<div>Mistress Alix is Our Spanghewn Marshall, and is in charge of this competion for this years Beltain, and is already busy working on this years Spang crop for the hewing competition... Any one wanting to compete with a personal throwing frog can get with her anytime prior to the flinging to authorise said frogs, :-)</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Maleah <baroness_maleah@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">The spang pattern on the website is pretty much the same shape and size as <BR>the one you are trying to demand that other people use. I know myself from <BR>having been there that variations have been allowed, by Caitlin herself, as <BR>long as they were reasonably close in size to all the others in use that <BR>day. You demanding at this late date that they use the pattern that you <BR>prefer over the one readily available on the website is discouraging people
<BR>from playing instead of encouraging them to do so. Why you are choosing to <BR>make a mountain out of a mole hill is beyond me. You have not "hit a nerve", <BR>I just fail to see why you are choosing to exclude people rather than <BR>encourage their participation. Afterall, the current kingdom direction is <BR>retention and recruitment. Exclusionism especially over something so trivial <BR>seems to run exactly counter to that goal. Again, as long as they are they <BR>are the same size and overall the same shape what does it matter?<BR><BR>Maleah<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "sandra goodrich" <TGNST@SWBELL.NET><BR>To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ANSTEORRA@LISTS.ANSTEORRA.ORG>; <BR><NORTHERN@ANSTEORRA.ORG><BR>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:32 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Spang Pattern on Beltane Website<BR><BR><BR>> Excuse me Mam, but the flinging is a competition, as such the competition <BR>> pieces should be uniform, :-) The pattern We
want used is from the <BR>> 'original' spangs, from the first Beltaine they were introduced, from a <BR>> tracing of one Caitlin and I used there after,and in the beginning it was <BR>> the only 'authorized' pattern, and they were inspected for uniformity <BR>> before they were allowed to be thrown... I am so sorry that this has hit a <BR>> nerve with you, :-(, Peoplke may make frogs anyway they wish, but if they <BR>> wish to Fling thier personal spang in competition, theywill need to use <BR>> the pattern specified. or use the ones provided for the <BR>> competition...'Stacia :=)<BR>><BR>> Maleah <BARONESS_MALEAH@COX.NET>wrote: No disrespect is intended here <BR>> but a spang is a spang is a spang. You can't<BR>> really demand that everyone make them from just the pattern you prefer.<BR>> There is no rule or law specifying the exact pattern for a spang. The <BR>> whole<BR>> purpose of Beltane is to celebrate spring and to have
fun. Requiring that<BR>> others use only your pattern is less than generous and not in the spirit <BR>> of<BR>> the game we strive so hard to play with chivalry and honor. As long as <BR>> they<BR>> are roughly the same size and shape what does it matter?<BR>><BR>> Maleah<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "sandra goodrich"<BR>> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA Inc." ;<BR>><BR>> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:49 PM<BR>> Subject: [Ansteorra] Spang Pattern on Beltane Website<BR>><BR>><BR>>> SpangHewn--To fling anything, most especially a frog, from the end of a<BR>>> stick...:-)<BR>>> BlackStars are out, The Spang/ Frog pattern that is currently on our web<BR>>> page is not the one we will be using... We'll see if Master Ulf will fix<BR>>> this for us, :-)... the new one will have 'authorized' on it...:-)<BR>>> Any other pattern than the one approved will not be 'authorized'
for<BR>>> hewing, i.e. 'flinging from the end of a stick'...<BR>>> We are not hosting a 'decorated spang' contest this year...<BR>>> Thanks!...'Stacia, Co Steward :-)<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> Ansteorra mailing list<BR>>> Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Ansteorra mailing list<BR>> Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Ansteorra mailing list<BR>> Ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Namron mailing
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