[Bordermarch] Questions posted July 18 by Mistress LorainneDeerSlayer for demographics

[Jackie Leslie]

I spke with Lorraine at LPT and she asked that someone gather the responses and email them to her.

Isabella
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cindi Picou 
  To: Lou Burgin ; Barony of Bordermarch 
  Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:04 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bordermarch] Questions posted July 18 by Mistress LorainneDeerSlayer for demographics


  Thanks for the fascinating reading. I am really enjoying these responses, but I have to ask if you are sending them to Mistress Lorraine as well as to this list. (Tessa's post requested that we send our replies to Lorraine, I do not believe that she is a member of this list.) I just want to make certain that Lorraine is able to include these wonderful memories and viewpoints in her research.

  Cindi

  Lou Burgin <lburgin at gt.rr.com> wrote:
    (Q)1. What attracted you to the SCA?
    (A) My brother Iain was already a member so I had heard of it, but then I
    saw Simonn and Tessa in the audience of a production of Macbeth at Lamar (in
    garb)so I went to check it out.

    (Q)2. What is your perspective of what the SCA is to you?
    (A) On the surface, the SCA is a hobby, fun, enjoyable past time, but
    deeper it is a family who shares values that I think are important. Honor,
    courtesy, responsibility for ones actions are values that are dwindling in
    the outside world. Like Simonn and Tessa, I like that it provides a
    saturation teaching of these values to our children. When at events, these
    behaviors are common and the norm, they become comfortable to our children
    and they can take that confidence into the wider word.

    (Q)3. Where do you invest the most time and energy in the SCA (household,! 
    local group, kingdom, specific activity)?
    (A) Because of present physical and financial constraints, mostly local and
    household (Bladesong). I hope that will be changing in the near future.

    (Q)4. How long before you started to take initiative in the SCA (applying
    for an office, organizing an activity, etc.?)
    (A) Within the first year. I was MOAS, locally, learned to run a list
    right away, and was lady in waiting for Tessa on numerous occaisions.

    (Q)5. Were there instances that could have "run you out of the SCA"..why did
    they not...or why did you come back?
    (A) It almost happened, hurt feelings, loss of faith in people. I refused
    to leave with my reputation mistakenly tarnished, so I stayed and remained
    who I had always been until people saw the mistake. It was hard, but made
    bearable with the support of my SCA family.

    (Q)6. How long before you burned out? Why did you burn out? Is there
    anything
    anyone could have done to he! lp keep you from "burning out"?
    (A) About 14 years. I will not discuss it, it should be erased from SCA
    memory. That is a double edged sword. That which attracts us is the
    idealistic recreation of a "better" time, but that idealism can give us a
    skewed view of the people in the SCA also. Perhaps we need to remember that
    it is a hobby, and people are people who are flawed and make mistakes.
    Holding them to an unrealistic standard because of what they where on their
    head or around their waist is asking for disappointment when they revel
    their humanity.

    (Q)7. What do you get out of the SCA?
    (A) One gets from something in direct proportion to what one puts into
    it. I left the first sentence because I agree with it. Foremost I get a
    sense of belonging and rightness. The exposure to history and cultures is
    by all means enjoyable, but I fell it is the window dressing. What keeps me
    coming back is the feeling of belonging to something great in ! it's basic
    form. This is re-enforced when there is a tragedy and the people of this
    group give of themselves to someone that they may have never met, because
    they are a member of this "community". But the tragedy only shines a
    spotlight, the giving and sense of oneness is the constant that keeps us
    here.

    (Q)8. If you have your AoA...how long did you get it after starting to
    participate in the SCA?
    (A) About 18 months.

    (Q) and last but not least...why do you think that people should join the
    SCA
    and stay in it?
    (A) One of the reasons I am for not pressing for membership money right
    away, is because I think a person should be able to see if the SCA suits
    them. It is not for everyone. And everyone gets something different out of
    it. From the "Authenticity Purists" to the "Just here for the beer" crowd,
    ther is room for everyone within reason. I think it reflects well on the
    tolerance of SCA people as a whole that there is s! uch a wide acceptance.
    For myself, my children are self confident, honest, honorable, giving,
    respectful, with a very keen sense of right and wrong and the courage to
    speak up against wrong when they see it. All of these attributes I connect
    directly to the influence of the SCA. Perhaps they would have been just the
    same with out it, the world will never know.


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