Collegium Caidis

Collegium Caidis is back in person for 2025!

Learn something new! Hone your existing skills!

Come for a full day of classes on arts, sciences, combat techniques, and society skills. There will be classes for beginners through advanced students.

If you wish to teach at this years event, please fill out the form: Collegium 2025 – class teacher

The deadline for class submissions is May 15th. If you have questions please reach out to either Duchess Staeina Halfdanardottir or Dylyedog Mary Dedwydd verch Gwallter

Location:

Rosemead High School

9063 Mission Dr.

Rosemead, CA 91770

This is a dry site.

Schedule:

Saturday, June 7, 2024:

8:30 – Site opens

9:00am – 1pm – Classes in session

1pm – 2pm – Lunch break

2pm – 5:50pm – Classes in session

6pm – Site closes

Registration fees:

Event site fee is $25. Member discount site fee is $15

Children 17 and under are free.

All are welcome.

‘Cash & check accepted at the gate. Please make checks payable to “SCA, Inc./Kingdom of Caid.” ‘

Lunch:

Lunch will be provided by Mistress Rebecca and Sir Philip. Donation lunch available for the populace. Teachers eat for free.

There are also local restaurants near the site.

Event Steward: Duchess Stæina Halfdanardottir – collegium.caidis@sca-caid.org

Directions to Rosemead HS.

From Los Angeles:

Travel East on I-10 San Bernardino

Exit CA-19 Rosemead Blvd.

Keep left at the fork and continue to CA-19 N Rosemead Blvd. Merge

onto CA-19 Rosemead Blvd. travel straight

Turn left at Mission Drive

Rosemead High School is located on the corner of Mission Drive and Rosemead Blvd.

From San Diego:

Travel North on CA-163

Exit onto North I-805 towards Los Angeles

Merge onto North I-5 Exit North I-605

Exit onto West CA-60 Pomona Freeway

Take CA-19 Rosemead Blvd. exit

Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Rosemead Blvd. North Travel

North on Rosemead Blvd.

Turn right on Mission Drive Rosemead High School is located

on the corner of Mission Drive and Rosemead Blvd.

From Ontario, CA:

Travel West on I-10 San Bernardino

Exit towards Rosemead Blvd.

Turn left at Glendon Way (at the bottom of the off-ramp)

Turn right onto Rosemead Blvd. travel straight

Rosemead High School is located on the corner of Mission Drive and Rosemead Blvd.

Disclaimer: Although the SCA complies with all applicable laws to ensure the health and safety of our event participants, we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to infectious diseases during in-person events. By participating in the in-person events of the SCA, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks. You agree to take any additional steps to protect your own health and safety and those under your control as you believe to be necessary.

What is Collegium Caidis? One weekend each year, SCA members from across the Kingdom of Caid and others interested in recreating history gather to learn from each other. This weekend is packed with classes and workshops related to Ancient Rome, the Viking Era, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

It offers SCA members an opportunity to teach, passing on the skills and knowledge they have learned. It also offers an opportunity for all students to learn. Many of the classes are geared towards beginners and welcome both those who are new to the Society and those who are learning new skills. Other classes are designed for more advanced students.

Are you interested in … clothing … music … cooking … metalworking … calligraphy & painting … combat techniques … dancing … spinning & weaving?

Great!! There are classes in all of these areas and many more.

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Class List

Crescent Roundtable	Exchequer Open Forum
Accessible A&S: A Parent’s Guide to Youth Pentathlon	Charcuterie 101
SCA Photography Basics and How To Use Your Camera	KMOAS Office Hours
Field Heraldry 101: Yelling is for everyone!	Distilling for Beginners
Intro to Andean Backstrap Weaving	Doodle 101: How to Draw
Monstrous Births, Werewolves, and Other Renaissance Oddities	Oseberg Colors: Dye like a Viking
Beginning (and Improved) Spinning	From Quern to Bread (Grinding Grains to Make Bread)
Exploring Paint mediums for Block Printing	Renaissance Trim for Everyone
Foodways of the Highland Mayans	Scroll Design Basics
Short History on the Mayan Civilization	Historic techniques for Modern Bookbinding
The Baronial Marshal	History and making of a rope sling
Saber Technique 102	Arrow Dynamics: how does archery work anyway?
How to Be a Herald	Introduction to mongolian history pre mongolian empire to 15th century
What do I do with my hair??	Intro to Block Carving Using Modern Methods
Wanna be Crown or a B&B? What to know before you go.	Macrame Bottle Holder
Ottoman clotted cream	Leggere un Libro: a historical timeline of Italian combat texts
Viking garb made easy	The Games of Alphonse X the Wise: Chess
15th Century Metal Etching Techniques for the SCA	The Games of Alphonse X the Wise: Dice Games
15th Century Printmaking	The Games of Alphonse X the Wise: Tables Games
Selling The SCA: How to Talk to Newcomers	Burnout – for SCA volunteers
We Are Starting a Household – Now What?	Advanced Patterning Techniques: The Bara Method
CAID Technology Roundtable	Phoenix Players
What’s Your Geek?	Deconstructing a Medieval Script
From Picture to Project	Historical Models of Time and Advantage
Beginning Saber and Broadsword for Cut and Thrust	Beginning Illumination
Beginner Longsword for Cut and Thrust	Modern Gilding
Block carving for printing	Beginning Calligraphy
DEIB Camp Wall Painting	Demystifying DEIB
Cultivating an Environment of Fairness	Slavic Mythology for Beginners
Herbalist Guild Plant and Seed Swap	Courtesans 101
Venetian Cosmetics. How to look Fabulous in the 16th century	Iron Gall Ink Making
The En Tibi Herbarium – Preserving the Plants of the 16th Century	Head to Toe
Don’t be “Skirret,” you too, can grow medieval plants.	Discord for Beginners
Never Give a Brownie a Hat	Heraldic Flag Design
Persona Development for the Beginner	The Medieval Broderer in London
Slavic Hero Tales for the Bard	Embroidery 101: 8 Period Stitches
Embroidery 102: Additional Techniques and Design	Drop Spindle for Beginners
Embroidery Thread Survey and Sources	Seam Checking 101
Researching at Museums	Strength training for Rapier
Beginner Recorder Playing	Beginning Needle Lace – Pulled work, Drawn thread, and Reticella
Herald-Painting for Novices	How to: Make a hair covering called a St. Birgitta’s Cap
Advanced Gold Embroidery