Dinner and Dancing with the Duchess

Hosted by Barony of Carolingia - Cambridge, MA

Event date: March 7th, 2026

Event Last Modified: February 14th, 2026

Event details

Duchess Thyra is spending a rare evening at her town home instead of her country estate and to celebrate wishes to invite you to an evening of dancing and feasting.

This event will feature two tracks for learning.  One will be a dance track, during which the dances for the evening's festivities will be taught.  The other is a cooking track where participants will learn about what goes into planning and preparing a feast and help get the courses for the night cooked and served. 

In the evening there will be a multiple course, sit down, feast, with dancing between the courses. 

*EVENT CAP*:  This event has a firm cap of 175 people, pre-registration is strongly encouraged

Feast is being lead by Lady Richenza as our head Kitchener and her deputies Lord Orlando dei Medici and Lady Sisuile Butler.  The menu is below.

Pre-set
Bread with new cheese

First course – English
Chebolace (onions and greens with an egg yolk sauce)
Crustardes of Flessh (poultry pie)
Beets

Second course – Italian
Mountain Mushrooms (Sauteed Mushrooms with Spices)
Lasagne
Brodo of Fish (Sweet-and-Sour Fish)

Third course – French
An assortment of vegetable tartlets
Red cabbage rolls with sausage
Hot potato salad

Buffet of assorted sweetmeats and dried fruits

Site Opens: 1pm
Site Closes: 9pm

Event Website

None

Event Location

Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Greater Boston
145 Brattle St
Cambridge, MA  02138
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Directions:

Parking and Public transport information:

The church has a small parking lot that will be reserved for event staff and anyone with mobility limitations who contacts the event steward *prior* to the event.  Additional parking is reserved for us (and local residents) on Brattle Street, both sides in legal spaces, from Sparks Street to Appleton Street.  Also all of Sparks Street in legal spaces, but between Brewster St and Brattle St it is RIGHT side ONLY (right when head towards Brattle St, same side as the event site is on).

The Church is also served by the 74, 75, and 78 bus out of Harvard Sq by the stop at Concord Ave @ Buckingham St and Concord Ave opp Buckingham St.  Both stops are a 2min walk from the Church.

The Church is also a 17 min walk from Harvard Sq T stop. 

Registration Fees

Registration:
Non-members 18 and older $35
Members 18 and older $25
Youth 12-17 $10
Children under 12 Free

Feast:
Feast is included in the site fee

Make Checks Payable to: SCA-Barony of Carolingia

Contact Information

Event Steward:

Lady Deirdre Grenewode
mka Amanda Bergeron
224986@members.eastkingdom.org

Send Reservations to:

Maîtresse Ysane la fileresse - If you have questions about registering for the event please contact Ysane at 151591@members.eastkingdom.org

Pre-registration is by Paypal and the link is below.  This event is capped at 175 people and pre-registration is strongly recommnded

https://surveys.eastkingdom.org/index.php/335631?lang=en

A PayPal invoice will be generated within 24 to 48 hours of the online pre-registration survey being submitted.  Online pre-registration is not complete until the PayPal invoice has been paid.
February 26, 2026 is the final date for PayPal pre-registration.
This survey does ask for membership information but you will still need to provide proof of membership at the event. 

Other Contact Information:

TBA