[Ravensfort] A Recap of the SCA Demo in Crockett, Texas (long post)

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Good Gentles,
 
Words have failed me until now.
 
On July 17th I saw the hearts of the SCA open in the generous and loving
nature that IS Ansteorra and step in by adding our Demo to a Blood Drive,
Silent Auction and Raffle to help a family raise money to pay some really
crippling hospital bills (just one of the bills they are facing is
$1,310,375.01!) after losing their 13 yr old daughter to Rheumatoid
Arthritis on April 14th.  Tory's mother, grandmother, grandfather and aunt
were totally blown away by the effort the SCA took to pull this together and
have been singing our praises in the Corsicana area.  
 
To everyone who attended the Demo, or made it possible for another to
attend, I send you my most humble and heartfelt gratitude and appreciation
...  I would like to pass along word fame to the following for braving the
heat of East Texas on a sweltering July day, and for being so kind and
receptive to the people we met there despite the heat.  Please forgive my
lapses in memory and misspelling of some of the names.  You have made a
grand impression on the people who came and I will try to pass along the
newspaper articles as I receive them.  We were covered in the Crockett and
Grapeland newspapers and was told by the Grapeland reporter that she planned
on doing two separate articles ... one on the Demo and one on the SCA
itself.
 
How many people (SCA) were there
47 (approx.) - many names have been gleaned from the photos that were posted
on FB and the web so forgive me if I missed someone
or have gotten any names wrong:
 
Baron Brian, Baron David St. David and his lovely wife, Mistress Jalali,
Mesterinde Annes Clotilde von Bamburg, Centurion Thorgard inn Svarti
Caitlyn the Celt, Don Charles and Kitsune, Sir Henri and his squire,
Jonathan Smith, Pace, Centurion Michael of Graves End, Margali, Alijah,
Kim Kissell (sorry don't remember her SCA name), Mistress Lorraine
Deerslayer, Chrestien Brule, Ly Ophelia, Ld Vincois, Angelique, Alaric
Sweinbrother, Tareija, Lord Devin, Ld Dietrich Stroebelart, Ly Gwen, Wolfon
and 1 other heavy fighter (sorry I didn't get his name), Lord Yamai 
shel Yaffa, HL Fedelm ni Uldhir (I believe) and 1 other gentleman, Ly Calena
and Ld Soren, Fiacha the Blue, Linda Young and Robin Daniel and one older 
gentleman on a horse named Bill that was lovingly referred to as the "pocket
pony of the day" (don't know their SCA names), 
there were also 2 ladies working on inkle looms with their escort under one
of the pavilions and I didn't get their names and 3 who came in 
from Crockett (used to be from the West Kingdom I believe) that I didn't get
their names either.  
 
Oh!  And, of course, Ld Thorkin of Blackthorne, my wonderful Lord who worked
so very hard all day in the heat, and your humble servant 
Ly Katrina Alyse Argo.
 
Chivalric Fighters 
Baron Brian, Centurion Michael of Graves End, Chrestien Brule, & a gentleman
who came up with Wolfon but I can't remember his name
 
Rapier Fighters
Don Charles and Jonathan Smith
 
Equestrian Fighters
Fiacha The Blue, Linda Young, Robin Daniel [so sorry I don't remember your
SCA names], Lady Calena and Soren ...  and 1 other I did not 
get his name but he was riding "Bill" (the pocket pony).  And let us not
forget the honorable and beautiful Rock, Bell and Ike ... magnificent 
animals that made the day extremely special for many, many people.  Who
could pass up a picture that shows both a Medieval and Modern tank 
in the same shot?
 
What 'crafts' took place and who participated in them?
Scribal Guild (Lord Devin), inkle weaving (I missed that but there's a
picture on FB), drumming (Alaric, Dietrich and 1 other), dancing (Tareija),
Armor and Weapons Museum (Ld Yamai shel Yaffa), blacksmithing (Sir Henri and
his squire), water bearing (Kim Kissell and 2 others she
brought with her), Stargate MOC table (HL Fedelm ni Uldhir), Viking
Encampment (Centurion Thorgard inn Svarti, Mesterinde Annes Clotilde
von Bamburg, Mistress Lorraine Deerslayer, Lord Thorkin of Blackthorne,
Caitlin the Celt), Public Relations and Information Station (Mesterinde
Annes and Caitlin the Celt and well as Ld Yamai), Boccie Ball (Don Charles
and Cadet)
 
I have heard nothing but glowing words for everyone ... the Chivalric and
Rapier Fighters, the Equestrian entourage and Sir Henri's blacksmithing, the
Arts and Sciences people, Lord Yamai's Armor and Weapon Collection,
Centurion Thorgard's Viking Encampment ... it truly became a magical day for
everyone.  There is talk in the wind of "doing this again" during a much
cooler time of the year.
 
All of the pictures I have been able to gather from various sources are
located at
http://picasaweb.google.com/104548976518894436474/ToryLeeCantuBenefitSCADemo
# if you care to view them.
 
I would also like to thank those that were not able to attend the event due
to other commitments such as Round Table, but offered their advise and their
support to this endeavor.  Baron Tostig Logiosophia, Master Eule, HL Ciarnat
of Firethorn, Baroness Jan, Countess Margaret ny Connor, Michael Fenwick,
Master Caelin, Lady Runa of the Thundering Herd, Ly Mirabelis Genvah
Zabaneh, Lord Jean-Michel de Meaux ... your kind words and/or actions eased
my mind and guided my hands, and I will be eternally grateful.
 
And to my Pelican, Mesterinde Annes Clotilde von Bamburg, and her Lord,
Centurion Thorgard inn Svarti, Lion of Ansteorra ... I am so very, very
grateful and blessed to have both of you in my life.  Thank you for being my
mentor and my friends.
 
I remain your most humble servant,
 
In Service to to the Dream, and to Ansteorra,
Ly Katrina Alyse Argo
 
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