[Ansteorra] Drawing in Members...

[Fiona the Needleworker]

Okay, I'm asking. what did your mom say/do when you told them you  
found the SCA? The people in the magazine?

Fiona

On Feb 19, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Elizabeth Crouchet wrote:

> Story time:
>
> When I was in the 5th grade I got a magazine for young minds called
> "Dynamite" . One month the centerfold of the magazine showed the  
> front line
> of the Pensic war just before a battle.
>
> I was hooked. These people didn't just study history, they DID it!
>
> I showed it to my mom, she said something like " That sounds like  
> something
> you would really like, maybe you can find then when you get to  
> college."
>
> That was the end of it at the time. I forgot the name of the  
> organization.
> But one night, early in my sophomore year I ran into some people on  
> the
> elevator in the Student Union building and they were discussion what  
> could
> only be that medieval war in Pennsylvania. I spoke up and I was in  
> like
> Flynn. Not 4 days later I was in a borrowed t-tunic dress at the Texas
> Rennaisance Festival and camping with the SCA in the evenings. That  
> was soon
> followed by a dance practice and  the rest is a very long history of
> participation.
>
> I ordered that magazine for 3 years and I don't remember any other  
> articles
> at all. (Sometime ask me about my mom's reaction when I told her I  
> had found
> them.)
>
> Somewhere in there just has to be a lesson on recruiting and  
> retention.
>
>
> Claire
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