<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Elanor…I don’t know if I could have put it any better, really.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m afraid I have to agree with both of your sentiments in most ways.</FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Kenneth, I also mostly agree with you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I feel that there are some modern tunes that, when filked correctly, can be squeezed in without destroying the dream.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the other hand, though I’m guilty of it myself and I die for Ghost Piggies in the Sty, I can very much see where you’re coming from.</FONT></div> <div
class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Emma there is no reason to apologize.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I feel very much the way you do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The game is partly suffering for the system of it all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think it’s very much like ‘Binding one’s feet to impede their own progress.’<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Dream is something many people love and it happens to be different for just about all of us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For me, it’s that moment when you forget that you drove here in a car wearing a funny costume and listening to the radio.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s that moment when you forget that you’re pretending and, even if for the
briefest of moments, you really are there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">When I first joined the SCA down here in Ansteorra, I was shown and told of heroes and legends that actually happened.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I instantly felt welcome and wanted to be like them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I found the people of this great kingdom to be spirited and free, even under the rule of a king.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bards walked from camp to camp, knights told tales of glory on the field (instead of ‘no-sh!t-I-was-there’), jesters terrorized the courts, and revelry was at a high. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was a place of fun and happiness,
where we were all in it together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now it’s go to the single event going on here or there or don’t go, cars parked in campsites, and a tension floating about that you could cut with a knife.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Hour="1" Minute="0">one am</st1:time> open to any suggestions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve been told of the old culture camps and that sounds nice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m up for anything I can currently afford to do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even if you feel that you can’t help with some sort of project,
simple persona play could make a newcomer’s (or even an oldie’s) experience that much better.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Baron Wylfred, that sounds like a wonderful idea!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maybe we should try something like that. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I bet the bards of Kragenworth Keep might be interested as well.</FONT></div><p>
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