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<DIV>As a new addition to the list I have been hesitant to answer some of the questions posted. But as a member of the society and an adopted part of Elfsea I would like to say that Milo and I and our family are at your service for whatever is needed. We have come to know, love and respect the family of Elsea. We are honored by your acceptance of us and we are more than willing to provide whatever talents we have to make the investiture work. </DIV>
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<DIV>I believe that if we all help we can make this happen in a BIG way. </DIV>
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<DIV>Yours in service,</DIV>
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<DIV>Angelique and Milo<BR><BR><B><I>Donna Wallis <mama_mac@airmail.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%">Sounds like a VERY workable idea!!<BR><BR>Dana<BR>Loch Ruadh REALLY ROCKS!!!<BR><BR><BR>William and Cassandra wrote:<BR><BR>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<BR>questions<BR>posted by Master Richard. Arthur reminded us of the original<BR>investiture,<BR>the one to create the Barony.<BR><BR>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,<BR>the<BR>core of the ceremony was decided upon and then "flavor" was added, be it<BR>Celtic, Elizabethan or French.<BR><BR>This seems to fall in line with what many people have been
suggesting.<BR>It<BR>could be accomplished by either using a committee composed of members of<BR>the<BR>populace and officers or the announced candidates as was done<BR>originally.<BR>The concept seems to promote unity within the Barony and should also<BR>allow<BR>us to have a ceremony that is inherently Elfsea.<BR><BR>This, obviously, seems like a good idea to us. (Not just because he is<BR>my<BR>Knight.) We are offering our home for this meeting if the Barony would<BR>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<BR>festivities.<BR><BR>At the first investiture, the soon-to-be-created Barony hosted a tea in<BR>the<BR>morning for the landed Baron and Baronesses in attendance to meet their<BR>soon<BR>to be cousins. Also, maybe we should formalize the number of people for<BR>the<BR>high table at feast, so Lord Such-n-Such knows how big to make his<BR>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<BR>to<BR>the high table, tea or lunch. If every candidate wants to include the<BR>past<BR>Elfsea Baron and Baronesses in their investiture (and they agree), we<BR>could<BR>start on procession banners now. There are many generalities that can<BR>be<BR>nailed down now.<BR><BR>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><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Elfsea mailing list<BR>Elfsea@ansteorra.org<BR>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/elfsea</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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