[Elfsea] Baronial College vs. King's College

ldyinnes at aol.com ldyinnes at aol.com
Wed Jun 11 03:35:10 PDT 2008


Spring faire was originally set up as a local training event basically for newcomers.? The two or three most recent B&B's?? got away from that concept.? I would like to see it go back to that venue.? innes

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From: pcrandal at sbcglobal.net
To: Barony of Elfsea <elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 8:17 pm
Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Baronial College vs. King's College



Oy, my aching back, and these olde fingers miss
the keys, and I need new glasses. 
My dim memory says that the sponsor of the
college is different, and the King's college is
not considered a local event. 
Yes, if they are too close together it can create
a vacuum in the teaching world. 

Often event activities have been based on
steward's concept of the event, with approval
from the group. 

Alternating, thus would depend on several
factors, which my tired eyes don't want to read. 
Some of you youngsters, like maybe a former B&B
can fill you in on those details. 

Events sometimes evolve into something the
original organizers do not recognize. Springfaire
is a prime example of that. 

An event should not try to put a hafla opposite a
bard's fire. It would rip many of us apart, and
lessen both. This could be the entire theme as
well. A Baronial college can be themed. Thread,
paint, wood, dance, music, tales...... 

Oy, so tired, and much work to get done. 

Crandall, Olde Phoole  

--- Liz Wilson <ewilson618 at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> As a newcomer, I have a question.  Isn't a
> Baronial College similar
> to King's College?  Even though King's College
> changes location
> each year, if they are similar it would seem to
> make more sense to 
> hold a Baronial College in another month, say
> February, rather than
> in the spring so that it is not too close to
> King's College. 
> The only issue with that, however, is that
> it would then be fairly close to 12th Night,
> but I guess that depends on 
> whether you are talking about having it it
> early February or late 
> February.  February does seem to be a good time
> to have an indoor 
> non-camping event.  
> 
> Since Steppes Warlord is in the spring (late
> spring), it seems to
> me to make sense to continue to have Elfsea
> Defender in the fall
> (September or October) rather than moving it to
> the spring.  This gives
> those of us who don't attend the farther away
> events something to
> look forward to in each season.  However, I
> don't have a strong
> preference about this; we have not been around
> long enough.
> 
> Would it be possible to still have something
> like
> Springfaire in some years as an informal
> "local" event rather than as
> one of the primary events? Or could the Barony
> consider
> alternating and having Springfaire one year (in
> the spring of course)
> and a Baronial College (spring or February) in
> the other year,
> so that there are not too many events to plan
> and put on?
> I don't know if alternating is possible or not
> but it does give more
> diversity of events without making the calendar
> too full.
> 
> I would love to see more 
> commentary on these issues from those of you
> who 
> HAVE been around (what future events to have
> and when).
> This would be much more constructive than
> rehashing
> past wrongs, slights, etc.  It is very easy to
> say hurtful
> things in email that can't be taken back later.
> It is
> much harder to put aside past grievances and
> move
> forward, but I hope that those of you who have
> had
> conflicts in the past will try to do that and
> instead
> give  your opinions on the  future calendar
> and the scheduling of events.  
> 
> I do find the comments about spreading events
> out
> over the weekend very constructive.  I do like
> having
> Bardic in the evening, or if the competition
> needs to
> be during the day, perhaps an informal Bardic
> circle
> could be held in the evening.  A drum circle
> with
> dancing that was organized and on the schedule
> would also be nice.  I am assuming that parties
> must be held informally because alcohol is
> often
> served, and so parties cannot therefore be on
> the official
> schedule.  Assuming that's true, having someone
> come around to invite people to parties they
> may
> not know about is always a good idea.   
> 
> Having something Friday night would be great!
> With people coming in and setting up at all
> hours, those who are already set up might
> as well do something fun, because
> sleeping is probably not going to happen.
> 
> Christianna Fergusson 
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