[Ansteorra] SCA in the News, Vol. 1, Issue 7

[Blair Frodelius]

_*SCA in the News: Volume 1, Issue 7 - January 20-26, 2007*__*
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A knight to remember 
<http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2007/01/20/news/local/2loc01_knight.txt>*_
Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA
"Hit me like you mean it!" hollered his target, Nemo Magnus, a heavily 
armored squire from the Society for Creative Anachronism. "Come on!"

*Medieval Faire heads into final day 
<http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS0103/701210372/1075>*
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
"It's something unusual that you don't normally see in Fort Myers or 
Southwest Florida," he said. "The jousting and sword fights are pretty 
impressive. It looks like it hurts."

*Sword-wielding student wins <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16725299/>*
MSNBC - USA
Rhode Island's education commissioner has ordered a high school to 
publish a yearbook photo showing a teenager with a sword.

*Armed and odorous 
<http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2007/01/armed_and_odoro_1.html>*
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Lionheart stops and nonchalantly congratulates me for hitting him as 
hard as would be needed in a real battle. Endorsing the way I move 
around (backing off mostly), he criticizes my stance, which is too 
square. As a result, in theory he could easily impale me.

*/_Fun link of the week_/**  Find out your medieval vocational 
personality: *http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdom.html

*/_Video of the week_/*  *An unusual video of various SCA events set to 
a Phil Collins song: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJ7yZd3V2w

/SCA in the News courtesy of Gyles de Blair, //Barony of Delftwood 
<http://www.delftwood.org/>, Kingdom of Aethlemearc 
<http://www.aethelmearc.org>/