RF - fighter practice

[Chad Southern]

I like your thoughts on the matter.

                     Ld William Skullsplitter
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:58:21 -0500, Ravensfort at ansteorra.org wrote:

>  Heilsa all!
>  
>  Everyone else has been giving there 2 cents, so I think I shall supply my

>  own. As a member of the fighter practice committee, I have spoken with
the 
>  others on the committee on this issue and they have agreed with what I am

>  about to say. I do not suggest that I am speaking for that, but based on
our 
>  conversations....this is our thought:
>  
>  Fighter practice should NOT be changed from the pavillion. It is a 
>  convenient and public place that people are used to seeing us at and we
are 
>  used to going to. It should be EVERY Sunday at the same time (maybe a
little 
>  later or earlier than it is now).
>  
>  Candy Cane is NOT a good place for practice. We are only visible to those

>  folk in the park and have recruited a very few number of people from that

>  area. However, I agree that a quarterly or every other month tourney is
an 
>  EXCELLENT idea which would encourage more than just fighters to come out.
If 
>  this is well advertized in advance, attendance should not be a problem.
>  
>  Private fighter practices are a GREAT way of supplimenting our local 
>  practice. There was a "Kierstead" practice happening on Tuesday nights
for 
>  awhile there, I personally would enjoy this option again, as Sir Kief 
>  approves, of course. But other private practices, such as the Lizard Keep

>  Rapier on Wednesday nights have worked out extremely well for a lot of 
>  people. These practices should not replace the official one, but should 
>  instead SUPPLIMENT it!!!
>  
>  Further note, I think fighter practice should not be called fighter 
>  practice. I have heard tales of other artisans coming and demo'ing their 
>  arts (including bardic) at the gazebo on Sundays. This is GREAT!! There
are 
>  a lot of people who are interested in the SCA for MORE than fighting and 
>  this is a way we show a lot of the other things we are capable of doing!
BUT 
>  in the middle of the 100 degree Ansteorran summers, everyone gets mauled
by 
>  the heat, so perhaps a later summer practice would be possible?? This way

>  the artisans could come out as well! And perhaps we could call it the
"SCA 
>  Practice" hinting at all the things that the SCA teaches and encourages
us 
>  to be a part of...something like that.
>  
>  Again, these are only my opinions and do not necessarily mimic those of
my 
>  fellow committee or baronial members.
>  
>  Ldy Hrafnhildr Ulfsdottir
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