[Northkeep] State of the Investiture address
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KeiganGDH at aol.com
Sat May 25 13:06:32 PDT 2013
June 15, the church in Broken Arrow where we have wInterkingdom
Keigan
Baroness
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you have known the longest,
but about who came and
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In a message dated 5/25/2013 3:03:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
catmafia03 at gmail.com writes:
I've been trying to follow what is planned; but my memory has been
having issues. What is the date and location for this event?
Susan
On 5/24/13, Rebecca Minton <rebeccaj_bragg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> T-minus 22 days until Investiture. We'll get the official announcement
of
> the Crown's decision in a matter of hours. We can make personal
adjustments
> then, but for the moment, here's where we stand and what I have so far:
>
> Feast: The tentative menu from Ceara
> "1st course: Bread, Flavored butters, Cheese, Spiced pears
> 2nd course: Cheesy meatballs, Potato cakes, Green beans
> 3rd course: Alloes of beef, Minestra di carote, Cinnamon rice
> 4th course: Celtic Shortbread, Strawberry soup, Pudding pie
> Lunch: Meat (probably summer sausage type), cheese, some sort of bread or
> roll, some fruit, and probably cookies all tied up in a square of fabric
so
> they can take it and go. Perfect for a non-sitting lunch."
>
> It may change slightly depending what she finds on sale. No, I don't know
> the exact details on each dish, or even exactly what some of them are,
but
> she's an awesome and highly experienced, feastocrat and I totally trust
her.
> A lot of you may know her, she's the redhead who did the
lampwork/beadmaking
> class at WinterKingdom. She has asked for about 5 people to be kitchen
> staff. Sophie has graciously agreed to be Kitchen Liaison, so if you're
> interested in helping prepare feast, please contact her. She will be the
go
> to person for the kitchen and the feastocrat. She is also working on
feast
> tokens, and could probably use a volunteer or 2 to help out with those as
> well. So please jump in there and help us out.
>
> Franziska will be our decoration coordinator. I will find out from the
site
> how soon we can go in on Friday to get started with set up, and let
everyone
> know. I know we can for sure have the site by 5pm, but if we can have
access
> to it earlier then we can get a jump on it, and get more sleep the night
> before the big day.
>
> Thorvald has agreed to plan the fighting and martial activities. It's a
very
> laid back event and a day of relaxation, so we won't have any formal
> tournaments, but personal challenges should be a lot of fun, and maybe
some
> "Bottle Jousting." I have the equipment for that and will bring it. He
may
> need some help setting up the field so volunteers there would be
> appreciated.
>
> There will be an A&S blitz challenge with about 12 stations,
documentation,
> and supplies. Teams of participants will have a set amount of time at
each
> station to follow the documentation and make/do what it says with what's
> provided. I saw this on another group's website and it sounds great, so
we
> thought we'd try it here. There is also a track for kids. The person
> handling this has already left for Steppes, so I will post the details
later
> upon their return.
>
> The site token molds have arrived and Ainar has them. I leave it to his
> expertise as to how much assistance he may need when he's ready to make
> them. He'll let us know when he's ready. He has fire and knows how to use
> it, so we don't want to get in his way.
>
> Angus Gunn has agreed to be the Brute Crew leader. He will need people
to
> help with things like Hanging/removing banners and decorations, Setting
> up/breaking down the thrones, Moving tables or such, Help carry stuff in
for
> the royals, barons(esses), feastocrat, etc. Will also need some members
to
> be runners for various things that arise (taking a glass of water to her
> Majesty, running extra pens to troll or a fire extinguisher to the
> feastocrat. etc) . Brute crew will need to be on site before and after
hours
> for setup and breakdown. Please contact Angus G. if you are available and
> able to be brutish..
>
>
> These are the positions I still need volunteers for:
>
> Sheriff: I'm not sure if that's what this officer is called here or not.
