[Ansteorra] Battle of the Pines/Graywood

[Martha Elliff]

I'm tired and sore....and glowing with satisfaction.  Thank you to those who 
stepped forward and put your heart into this event along with mine.  Not 
only shire members, but those who traveled for hours to cook and serve 
feast, set up and take down the site, run events, judge events, run a 
waterbearing table, do children's activities, haul water, and take care of 
countless other details.  Our shire is indeed blessed with many hard-working 
friends.  Even the emissaries of the crown pitched in and helped with 
equestrian and feast set-up and three teenage boys who were attending their 
first event volunteered to serve feast.

Because of all of that hard work, we have some truly fabulous pictures to 
show you.  As soon as I finish sorting through them, our vscribe will be 
creating a "See What You Missed? page in place of the event announcement on 
our website.

Our new champions are:
Rapier-  Don Brian mac Cael
  Received the linen cloak Don Shea made
Chivalric-  Master Airaklee
  Received the buckler Sir Henri donated
Bardic- Brian o'hUilliam
  Received the scroll case Sir Henri and I made
Arts & Sciences-  Catriona of Seawinds
  Received the cedar chest that Sir Henri made and Sir Badon tooled straps 
for
Equestrian- Sir Henri le Hibou de Bois
  Received the leather halter by Cyrac and the box of goodies he'd provided
Archery- Johan the Wanderer
  Received the leather combat quiver that Mistress Charla, Sir Henri, and I 
made
Youth Boffer- Zachary of Graywood
  Received an inkle woven belt made by Sam and a grape shooter made by Sir 
Henri & ammo

Recognized during evening court for their efforts to build our site were Sir 
Badon, HL Grim, Ld Lucius, Mistress Jalali, Ld Latham, Ldy Claire,and Ld 
Malcolm who are not members of our shire but who worked along side of us 
during work weekends to make this happen.  Thank you scrolls with a bit of 
original illumination for each were given.  To show our appreciation to 
Charles for cooking feast for us, Henri forged a cooking tripod/utensil 
stand with S-hooks to further his pursuit as an apprentice.

After feast, Sir Henri and I gave a fire fan show to scare and titillate our 
captive audience and then the bonfire in the fire pit was lit off and many 
fire spinning feats were performed by our shire, the Shire of Rosenfeld, 
Lady Calena of Seawinds.  Everything from poi to the ball of fire, to the 
fire sword fight, and the burning flail which resulted in fried frog legs.

It is my hope that those who attended our event enjoyed themselves.  It was 
very rewarding to watch our new site come to life.

Shameless plug- Our next event date is Labor Day weekend 2007!

Thanks again to each of you.

Lady Rosalinda de Salerno
Autocrat

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