GE - Newcomers' Meetings

[StephenMacthomas at aol.com]

Greetings to the lists from Lord Stephen Macthomas!

I apologize in advance for the inevitable duplication of bandwidth that comes 
from mailing announcements to multiple lists.

The SCA newcomers' meetings for the northern portions of the Barony of 
Stargate and the Canton of Gate's Edge will continue this Thursday, December 
2 at 7:30 pm at my home.  The schedule of these meetings is as follows:

Dec 2 - The Marshalate: Chivalric, Rapier, Archery and Equestrian Activities
Dec 9 - The Rest: A&S, Heraldry and an Open Discussion of All Things SCAdian

This Thursday's classes will be a general overview of chivalric and rapier 
fighting and armor, target and combat archery, and the equestrian in the SCA. 
 Thorvaaldr Nordvik, Gate's Edge's acting Knight Marshal, will conduct the 
chivalric discussion.  Lady Simone Valery la Rousse, the canton's Rapier 
Marshal, will oversee the rapier class.  Baron Talmon Wilbanks, our Archery 
Marshal, will talk about his field of expertise.  Guinevere of Gate's Edge, 
the current Equestrian Champion of the Shire of Greywood, will discuss the 
four-legged facet of the marshalate.

(Please note that these will all be discussions and not demonstrations of 
techniques - since I couldn't fit the horse in my living room, it only seemed 
fair to make it even across the board - but expect there to be a good deal of 
things to look at in all the classes.)

If you are a newcomer and wish to participate in these classes, please 
contact me and let me know your intent as soon as possible, so that our 
instructors know how many sets of class materials need to be prepared.  
(Besides, my apartment only holds so many people!)  You may either call me at 
281-651-0781 or e-mail me at stephenmacthomas at aol.com to reply.  If you are a 
former newcomer and wish to attend, you are cordially invited to do so - the 
more, the merrier.

Each of these meetings will start on the usual SCA meeting schedule: start 
arriving at 7:00 pm and we'll start meeting at 7:30.  Because of the amount 
of information covered each evening, we expect that each night will end 
around 9:30 or so.  Drinks will be provided to all and all are invited to 
bring the finger food/munchie of their choice.

To reach my home, take your best route to Interstate 45 and exit on 
Cypresswood.  Turn west onto Cypresswood and pass through the Holzwarth 
intersection.  Take your next right onto Hickory Twig Way, past the 
commercial lots and gentle S-curve.  Take a right into the main entrance of 
Cypresswood Crossing Apartments and dial 055 to let me buzz you through the 
gate.  My building is the one to your right as you're dialing in, facing 
Hickory Twig Way.  To park, head all the way down the drive, turn right, turn 
right again and park as near the exit gate as possible.  I'm in apartment 55, 
the second door along the fence.

I hope to see many of you here for what promises to be an exciting and 
educational series of get-togethers.

In your service,
Stephen Macthomas

PS  If you know of a newcomer who is in the area and would be interested in 
attending these meetings, please pass this info along to them as soon as 
possible.
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