[Northkeep] A Reflection

[Montega]

I love the write up about you guys in the Star this month. :)

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> wrote:

> greetings
>
> my 1st exposure to the sca was a friend of mine from rocky horror ( magenta
> ,mka lil debbie , unknown sca name ) in 1980 orlando fla.
> ( wish i could find her online and chat ; )
> but at the time i was in the navy and didnt have transportation, or money.
> 1982 , im out of the navy and ride into tulsa, to hear a radio station
> blurb about a science fiction convention at the camelot
> ( okon still have the badge from that one ; ) upon arriving , i see this
> group of people milling around in funny clothes , and makeshift armor , then
> a couple of them went out and started beating on each other ,who all said
> they were from the shire of northkeep, and i'm like " umm this is a little
> wierd , but there were a couple cute girls there which made it ok ; )
> before they left someone told me about fighter practice at the park at 21st
> and peoria , so i would stop in from time to time and kick back on the bike
> and watch these oddly dressed people , as i slowly started talking to some
> of them , and got to know them , i found that they were actualy nice people,
> and they were always talking about acting honorably , and they seemed to
> always be helping each other , then came an invitation to a revel at marc
> and rosalynds house. which , while it didnt work out mainly due to my
> depressions,( i left early), the fact that this groupof people had accepted
> me for who i was and  welcomed me to their group anyway, made a very large
> impression. while i was there i found out about " sewing guild " ( the main
> social gathering of the day much as fighter practice is today ) so i
> attended a few of those as well, still feeling out the group interactions to
> find a " safe zone " when out of the blue marc and rosalynd ask me what i
> was doing on a particular weekend , being free and broke , i replied i don't
> know , what am i doing that weekend . the response was be at our home at (
> xxxxxx ) your coming with us to an event . and i'm like ummm, ok, not at all
> certain what i was going to do for an entire weekend at said " event ".
> before the date arrived ros has me stand up and takes measurements , and
> before i know it i have my very 1st tunic ; ) , the day arrives, and i help
> load the car and trailer with all manner of things, including stuffing me
> into a corner of the back seat , we arrive in calontir at vatavia's valor
> tourney, where i find out that they have not only made me a tunic, but have
> paid my site fee, and feast fee, and brought extra food and drink for me . i
> helped set up camp , then they said go have fun, which i actually did, and
> by the end of the event i was hooked .  who would have thought that some 29
> years later i would be in my 8th year as an officer of the barony of
> northkeep , have  had 2 different membership numbers , and a grant level
> award ???
>
> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
> Arthur
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Carlson" <
> marccarlson20 at hotmail.com>
> To: "List Northkeep" <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] A Reflection
>
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>
>>  From: j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net
>>> What is your story? Please share with you all your entrance into the SCA.
>>>
>>
>> It's kinda complicated.  My first introduction to the SCA was a visit to
>> my mother, and her introducing me to a Laurel from what is now the Outlands
>> (I believe he was Master Evan Mawr of Caerthe - If you've seen my 30 years
>> war blade, he made the modern furniture for it).  My second introduction was
>> Burke, but I was too busy at that time to get involved. Eventually I started
>> dating Talana and the rest is, ahem, history.  My first event was a Namron
>> Medfaire, where I was chewed out by a certain King and multiple Duke for
>> inappropriate garb.  And no, I don't have a long memory...
>>
>> M/D
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Montega Blackdragon
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