SC - Brag

[Barbara Sall]

Congratulations.  I am sure that you deserved it with all the work that you
have been doing with the translation.
Kirsten of Blak Rose

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From: owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On
Behalf Of Robin Carroll-Mann
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:18 PM
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: SC - Brag

Well, everyone else is doing it...

I went to an event on Saturday.  As it was a RP, there was an A&S
Exhibition, at Their Majesties' request.  Since works-in-progress
are acceptable as entries, I brought a printout of my translation,
along with a facsimile of the Spanish text.  I didn't expect anything
except a chance for people to look at it, and maybe to get some
feedback.  (There were comment forms next to all of the entries.)

Because it was an exhibition, not a competition, there was no
formal judging and no "winners".  However, Her Majesty, who is a
great supporter of A&S, has been handing out favors to those
entries which particularly please her.  It is a golden lyre
embroidered on blue cloth (raw silk, I think), and it is meant to
honor those who, in the Queen's judgment, "exemplify the fire and
passion of East Kingdom Arts and Sciences".

After the Queen had passed through the exhibit, I went over to see
which works had merited her favor.  I was not surprised to see a
Golden Lyre draped beside a really spectacular piece of bobbin
lace, and another beside a display of jewelry.  But I was absolutely
stunned to see one, neatly folded, on top of my black looseleaf
notebook.

I gaped, I stared, and I babbled like an idiot at a certain Laurel who
was passing by and mistook my shock for distress.  For a
moment, I couldn't remember what that blue thing was called.  So I
pointed at the Golden Lyre hanging from her belt.  "There's a... on
my... thing!"  When I finally managed to communicate in something
resembling English, she said, "Oh, are you Brighid?  Her Majesty
was really blown away by your work."

I was actually grateful that they didn't call the recipients into Royal
Court, because I was still shaking, but they did have us all stand
up and be acknowledged.

No longer shaking, but still stunned,
Brighid


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
now at a new address: rcmann4 at earthlink.net



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