[Elfsea] [Steppes] Mistress Branwyn O'Brallaghan, R.I.P.

Crandall crandalltwo-scalists at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 26 10:01:22 PST 2010


Her gifts of art, talent, teaching and guiding have inspired many to greatness. She was always welcoming to me and gracious in her oh so unique manner. She helped show me what a Peer truly is in the SCA. I will miss her greatly. -- Crandall - Olde Phule 


--- On Fri, 2/26/10, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> From: Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com>
> Subject: [Steppes] Mistress Branwyn O'Brallaghan, R.I.P.
> To: "Steppes" <steppes at ansteorra.org>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 11:52 AM
> Mistress Branwyn O'Brallaghan was the
> primary person who decorated Steppes events for much of the
> eighties and nineties.  Her wall-hangings, banners,
> ribbons, and other embellishments took Warlord out of a
> Texas baseball field and transplanted it into the Middle
> Ages.
> 
> This Steppes Warlord, I will consider every decoration,
> every banner, every period pavilion, every wall-hanging,
> every painted list pole, every ice chest painted or
> disguised, every pole decorated with brightly colored
> ribbons -- every attempt to make the event more beautiful,
> more rich, more authentic -- to be a tribute to Branwyn's
> legacy to the Steppes.
> 
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
> 
> 
> >My Brothers and Sisters,
> >
> >It is with heavy heart that I must report that Mistress
> Branwyn 
> >O'Brallaghan, Betty Bradley, passed away this morning
> at around 4 AM 
> >from complications of diabetes following a short
> illness. Branwyn 
> >touched many lives in the kingdom of Ansteorra through
> her art, music, 
> >and service to the Society. Although she had not been
> very active over 
> >the last several years her loss will be keenly felt by
> all who knew her. 
> >A memorial service for her will be planned for late
> March/early April in 
> >the Dallas area where she had lived. I will post
> information about it to 
> >this memorial when those arrangements have been made.
> >
> >YIS,
> >
> >Edwin FitzLloyd



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