Something else to note, SCA is not a re-enactment group. They do have some of the best research I've seen into fairly obscure topics, but they are geared a bit differently, to whit:

You will frequently hear a SCA person describe the SCA as recreating the Middle Ages "as they ought to have been." In some ways this is true -- we have few plagues, indoor plumbing, few peasants. In the dead of winter we have other things to eat than King's venison, salt pork and dried tubers. However, a better description is that we selectively recreate medieval culture, choosing elements of the culture that interest and attract us.
Ren Faires (depending on their ilk), have a similar bent, some really into recreating a bit of history, some that like wearing kilts and eating turkey legs, and some like me who do both . . .

to each their own, I guess.

Whilst we are talking about that, I was entering our show (I work for a friend of mine out there) and came up behind a pair of young men wearing very shiny new kilts. I came up behind them and put my arms across their shoulders and said in a very brotherly way, "Ach, I like yer kilts, there is certainly no more manly attire. But it is even more manly if the pleats are in the back . . ."

Mainly, I felt I should warn them before they entered the fest proper and be beset by all of the various "helpful" folk who will point out the faux pas. Rather loudly and with much pointing.