ST - Feedback on moving fighter practice?

[Glen Wilkerson]

I found fighter practice at Flagpole Hill in the fall of 1979, and once upon
a time I would have yelled and screamed to keep practice from moving.  That
was a long time ago...

I've been in Arlington long enough I seldom make Flagpole Hill practices
regularly anymore, and there is enough time and distance between those
sentimental "good old days" and now that I'm perfectly willing to give a new
site a try.

As I told the new Steppes Baronial Guard when I resigned at Twelfth Night,
"I was one of the original members of the old guard, you are the new guard -
and you need to go and make your own new traditions and write your own new
history for yourselves now."

Change can be good.

Alaric

-----Original Message-----
From: Trish Kvamme <ladyoftherose at hotmail.com>
To: steppes at ansteorra.org <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: ST - Feedback on moving fighter practice?


>What Dux didn't mention is the really awesome castle that is there.  It has
>one entry and is large enough for kids to play in for hours and hours with
>little boredom factor.
>
>I am certain that every fencer I know will want to have a town scenario in
>there as well, it is that large and well built.
>
>I have only seen the park once, but I really liked it.  Alot of the reason
I
>don't attend Sunday practice is because the environment at Flag Pole is not
>really terrific.  I think it is pretty and was probably once a thriving
>hospitilar environment, but on the occasions that I do appear, I don't see
>any throngs of newcomers wanting to know what we are doing, and if you look
>around, we could really use those newcomers right now to breath new life
>into our group, and give us that added enthusiasm that we all need from
time
>to time.  We are always needing volunteers for demos, events, you name it,
>and in an area this size, we should be able to attract alot of interested
>people who will love our Barony and our game as much as we all do.
>
>Another reason I don't attend Flag Pole Hill is because there are no
>restrooms available.  I hate to be this direct, but what we are expected to
>use is vile, disgusting and is no doubt breeding some new form of plague
>with it's content of filth and lack of maintenance.
>
>In addition, there has not been water available since the park maintenance
>person removed the spigots from the water pipes, so we have had to truck in
>our own.
>
>I realize that there are people out there who are very emotionally attached
>to the site because we have always used it.  But in truth, fighter practice
>is for the fighters, and this site is much kinder to them.  It even has the
>possibility of room for our archers, which would make stronger ties between
>the communities.
>
>So as an occasional fighter and spectator, I am all for moving it.  I would
>even be comfortable fighting there because there is a restroom I can change
>in, and a safe place for my kids to play while I am there.  There is a nice
>pavilion for lunches or just resting in the shade, and the neighborhood is
>nice.
>
>I think the most important feedback needs to come from those who are the
>consistent fighters, and I hope that everyone will go and see this park
>before speaking their peace.  Like I said, I know that some of you are
>attached to the Flag Pole Hill site, but change means new life and new
>ideas, and I think that would benefit the group as a whole.
>
>Larissa, writing not as Princess but as a resident of Steppes
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