[Sca-cooks] Tiki Torch Recall

[Sue Clemenger]

There's an annual torchlight great sword tourney at Uprising every June. 
  Uprising, for you non-Artemisians, is the largest annual event in the 
kingdom.  The tourney always seems to run (at least in my memory) as a 
fundraiser--individual fighters are auctioned off, and the winner gets a 
prize.  Enormous fun to watch, especially when you've got a couple of 
really talented people in the eric.
We have fire restrictions to deal with as well, but the degree of 
stricture varies from year to year, and generally is most stringent 
later in the summer (mid-July onwards through early fall).
--maire, who could actually *see* the hills surrounding town tonight! 
and breathe without inhaling wood smoke! Ah, the joy! ;-D (I'm only 
partly kidding...it's been pretty smoky here this summer, although not 
as bad as 2000 or 2003.)

Laura C. Minnick wrote:


> 
> These actually happen fairly often, given the desire to have a full 
> days' fighting and a full court. _And_ sometimes there are torchlight 
> tourneys, which can be pretty cool.
> 
> Of course all bets are off during fire season- a lot of our camping 
> events are held at state parks or forestry sites up in the mountains- 
> and we have no desire to add to the already high incidence of forest 
> fires. Checking the fire danger levels is something autocrats have to 
> do, and something that attendees should do too. And be prepared to have 
> enclosed flame or no flame lighting if needed.