RF - Re: Memories of Defender of the Fort

[thefort1 at pdq.net]

Hey Lorraine,
    Sigurdland is also known as Clan Cadhla Fitheach's camp, but
Sigurdland is kind of funny...I guess?

Leovigild

Lorraine and/or Kief wrote:

> What did everyone think of our event that
> had 430 plus people???
>
> Here are some of my Memories...
>
> arriving on site at 2 and guests already arriving for the
> event and we not having enough people on site to set up
> the tents...
>
> Seeing Ives Devereaux and his lady come back to one of
> our events after a many year hiatus...
>
> Seeing Saron and Gwenneth....
>
> Having one of my newcommers jump in and help, and impressed
> Lady Beatrice enough that she gave her a gorget.
>
> The undying service of Isabeau and Katrine to the Barony
> in many capacities...all day long.
>
> The help of HL Gwynn the Lizard Keeper, Mistress Jalali,
> Sir Kief, Lady Jane, Lady Isabeau, Lady Katrine, Lord
> Niklas, and Twin Cedars by preparing food for the "Hat Lunch"
> and helping with set up...
>
> No cars in Swein camp!!!!!
>
> The beauty of the horses in their barding
>
> The large number of people, mostly from the Loch and Bryn Gwlad
> (including Master Tivar and H.L. Duncan) who helped us set up
> our feast tables...
>
> The fantastic feast....
>
> The History presentation...Ramage, Kief, Chrystal, DSD and Niklas'
> words of remembrance, and love for our Barony.
>
> Yoshi's leaving
>
> Watching the faces on our new Lord and Lady when
> they got their awards...the Hornswaggled Lord Balda
> and the Deer in the Headlights Lady Isabeau
>
> Lady Alyson's well deserved Crane
>
> Dolphin's wimpering like a puppy as he walked back to camp
> after receiving his Crane
>
> Trying to figure out how to get Brion du Valle to accept
> Yoshi's Star of Merit and the King recognizing that Brion
> was wearing the same shoes as Yoshi
>
> My Grandmother Janais l' ofevere (Lady Jan of the Amazons)
> get her Court Barony
>
> Kibitizing with the Flaming Ducks
>
> Dancing in Sigurdland
>
> Kief finally released from Bardic...though he said
> he really enjoyed it and the quality was beyond par.
>
> Figuring out with those that were left to clean up...
> that to take our tents down in 4 teams of three
> all of us preping the tents
>
> one set taking the stakes out and untying the ropes
>
> the next folding the halves to the point that
> they could be wrapped
>
> the last wrapping the "Big Green Burrito of Love"
> (hey...I had to amuse myself some how... there
> was lots of clean up work to do and few of us left to
> do it)
>
> then all of us left pitching in putting all the pieces
> parts in the trailer....
>
> Tiny and Nicolette stopping by and picking up most
> of the kitchen trash after policing most of the
> rest of the site ( and picking up the sacks that
> people left in their camps)
>
> Lorraine
>
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