NK - events & tourneys

Addington, Debbie, A daaddington at saintfrancis.com
Wed Sep 8 08:14:00 PDT 1999


Thank you kind lady.  This has and is fun.  :)


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Rebecca M. Heydon [SMTP:rebecca-heydon at utulsa.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 08, 1999 10:06 AM
> To:	Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	RE: NK - events & tourneys
> 
> At 09:30 AM 9/8/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >	Exactly!  But like all of us, there is a budget to consider.  HA!
> >
> >	I have already put winter kingdom in my daily planner.  Diffinately
> >going to that, I understand this one is more classes than tourney.  I
> LOVE
> >learning new things and different ways to the old that I am already
> familiar
> >with.
> 
> Hmm...sounds like an autocrat in the making.....
> 
> 
> >I do not really feel overwhelmed as much as I feel very anxious.  I
> >am sewing a couple of extra suits of garb for Frederick and I.  Made a
> list
> >of what to take etc etc.  Reading more on etiquite?  I do not wish to
> insult
> >or stub someones toes.  
> 
> Just relax and be yourself. :-)  Remember the revel Northkeep had?
> Approach this event in much the same manner and you'll do fine.  When I
> first started up in Calontir, I was given the advice that telling people
> I'm new, this is my first event, etc., was a good way to meet people and
> to
> learn.  At the time, I was horribly shy and talking to people was rather
> difficult for me.  (Yes, I have gotten over that!)  The preface worked, I
> met some wonderful people who took me under their wings and the rest of it
> is history.  (And to my knowledge, I offended no one.  I may have amused a
> person or two but that's perfectly acceptable in my book...).
> 
> >	Plus my son strongly wants me to participate in the newcomers bardic
> >that Robert is judging.  Frederick says I always told the best bed time
> >stories.  :)  He's 17, I bet he wants $$$$$$.  lol
> 
> Go for it!  I suspect you *are* good at storytelling.  In all honesty, I
> have never seen anyone condemned for trying something new.  I know there
> are horror stories to the contrary but my experiences have been the
> opposite.
> 
> >> Just keep telling yourself "We do this for fun, we do this for fun, we
> do
> >> this for fun...".
> >	[Addington, Debbie, A]  
> >	I have already started doing that Sunday, when I purchased my 13x9
> >ft Tent.  lol
> >	Maidenhair
> 
> See, you're well on your way to being a happy SCA-er!  Get bugspray and
> allergy medicine (if you're prone) and you're ready to roll.  I'll help in
> any way I can and will do my best to ensure that you and Frederick have a
> wonderful time....:-)
> 
> Rowan
> 
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