ANST - Re: ASTR - SCA - 35 year ???

knotwork at juno.com knotwork at juno.com
Mon May 3 15:27:33 PDT 1999


The nuclear accident at Chernobyl happened while we were at 20th, and
some of us didn't know for a couple of days! 

Joanna
 
>
>As to the comment about the attendance being a bit less at 25th year 
>than
>at 20th year, Yes, that may be true.   I was a part of the committee 
>that
>ran that 25th year event (Waterbearer Coordinator), and from what I 
>recall,
>we were anticipating an attendance around 3000-4000 attendees.  I 
>believe
>we had around 2000 attendees, instead.   This drop in attendance was 
>not
>due to the event, or the location or the staff; but to a little *real* 
>war
>known as 'Gulf Wars' in the Persian Gulf.   A week before TFYC (25th),
>national military had been put on readiness status, and while they 
>were
>still in the States, many SCA folks in military choose to stay close 
>to
>home rather than come to 25th year.  There were a few die-hards who 
>did
>come to the Celebration, and were called up in the middle of the 
>event, had
>to fly out on the earliest plane, and their friends had to pack up all
>their gear and transport it home.    So, I believe the attendance at 
>25th
>year would have surpased 20th year, had not REAL LIFE taken priority.
>
>If the SCA wants to hold a 35yr Celebration, they are already 
>dangerously
>close to being too late to put it together.
>
>Bn. Hillary Greenslade   Westgate/Stargate
>
>
>
>
>
>Kingdom Seneschal of Ansteorra <kingsen at ionet.net> on 05/02/99 
>06:09:24 PM
>
>Please respond to coastal at Ansteorra.ORG
>
>To:   Ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>cc:   Central at Ansteorra.ORG, Coastal at Ansteorra.ORG, 
>Northern at Ansteorra.ORG,
>      Southern at Ansteorra.ORG, Western at Ansteorra.ORG (bcc: Marsha
>      Greene/MIS/Houston/Corp/LCA)
>Subject:  CR - SCA - 35 year ???
>
>
>
>
>Greetings to the populace of virtual Ansteorra,
>
>I have been asked to pass on the following question from the BOD.
>
>Should the SCA plan to have a 35 year celebration or should the SCA 
>only
>hold one every 10 years with 25 and 75 being special cases.  I would 
>like
>for everyone who has an opinion on this to either post it to the list 
>or
>email me directly.        Thanks.
>
>
>In Service to the Dream
>
>Sir Burke Kyriell MacDonald , OP
>Kingdom Seneschal for Ansteorra
>E-Mail: kingsen at ionet.net
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