[Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea

Sun Feb 10 09:35:42 PST 2013

Greetings,

Great ideas.  Perhaps the picture boards could be set up in several places.  Like mundane/persona doing a craft photo board set up in the A&S tent, court photo board set up under the Baronial Pavillion, etc.

Although the cutout boards with holes for heads and photos, is a good idea, will it really give people a good feel for our form of dressing-up and "make-believe"?  Vigdis, you are correct that to have garb for people to put on for photos would take more volunteers to keep track of the stuff, so it wouldn't accidentally "walk off", and to help attendees put it on, etc.  As you suggest, perhaps a pretty tabard or decorated tunic and belt would be enough for most patrons of the fair for a photo.

I think quotes would have to be brief.  Most fair-goers don't want to take the time to stop and read some lengthy piece.

The Hospitaler area should have brochures (from Namron, Wiesenfeuer, Eldern Hills, Northkeep, etc), a notebook ( or something) to take names and contact info for people who are interested to join, or want us to do a demo for their group, some of the picture boards showing the transformations, etc.  Of course, each group mentioned would be responsible for providing their own brochures.

Don't forget, we always need people to "walk the ropes" and talk to the crowds.  That is the best form of advertisement.  Members of the audience will ask questions about the fighting or the armor, and they can be directed to the various pavillions/tents to see our A&S, talk to the hospitalers, etc.  Some attendees don't realize that all the tents/pavillions in our area are one group...the SCA.

I've prattled on enough.  Hope some of the ideas help.

Etienett

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 From: Cynthia Teague <cmt1708 at gmail.com>
To: Barony of Namron Mailing List <namron at lists.ansteorra.org>; Wiesenfeuer at yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Namron] Med Fair Hospitaler's idea

Danr and I were talking about this over breakfast, and came up with this:

What if the posters of SCA members were split, with one half showing the person in modern dress and the other half showing them in garb (two photos, photoshopped together)?  The text could say "Dean Hougen / computer sciences professor | Danr Rothrson / 10th c. Viking" plus the snappy quote about why he loves the SCA.  This could be another way in which we demonstrate the broad range of our members -- we have people from so many different occupations and backgrounds.  And by demonstrating the transformation, it might really help people imagine themselves as participants.  It's a Walter Mitty sort of thing.

Vigdis
(and because I know the obvious thing for me to do is to volunteer to DO all these things I'm imagining, I have to say that while I would help as much as I can, I am supposed to take it easy for the next month or so and cannot commit to head anything up.  If no one can do it this year, I'll volunteer for next year!)

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.
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>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.
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>- 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.
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>- 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.
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>- 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.  
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>- 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!
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>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.
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>What do you think?
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>Vigdis
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