The College of Svaty Sebesta is a full status chapter of the 
Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. and is also organized as a 
student organization of the University of South Dakota at Vermillion.  

Mail to the group should be addressed:

Standard Mail:	Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. College of Svaty Sebesta PO BOX 1 VERMILLION SD  57069-0001
e-mail:	socrean@usd.edu

Svaty Sebesta’s membership encompasses all age groups and 
professions of the community and include individual and family 
memberships.  

Members of Svaty Sebesta are not required to join the Society for 
Creative Anachronism, Inc. in order to attend or be involved in local 
events.  They must join SCA, however, if they wish to serve as officers 
or participate in competition events. 

Regular business meetings of the College of Svaty Sebesta are held
at 7:00 p.m. each Thursday evening of the academic year in Room 218 
of the Neuharth Center (North entrance and up the stairs).  The
 Calendar of Events for will list any changes in location.  They are 
usually one hour in length and are open to the public.  All are 
encouraged to attend. 

During the Summer, Svaty meets every Thursday evening to grill
bratwurst and work on projects.

An Incomplete Description of the Society 
The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. is a world-wide 
organization for individuals who wish to study and reenact 
the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods of history.  The 
Society is based on the landed nobility of Europe and is 
governed by kings and queens and their attending courts.  
The dress (garb), music, literature, sports and chivalric 
ideals of those periods unify the events and activities 
of the SCA. 

Members study all aspects of the time period.  Most visible are 
the colorful garb worn at events and the armor and weapons of 
the fighters.  Less visible, but just as significant, are; the 
customs of speech; the preparation of foods; the study of herbs; 
the performance of dance, music and drama; the construction 
of shelter, weapons and armor; the study of heraldry; weaving; 
pottery; brewing; and, in essence, all of the varied arts and 
crafts of the time period. 

An essential part of the flavor of SCA is created by the practice 
SCA members have of adopting an SCA persona and name for 
use in the organization.  Viking, Celt, Scot, Norman, Asian and 
other cultures are well represented in SCA by individuals who 
have adopted the garb, lifestyle and names of those Middle Age 
societies.  Members are free to choose whatever name and persona 
they desire as long as it is appropriate to the time period.   


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Last Updated Monday 6 Aug 2007 by Thomas Mac Paul the Younger