[Ravensfort] Event "Reports" - Cour d'Amour - Shire of Gate's Edge
Karen Ladd
ophelialarue at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 17 22:35:04 PDT 2003
Yes she was.... She was very tired when we got to the event and she was well
taken care of Dani and I gave her a neck rub.
Karen
Black Holes are where God divided by zero.
>From: L T <ldeerslayer at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: The Barony of Ravensfort <ravensfort at ansteorra.org>
>To: The Barony of Ravensfort <ravensfort at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] Event "Reports" - Cour d'Amour - Shire of Gate's
>Edge
>Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Thank you ladies...excellent report!!!
>
>I also heard that Cammie work hard at taking care of fighters all day and
>waterbearing!!!
>
>Lorraine
>
>Gróa <groa at houston.rr.com> wrote:
>Here's what I can add to it...
>
>The chivalric championship was indeed won by HL Thorland O'Shea (you
>spelled it right Cammie). There was no rapier fighting at this event as
>our champion was chosen at Midsummer Faire earlier this year. I'm sorry to
>say that I do not recall the name of the woman that won equestrian (but I
>can see her face in my mind, how frustrating). Thrown weapons was won by
>Lord Alden Drake, again *grin*. Archery was taken by Lord Carluccio de
>Bia. And bardic was won by Michele of Stargate.
>
>The Kingdom level awards that were given that night were:
>
>Brongaar - AoA
>Brian mac Cael - Sable Comet
>Aylwin of Holbrook - Sable Thistle; bobbin lace
>
>And I must agree, feast was fabulous! Cammie is right, if you left hungry
>it was your own dang fault *grin*!
>
>There, that's all I can remember to add,
>Gróa
>
>
>
>Momma Cammie wrote:
>
>OK, Lorraine, I'll start the ball rolling on this one ...
>
>Although there was a small turnout as many were scared off by the rains the
>day before, I must admit that all of us who attended had a marvelous time.
>I believe that this was the first even that Gate's Edge held as a Shire and
>it was quite pleasant.
>
>The two Queens were represented by HL Hillary (France) and HL Pippa
>(England) -- both ladies represented their respective countries well and
>were indeed the epitome of Love and Beauty! Sir William of Weir did double
>duty as King (England) and Field Marshall ... and looked splendid as
>always.
>
>I believe that there was a total of 10 fighters that took the heavy field
>... and my own Lord Thorkin remained undefeated (for the French) until he
>had to take himself out due to injury in the final rounds, which were
>fought against Ezekiel the Slightly Demented and Ld Thorland O'Shea (sp?).
>Thorland is now the Shire's Heavy Champion. Sorry ... I didn't get to see
>any of the light fighting, equestrian or archery competitions as I was busy
>waterbearing at the heavy list field and taking care of fighters. But it
>was wonderful to see Centurion Mu out on the field in his heavy armor
>again!
>
>Feast was delicious ... HL Dolfin with the help of Ld Ambrose Blackwood, Ld
>Thorkin and myself put out a spread that seemed to satisfy all (there were
>only 2 chickens left the next morning ... and NOTHING else!). As always,
>if you walked away hungry it wasn't Dolfin's fault!
>
>Ly Alwyn received a Thistle (for her bobbin lace that evening, I believe).
>She and several other ladies spent most of the day working on scrolls that
>were absolutely georgeous ... and I must commend Ly Sabine. I believe that
>this was the first event that she had acted as Autocrat, and it went very
>well.
>
>There were some newcomers at the event and their children were called into
>court and received word fame for the all of the help they gave serving head
>table. I believe that there was also a young man who was called in for his
>assistance at another venue. I didn't get to hear all of it because I was
>still in the kitchen, but it was so wonderful to see the children come
>before the court ... the looks on their faces ... they just "glowed"!!!
>
>I know that many other things happened ... which I could have been every
>where at once, but that is just not possible.
>
>That's my story ... and I'm sticking to it!
>
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