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Sca Renaissance
The Castle of Toronto
Casa Loma, Toronto's castle and the city's second most important tourist attraction, has an extremely interesting history. It was the life dream and brainchild of Sir Henry Pellatt, one of Canada's most successful industrialists and financiers in the early 20th century. After learning about the fascinating background of this unique structure in my meeting with Lou Seiler, Casa Loma's Director of Marketing, it was time to explore these fascinating buildings first hand. Lou explained that Casa Loma actually is a complex that includes several buildings: the Stables and the Hunting Lodge (construction started in 1906), and Casa Loma itself (built between 1911 and 1913). The architect was E.J. Lennox, one of Toronto's foremost architects who also built Toronto's Old City Hall, the West Wing of the Ontario Legislature - Queens Park, and the King Edward Hotel. Pellatt loved medieval architecture and drew sketches of architectural details during his trips to Europe which he passed on to his architect for inclusion in the plans of his dream castle.
After leaving the basement cafeteria, Sir Henry Pellatt's state-of-the art exercise room, Lou showed me the roughed-in swimming pool in the basement that was never finished due to lack of funds. It was supposed to be a lavish feature, clad in marble and decorated with gold swans. Then we had a quick peek into the castle's Gift Shop, whose three arches were laneways for Sir Henry's proposed bowling alley. We stayed with the underground theme and walked through an 800 foot long and 18 foot deep Tunnel past original furnace facilities that could burn the 800 tons of coal necessary to heat the entire complex over the winter. On the other side of the Tunnel we reached the Potting Shed, used to propagate the large number of plants on display around the estate. Pellatt was an avid lover of horticulture, had an extensive garden with exotic birds and animals and won several prizes for his orchids and chrysanthemums.
Our next stop was the Garage. Although these were the early days of vehicle ownership, Sir Henry Pallett owned four vehicles, and as a real pioneer of his times, he owned the first electric car in Toronto. Our underground explorations continued to several rooms that were used for growing mushrooms, part of the horticultural and culinary efforts at Casa Loma that would feed the many guests at the frequent social functions at the castle.
Back on the main floor our next destination was the Horse Stables. Sir Henry Pellatt owned several horses and Prince was the name of his favourite horse. When Prince started to lose his teeth in old age, Sir Henry had a set of false teeth made for him so his favourite horse would still be able to chew his food. Horses in general lived a great life at the Pellatt Estate: they enjoyed stalls built of mahogany, and floors of Spanish tile laid in a herringbone pattern to prevent them from slipping. Windows in the stables were hinged to open at the top so the horses would not experience any draft. Next to the Horse Stables is the Carriage Room, an impressive high-ceilinged space with a hammer beamed ceiling and decorative artwork with a wooden floor that is a foot thick.
As we walked back through the Tunnel to visit the main castle, Lou explained that members of the "Society for Creative Anachronisms" (SCA) performs medieval battle demonstrations every Sunday. The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe and has more than 30,000 members all around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which may feature tournaments, arts exhibits, classes, workshops, dancing, feasts, and more.
They are also available for school visits and bring medieval culture to life.
Back in the main castle I was impressed by the Great Hall, a grand interior space 60 feet high, featuring a hammer beam roof. A 40 foot (12 m) high leaded glass window with 738 individual panes generously lets in natural light into this imposing space and gargoyles adorn the supporting columns. From here we turned into the Oak Room, whose original name was the Napoleon Drawing Room. This was indeed Sir Henry Pellatt's drawing room whose walls feature solid oak panels carved in the style of Grinling Gibbons, a famous Renaissance carver. This room was featured in the movie "Chicago" as Richard Gere's law office.
Then we went all the way up to the 3rd floor past the Queens Own Rifles Museum and started climbing up to the Scottish Tower. There are two towers at Casa Loma that can be accessed by the public. The Scottish Tower is enclosed, and can be accessed through 3 sets of narrow staircases above the third floor. Casa Loma is a castle that you can explore from top to bottom, including the rafters and open spaces under the roof! The Norman Tower features an open-air platform and is currently closed to the public. I was amazed that all these different areas are accessible to visitors, you can literally explore all the various nooks and crannies of this historic structure.
Despite the drizzly weather, the view from the Scottish tower was phenomenal. Casa Loma sits on a hill overlooking downtown Toronto, with views as far as Hamilton and Niagara Falls on a clear day. I had to line up at the winding staircases for people to file upstairs and downstairs before it was my turn to get to the highest point of the castle.
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Are there any active members of The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) here?
One of my favorite memories of experiencing close to 100% serenity in the midst of turbulance and chaos was meeting SCA members in their full regalia--historically-correct, home-made garments like straight-out of the Middle Ages and Renaissance {before 1600 AD}. I would really like to get to know more about what they do.
Well met!
I hail from the Kingdom of Northsheild where Aesa Drottnig and Kitadate-Tenno recently assumed the Stellar Thrones in a beautiful Japanese-themed Coronation event.
The SCA is not a true reenactment group, recreating a particular time or place. Rather, we are a living history organization that learns about the time period from 600 to 1600 AD by recreating the parts that interest us. You will have costumers (like myself) who study and sew. There are spinners, weavers, dyers, dancers, calligraphers, illuminators, cooks, fighters (armored and fencing), archers, brewers, vinters, singers, musicians, etc. If they did it in the SCA period, chances are there's someone in the SCA who's taken an interest in it. I know of men who sew and embroider their clothing, which we call garb, yet also fight and make the plate armor they wear when fighting. You can teach yourself, or appoach someone who already does what you want to do and ask them to teach you.
Our practices and guild meetings are open to member and non-member alike. Only fighters and officers are required to be paid members. We typically only bring out the garb for events though. The large event for my area has run between 800-1200 people and the activities at the event run the gamut of what we do in the SCA, plus merchants. We also have much more targeted events, like a costuming or illumination or heraldry symposium. There is a two-week long event in August in Pennsylvania called Pennsic that has up to 12,000 attendees.
Many SCAdians adopt personas but they are not necessarily characters like in Ren Faires. You are not required to have a name, or even dress the time period of the name you choose, though some people have elaborate stories about their chosen persona.
If you go to www.sca.org you can find your local group. There are chapters all through the world, including a Shire based on a military naval vessel (the only shire with it's own nuclear weapons lol). The SCA has the world divided up into kingdoms and baronies as part of the corporate organization.
Ranks in the SCA are earned. While you will typically hear people referred to as "my lord" or "my lady" you may only use the title Lord or Lady (I am Lady Annora, for instance) after receiving an award. Awards are given in formal court settings. The highest awards granted are Knighthood, Laurel (like a knighthood for arts & sciences) and Pelican (for service). Other titles are earned by holding certain positions (such as acting as Baron or Baroness for a barony, or for having been King or Queen).
What else can I tell you? lol I think the SCA is great fun.
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