RF - fighter practice
Chad Southern
SableSkull at excite.com
Mon Apr 16 21:17:00 PDT 2001
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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