ANST - Canton a "Beautiful" Site?

[penningtonhall]

I am very grateful that we use the Canton site.  It was a comfort to know
that my children had a safe place to go during the high winds at Warlord.
No matter where we were we would have had the high winds , it hit the DFW
area first.  At a more primitive site would we have had a large building to
go into during the storm?  I take safety over ambiance any day.  A lot of
events are held during rainy season, with the kingdom calendar being full
it's hard to schedule an event when the weather will be good.

Who says we can't make Canton feel more natural?  Most light poles have
breaker boxes on them, all it takes is to figure out which breaker goes to
the light and shut it off.  (make sure to turn it back on when you leave)
That way we can use torches and fires to light out way.  Why not make a
period tent?  Or if that is not an option get enough fabric and paint a
castle wall to enclose your camp with.  Most people camp in groups, make it
a group effort.  Make sure mundanities are covered at all times.  Keep your
camp site neat and tidy.  I'm sure that many people have other ideas that
would be willing to share.

Ldy Mary Elizabeth



----- Original Message -----
From: <gunnora at realtime.net>
To: ansteorra <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: ANST - Canton a "Beautiful" Site?


> Aleksandra said, in the course of a slightly different thread:
> >many of the major events are held in Canton.
> >Granted it is a beautiful site...
>
> I disagree extremely.  It's not "beautiful".  It's excruciatingly mundane,
full
> of big street lights, blacktop everywhere, and so forth.
>
> Yep, it's central, and yep, it's got electricity, and yes, we get a lot of
use
> out of it.
>
> Still, I prefer the more primitive sites.  I like the more natural
surroundings,
> and it's lots easier for me to imagine myself in medieval times when the
only
> light at night comes from fires and torches, not from a
zillion-candlepower
> streetlight.
>
> My favorite SCA site I've ever seen is Camp Ben McCullough (near Austin).
Nowadays
> it's much too small for most events, and we can't have the whole thing to
ourself
> excluding obnoxious mundanes, but it's pretty, the river is nice, and it
holds
> many fond memories.
>
> I'm sorry we no longer have Camp Burnet (the old Steppes site)as well.  It
was
> pretty, and while it had several modern features, they were all grouped
together
> -- it was possible to camp away from these and enjoy a more medieval
ambience.
>
>
> I'm not knocking the use of Canton -- it's useful, it's huge, and we can
get
> it with relatively little trouble.
>
> Still, it would be nice to look for other North Texas sites... I keep
hoping
> that someone up there will stumble across some fantastic, beautiful site
(beautiful
> in the sense of esthetic, medieval appeal, I mean, not just utility) that
is
> inexpensive, easily reserved, and easy to get to.
>
> For those criticizing about finding other sites, several years back
Bjornsborg
> put together several small teams for site hunting.  Several groups of us
got
> in our cars on non-event weekends and drove around looking for possible
sites,
> plus doing research in the phonebook etc.  It's not simple to find new
sites
> for as large a group as our average kingdom event draws, who have room on
their
> schedule for us to make reservations without having to make 'em 20 years
in
> advance, and which don't cost a large fortune to rent.  Try it yourself
sometime
> if you doubt how difficult this can be.
>
> In the meantime, I'll squint a lot when we go to Canton, and hope for the
discovery
> of a site that's "beautiful" by my definition of the word... *sigh*
>
> ::GUNNORA::
>
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