[Ansteorra-announce] Come one come all, to The Shire of Loch Ruadh' s premier A&S Competition

[Kathy Varner]

Attention all Artisans and would be Artisans,
Spring has sprung and all is newly green but, warm golden days, harvest 
celebrations and the camaraderie of an Ansteorran Lughnasad hosted by the 
Shire of Loch Ruadh is not really so far away.
Remember, time grows short for starting or perfecting your entry for the 
Lughnasad X A&S Competition.
This year’s format will focus on newly acquired skills and crafts.
For ideas consider this:
A seamstress learns to carve wood, a painter begins to ply floss for 
embroidery, a wood crafter enamels copper.
Have you decided what your entry will be, did that last class you took 
really spark your creativity? Were you amazed at the quality of your first 
endeavor? Bring it on out and enter our competition!

Rules:
1.Entries must be the fruits of skills or crafts newly learned since the 
turning of the year (Jan.2004 through Aug. 2004)
2.The skill or craft should be sufficiently different from your field of 
expertise or experience for you to be considered a novice. Please no entries 
where-in you embroider with silk rather that cotton etc…
3.Divisions will be limited to Adult’s and Children’s categories, with no 
degrees of skill, as all will be novice in their new craft.
4.For this competition the definition of novice has naught to do with the 
number of times a particular piece has or has not been entered into 
competition. By this definition novice simply means that the skill has been 
acquired since the beginning of the year. Not that you have become 
proficient since the beginning of the year, but that you have begun learning 
the skill within this time-frame.
5.Documentation is not required, however a short essay outlining how and why 
you chose this new skill, any difficulties encountered, and your intent to 
pursue or abandon the skill would lend support to the entry.
6.The number of entries per person is not limited, but all should follow the 
guidelines as listed.

Work diligently through spring and summer, and reap the rewards of your 
labors with the ending of summer and the celebration of the harvest.


In Service,
Catrin ferch Rhys
MoAS Loch Ruadh

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