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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Unto the Generous Populace of the Northern Region,</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Oh! How lucky the Kingdom of Ansteorra is to have such wonderful people supporting and living the dream within its Northern Confines! </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> I would like to thank everyone that came out t<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">o</SPAN></FONT> Normans Medieval Fair and helped. Just by being there, you may have lit the spark in the heart of a future King or Queen. Everyone who attended was an artisan, a hospitaler, a living reenactment of a time that so many people are intrigued about. </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> There were so many people that helped walk the ropes and sit in the A and S tent that I know that I will forget some. I would like to thank some of them now. </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">For walking the ropes:</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> Kyna (Kylie), Angelique, Fox, Earl Daffyd, Sir Jean Paul, Fenton (I believe was his name), His Excellency Ian of Northkeep, and Ailleanorr.</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">For Sitting in the A and S tent </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> Ayesha and Terric, Annabelle, Aongus, Ciaus, Contessa Vanessa, Aislynne and Bear, Abduhl, Gwyenth, Shanna, Nyx, Sakami, Barat, Krista, and Fayidda.</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Special Thanks to Christian Truelove for all the help Marshalling, and to Sir Owen, for playing to the crowd.</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Thanks to Malakai for the examples of the wordworking that he was doing in his tent. </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">Thanks to Susan, who sat in the A and S tent, who demonstrated the spinning of the wool, and the naalbinding, and for waterbearing, which was muchly needed!</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">I would also like to thank the man who was doing some Chainmail in the A and S tent. I never did catch his name, but my thanks are sent to him, whomever he is. </SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">I want to also thank all those that I have not named. I know that there was much more that was being done by so many, and these are just those that my tired mind can remember at this time. </SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">the tired and the grateful,</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> Adena </SPAN></FONT></div>
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