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Darius and Monica dmmerlick at earthlink.net
Mon Feb 19 12:48:03 PST 2001


While I feel this program That Lady Maria conceptualizes could be of great
benifit to any adults and youths wanting to praticapate, I personally feel that
the less orginized more personal relationship that Her Excellency spoke of is a
better course.

However the two are not mutually exclusive. Maria, should you find the support
for such a program and are willing to deal with the headaches of opperating it,
Go for it. Just remember that many people may take a more traditional route
between page and "Gentle Sponsor".

I have always felt that one of the really neat things about the SCA is that we
are not locked into one and only one way of doing things. We can each do things
the way we want so long as our way doesn't out right interfere with some one
elses. We all can have fun!

At Home in Elfsea
Darius

Christine Huse wrote:

> Hola, Medb!
>
> >We do have existing programs for the youth interesting in fighting.  >There
> >is a boffer program, a youth rapier program, and I have never >seen a youth
> >excluded from archery shoots.  To my limited knowledge, >each has a
> >kingdom, regional and local level officer.
>
> <Much Snippage>
>
> True. We do have a program designed to *teach* the children about the sports
> aspect of our game. The page program I am referring to would be designed as
> such...
>
> A child/teen would be assigned a fighter/archer (who volunteered). This
> child would be given the responsibility of helping the fighter with his
> armor and weapons (ie. help him to and from the field, help him into his
> armour, etc.) and the said child would be responsible for water-bearing said
> fighter.
>
> In return, the fighter would teach the child about safety, chivalry and
> other aspects not usually covered by fighter practice. The fighter by doing
> so can teach the child so much more than mom or dad. Why? Point
> blank...children don't listen to their parents as much as they would, if it
> came from someone they admired.
>
> For the parent's part, they would be required to retrieve their child when
> the fighter requests it (for whatever reason) and be a supportive part of
> this program. In other words, it would not be a baby-sitting program.
>
> Of course I'm sure, we could add other rules to the program, but you get
> what I mean.
>
> Ryan worships the ground that our fighters (especially heavy) walk on and
> wants so much to be part of the fighter crowd. He can't fight right now
> because we have no youth boffer marshall. I was and am eternally grateful
> that Don Duncan took Ryan under his wings at Lughnasad and let him help with
> his gear. I had a little boy walking on cloud 9 all day.
>
> Ryan is not the only child out there who is so eager to help and we need to
> do something other than (basically) stick them in a corner all day. If we
> don't do something, their interest will die and we could lose a potential
> member of the SCA that will someday make our Kingdom and Barony very proud.
>
> I am very willing to start this program.
>
> Maria
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