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<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>Good
Gentles,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>Words have failed
me until now.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>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.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN
class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4 face=Arial>How many people (SCA) were there</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><FONT
size=2>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</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>or have gotten any names
wrong</SPAN>:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Baron
Brian, Baron David St. David and his lovely wife, Mistress Jalali,
Mesterinde Annes Clotilde von Bamburg, Centurion Thorgard inn
Svarti</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>Cai</SPAN>tlyn the Celt, Don Charles and Kitsune, Sir
Henri and his squire, Jonathan Smith, Pace, Centurion Michael of Graves End,
Margali, Alijah,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Kim Kissell
(sorry don't remember her SCA name), Mistress Lorraine Deerslayer, Chrestien
Brule, Ly Ophelia, Ld Vincois, Angelique, Alaric</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Sweinbrother,
Tareija, Lord Devin, Ld Dietrich Stroebelart, Ly Gwen, Wolfon and 1 other heavy
fighter (sorry I didn't get his name), Lord Yamai </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=843014618-25072010>shel
Yaffa, HL Fedelm ni </SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010>Uldhir <SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>(I believe) </SPAN>and 1 other gentleman, Ly Calena and
Ld Soren, Fiacha the Blue, Linda Young and Robin Daniel and one older
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>gentleman on
a horse </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>named Bill that was lovingly referred to as the "pocket pony of the
day" (don't know their SCA names), </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>there were
also 2 ladies working on </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial>inkle looms with their escort under one of the
pavilions and I didn't get their names and 3 who came in </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>from Crockett
(used to be from the </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial>West Kingdom I believe) that I didn't get their names
either. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Oh!
And, of course, Ld Thorkin of Blackthorne<SPAN class=566412420-25072010>, my
wonderful Lord who worked so very hard all day in the
heat,</SPAN> and <SPAN class=566412420-25072010>your humble
servant</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Ly Katrina
Alyse Argo.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>Chivalric Fighters </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Baron Brian, Centurion Michael of Graves End, Chrestien Brule, & a
gentleman who came up with Wolfon but I can't remember his
name</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>Rapier Fighters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Don Charles and Jonathan Smith</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=4><SPAN
class=843014618-25072010>Equestrian Fighters</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Fiacha The
Blue, Linda Young, Robin Daniel<SPAN class=566412420-25072010> [so sorry I don't
remember your SCA names]</SPAN>, Lady Calena and Soren ... and 1
other I did not </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>get his name
but he was riding "Bill" </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff>(the pocket pony)<SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>. And let us not forget the honorable and
beautiful Rock, Bell and Ike ... magnificent </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>animals that made the day
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=566412420-25072010>extremely special
for many, many people. Who could pass up a picture that shows both a
Medieval and Modern tank </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>in the same </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=843014618-25072010><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010>shot?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=843014618-25072010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>What 'crafts' took place and who
participated in them?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><FONT
size=2>Scribal Guild (Lord Devin), inkle weaving (I missed that but there's a
picture on FB), drumming (Alaric, Dietrich and 1 other), dancing (<SPAN
lang=EN>Tareija),</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN lang=EN>Armor and Weapons Museum (Ld Yamai shel Yaffa),
blacksmithing (Sir Henri and his squire), water bearing (Kim Kissell and 2
others she</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial>brought with her), Stargate MOC table (HL Fedelm ni Uldhir), Viking
Encampment (Centurion Thorgard inn Svarti, Mesterinde Annes
Clotilde</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial>von Bamburg, Mistress Lorraine Deerslayer, Lord Thorkin of
Blackthorne, Caitlin the Celt), Public Relations and Information Station
(Mesterinde</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Arial>Annes and Caitlin the Celt and well as Ld Yamai), Boccie Ball (Don
Charles and Cadet)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN lang=EN>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>All of the
pictures I have been able to gather from various sources are located at <A
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/104548976518894436474/ToryLeeCantuBenefitSCADemo#">http://picasaweb.google.com/104548976518894436474/ToryLeeCantuBenefitSCADemo#</A> if
you care to view them.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face='"Verdana"'><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN
class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
size=4><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>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.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>I remain your most humble
servant,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>In Service to </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=4 face=Arial>to the Dream, and to Ansteorra,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4 face=Arial>Ly Katrina Alyse Argo</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=843014618-25072010><SPAN class=566412420-25072010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT></BODY></HTML>