[Bordermarch] much thanks & praise

[walton dumesnil]

Dear Populace of Ansteorra,  I, Ld Biau-douz de la Mere, event steward for the Ansteorran Heraldic & Scribal Symposium, wish to convey my thanks & praise to all the events attendees, teachers & support personnel who made this event the success it was...My thanks go to Their Royal Majesties & whoever the person(s) was/were that put me up for the Sable Crane...Never expected or saw that one coming...I will say that the award is as much mine as belongs to all the people who made this event what it was...I will never forget that...without you none of this is possible...I wish to lay praise @ the feet of my mentors & guiding lights as well...they are as follows: Mistress Hillary Rose Greenslade; Star Principal Herald HL Andrewe Baldwyn; My Laurel, Mistress Jalali of Salamis; her partner in crime, Mistress Nerak de Tisserande; & Star Signet's Lady Vivianna Rowntree & HE Master Duncan Hepburn...The non-SCA instructors included: Lamar University Art Professors Dr Lynne Lokensgard, for the "Gothic Image" lecture, & Xenia Fedorchenko, w/ "Medieval Woodcutting & Printing"...These instructors gave of their time freely to share w/ our Kingdom's Populace the arts, crafts, & knowledge that they possess...Non-Kingdom instructors included: Lord Magnus von Lubeck of Meridies,  teaching "Documentation For Your Your Submission"; & HL Elene Kirchenknopf, formerly of Bordermarch, but now part of Gleann Abhann's populace, taught "Intro to Calligraphy: Rotunda Hand"...My Wife Karen took this course and had a small breakthrough w/ penmanship (although she will humbly deny it)...Sometimes it takes someone other than the spouse to teach the spouse something...I am sure some of you can relate to this enigma...Our own Kingdom provided a wealth of knowledgeable instructors in the  form of: Mistress Jalali, "Tell Them Where To Go & They'll Like It"---Cry Heraldry; Lord Tostig Logiosophia (in place of HL Andrewe Bawldwyn who had first responder EMT tropical storm duties), "How To Survive The Snark Tank"---Heraldic Commentary; Mistress Gwenllian ferch Maredudd, "Designing Period Style Armory"; Lord Detlef von Marburg, "Court Heraldry"; Honorable L's Anne Barrington & Alden Drake (yes, I know Alden is a man), "Painted Silk Banners from Start to Finish"; Lord Atli Karlsson & Count Simonn of Amber Isle, "Heraldic Shield Painting Preparation"; Mistress Rhiannon ferch Cian, "Heraldic Embroidery, or Heraldry for Emboiders"; Mistress Hillary Greenslade, "Quills: Cut & Cure"; Countess Sara Penrose, "Beginning Whitework"; Lady Sarah di Rimini, "Charter Painting 101"; Lord Lemoine de Gascony, "Painting with Dirt"...Thank you each and every one for trraveling all the way down to our hot & muggy little corner of the Realm...If you missed this event then you really missed out on Countess Tessa's lunch spread...OMG!...The Countess & her volunteer Gourmand Army really put on a doozy of shindig...This is a long list of many hands who all helped make this the real success of the day...if you left the lunch line hungry it was your own dadgum fault...Countess Tessa, Lady Jilllian st. Andre, & m'Ladies Melia & Mary all baked bread for weeks prior to the event...HE Elisabeth, Lady Libby, m'Lady Ida, Lady Pandora, HE Therese d'Oivre, & Southeastern Wolfstar all provided superb dishes for this Uber potluck feast...Special Note to Wolfstar for braving the outside heat next to the grill all morning...The "Meat" was excellent...The wolfstar reps were Lord Olaf Ironheart & son, Rogan; Lord Roland & Lord Fallon(?sp)...Couuntess Tessa had kitchen help the night before in the form of her protege Lady Donnel & her husband Lord John; Mistress Rhiannon ferch Cian; husband Tostig; My Wife Karen of Bordermarch; & myself...Countess Tessa makes happy squeaks when speaking of her "Greenman" centerpiece...I had the pleasure of carving this for her the night before into the side of the watermelon...I must say that doing that helped me to relax before the big event...Thanks for suggesting I do that task....Gate was run smoothly & effectively by the "Crew of the Phoenix", led by Lord Chrestien Brule...His crew of "privateers" include: Lady Nora Birdsong; Lady Angelica de Granada; Lord Ulferth Ericsson; m'Lady Magdalena de la Paz; & m'Lady Amber of the Phoenix...Great job guys...HE Don Armand de Lacy & Lord Zane ap Simonn likewise did their parts in making sure the mundanes had a great martial show to view...Gatebooks & Website updates were created by fellow Sable Cran-ees Lady Pandora Penncraft & Lord Phocas...They have really set the bar high w/ attention to detail on their work in these categories...I was aided in set-ups by Lord Malcolm (squire to Sir Godwin); Lord Phocas; The Count & Countess Ambergate (Simonn & Tessa); Lord Zane ap Simonn; & HE Santiago....Thanks must also go to those many hands that did this or that during the event as well...People like HE Giovanna (Baroness of Raven's Fort) who ran water out to the fighters & provided that little something extra in the Kitchen & HL (Lord) Alden Drake for running court...I do hope I covered everyone w/ Gratis...if I did not I do sincerely apologize for the oversight or misspelling s of names or titles...I think overall the event was a success because of the camaraderie & enthusiasm that all the participants brought w/ them...I do hope that everyone learned alot & was able to share time w/ friends both old & new...
 
Now, while I got you, it is time to start thinking about BAM & what classes, to those who are willing, we can come up with...I have been tasked with class coordination for BAM...BAM is huge & getting bigger...Classes are needed...I am corresponding w/ the Chivalric & Rapier Champions  to see about setting up time slots for authorizing new marshals in a whole host of martial activities as well as setting up times & slots for all of the other A&S litany of courses...I can be reached @ beaudumesnil at hotmail.com or via faceboook.com under beau dumesnil...I respectfully request that all interested parties have their class requests in by no later than Sat. 22 Oct 2011 so we can get the Gatebooks up & running...Hope to hear from you all very soon...& once again thank you to all those who made AHSS the success it was...In service to Kingdom & Barony, Lord Biau-douz de la Mere (Beau)...Have yourselves a HUZZAH! of a good day....