[Sca-cooks] Old in the SCA, was Hollywood gays

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    She was in her late 50's at the time, and it was in Evansville, Ind. I
had talked to her (she went to school with my mother) about the SCA, and she
was very excited that there was a group that actually put into practice what
she had studied. Several months later, she wrote me and expressed great
sorrow that the local group there simply had no use for her because she was
too old. I never got any details, but reading between the lines, I got the
impression that the local group had been quite unkind to her.
    This was a real pity, as both she and her husband were astoundingly
talented (he would send out hand illuminated Christmas cards), and were both
possessed of remarkable intellects. I suppose they just lacked the proper
party instincts . . .

    Sieggy

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> Sieggy wrote:
> >     Or perhaps the story of the first two Edwards as told from the
> >perspective of Piers Gaveston? Though it would have a tragic ending by
> >definition . . . For an exceptionally interesting treatment of the
subject,
> >if only tangentially, I suggest "Flambard's Confession" by Marilyn
Durham.
> >She was a serious medieval scholar who tried to get into the SCA on my
> >recommendation, only to be chased out because she was too old . . .
>
> And, might i ask, how old was she?
>
> We have a very elderly woman, close to 90, who attends events in a
> wheel chair. Camping events. Of course, she isn't doing it alone, but
> with her grandson and his wife, with whom she lives. People are all
> polite to her. Of course, as i mentioned, we have quite a few people
> in wheelchairs at camping events - camping in tents. No motorized
> ones, that i recall, however, although there's a woman in one in the
> Las Vegas area, IIRC.
>
> I know that we have people in their 60's playing in our Kingdom (and
> some on this list, too :-), and some older come to the more
> "civilized" (indoor) events.
>
> Heck, at the Goth clubs i sometimes go to, i saw a women well in her
> 70s in a red velvet dress. No one chased her out, either. (i saw her
> more than once, too) I'll confess that she wasn't dancing, just
> hanging out, but a lot of the Goths i know just hang out and don't
> dance, either.
>
> Anahita