[Bards] Ansteorran History - Recorded

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

Excellently stated, Robert.

I would add only that what you have said applies not only to Kingdom
history, but the history of our individual groups as well.  It is a shame
for someone new to join a Barony, Shire, Canton or College, and be unable
to discover the roots of that group, why it came into being, and the
triumphs and tragedies that make it what it is.  If we forget our history,
we have no past and no roots, and are thereby weaker than we should be.

Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain
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Robert Fitzmorgan wrote:
>     What I very much want is to get on record, (audio or written)
> Ansteorra's History.  As the years pass bits of our history are being lost
> as people forget things, stop playing, or die.
>     In my early years in the SCA I spent many hours listening to William
> Blackfox tell the stories of early years of the Principality and Kingdom
> of
> Ansteorra.  Those stories are lost now.  I certinly don't remember them
> well
> enough to tell them.  To my mind this is a tragedy.  And it's a tragedy
> that's going to be repeated unless we do something about it.  I've heard
> Willow, Robin, Blackfox and others tell many wonderful tales of our
> Kingdom.  But I haven't heard any of those tales often enough to re-tell
> them.  When our founders no longer tell those stories will they be lost
> forever?   They don't have to be.
>
>     I never met* Orm Sjoldbidig  *I would love to ask Willow and Johathon
> why they created the Order of the Lion and why they made Orm the first
> Lion.  In fact I would like to ask all of our former Crowns, if they made
> a
> Lion, why they made that particular Lion.  And I think it would be great
> if
> we could hear it in their own voices.
>
>     What I want to see, and what I think Zubeydah is proposing is an
> organized effort to record and preserve our history.  Small and
> inconspicuous digital recorders can be had at very reasonable prices.  We
> need people willing to tell the stories and have them recorded, people
> willing to record them, and a place to collect the stories where people
> can
> access them.
>     We only record the tales that the storytellers want to have preserved.
> Nothing should be recorded or posted without permission, and no one should
> be berated or condemned because they choose not to be recorded.
>
>   I believe that if we are going to do this, it should be now, before
> anything else is forgotten or anyone else is lost.  I believe this is a
> perfect project for the Bards of Ansteorra.
>
>     I can't make this happen myself.  I can't travel all over the Kingdom
> recording stories.  I don't get to event much these days.  I don't have a
> server to collect the stories on or the skills needed to set one up.  But
> I
> bet between us on this list we have all the resources needed to make this
> happen.   I would be happy to help organize and coordinate if needed.
>
>    I want to applaud Zubeydah for bringing this up and for actually making
> a
> start on something I've only been thinking about.  I think this is a
> worthy
> project and I think we should support it.
>
> Robert Fitzmorgan