[Ansteorra] Vivats at Coronation

Burke McCrory burkemc at cox.net
Sun Jul 21 11:50:25 PDT 2002


At 01:20 PM 7/21/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>Greetings Friends!
>
>My apologies if this has been discussed before, but I have been a bit out
>of circulation of late due to mundane business matters.
>
>Sadly I wasn't able to attend this past Coronation, but I heard something
>that has puzzled me and made me curious.  I heard there were five "vivats"
>at this coronation.
>
>As I said, I've been a bit out of circulation and so haven't heard if
>kingdom tradition or law (or where ever these things are written) has
>changed.  Granted I have only been in the SCA for about 11 years, but it's
>always been
>
>1 "vivat" for an AOA level award.
>2 "vivats" for a Grant level award
>3 "vivats" for peerage and above, including the crown.
>
>When did this change?  I had also heard that there were four "vivats" at a
>past coronation.  Is this going to be an ongoing tradition?  At what point
>will it stop?  I have this hideous image of the "vivats" at the end of
>court being longer than the actual ceremony in the not too distant
>future.  *chuckle*
>
>So, can someone fill me in on what I missed?
>
>Ever curious,
>Gio

Gio,

You are correct for the norm, but I think that the herald was trying to
honor Patrick and Julia as they start their fifth reign on the Sable
thrones.  Fifth Reign = Five ViVat's.

Burke







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