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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=600435520-17022004>I
think more pomp and ceremony would be a good thing. I like the honor shields,
heralding et al. that I have experienced on the Rapier field. It will not affect
the likelihood of my participation. I think it will enhance the prestige of
our archers. If we want more archers we need to make archery look fun and a
little glamorous.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=600435520-17022004>I was
in the archery tournament of which Ironwrym spoke. It was advertised
as a "Royalty Shoot". You had to be sponsored by a member of the royalty to
enter. It was a glorious spectacle. Doing the honor shields may not be common
for a period archery tournament but we will probably find the general
hoopla was.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=600435520-17022004>Elric
Dracwin</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ansteorra-archery-bounces@ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-archery-bounces@ansteorra.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bob
Dewart<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Ansteorra-archery]
Pomp and Ceremony<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings and Hi There,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Folks, I got 2 questions (OH NO). Which
would you all prefer to see and do: have more pomp and ceremony to conducting
the Royal Huntsman or just go out there and get it shot and over
with?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now by more pomp and ceremony I mean like a order
of march to present the shooters to Their Highness and Crown (perhaps with
personnel heralds), Honor shield to denote who's shooting (like the heavies
use for Crown).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And, if it were more pomp and ceremony would you
be more or less likel to particpate? For this question, let's assume
that attending the event is not a problem.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gilli</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Shoot more arrows. You're bound to hit
something.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>