SC - Under 40 crowd?
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Thu Jul 29 05:28:10 PDT 1999
In a message dated 7/29/99 4:57:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
RACHEL.HOLLIDAY at roche.com writes:
<< This was billed as Authentic and it was not. I cannot express how
disappointed I was. Does the SCA advertise itself as authentic, if not then
I probably won't have too
much of a problem with it. It is for these reasons that I fell that I will
not fit in! >>
I can certainly understand your disappointment with what you thought was an
authentic recreation not being authentic enough. I've been there too. (Not
to the place, but to the emotional state). There are no real authenticity
requirements for the SCA; the only related rule is to "wear an attempt at
pre-17th century clothing". This means that for your personal portrayal, you
can be as accurate and authentic as you have the time, money, and enthusiasm
to be. I have seen people be incredibly authentic with all their clothing,
their campsite, their pets, even, and very well regarded for the effort. On
the flip side, we do get people who are just here for the party, who make
extremely minimal efforts to meet the "attempt at pre-17th century clothing"
rule and no other attempt at all, and some people get annoyed about that
because they think we should have a higher overall level of authenticity.
I'm not sure whether you would like the SCA or not. We don't require
authenticity, and in no way should be billling ourselves as doing so (in any
case, it's difficult to achieve authenticity when every event may include
people from 700 years or more of time and many different cultures). However,
with your liking for authenticity, you may find it hard to tolerate as lax a
standard as we have. I think your best bet would probably be to attend a few
events and see whether you like it or not. You do not need to have a
membership to attend events; there are places online to find out the
schedules for your area, and then you need only go to the event, wear
pre-17th century clothing, pay your site fee, sign any waivers they ask you
to sign (basically, it says you won't sue the SCA if you get hurt there), and
behave as a lady or gentleman for the course of the event. I would try to
attend several different events, of different types, with various groups, as
many things can vary between types, places, and sponsoring groups of events.
If you let us know where you are located, someone can probably help you with
getting a local schedule of events if you are interested in trying this
method.
Brangwayna Morgan
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