[Bordermarch] Fw: [Afty] 25th Year Feast Helpers!!! Many Thanks!

[Jackie Leslie]

Way to go Charles! Vivat!!

Isabella
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarissa di Firenze" <clarissa at supportyou.com>
To: "Inc. Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA" <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>; "Ansteorran
Twenty Fifth Year organizational list" <afty at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: [Afty] 25th Year Feast Helpers!!! Many Thanks!


> I, Clarissa, apologize for the lateness of this message. However, time
> and circumstances conspired to keep this post from happening before
> now.
>
> Meadhbh and I are very thankful for all the wonderful help we had
> preparing, serving and cleaning up the feast for 25th year! There is no
> way we could have cooked for 500 without all the help we received!
>
> Gwyneth Blackrose was our logistics manager. She contacted many groups
> to obtain cookware and serving gear. She also arranged for several
> cookers (so we would end up with at least one!) and arranged for their
> transport as well. She cheerfully cooked ALL the meat on the cookers as
> well, staying up quite late - 175 lbs of chicken, 275 roman beef
> patties (over 100 lbs), and 130 lbs of pork loin!
>
> Saundra of Loch Raeburn was our wonderful head server. She was very
> organized and worked hard under very difficult conditions.  The feast
> was delayed several times and finally was rushed due to other event
> time constraints so she had to contact the servers a number of times to
> keep them up on what was happening. The servers had a long way to carry
> the dishes as well. Saundra made sure the dishes were announced, the
> servers knew what was being served and help clear up many snafus! She
> also made an lovely enameled glass for each server as a gift for their
> service. She also helped in the kitchen as well!
>
> Marissa, Raiysa's daughter, has always been a great help in the kitchen
> at many, many feasts. She was invaluable at 25th year! She worked in
> the kitchen all 3 days, cheerfully willing to take on any job and happy
> to climb the steep ramp into the kitchen trailer!  Without her help
> many things would have gone undone.
>
> Charles Netterville went from Bordermarch through Ravensfort to
> transport the cooker for us and spent the event in the kitchen. He
> helped with cooking the meat and many, many other tasks cheerfully and
> generally made himself invaluable!
>
> We had many other helpers that have our undying thanks.  We do not have
> all the names of our helpers but without their help we would not have
> been able to do the feast. Johnathan, Meadhbh's husband, spent lots of
> time in the kitchen doing many tasks! Tabitha and Marion came to the
> event on Friday and immediately began working in the kitchen, as did
> Clarissa's husband, Jehan.  Meghan, Gwyneth's daughter, was a great
> help as well!  Melisande came to the kitchen once she got to the event
> also and went right to work. Mistress Charla, Elizabeth Blackthorned,
> Odawara Taro Yoshinobu, Caitlin nan Cnoc Airghea, Caelin, and Stefan
> were all very helpful at various times - all showing up to volunteer
> their time and helping with whatever needed to be done at that moment!
>
> The cleanup crew was absolutely fantastic!!! They showed up, cheerfully
> began washing dishes and were DONE by the time we got back from setting
> up dessert on the list field! Amazing!!! These fine gentles include:
> Giotto, Sir Henri leHibou Dubois, Lord William Killian, Lady Rosalinda,
> and from Stonebridge Keep, Gordon and Justin.
>
> The servers did a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. Every
> server was invaluable and we could not have done it without them! We do
> not have all their names but we offer them our many, many thanks!  They
> include: Mistress Corrinne, Rosalinda, Rolf and his two daughters,
> Corinna, Meghan, Benjamin, Mareed, Jessica. There were also 3 wonderful
> people from Stargate and several others for a total of 22.
>
> We would also like to thank Master Petruccio. He dropped by
> occasionally to cheer us on and also went home and got his cooker so we
> could cook more meat at once!
>
> Many thanks to Elfsea for providing extra tables when we needed them!
> We also offer thanks to the Barony of Bryn Gwlad, the Shire of
> Greywood, Baron Godwin, HL Caelin and the Barony of Bordermarch for the
> loan of various equipment!
>
> Thank you, thank you, thank you!
>
> Baroness Clarissa, OL, OP
> Mistress Meadhbh, Baroness of the Court
>
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