[Ansteorra] Fw: Happy New Year A.S. 36

[Rebecca Bevel]

Wasn't there an invocation at the first event?  Something like "Here is
Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his
head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of
coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way,
if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it.  And then he
feels that perhaps there isn't. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready
to be introduced to you."  Only in Latin?
Rebekah

----- Original Message -----
From: "Theron Bretz" <tbretz at montroseclinic.org>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Fw: Happy New Year A.S. 36


> > Thought you all would like to know, today seems to be the 36th
anniversary
> > of the SCA coming into being. :)
> >
> > How about some really cool stories of the beginning of our time?
>
> Well, the "first tournament" was won by a guy with a fencing mask and epee
> (whose "medieval name" translated to "German Student Union"), but that
> little tidbit of nformation tends to be overlooked in the stories.   Odd,
> that. :-)
>
> Actually, I remember one story that was told to me at 25th year, regarding
> armour in the early days of the Society.  Someone out in the West found a
> letter from one of the early knights to another thanking him for the loan
of
> the helmet, but that he'd be returning it as he'd recently acquired one
that
> protected both his face and the back of his head.
>
> Luciano
>
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