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Sounds like a great plan! So much of an investiture event is a "generic" format, that this method will work beautifully.<br>
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Rixende<br>
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<-----Original Message-----> <br>
From: Joe Pelfrey<br>
Sent: 7/2/2003 9:55:17 AM<br>
To: elfsea@ansteorra.org<br>
Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Investiture Planning<br>
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Good Morning!<br>
<br>
Cassandra and I had dinner with Baron Arthur last night. He sends his <br>
greetings. We discussed the current Baronial situation and the questions <br>
posted by Master Richard. Arthur reminded us of the original investiture, <br>
the one to create the Barony.<br>
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There were several candidates at the time and they agreed to create the <br>
investiture ceremony together. They decided upon the format – feast, <br>
procession, seating, etc. – and then left enough room in the plans for <br>
personalization once the Baron and Baroness were chosen. Essentially, the <br>
core of the ceremony was decided upon and then “flavor” was added, be it <br>
Celtic, Elizabethan or French.<br>
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This seems to fall in line with what many people have been suggesting. It <br>
could be accomplished by either using a committee composed of members of the <br>
populace and officers or the announced candidates as was done originally. <br>
The concept seems to promote unity within the Barony and should also allow <br>
us to have a ceremony that is inherently Elfsea.<br>
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This, obviously, seems like a good idea to us. (Not just because he is my <br>
Knight.) We are offering our home for this meeting if the Barony would like <br>
to go down this path. We also started thinking of different things that <br>
will have to be covered or might be fun to do as part of the festivities.<br>
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At the first investiture, the soon-to-be-created Barony hosted a tea in the <br>
morning for the landed Baron and Baronesses in attendance to meet their soon <br>
to be cousins. Also, maybe we should formalize the number of people for the <br>
high table at feast, so Lord Such-n-Such knows how big to make his marzipan <br>
sculpture of the first dog to attend Defender. It would be nice for our <br>
cooks to have an idea of what they are facing, if they choose to present to <br>
the high table, tea or lunch. If every candidate wants to include the past <br>
Elfsea Baron and Baronesses in their investiture (and they agree), we could <br>
start on procession banners now. There are many generalities that can be <br>
nailed down now.<br>
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Thank you for your time and we hope that this leads to even greater <br>
possibilities for the Barony.<br>
<br>
In Service,<br>
<br>
William and Cassandra<br>
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