ES - Highland Games

willowjonbardc at juno.com willowjonbardc at juno.com
Wed May 17 16:31:19 PDT 2000


When is it? Do you still need volunteers,
willow

On Tue, 16 May 2000 13:47:28 -0400 (EDT) Christine Fink
<eleefink at consultant.com> writes:
> Hola!
> 
> Ok, now that I'm somewhat rested from Springfaire, it's time to get 
> back on
> the subject of the Highland Games that are a little over 2 weeks 
> away.
> 
> Before I start. I would like to thank everyone for your support! 
> You've
> really kept me going and have encouraged me to work that much harder 
> for you
> and our barony.
> 
> This is what I need from you. If anyone has period pavilions that I 
> might
> beg, or borrow from you, please let me know. If you are not 
> attending, I
> will make arrangements to have them picked up (I will be loading the 
> truck
> Friday morning...that's June 2). I will make sure that they are well 
> taken
> care of. I would like to know by Friday how many pavilions we will 
> have. So
> far, I have set aside the children's pavilion and the Baronial 
> pavilion. I
> would like to have only period pavilions there.
> 
> A couple of weeks ago, there was some debate over whether we were 
> going to
> get tickets for the children. I have 2 children myself and would not 
> be able
> to afford to get them in for all 3 days. My decision is this... If 
> your
> child(ren) is/are under the age of 13, I will get tickets for them, 
> whether
> they are participating are not. I will probably put the children 
> (the 8-12
> year olds, depending on maturity and willingness) to work bearing 
> water to
> our volutneers. Children 13 and over, will not get tickets unless 
> they plan
> to participate for at least a couple of hours.
> 
> As far as children activities are concerned, Lady Bree has 
> volunteered to
> sponsor an activity. She will be showing children how to make favors 
> to give
> to our fighters. Thanks, Bree! What a great idea! Also, she said she 
> has
> some stories to tell the children. I have sent her e-mail to Lady 
> Ameline so
> they might get together and talk about other activities for the 
> children.
> 
> I would like to see dancing out there, if that is possible.  If you 
> have
> music we can borrow or know a few dances that you can call, please 
> let me
> know. I need a teacher and dancers. I am a beginner dancer and know 
> only 1
> dance so far by heart. If you love to dance (whether you know the 
> steps or
> not), please let me know. If I have enough dancers and a teacher, we 
> can
> have a dancing demonsration. I would like to pull in onlookers and 
> teach
> them the different dances as well. I don't need a boombox. I have 
> one with a
> tape player and a CD player.
> 
> Bascially, my goal is to have something for every mundane that comes 
> to our
> area to see us.
> 
> For those of you have volunteered, I will be writing you e-mails 
> tonight
> when I get home from clothiers guild. Many of you have volunteered 
> to bring
> items or just had questions that need to be answered. I promise, I'm 
> not
> ignoring you. :)
> 
> Well, I think I've taken enough precious bandwidth for now.
> 
> In Service,
> Maria
> 
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