[ANSTHRLD] West Coast Voice Heraldry Collegium

[Star - Ansteorra]

Forwarded below is an ad from the West Kingdom.

In service,
Alden, Star


March 7-9, 2008
West Coast Voice Heraldry Collegium (Wack Vack)
College of Heralds (Sacramento, CA)

After KWHSS, where we had such a good time, we here in The West were
struck by how informative and fun the classes on voice heraldry were.
We felt like we all had more to learn and offer each other.  So the
West Kingdom will be hosting the (first?) regional collegium for voice
heralds.  We hope to have heralds from An Tir, Caid, and other laurel
kingdoms.  If all goes as planned there will be classes and panels
lead by prominent heralds from all participating kingdoms.  See the
class listing below and the website for more details:
http://heralds.westkingdom.org/Collegium.htm

Site Information: We will be at the Holiday Inn in North East
Sacramento. http://www.sacnortheast.com/  You can make reservations on
line and the Group Booking Code: SCA. Please make reservations by
February 15, 2008.  Rooms with either king-size beds or 2 doubles will
be $94/night.  We will run a shuttle for folks to and from the
Sacramento Airport.  Also, we are doing our best to make this a free
event in terms of site fee.  If we get enough hotel room nights
booked, we will get the conference rooms free to us.  If we can get
those rooms booked ahead of time, then we will make the event free.
Site Liaison: Moira O'Connor (Carol Whitney) 916-483-1594 /
Moira at evenstarkeep.org

Autocrat: Wilhelm von Homburg (Joshua Harris) 577 Silverado Cir /
Fairfield CA 94534 / 707-334-1390 / wilhelmtheherald at hotmail.com

Directions: Directions are posted a the website http://www.sacnortheast.com/

Classes for the Wack Vack

1.       I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours -- Inter-Kingdom
Heraldic Anthropology with a focus on court, field, and duty heraldry
– differences in the inner and outer workings of the various Colleges
of Heralds in attendance, best current practices, idea exchange, video
samples, (Oyez vs. other attention getters, hip-hip vs. other cheers,
who controls court? what belongs in court? what belongs in duty
shouts/town cry? heralds working for merchants, etc…)  (Collectively
Presented)

2.       Mommy, Where Do Heralds Come From – The Origins of the
College of Heralds and the College of Arms in the SCA in general, and
the history of Voice Heraldry in Particular.  (Collectively Presented)

3.       How to Make Friends and Influence People – Volunteer
Recruitment and Retention.  Things we can all do to get bodies in the
baldrics and keep them there after the first time.  (Presented by Lady
Na'arah bat Avraham-Banner Herald, and any co-presenters who may pop
up from other kingdoms)

4.       Kings Dream, Heralds Think – Ceremony Theory and writing;
what makes good ceremony good and bad ceremony bad; what makes awards
good awards or not, and how much of that judgment is based on your
kingdom culture?  (Collectively Presented)

5.       Teaching Them to Go Tell It From the Mountain – a workshop
for heralds who train voice heralds, with the role of guinea pig
played by the other heralds in attendance.  (Presented by Baroness
Gwenhwyfaer ferch Gwilym ap Morgan o Erryrys and potentially various
trainers, whoever they may be.)

6.      I Don't Get No Respect – The herald as a servant/voice of the
Crown in danger on the fringes (and elsewhere) and how to fix it.
Share war stories of incidents when they (whomever they may be) forget
you are the protected by the crown.  The cultural pieces that need to
be in place for heralds to go safely into that good night.  (A near
free for all lead by Baron Wilhelm von Homburg, OP – Baldric Herald).