[Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea

[Lee McGoodwin]

Well said, Pukmister.
 
Love ya, Etienett
 

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 From: Pukhta 'Pooky' Lovtsevich <pookyloves at gmail.com>
To: The Loving Barony of Namron <namron at ansteorra.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea
  
Huge with the wonderful!

I've thought of 874 words to type but I'll try to paraphrase.

I wish we could put a flier and contact info pamphlet in the hands of
everyone that comes within 50 feet of the SCA at Medfair.

I wish we could take people's picture in front of the cut out and
their contact info, so we can give them a picture of themselves and
have a member of ours who is a verbal word-smithe invite them to a
populace meeting.

I wish there were you-can-do-it-too artistic artisan activities they
could get there hands on and create in ten minutes and take home with
them and we get their contact info.

It really just has to be a lack of them perceiving themselves as us
and after that thought toggle goes *ping* they look down into their
hand and see a flier that says "We do this all the time and you can
too. We meet every week somewhere. Call BR549 and come join the fun"
Family Friendly and Free.

{I wish I had better Microsoft ___________ skills.}

Future belly dancing class info and I-could-be-interested phone number
collection sheet.

We do really good at showing us and our cool activities. We really
need to hone our "contact information exchange" skills.

ALLLL these mundane folks that show up to the Medfair have more than
at least a  passing interest in History stuff. We don't have to cull
them out of of the world' population, they come to us. All I'm asking
is 1% of them become SCAdians, each and every year.


Respect and Loving Gratitude,
Pooky ~  {type envisage here}

De wei moet worden uitgedrukt voordat de kaas kan worden bereikt.
The whey must be expressed, before the cheese can be attained. ~ Dutch Proverb

"Love's lifelight dispels all shadows upon the path grown over with
truth." ~ Pooky


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:52 AM, Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's my latest "can't sleep, guts are killing me, think about something
> else" idea.  Not sure how it will sound in the morning, but right now I am
> totally in love with it.
>
> I propose a hospitaler's area set up at Med Fair with a theme of "See
> Yourself in the SCA."  This would include things like:
> - painted boards with face cutouts, for photo props, for a variety of
> familiar period characters (knight, king, queen, Viking, Mongol, Celt --
> what else?).  There should be at least two for couples.  Maybe some short
> ones for kids?  And some step stools so kids could get their faces in the
> taller ones.  Running up the side of the picture you could label the persona
> (14th c. French noble / http://www.sca.org/).  Make it a really fun, free souvenir.
> I don't think these would be hard to make, and they'd be easy to store year
> to year if they had hinged or removable feet; they're just a sheet of
> plywood.  There's nothing like this anywhere in the fair so it could be
> really popular.  Maybe also a big sign saying, "sure, we'll take a picture
> on your phone for you" and volunteers willing to do so.
>
> - photo albums of people having a fantastic time at events.  Lots of these
> should be close-ups instead of just big group scenes where you don't see
> individual faces.  Accompany these with text descriptions, perhaps in the
> first person, e.g., "Lady Vigdis of Namron : Learning archery has been
> amazing!  I was terrible when I started, but it was still a lot of fun, and
> I've really enjoyed watching myself get better at it." or "Sir Arthur
> Fightsalot : There's just something about bashing your friends around that
> really makes a weekend special." (Gotta work on the snappy quotes.)  Also
> lots of photos of super beautiful pageantry, court, etc.
>
> - posters / display board / something else? with pictures of happy friendly
> people in garb, with "Why I Joined the SCA" or "Why I Love the SCA" snappy
> quotes next to or underneath the photo.  These should be big enough and the
> font large enough that they will catch attention from 10 feet away and can
> be read as you are walking past, or by someone too shy to walk right up to
> the photo albums.  Make sure there is a wide variety both of reasons/text
> and of physical types -- young, old, male, female, skinny, heavy,
> able-bodied, disabled, etc.  Make it so every attendee can identify with
> them, so they really can imagine themselves as part of our group.
>
> - a great big calendar for April, showing all of Namron & Wiesenfeuer's
> activities & practices, so people can see how much there is to do besides
> the big events.
>
> - a try-on area for garb, like they have at the Cowboy Museum or Harn
> Homestead.  This could be another photo-op setup. This would be more work &
> take more volunteer assistance, not sure if it would be practical -- but
> people love to try things on!
>
> In general, I want to catch people's attention, give them something fun to
> do right on the spot, and then help them imagine themselves as a participant
> instead of an audience member.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Vigdis
>
>
>
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