ANST - Springfaire, Barony of Elfsea, April 9-11th
Paul Mitchell
Paul_Mitchell at Filemaker.com
Thu Mar 18 11:04:00 PST 1999
Galen of Bristol here...
My lady wife, HL Allessandra Desiderio <allessandre at hotmail.com> is
organizing the
chivalric ("heavy weapons") tourney at Elfsea Springfaire next month.
More info
about the event is available on-line at
<http://home.earthlink.net/~dmmerlick/elfsea.html>.
Meanwhile, my lady has some rather, ahem, "different" ideas about the
tourney, in
the grand SpringFaire tradition, and to promote understanding and
generate interest,
she's asked me to post the following:
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And now for the first chapter of...
Springfaire Saga
Lady Igraine sits beneath her champion's pavillion, making certain that
she has not left anything back at camp. Fan... goblet... harp... music
book... she goes through her litaney of things. Trinkets! Oh yes, there
they are, and she breathes a sigh of relief. She sits back and admires
her gown, glad that she decided to make a new one for Springfaire. She
wonders who will be her first "captor". She hopes for Duke Ehrlich, who
has a lovely pavillion and a wonderful spread of food and drink on a
table in the back. She decides she could provide great inspiration for
him to keep her there in the lap of luxury. With that thought in mind,
she raises her harp and begins to tune...
On the other side of the list field, Lord Ulrich is also preparing. He
has asked several friends to help him to prepare. Lady Elaine and
Honorable Lord Karl are attendants for the consorts he will "win" in
honorable combat. It will be their job to make certain that any consorts
beneath his pavillion will have their every comfort provided when Lord
Ulrich is not there. They have flowers, and music, and some food and
drink to refresh the consorts and pillows and chairs for their comfort.
Lady Elaine also has a voice as sweet as an angel and Karl has brought
his lute. Ulrich is pleased with his little "salon". As he dons his
armor, Ulrich rehearses the speeches and poems that he wrote with his
knight's guidance. Even if he is not the winner of the tournament,
perhaps his generosity will win him wordfame, or even the prize for being
the best host!
Soon it will be time to call the pairings. The list mistress will write
down the name of the combatants, while they write down the name of the
consort they brought and give it to the list mistress to be put into a
bag. Then the combatants line up and choose a name from the bag. If
they draw their own consort, they must drop it back in and draw again.
As soon all the consorts are drawn, the fighters must find her or him and
introduce themselves. Then the combatants return and make it known to
the list mistress who they will be fighting for that round. And so it
begins...
Stay tuned for the second chapter of:
Springfaire Saga
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Questions about this tourney should be sent to <allessandre at hotmail.com>,
and NOT posted
to the Ansteorra list; she's not on the list.
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