[Bryn-gwlad] Archery at BG Baronial

[Sean Hertzberg]

I will venture that there are more rapier fighters than archers in Bryn
Gwlad, by a long shot, and we are not having rapier at Baronial either.  The
Populace as a whole voted that we would not have everything at every event.
The narrowing of focus was something that all those who were at the meeting
agreed would be a good thing.  When I made the initial bid for Baronial, I
was very clear that we would be doing a very focused event with one or two
main activities only.  And the vote was overwhelming in favor of this.  I am
a Don of Ansteorra, and I very purposefully did NOT include rapier in my bid
to free up time for other activities at this specific event.  The bid was
voted on and discussed in detail 6 months ago, since then, no one has raised
any objections, in fact, until the last few days, almost every reaction I
have gotten has been very positive in looking forward to the event, both
from within and without the Barony.

>From everything I have read, there is still a good amount of time and
several people willing to help with the CA authorizations.  Will it be
easy?  Obviously not, but for those that wish to do so, it can happen.  If
one cannot be authorized in time, there are still many things that can be
done to have fun and help host our event.

Everyone is welcome at the event, in fact I think that having more that are
not participating in the main activities can be quite wonderful.  As was
proven at the Lysts event, the Crowd can make the event wonderful.  The
pagentry, the show, the display works better when more people are watching.
If some folks choose not to be at the event because we are not doing their
particular activity that day, I am sorry.  There are on average 2 events
EVERY single weekend in this Kingdom, you can find what you want somewhere.
The Populace as a whole at the Business Meeting where the event was
discussed and then the next one where it was voted on agreed that not having
a cookie cutter event and concentrating on a few things was a GOOD THING.

Again, the original idea of the event was to be able to focus on one or two
activities only.  The two activities that were chosen were Chivalic Combat
and Combat Archery.  By doing this at this event, then we can concentrate on
other things at the next event.  I would encourage those that want to focus
on something to please, step forward.  I know that we will be discussing
bids for future events soon.  And I would be happy to help with those events
when the time comes, even if there is not an activity that I normally
concentrate on.  I am a member of this Barony, and I am here to help it
work.  Whether it is for a Queens Champions tourney or for a Kingdom Music
and Dance or for an Archery Tourney.  We are all members of Bryn Gwlad,
perhaps we should all work to help.

Don Avery Shaw
Steward, BG Baronial 2006

On 8/29/06, KaderianCK at aol.com < KaderianCK at aol.com> wrote:
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>  To exclude a significant element of OUR populace from having something
> for them at OUR biggest event of the year is very disappointing...........
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> William of Lockesley
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