> Basically someone who can Post the signs directing members to the
> site, Place butt cans outside,
> Coordinate with Brute crew to set up/breakdown wash station outside feast
> hall, and to block off unused areas of the site, Minor site security –
> examples - asking people not to smoke in non-smoking areas, please
> climb down from there, please wrangle your child, etc., and Coordinate
with
> Nastycrat about trash collection and removal. That kind of thing. Please
let
> me know if you'd like to do this.
>
> Nastycrat: I'm pretty sure this is SCA universal, but just in case it's
> not..The nastycrat is the one who would Keep bathrooms stocked with
> handsoap, toilet paper, and paper towels, Coordinate with Brute crew to
set
> up washing station outside feast hall where members can wash their feast
> gear outside and not in the bathrooms/kitchen. Keep the wash station
stocked
> with Soap, and clean water. Coordinate with Sheriff and Brute crew about
> trash collection and removal, and butt cans.
>
> Publicist: Coordinate with autocrat and seneschal about writing site
> booklets, Printing booklets and signs (keep out of kitchen, restricted
area,
> A&S room, Baronial room, prop room, zombie closet, etc) or arranging to
> have them printed. Posting event flyers to local lists, cross-posting as
> necessary. I'm only on this one list and still so new to the kingdom
that I
> don't know how site booklets are typically done here so I need to
delegate
> that to someone who does. Somebody who is eloquent and well connected
would
> be great for this job.
>
> Head Troll: I don't know if troll is automatically the Reeve's department
> here or not. In GA, event officers are most often completely different
from
> group officers, I make no assumptions here and if Judy has this part
> handled, then that's great. However, I don't want to dump it in her lap
> without asking her. Either way, the head troll will need volunteers to
help
> out. Since it's a one day, I don't know how many people we will need or
how
> many "shifts" per say, but I'm guessing about 3-4ish.
>
> Waterbearers: Not necessarily waterbearing on the field like we're used
to,
> but someone who can keep the coolers stocked for the people outside, take
> drinks and such to the stationary staff like troll, and take lunch to
their
> majesties and our 2 sets of Baronets.
>
> Hall Steward: This gentle would essentially be one running the main hall.
> They would assemble a team of feast servers, whatever entertainment is
> planned during feast, and possibly set out a few period(ish) games on
some
> of the tables. (If anyone has things like a 9 man morris board, or would
> like to play period card or table top games, please feel free to bring
> them). The hall steward would coordinate with the brute crew when it's
time
> to arrange the tables for feast, etc.
>
> Site heralds: This should be self explanatory. Need about 3-4 people with
> good lungs.
>
> Royal Liaison: Someone to work with their majesties and take care of
their
> minor needs, and to communicate greater needs to the appropriate staff
> member.
>
> I am also in need of some minstrels or musicians. If you know of anyone
or
> have SERIOUS suggestions, please let me know.
>
>
> Here are some things I am NOT planning on doing:
>
> Merchanting. This is meant to be a laid back event for everyone, and a
lot
> of times merchants never get to participate in the event because they
have
> to man their booths. Lets not worry with booths, tables, tax
verifications,
> and such. Let's just have a good time. Yes, I have authorized the bake
sale,
> but as I understand it, that's a fundraiser for the barony.
>
> Additional fundraisers. The bake sale is fine, and it always does well.
You
> may have noticed the lunch menu above. Lunch is included with the troll
fee.
> It was part of the original bid and budget, the feastocrat is putting it
> together, and site/feast prices were adjusted accordingly. We are not
> planning a formal sit down lunch, so she prepared something easily
portable
> that can be eaten at a table, outside, or anywhere food is allowed.
>
> All day children's activities. I am not asking anyone to spend all day
with
> the children or running a track of children's classes. There is a
children's
> track of the A&S blitz, but parental supervision may be required at the
> discretion of the gentle running it.
>
>
> I will be on site until their own cleaning crew arrives to ensure that
> everything is clean to their standards, and that we prevent and
> misunderstandings about the state of the building. Basically, I'll go
room
> to room with them to make sure our reports are the same.
> This is a hugely long post, so if you would like to reply to it, please
trim
> the post by cutting out all previous text below your reply. This will
help
> avoid confusion and make it easier to read.
> Thanks A Million!!!
> Rebecca
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