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<P>Warlord was a grand success and this would not be possible without the help
of a great many people.</P>
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<P>First I would to thank Vivianna and Sir Morgan for the help with the
organization of the shed and making load out and load in so easy. Without your
organizational skills this would have been a much more difficult task.</P>
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<P>I would also like to thank everyone who came to the locker for load out and
load in, without your participation it would have taken hours to get everything
loaded out and back into the storage locker.</P>
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<P>For Damon and Meghan, all I can say is that your are both simply and I could
not have pulled off this event without you.</P>
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<P>Thank you Marguerite for running gate smoothly and efficiently, it was a huge
relief to have someone of your ability to run gate. You helped to reduce my
stress.</P>
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<P>Katya, congrats on your Sable Talon, and thank you for all your help with the
treasurer aspect of this event, and your running back and forth from gate to the
archery field provided service to the event that can not be measured.</P>
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<P>Alasdair, thank you for the idea about moving gate and the solution for when
it rained, I think the entire event and barony benefited from your advice on
this subject.</P>
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<P>I also wish to thank Sir Lasguard and Lynette(congrats on you Sable Talon)
for all the work you did in preparing the Archery field and coordinating all the
archery activities. Your help was invaluable to the success of the event.</P>
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<P>Jaque and Ironwym, thank you for the running and sponsoring of the
tournaments you held, these tournaments continue to bring diversity and
participation from a wide spectrum of people who do not fight rapier or
archery.</P>
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<P>A special thank you to Geoffrey for your hard work loading and unloading and
your efforts on the Warlord tourney.</P>
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<P>Thank you Giovanni for your heralding at the event and your help with set
up.</P>
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<P>Thank you to Mistress Rhiannon, Steppes Artisan, for running the A&S
Competition, and to Toryn for the wonderful belly dance classes that enriched
the lives of all who participated and watched.</P>
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<P>Mistress Serena thank you for your abilities in running the Warlord list.</P>
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<P>Thank you Allianora for stepping and taking over Hall decoration, and for the
manning the hospitaler point and coordinating the Hafla along with Leyla, which
only the weather itself could dampen this joint effort. And for helping me with
other issues during the event.</P>
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<P>Thank you Gabrielle for your efforts as autocrat in training and Merchant and
Hall coordinator, you helped make the event a success.</P>
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<P>Duncan thank you for the Website and getting the word out about Warlord
through the website.</P>
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<P>Thank you Elec for the wonderful job on the Nobles luncheon, not having to
worry about this part of the event was a huge relief to me.</P>
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<P>Thank you Christiana and to your husband for graciously taking over and
running the children's activities on Saturday. You provided an invaluable
service to the parents during this event. I would be happy to work with you
again.</P>
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<P>To my keepers Caelin and Pyro, your volunteering before,during and after the
event and keeping my watered and fed and made sure I did not drive myself to
dehydration and hunger. </P>
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<P>An extra special thank you to the Steppes Seneschal who actually listened to
my crazy ideas before and during the event.</P>
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<P>Thank you your majesties for gracing our event with your august presence and
being flexible with your schedule.</P>
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<P>Most especially an thank you to her Excellency for allowing me the honor of
being the Steward for an event that has become a part on Ansteorran
tradition.</P>
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<P>There are many other people not specifically mentioned here that helped with
Marshalling, waterbearing, heralding, setting up and tearing down, and loading
and unloading from the storage locker and all those other things during the
event that are unseen by many, but are crucial to the success of the event. I
humbly thank you!</P>
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<P><SPAN lang=EN>A special thank you to all the illuminators and caligraphers
that worked so hard on the beautiful scrolls given to our champions.</P>
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<P>To all the persons that donated to the prize baskets, I humbly thank you.
</P>
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<P>To all the persons who worked gate, I would also thank you.</P>
<P></P>
<P>A special thank you to the German couple( you know who you are) that helped
to make the event special for me, and to a new Ansteorran who will be moving
from NorthShield, Octavius, you have got to here his first event story.</P>
<P></SPAN>A very tired Master Richard Fairbourne</P>
<P>No longer Steward of Steppes Warlord.</P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Process Improvement
Consultant</FONT></DIV>
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