November 25, 2023. Please join us for our potluck gathering if you can! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
December 2, 2023 Fighter Practice CANCELLED
Due to the prevalence of the Period Potluck gathering planned for the same day, Fighter Practice has been cancelled for November 25, 2023. Please join us for our potluck gathering if you can! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
Period Potluck and December 2, 2023 Populace Meeting
Greetings Shirelings and Newcomers! We will be having a Local Feast "Period Potluck" starting 12pm, December 2, 2023, Saturday hosted at the home of Lord Mihil and Lady Constance (address will be provided upon request, see below). What does that mean? As this is a...
November 25, 2023 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice 8am-10am, November 25, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please fill out our Contact Us form or post on our Facebook page if you are interested in using loaner gear! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
Upcoming Peerage Circles Schedule Announcement
Greetings and well met, fair Atenveldt! Circle Announcements! Their Royal Majesties Cona and Æsa would have it known that They will meet with Their Pelicans at Northern Yule in the Barony of Granite Mountain on December 2nd at 9am. They will meet with Their Laurels at...
November 18, 2023 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 8am, November 18, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our Facebook page if you are interested in using loaner gear! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
[CANCELLED] November 11, 2023 Fighter Practice
Due to Coronation happening the same day in BTY, there will be no Fighter Practice November 11, 2023. Hope to see many of you at Coronation and looking forward to seeing you all at the next Fighter Practice! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
[CANCELLED] November 11, 2023 Populace Meeting and A&S Class
Due to Coronation happening the same day, the Populace Meeting and A&S Class are cancelled for this month. Hope to see many of you at Coronation and looking forward to seeing you all at the next meeting and class next month! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal,...
November 4, 2023 Fighter Practice
We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 8am, November 4, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our Facebook page if you are interested in using loaner gear! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal, Shire of Burning Sands
November 4, 2023 Archery Practice
We will be having Archery Practice 4pm-6pm, November 4, 2023, Saturday in open public land near the corner of E 24th St. and S Camino Del Sol. (head East down E 24th St. from S Fortuna Rd. to the end of the street, the site will be on your left). Even though shade...
October 28, 2023 Populace Meeting and Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!October 28, 2023 we will be having Fighter Practice starting at 8am, followed by a Populace Meeting tentatively at 10 am, both at Sanguinetti Park. As always, our Populace Meeting is free and open for anyone to...
October 14, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!For those who will not be attending the Kingdom A&S Collegium at Barony of Atenveldt, we will be having Fighter Practice starting at 8am, October 14, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our...
September 30, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!Now that Their Royal Majesties have found suitable heirs in the North, it is time for us to get back to work locally again! We will be having Armored Fighter Practice starting at 8am, September 30, 2023,...
September 16, 2023 A&S Class and Populace Meeting
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having our monthly Populace Meeting starting at 9am, September 16, 2023, Saturday at the Main Yuma County Library Meeting Room C. All are welcome to join for this free gathering! Afterwhich will be...
September 9th, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Armored Combat Fighter Practice on September 9, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Armored Combat will begin at 8am. While it is starting to cool down, it is still plenty hot so bring plenty...
August 26, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!For those not attending the Mace and Greatsword event in BMMT this weekend, we will be having Armored Combat Fighter Practice starting at 8am, August 26, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Be sure to bring...
[CANCELLED] August 19, 2023 Archery Practice
Due to the imminent inclement weather forecasted for this weekend, Archery Practice for August 19, 2023, Saturday is cancelled. Pray take whatever precautions you need to make ready your homes for windy-wet weather and overall stay safe this weekend! YIS, -Sir Eugene...
August 19, 2023 Archery Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Archery Practice starting at 7:30am, August 19, 2023, Saturday at 32°41'06.5"N 114°25'37.1"W (open public land located behind the Mesa Del Sol neighborhood at the end of 24th St. by the Bureau...
August 12, 2023 A&S Class and Populace Meeting
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having our monthly Populace Meeting starting at 9am, August 12, 2023, Saturday at the Main Yuma County Library Meeting Room C. Afterwhich will be an A&S Class, “Intro to Scroll Illumination: Part...
August 5, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Rapier Fighter Practice starting at 7:30am and Armored Combat starting at 8am, both August 5, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Though we are starting earlier, it is still going to be hot so...
July 18, 2023 Sewing Night
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having a Sewing Night starting at 6:30 p.m., July 18, 2023, Tuesday. The host has requested those interested in joining us for sewing night reach out for the location since it is residential. If...
July 8, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Rapier Fighter Practice (no Armored Combat this week) starting at 8am, July 8, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our Facebook page if you are interested in joining us out...
June 24, 2023 Populace Meeting Notes
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!Below are the notes from our Populace Meeting on June 24, 2023. Exchequer Lord Mihil has checking if possible to write a check directly to the company to order rapier loaner gear for action. A&S Suggested...
July 1, 2023 Archery Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 8am, July 1, 2023, Saturday at 32°41'06.5"N 114°25'37.1"W (open public land located behind the Mesa Del Sol neighborhood at the end of 24th St. by the Bureau of...
June 24, 2023 A&S Class and Populace Meeting
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!For those not attending the Fabric Wars Event at BSD, we will be having our monthly Populace Meeting starting at 10am, June 24, 2023, Saturday at the Yuma County Heritage Library Conference Room. Afterwhich...
June 17, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!With the advent of the hotter months upon us, we will now be starting practices earlier. For those not attending the BTY "Gawd Awful Grail" Event, we will be having our local Fighter Practice for Rapier and...
June 3, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Fighter Practice starting at 9am, June 3, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our Facebook page if you are interested in using loaner gear! YIS, -Sir Eugene Haraldson Seneschal,...
May 13, 2023 Populace Meeting and Fighter Practices
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!We will be having Rapier and Armored Combat practices 9am, May 13, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park followed by our monthly populace meeting at 11am to discuss upcoming Kingdom events, plans for the Summer...
April 29, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!For those who will not be attending Barmaids at the Barony of Mons Tonitrus, we will be having Fighter Practice 9am, April 29, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. Please post on our Facebook page if you are...
April 8, 2023 Fighter Practice
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!For those who will not be attending Sable Knight at College of Saint Felix, we will be having Rapier and Armored Combat practices 9am, April 8, 2023, Saturday at Sanguinetti Park. We will again be having a...
April 1, 2023 Fighter Practice and Populace Meeting
Greetings unto the Populace of the Shire of Burning Sands!It has been a busy month of March with events across the Kingdom, but now we finally get a chance to have a practice and populace meeting! There will be Rapier and Armored Combat practices 9am, April 1, 2023,...
Looking for an Archery Site
We are currently in search of a location for archery practice in the Yuma area where we won't run the chance of infringing on other organizations and vice versa. If you know of any appropriate locations for free use as an archery range (we use portable target...
Mar 11, 2023 Fighter Practice
Armored Combat and Rapier Fighter Practices will be on March 11, 2023, Saturday, 9:00 am @ Sanguinetti Park. YIS, -Sir Eugene Seneschal of the Shire of Burning Sands
Shire of Burning Sands: Eugene
"I joined the Shire of Burning Sands in 2016 after my friend pestered me enough to come check it out; I've never looked back. I can definitely say I've grown into a better person as a result of the influence the Shire and the SCA as a whole have had on my life."