[Glaslyn] Fwd: Re: [Elfsea] Practice today

[Melinda Turnage]

Greetings Glaslyners,
This was from Lord Armand Dragonetti (past Keeper of the Flame) sent on the
Elfsea list.
In service,
Ceinwen~
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>From: "Armand Dragonetti" <dragonetti at generich.com>
>Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
>To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>, <dfw-announce at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Elfsea] Practice today
>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:40:53 -0600
>
>Indeed, I hope you, (Virgil), will not be out too long. Had I known that I
>should be using list poles against you rather than sword and shield, I
>might
>have faired better. :-)  We missed you today at another great practice at
>Veteran's. Jean Paul remained in town, Centurian Almar, Duncan, several
>members of the Fray and many others all helped to make our practice a
>resounding success. And this on the heels of Saturday's fantastically fun
>tournament put on by Master Airaklee and the wonderful Ladies of Glaslyn,
>and many others. I don't remember when I've had such a fun and satisfying
>weekend. This is the 3rd year that I've attended Glaslyn's Defender of the
>Flame with their unique tournament format. It seems to grow each year. The
>twinkle in His Majesty's eye and smile on His face as he acknowledged the
>fun all were having confirmed the sincerity of His words when he expressed
>his desire to not miss this event in the future. There's no doubt in my
>mind
>that Glaslyn's event will continue to grow.
>
>For those who may not know, Glaslyn's tournament format begins with a
>typical first round, usually best two out of three, where the combatants
>enter the list with their choice of weapon styles. At the conclusion of the
>first round, the victors continue in round two (as "defenders") with
>weapons
>of their choosing, but they face two combatants from the first round's
>defeated, each armed only with single sword. If the "defender" defeats 2 on
>1, then they take on three in the 3rd round, and so on. Once defeated, they
>join the "attackers" and everyone gets to fight all day.  Saturday, Virgil
>and Tomas were the only two to successfully defeat 5 attackers. In round 6,
>both Virgil and Tomas were defeated by their six. It was decided to let
>them
>fight 6 again, but the same 6, chosen by Her Majesty. (She chose well :-)
>Again, both were defeated and another group of six were picked. Again,
>stalemate. His Majesty then decided to skip 7, 8 and 9 and go straight to
>10, but rather than 10 on 1, the fight was 10 on 2. The victor would be the
>man who felled the most attackers before being subdued. The 10 were chosen,
>5 by the Ladies of Glaslyn, 1 by Their Excellencies of the Steppes, and 4
>by
>Their Majesties. (I was honored beyond words, to be chosen by the Ladies of
>Glaslyn to fight as one of the 10) Both Lord Tomas and Centurion Virgil
>faced the overwhelming odds with great courage and valiant effort. In the
>end, after brutal battle, Centurion Virgil emerged as Glaslyn's newest
>Defender of the Flame. I leave it to others to recount the Archery and
>Rapier lists, as I arrived too late to witness them. I do know that Don
>Edward Mercer is Glaslyn's Rapier Defender and I believe it was John (or
>perhaps Joseph) of the Sphinx (Spinks? forgive me) is the Archery Defender.
>Don Brendan was selected Rapier Keeper of the Flame for his willingness to
>forfeit an attempt to defend his title in order to marshal the rapier list.
>His Excellency Baron Fritz was chosen as the Chivalric Keeper of the Flame
>and since part of the prize afforded the Keeper's included items for their
>Ladies, and Baroness Caitrin declined to award a prize to herself, she
>ackowledged the intrepid efforts and resolve of a lady she observed all day
>in the list, Melissa of Glaslyn, with those prizes. Well I've run on long
>enough, can you tell that I *really* enjoyed this weekend?
>
>To the Ladies of Glaslyn, the autocrat, Master Airaklee and his support
>staff, the new Defenders and all the participating fighters I give my
>personal "VIVAT!" for giving me such a memorable weekend!
>
>In the service of kingdom and crown, I remain,
>Lord Armand Dragonetti
>Squire to Sir Romanius
>
>
> > Oh dear.  Get well soon ,Virgil!
> >
> > And those who missed seeing him take on TEN men missed something worth
> > seeing yesterday!
> >
> > Gerita
> > humble chirurgeon
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: " Ron Walters" <rwalt5 at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:48 AM
> > Subject: [Elfsea] Practice today
> >
> >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > > --
> > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > > Greetings Elfsea,
> > >
> > >     Unfortunately my knee is swollen up like a grapefruit from the
> > tournament yesterday (twisted it around the list rope poles). I think I
>am
> > going to stay off of it today, yall have a great practice.
> > >
> > > Virgil von Augsburg
> > > --
>
>
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