[Sca-cooks] Loud Voices

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Have any of you worthies signed up for field heraldry lately?
It's not just being loud, it's the ability to command attention.

It's "The Voice" as Frank Herbert described in DUNE, despite
the special-effects fooferaw we heard in the movie.
If you have this gift, share it with the Society, by all means.

One of my best success stories is Lord Colm Dubh, formerly of Caid,
who used  to irritate people with his loud voice and Florida-Southern accent,
whose normal speaking tone could be heard across the field.
I asked him to do field heraldry that day, he liked it!  His
perfectionist nature turned out to be a benefit to book heraldry
as well.  Negatives became positives, and he is now a great asset
to the College of Heralds at large.  I think he lives in Meridies now?
I know he's still writing heraldry symposia papers.
Harness the energy!

Selene, Caid

A F Murphy wrote:

> Well, you see, my mom *was* a sergeant... OK, long before I was born,
> but still.
>
>  From her, I learned what I call the Teacher voice. (I taught
> preschool.) A lot of it is the assumption that one will be listened to!
> Speak firmly, not particularly loudly (unless I am calling across an
> entire playground on the banks of a windy river... I'm a trained singer,
> I can get volume, too...) <snip>