[Bryn-gwlad] A Rebuttal on Drafthouse and Demos

[Robin Craig]

I won't be able to make the demo due to my current swollen, moody,  
pregnant condition.  However,

   In my opionion, most of the people who would see said demo don't  
really care if pirates are or are not sca period, nor do they care if  
heavy fighting is not 'piratey'.    If they have an interest in  
dressing up an hitting people with sticks, they will ask for more  
info.  If they are just there for the film, then they will think  
people dressed up are cool for getting them in the mood.   If they  
are really set on the pirate thing, there are ways to do it  
appropriately - Just ask Don Piet.

You know, often on the way to an event I listen to music to 'get me  
in the mood'.  Now I am sure you don't care, but most of this music  
is not Period.  It is mostly music I picked up from artists at  
renfests and filk stuff and Steel Eye Span (complete with electric  
guitars).   Not everything has to be Period to get you into the SCA.

I think Attendance at the demo is more important than if your garb is  
piratey enough or in the correct period.

-Robin Anderson of Ross
  (Who by the way got into the SCA thru a Fantasy Group)


On Jul 3, 2006, at 2:40 PM, gail young wrote:

> I'm wearing my middle eastern...the pirates kidnaped me...LOL..
> gwyneth
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> Ronda Melendez <rivyn at msn.com> wrote:
> I would be willing to show up in garb but I do not want to look out  
> of place
> as my garb is that of an 11th/12th century Scottish noblewoman. :-(
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> >From: "Susan Scott"
> >Reply-To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad
> >To: bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org
> >Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] A Rebuttal on Drafthouse and Demos
> >Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:46:14 -0500
> >
> >On 7/2/06, Corbin O Cathasaigh wrote:
> > > Someone said something emotionally weighty about being "true to
> > > ourselves" but listen: if you're really concerned about our  
> relationship
> > > with the Drafthouse and how much we owe them for even speaking  
> to us,
> > > you know what I think would serve us well in that case? Give  
> them what
> > > they want. They asked for color for an 18th C pirate movie.
> > >
> > > -Corbin
> >
> >Well, there's something to that, but there is one minor difficulty:
> >We can't. We are not a pirate group. We do not have 18th century
> >clothing or pirate accessories. If we decide to do that, almost no
> >one will show up. We might get a few people in cobbled-together
> >clothing standing around saying, "Aaaarrrrr," but that's about it.
> >
> >The best we can do is do what we normally do, with a slant in the
> >direction of the movie (e.g., emphasis on later period clothing and
> >sword fighting, de-emphasis on A&S). A dozen 16th century people will
> >come off better than 2 vaguely 18th century people.
> >
> >The Alamo knows we're not an 18th century pirate group. If we tell
> >them, "This is what we can do; is that okay with you?" and they say
> >yes, we should go for it. If they say, "No, we really need 18th
> >century pirates," then we can say, "Sorry, we're just not equipped  
> for
> >that." The problem would be if we promise something we can't deliver,
> >or if we mislead them as to what we're intending.
> >
> >Gwenneth
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