[Ansteorra] A thought about why people leave for feast...

[willow taylor]

I remember the Parachute well. That was one of the teams I was part of.
The Clan Caldal, especially your Father's and Mother's house put on some
of the best open events. I am glad you are keeping the tradition alive.
Willow

On Mon, 13 May 2002 22:56:13 -0500 Dom <thunder-domi at coxinet.net> writes:
> Ido! It was my father's (Ld Jonn Elynn) orange and white parachute
> that was
> used several times when they couldn't get the GP medium that was
> usually
> use for the Red Bull Tavern. I was just talking to my father and he
> said
> something about that one of the most memorable times that they used
> the
> parachute was for an archery event that he and my mother(Ldy Ygraine
> of the
> Alluring Smile) autocrated that got rained out and they called it
> the
> "Boggy Woggles" event. :-) Lots of fun times back then!
> I hope that you can come up for Wiesenfeuer Baronial this year Your
> Grace.
>  As anyone who has been to my hafla will agree that my friends and I
> do a
> great job with the atmosphere.  I have several bags that I take to
> events
> now and some friends of mine started calling it Hafla in a Bag or
> Domi's
> Taveling Hafla. I love it.  I hope that you are able to come and if
> not I
> hope that we will see each other soon.
>
> Hldy Dominique
> Hospitaler of Wiesenfeuer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	willow taylor [SMTP:jonwillowpel at juno.com]
> Sent:	Monday, May 13, 2002 6:04 PM
> To:	ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> Subject:	Re: RE: [Ansteorra] A thought about why people leave
> for feast...
>
> This is what I was talking about. Did any of you wondered who put up
> the
> Parachute? I know I was part of the team that did it at least
> fifteen
> times in my SCA career. I was part of the groups that thought it was
> nice
> to create the pretty areas where there could be magic. For about 25
> years
> I had no troubles finding people who thought creating special areas
> was a
> fun thing to do but for the last 8 years I have not been able to
> find
> anyone who wants to work on these kinds of activities.
>  My problem is my health. While I can do a lot I can stand on my
> feet
> long enough to supervise everything and I can get to enough events
> to
> '''sell" the ideas. Also a lot of the young organizers are working
> in
> households. I think household events are great but I think we need
> activities that are open to all.
>
> Willow
>
>
>
> On Fri, 10 May 2002 17:25:56 -0400 Reihla at aol.com writes:
> > > Domi said:
> > > One of my favorite memories of the SCA was when I was a
> > > little girl and we would sit under a great parachute
> > > pavilion with pillows and carpets scattered everywhere and >
> next
> > to the pavilion there were a couple of campfires
> > > going.
> >
> > Those days weren't so long ago.  Those were some of the best times
> > when I joined, and that's only been about 15 or so years ago.
> Wait
> > a minute, how old are you?
> >
> > I'm the first to admit I love the Haflas and drumming, and the
> > bardic circles.  But some of the best times were just sitting out
> in
> > the middle of the list field all night long telling stories with a
> > group of people you didn't know.  By the time the sun came up the
> > next morning (and you were all there to see it) you felt like
> those
> > folks were some of your best friends.
> >
> > Ah, the good old days...  Have I been around long enough to say
> that
> > yet?
> >
> > Kat  >^.,.^<
> > Wiesenfeuer
> >
> >
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