Greetings!
You know, if you can get all your practices (Boffer, Heavy and Rapier) together at the 
park, you would have an excellent venue for some Newcomers classes.  What better way to 
introduce someone to the interactions of SCA-folk.  It would be closer to an 'event-type'
atmospere with possibly a 'mock Gate' to familiarize people with that part...closer to an 
event would be great for a mock Court.  I remember the only 'sour' note to my first events
were the courts.  One was 'extremely' long and since I had NO idea WHAT going on it wasn't 
very enjoyable!  I had trouble hearing things and had no idea what the awards were that 
they were giving out....so besides court behavior they need to know what all that 'stuff' 
is about.  Castellan is coming up an it will be pretty confusing for some!
OK, Aoife will get off her soapbox and shut up for a while!
IS, Aoife