[Ansteorra] ideas... long

Barone Orlando Di Gilead orlando at agilejedi.com
Wed Jan 30 13:32:39 PST 2013


That's our Fool!!! Great Story ;-)

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Tina Michael <tinabetta at gmail.com> wrote:

>  So, we all seem to know what some of the issues are with the magic rubbing
> off and all, but what can we do to recapture that magic and spread it to
> other folks that may continue the Dream when we are long gone? We have all
> chipped in with ideas such as putting away the technology, and covering up
> the mundanities but what will bring in new blood to the mix? It doesn't
> necessarily have to be younger blood either, there are so many older folks
> that are tired of the modern (mundane) world and are looking for a way to
> escape from it even for the weekend.  We have to step out of the campground
> and go out in the world and find those like minded souls and let them know
> who we are and that we exist.
>
>   Years ago, I was working at Walt Disney World and I was sitting drawing
> my own versions of fairy tale princesses in big fabulous dresses to give
> away as coloring pages and a fellow I knew from the character department
> caught me at it. He asked if I drew the picture, I said yes and that
> anything I could draw I could sew, he said 'well, have I got to tell you
> about a fun group of folks that would love to see what you can do!" After
> my first event I was hooked, wow! A place where I could imagine fabulous
> gowns and wear them and people would not think I was a little weird!
> Yippee! Then they found out that in my heart there lived a Vaudevillian
> soul who wanted to make the costumes, wear the costumes and then get up and
> tell stories and sing too? No one had ever let me do that before, not my
> parents, teachers in school and definitely not my job. I had all of the
> encouragement that I could want, I was 'adopted' by several households and
> groups. And I bloomed in the SCA.
>
>   What I was given was the most precious thing anyperson or organization
> could give, love and acceptance for what I was and what I could offer to
> the whole. We need to be constantly vigilant for those people out there who
> might be looking for us and not know it. We need to stop being insular,
> look up from the iphone for a minute and see the people, who might already
> be wondering what we do on the weekend. and find their spark and kindle it.
> But most important of all, appreciate them, nurture them and encourage them
> once the lure of the Dream catches their curiosity. We all got involved in
> this because we were interested in some aspect of it and we were curious.
>
>  Alright now ya'll, get out there and look! Let's all dress up funny and go
> somewhere and talk to people and if we see that curious spark take on the
> challenge of igniting the flame.
>
> Vivat the Dream
> may it live long
> in hearts and in poetry, story, and song.
> For all men need a Dream as we all ken
> and each time that we gather we dream it again.
>
> God bless Mistress Warjina, I love that song.
>
> Lady Augustina Elizabetta da San Germano
> aka Tina
> cause it is more friendly and easier to type
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