[Ansteorra] History/Enculturation/Clickishness....

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In a message dated 4/22/02 1:10:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
jaysmom at swbell.net writes:


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> >There seem to be fewer and fewer "older" people remaining onsite at events
> >in the evenings and at night.  Because of this I see a growing split in
> >culture because the "newer" people are not being exposed to the history or
> >able to get into circumstances to easily get to know the "elders" in
> >informal settings that breed comraderie...
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> guilty as charged :-(
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> a bunch of folks I know have been discussing this same issue recently and
> we
> all agree that we *want* to do better. We want to camp and eat feast and
> just hang around like we used to do in the good old days (back when we
> couldn't afford hotels or eating out), and we keep intending to do it at
> "the next event" but we're finding that life keeps getting in the way for
> many of us, but I know we'll keep trying because it's important ;-)
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> regards,
> Simone - who didn't camp at Bordermarch this past weekend due to aggravated
> tendinitis, but hopefully at the next event . . .
>

    I've noticed much the same.  Eight years ago if I went to an event I went
for the weekend.  Now I daytrip a lot more than I used to.
       I can't count the number of times I've been frustrated in trying to
get a bardic circle going only to find that court ran till 10:30 and all the
bards went to bed or went home by 11:00   It seems sometimes that the only
people still awake after 12:00 are the drummers.  Unless court is still
running that is.

Robert