[ANSTHRLD] Opportunities to teach

[nweders at mail.utexas.edu]

Good Morning to the College

I'd like to encourage everyone of you to think about teaching or 
participate  in teaching venues this year.  We're being given a great 
opportunity to share, educate and interest people in heraldry, calligraphy 
and Illumination.

June 16-18 is the Known World Heraldic and Scribal Symposium which is being 
held in our near neighbor Gleann Abhann, and besides being a chance to meet 
other people from other areas, this is a chance to support the people of 
New Orleans through tourism and help them rebuild their city by spending!

The weekend after (June 23-25) is King's College which is being held in 
Westgate.  This is a good place to try to interest non-heralds in Heraldry. 
I know of one class in heraldic flags and banners that is being offered and 
hope several in calligraphy and illumination will also be taught as 
well.  The person to contact is the Honorable Lady Ebergardis von Zell 
called Ebi and her e-mail is cweed at hot.rr.com.  I'd really like to see a 
few more classes in heraldry and C&I.


July 28-30 is the weekend being set aside for the Ansteorran Heraldic 
Symposium.  I'd really encourage people about holding this.  Last year's 
was a wonderful event and very laidback and full of learning.  The 
Symposium would be a wonderful event for a small group to host (low 
maintenance) as well as some of the larger Baronies.  It would be nice to 
have it somewhat central to accommodate everyone. This is the place to 
train people in field and court heraldry, book research and artistry.  If 
you are interested in hosting the Symposium please let Star know.

Sept 8-10 is Laurel's Prize Tourney and while I wouldn't think people will 
be teaching any classes - it is a wonderful venue for heralds to show off 
any heraldic art they have been working on as well as the calligraphers and 
illuminators.  I have learned from my experiences participating at LPT, the 
fact that visuals are often better interest grabbers than words.

Please consider teaching, attending or helping out at any of these 
events.  As heralds, it's nice to be able to reach a larger audience and 
interest people in one of the flashier and more visual aspects of this 
office.  Running a consultation table would be a fun thing to do as well at 
any and all of these events and would no doubt be appreciated.  By June, 
the Heraldic Library should be up and running so books will be available as 
well for people to use.


Regards,

Clare
Tressure