<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">Regarding Ansteorra's 40th Celebration.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="monospace,monospace">HL Runa of the Thundering Herd</font></div><div><font face="monospace,monospace">Seneschal, Barony of Ravens Fort</font></div><div><font face="monospace,monospace">(mka) Sherrill "Sher" Montgomery</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lillias MacGuffin</strong> <br>Date: Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 5:54 PM<br>Subject: Ansteorra's 40th Anniversary<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:event@40th.ansteorra.org">event@40th.ansteorra.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_9220241137081213043m_8101111323542163564gmail-docs-internal-guid-ea3fe386-7fff-9ef4-b59f-3641bd17409f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unto you, fair Populace do the Event Stewards of Ansteorra’s 40th Year Celebration send Greetings! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are writing to extend an invitation to be part of the festivities celebrating our Kingdom. It is our hope to have every group in Ansteorra represented and participating. If your group would like to sponsor or run an activity, volunteer, or loan or donate material goods, please let us know!   </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event will be Thursday Sept 19th-Sunday Sept 22nd, 2019 at Will Rogers Boy Scout Reservation, Cleveland, Oklahoma. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are many ways to contribute! </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sponsor an Activity/Prizes for an Activity:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We will have activities in the Arts and Sciences, Bardic, Chivalric, Rapier, Thrown Weapons, Archery, Equestrian, and Seige! There will also be activities for Children! A tea for the children has also been suggested.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pavilions and Banners: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We will need a large number of pavilions for use as Points and Classroom and Activity areas, and banners/wall hangings to make the entire site beautiful. Please reach out and let us know what you have that we may use! </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Kingdom Historian’s Display</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - If your group has objects meaningful to its identification and history that you would like to have on display at 40th year, please contact the Kingdom Historian at </span><a href="mailto:hisorian@chronicler.ansteorra.org" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">historian@chronicler.ansteorra.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ! We would love the display to cover the full splendor of all of the groups in the Kingdom. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Luncheons: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Care to sponsor a Luncheon for Royalty (we are inviting foreign royalty as well as our own), a Nobles and Newcomers Luncheon? Another gathering of a different sort? There is room on the schedule!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (I have been asked by exchequers to remind groups that an event ‘targeted’ to a specific group of people cannot use group funds, but will need to be handled by donations). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please fill out the following form and include the information that this is a sponsored luncheon in the “Notes to the Event Stewards” section at the bottom of the form:  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI-iqs8eZ3ODYa1lPYUbqbfhPbFX2tJGOe9wKtQFapnJZikQ/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI-iqs8eZ3ODYa1lPYUbqbfhPbFX2tJGOe9wKtQFapnJZikQ/viewform</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Taverns: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We plan to provide food for meals from Thursday through Sunday. If your group is interested in hosting a meal or two, please consider submitting a Tavern using the form on the website! Taverns are encouraged to submit menus and pricing early for promotion/advertising.  Taverns may also choose to run on donation.  Don’t forget to say if your profits are going to support a particular group or effort. (application: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI-iqs8eZ3ODYa1lPYUbqbfhPbFX2tJGOe9wKtQFapnJZikQ/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeI-iqs8eZ3ODYa1lPYUbqbfhPbFX2tJGOe9wKtQFapnJZikQ/viewform</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Parties:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> If you are interested in help support the Parties at 40th Year, we can put you in contact with their coordinators! We will have a European Ball on Friday night, and a large Hafla/40th year Celebration on Saturday night! </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Support Services and Volunteering!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> We will have a Volunteer Point, Water-bearing, Chrirugeonate, a Watch, Gate, Lyst Mistresses, Site and Lyst heraldry, and Sanitation departments,  that all need volunteers for staffing and use supplies! As a group, or as individuals, please volunteer a little of your time! If we all do a little, we all get to play a lot. (volunteer form: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdK9xR0Andu5JiTt9tBJ6nXZjyBu974RKYV54CHyQorzGCOuA/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdK9xR0Andu5JiTt9tBJ6nXZjyBu974RKYV54CHyQorzGCOuA/viewform</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Material Goods/Additional funding:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> If your group would prefer to make a donation to the purchasing of general supplies, this is also absolutely welcome!  Other ideas include camp showers, portable fire pits, bench cushions, seating/benches for around parties or list fields.  If you have an idea for something that your group uses which might enrich our 40th year celebration, please let us know.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see the main page </span><a href="https://40th.ansteorra.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://40th.ansteorra.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for Contact information for the Event Stewards (us), the Groups Liaison, the Feast Stewards, the Marshal-in-Charge, and the Land Steward! If you are looking for a specific area in which to contribute we can point you to the right coordinator!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you and we look forward to having everyone at 40th!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With joy in service,</span></p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HL Lillias MacGuffin and HL Liliana Barnes</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ansteorra 40th Anniversary Event Stewards </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></div></div>
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