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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>greetings </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>sounds good , pester away ; )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>couple things I would add, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>1st , we need heralds !!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>there always seem to be people wanting to learn to be
field heralds, but they are always hanging out at the heavy field , try to gab a
younger one</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>( gently, no damaging the heralds ) early , and
convince them to herald for the range , or better yet , 2 heralds , that way one
can announce the field, and one can run back to the other side of the site to
let people know what's about to start, or when the final round is about to
start. and both heralds could trade off . put a little ceremony in your tite
shoot, have the king / queen/prince/princess/ baron/ baroness/ your girl friend
/ the ladies of the burnt meat , /somebody / anybody / audience , in a chair in
the shade ( reminds me we need shade for both participants and the adience
) and do a procession of competing archers archers before the title shoot
.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>like you said have more than one shoot, so that your
titled shoot can be fast paced , it should be dropping people fast till
you get it down to 5 or 10 people , audiences like activity , they want to be
able to tell whos winning , have the heralds announce who is leading per round ,
or even top 3 places , explain to them before each round what the archer will
attempt to do, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>eldern hills has earned a reputation for truly " evil "
shoots requiring archers to test their limits , due to this it is not uncommon
for them to have people bringing their own sun shades down to the range , so
that they can watch the shooting , at a recent tourney , it was announced in
court , ( and not by an archer ) that watching the shoot had been like watching
a pro golf tourney , ( wisper wisper from the audience , then twang from the
archer , then lots of applause as the archer hit his mark , weather he could see
it or not, and the rounds went on neck and neck , till finaly someone won
.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>2nd . we need more color ( yes , I'm guilty ) too many
times , you go to an event , there is no color except the targets , the cloths,
and the arrows , none of which will attract people to see what's going on . we
need banners on poles, we need champion flags on our safety ropes , we need
colored flags on poles holding up our safety rope.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>anything to ...well , on second thought , almost anything
to draw attention to the range .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>( no, blackmoon will not be putting on his barbarian
leathers and belly dancing to bring more people to the range , we don't want
them being ill when they get there ; )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>be safe, be happy, have fun</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Arthur </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=huntsmanlance@cox.net
href="mailto:huntsmanlance@cox.net">Lawrence</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org">'Archery within the
Kingdom of Ansteorra'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ansteorra-archery] missile
carpool , long ,was Re: Third Quarter 2008 Royal Round Keeper Report</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>Hi all,
</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>I have only
recently been able to get back into archery....having twins does that to
you!.....for my own enjoyment and as a archery marshal. So here are my 2 cents
(and its probably worth about as much!) on what i have seen when attending
events and shoots.</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Target Archery
isnt seen as important to most people as the other activities......but
the light weapons fighting wasnt as important as the heavy fighting not so
long ago. The same goes with all of the other activities. All of them were
small to start out with and it was because of the people who really loved that
aspect to keep them going and to make them grow. To make anything grow
it has to get peoples attention. </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>To
get attention it has to appeal to the masses. It has to be something that
makes people say...."Yeah i want to do that!" It also has to have dedicated
people to take on the challenge and do the work.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>It has to
be brought to the attention and supported by the people
with higher stations. "Especially" any "titled"
competition.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>It has to be
promoted. If the general populace isnt even aware of what is happening down on
the archery field then they will not show up to see if it is something that
they want to get involved in.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>It is going to
be up to all of us that are passionate about this to make it happen.
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Here are my
ideas of how to improve things....there has got to be more people to help run
a range or shoot. If it is left up to one poor soul to provide the targets,
haul them there, set them up, run the thing and then take it all down......of
course they wont have the energy or desire to spend any more time out there!
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>We need more
certified marshals that are willing to help run an event. If the work
load is broken up then it wont all fall on just a few peoples shoulders.
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>The details of
the shoots and tourneys need to be planned out and made known far in advance
so it can be listed on the event sites and in the upcoming event publications.
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>The details of
the archery shoots need to be announced at every Morning Court so the
populace will know what is going on for that weekend and people encouraged to
go take part or just to loan their support by attending. The children really
need to be encouraged to attend. You could even make up a sign with all of the
details listed and place it somewhere that gets more foot traffic.
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>If there is
going to be a Titled shoot then it should be held at this or that time to fit
along with the schedule for all of the other Titled activates.....but lets
face it, not everyone wants to go to all of those....so why not have the range
open? Have a fun shoot....a new persons shoot....a Royal Round, ect....ect. If
you get enough marshals to help out then the range could be up and running the
whole weekend. Even if someone only runs it for 30 minutes it will give the
others a chance to go see other things, to take a break.......or even be able
to participate!!!</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>As for a
Titled shoot....i completely understand that this should be a challenging
shoot to determine who the winner will be....but i have seen far to many
events with only a titled shoot and if you are a new comer.... are knocked out
the first round and dont get to shoot the rest of the entire event.......then
why travel the 4 hours to attend? (except of course to attend other
things) but i for one am mostly there for the archery and i am sure
there are allot of others that are the same.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Make up some
fun targets!!! Go to your archery practice and ask everyone what they think
would be fun to do at the event that your area is going to do. If you all come
up with some really cool targets then make sure you announce what they are
going to be to get as much attention as possible!!! Figure out what materials
or help you would need, get as many of your local archers willing to help get
it all made up.....this will also make them feel more part of the event....and
if you need extra help or funds announce it at your populace meetings and post
about it on the mailing list.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Funds for all
of this is one of the biggest problems....have raffles, or fund raisers to
help pay for materials and equipment. Ask any and all local artisans to donate
something if they can. Again...announce it in the populace meetings and
mailing list! You can have a fund raiser at your local event....but you can
also plan a fun shoot at your local practice range and have one.....get the
word out that you are having a special fund raising shoot or raffle if you can
get a nice prize donated. </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>I am probably
forgetting allot of other ideas but i am tired! and may pester you all with
yet another rambling post! LOL</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546102404-09092008><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Lance</FONT></STRONG> </SPAN></DIV>
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