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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I spke with Lorraine at LPT and she asked that
someone gather the responses and email them to her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isabella</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=cdpicou@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:cdpicou@sbcglobal.net">Cindi
Picou</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=xlnc_amberlea@earthlink.net
href="mailto:xlnc_amberlea@earthlink.net">Lou Burgin</A> ; <A
title=bordermarch@ansteorra.org href="mailto:bordermarch@ansteorra.org">Barony
of Bordermarch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 31, 2004 5:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bordermarch] Questions
posted July 18 by Mistress LorainneDeerSlayer for demographics</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cindi<BR><BR><B><I>Lou Burgin <<A
href="mailto:lburgin@gt.rr.com">lburgin@gt.rr.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">(Q)1.
What attracted you to the SCA?<BR>(A) My brother Iain was already a member
so I had heard of it, but then I<BR>saw Simonn and Tessa in the audience of
a production of Macbeth at Lamar (in<BR>garb)so I went to check it
out.<BR><BR>(Q)2. What is your perspective of what the SCA is to you?<BR>(A)
On the surface, the SCA is a hobby, fun, enjoyable past time, but<BR>deeper
it is a family who shares values that I think are important.
Honor,<BR>courtesy, responsibility for ones actions are values that are
dwindling in<BR>the outside world. Like Simonn and Tessa, I like that it
provides a<BR>saturation teaching of these values to our children. When at
events, these<BR>behaviors are common and the norm, they become comfortable
to our children<BR>and they can take that confidence into the wider
word.<BR><BR>(Q)3. Where do you invest the most time and energy in the SCA
(household,! <BR>local group, kingdom, specific activity)?<BR>(A) Because of
present physical and financial constraints, mostly local and<BR>household
(Bladesong). I hope that will be changing in the near future.<BR><BR>(Q)4.
How long before you started to take initiative in the SCA (applying<BR>for
an office, organizing an activity, etc.?)<BR>(A) Within the first year. I
was MOAS, locally, learned to run a list<BR>right away, and was lady in
waiting for Tessa on numerous occaisions.<BR><BR>(Q)5. Were there instances
that could have "run you out of the SCA"..why did<BR>they not...or why did
you come back?<BR>(A) It almost happened, hurt feelings, loss of faith in
people. I refused<BR>to leave with my reputation mistakenly tarnished, so I
stayed and remained<BR>who I had always been until people saw the mistake.
It was hard, but made<BR>bearable with the support of my SCA
family.<BR><BR>(Q)6. How long before you burned out? Why did you burn out?
Is there<BR>anything<BR>anyone could have done to he! lp keep you from
"burning out"?<BR>(A) About 14 years. I will not discuss it, it should be
erased from SCA<BR>memory. That is a double edged sword. That which attracts
us is the<BR>idealistic recreation of a "better" time, but that idealism can
give us a<BR>skewed view of the people in the SCA also. Perhaps we need to
remember that<BR>it is a hobby, and people are people who are flawed and
make mistakes.<BR>Holding them to an unrealistic standard because of what
they where on their<BR>head or around their waist is asking for
disappointment when they revel<BR>their humanity.<BR><BR>(Q)7. What do you
get out of the SCA?<BR>(A) One gets from something in direct proportion to
what one puts into<BR>it. I left the first sentence because I agree with it.
Foremost I get a<BR>sense of belonging and rightness. The exposure to
history and cultures is<BR>by all means enjoyable, but I fell it is the
window dressing. What keeps me<BR>coming back is the feeling of belonging to
something great in ! it's basic<BR>form. This is re-enforced when there is a
tragedy and the people of this<BR>group give of themselves to someone that
they may have never met, because<BR>they are a member of this "community".
But the tragedy only shines a<BR>spotlight, the giving and sense of oneness
is the constant that keeps us<BR>here.<BR><BR>(Q)8. If you have your
AoA...how long did you get it after starting to<BR>participate in the
SCA?<BR>(A) About 18 months.<BR><BR>(Q) and last but not least...why do you
think that people should join the<BR>SCA<BR>and stay in it?<BR>(A) One of
the reasons I am for not pressing for membership money right<BR>away, is
because I think a person should be able to see if the SCA suits<BR>them. It
is not for everyone. And everyone gets something different out of<BR>it.
From the "Authenticity Purists" to the "Just here for the beer"
crowd,<BR>ther is room for everyone within reason. I think it reflects well
on the<BR>tolerance of SCA people as a whole that there is s! uch a wide
acceptance.<BR>For myself, my children are self confident, honest,
honorable, giving,<BR>respectful, with a very keen sense of right and wrong
and the courage to<BR>speak up against wrong when they see it. All of these
attributes I connect<BR>directly to the influence of the SCA. Perhaps they
would have been just the<BR>same with out it, the world will never
know.<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Bordermarch
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