ES - Defender Culture Camps

[Richard Threlkeld]

I was not around in the hey-day of culture camps, but they consist 
of an encampment that uses period structures (usually tents), 
period cooking, period garb, period entertainment (dancing, music, etc), 
and anything else they can imagine. Some will even try to fight in 
period styles. For it to be a culture camp, it must be set in a 
specific period and place.

So we have had middle eastern encampments (with dancing), 
Norse encampments, early Scottish, etc. I think we had a 
small Russian group once. This can be really fun, but it 
can also be a lot of work and the same people were doing it 
every year. They began to burn out on the concept.

We are hoping that the experienced people (who have had a 
short rest now) will join with the newer, less experienced 
people to make new, innovative, and fun culture camps. Choose 
a culture. Choosing the culture of your persona may allow you 
to better research your persona [I assume you chose it because 
you found aspects of that persona interesting]. Choosing 
another culture allows you to study something new and interesting.

Recruit a group with varying skills (garb makers, cooks, brewers, 
researchers, and logistics people), set overall goals, and set 
them loose. Meet periodically to review what you have done and 
help each other. Have fun!

Caelin on Andrede

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-elfsea at ansteorra.org]On
> Behalf Of Christine Fink
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 10:46 AM
> To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> Subject: ES - Defender Culture Camps
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> 
> Beunos Dias!
> 
> Can anyone tell me exactly what is a culture camp? How does one put one 
> together? What do they generally look like? I have been thinking about 
> making a Spanish encampment for next year's Defender (maybe this year's 
> Defender, depending upon what is involved in putting one together). Any 
> information would be very appreciated. :)
> 
> Gracias!
> Maria
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