<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">First and foremost, because it is a lot of fun! Tied for first and foremost, is the honor of becoming the 28th Artisan of the Steppes, to serve Her Oaken Excellency Ekatarina as a Champion in Her Court.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6057" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">If you want informed feedback and encouragement, this is the place to get it. As an entrant, _you_ are the Main Event. The Barony comes to you (along with a good chunk of the kingdom) to learn about what inspires you.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6061" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">If you are a Youth artisan and want a place to compete, or to display your work, and get informed feedback and encouragement, you are not only welcomed by Her Excellency, she most heartily wishes you to enter!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6065" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">If your body of work includes or comes from a partnership or a community of artisans laboring in harmony together (spinners and weavers, singer and accompanist, you get the idea), Artisan of the Steppes is a competition where your Group work is both invited and welcome!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6069" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">If competition is not appealing to you, you are invited to display your body of work.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6073" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class="">Her Excellency knows the effort and time entrants in Artisan of the Steppes put into their display both before and during a long day. To that end, there will be a free breakfast served to the entrants before it is offered to the general population.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6077" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class="">There will be a lunch break this year, where the entrants will eat first, while their tables are watched by the Entrant Concierge Team.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6081" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class="">Yes, there is a Concierge Team for the entrants, to watch your table for that bathroom run, to bring you a glass of water, to help you tote that barge and lift that bail, and to guard your table while you are away during lunch.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6085" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class="">Registration for entrants to Artisan of the Steppes has been extended to 12 August 2015. Please consider becoming a part of this proud tradition!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6089" class=""></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_2527" dir="ltr" class="">Competition details can be found by following the event link from steppes.ansteorra.org</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6092" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439274828304_6094" class=""></div></div></body></html>