Badges and Terms
chuck_diters at mail.fws.gov
chuck_diters at mail.fws.gov
Thu Jun 19 09:34:50 PDT 1997
Good Gentles,
A few days ago I mentioned our annual Eskalyan Newcomers event on this
list, and the discussion of "badges and terms" brings to mind another
little thing we do at that event. It is certainly not a _period_
activity (in fact, it steals shamelessly from party ice-breakers and
some team-building seminar behaviors), but it does tend to (a) get our
newborn cousins involved; (b) get our populace--at least the
officers--involved; and (c) provide some background and recognition of
the structure, function, and regalia of the Society.
At the beginning of the event (and whenever any newcomer enters
through Constable's Point--which is also staffed by the Chatelaine or
a deputy) a contest is announced, asking all the new to collect
"Pearls of Wisdom" {sorry ;-) } by seeking information from the
officers and populace. The officers in turn are all identified by
(rather gaudy representations of) their badges of office, and both
they and the populace are armed with a pouchful of (plastic) pearls.
There is an additional increment of pearls available to all newcomers
who complete a form (sorry again) with the names and offices of all of
the officers along with a two or three word description of their
functions. [In this latter, neatness does not count, no points are
taken off for spelling, and any reasonable approximation of the right
answer is rewarded.]
These pearls are then used as currency in an auction prior to the
prize tournament. The successful bidder (occasionally "bidders," in
the case of a couple or family who have wisely pooled their resources)
for the fighter who ultimately wins the prize tourney is invited to
join that fighter at high table for feast, along with the Baron and
Baroness.
There are other twists, but that's the general idea.
Bjarni
************************************************************************
Chuck Diters/Bjarni Edwardsson West/Oertha/Eskalya
Shadowood Manor, 9541 Victor Road, Anchorage, AK 99515-1470
ph: (907)344-5753 Email: chuck_diters at mail.fws.gov
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's
too dark to read."--Groucho Marx
************************************************************************
More information about the Ansteorra
mailing list