ST - Feedback on moving fighter practice?

[Vicki Shetler]

I definately understand the lack of time..  And considering the sheer size of
Ansteorra, this is a 'traveling' Kingdom.  I do appreciate hearing about your past
experience, considering that you have been here for so long, (I believe since the
Barony was founded?)  and have been a Baron of Steppes in the past.

I am really hoping that we (Steppes as a group) can revitalize itself.  It is sort
of sad and strange to attend (When I can due to a severe time shortage) the
Populace and Business meetings.  I tend to see more faces at Business meeting than
I generally see at events?  Could be entirely due to the fact that I am fighting
on the field.  Though there is a feeling <in my opinion> of a lack of unity
currently in Steppes.

Everyone seems divided into specific groups?  The A&S crowd, the Rapier Community,
(though those two seem to overlap), the Chivalric Fighters, the Baronial Officers
(though they seem to overlap with various groups) and the Excellencies..  Though
not necessarily in that order..

Does anyone else feel this way??  Or is this perception just an illusion generated
by my current time crunch and time spent elsewhere fullfilling other duties...

Isolde von Rugen
squire to HRH Duncan Arthur Ross the Black ( :)  Hence a lack of time.)

> In a message dated 4/9/01 7:49:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
> JengjenVandeRoet at aol.com writes:
>
> <<  Something that my old Barony out in Caid would do was use Fighter's
> practice
>  > as
>  > a showcase for the barony..  Whether you were fighting or just attending
>  > everyone would try to show up in garb, the non-fighters would hold
> classes,
>  > the
>  > Rapier community would make it out too and fight, the musicians guild would
>  > play/practice, and dance guild the same.. >>
>
> By way of  history, this is something that used to occur in many of the
> Baronies in Ansteorra, but as the kingdom calendar filled up with two and
> sometimes three events each weekend many of the members of the local groups
> began to travel much more and a lot of us ended up having to use our few
> weekends at home to mow the lawn, weed the garden, take the kids to the
> museum, and generally do the things from our mundane lives that require
> weekend time. Most of the guilds found it more beneficial to meet on week
> nights at indoor locations, and the increase in activity on a kingdom level
> by so many members, resulting much more travel, led to a decrease in the
> attendance at local fighter practices held on Saturdays or Sundays. Some
> groups have even begun to hold their main practice on a week night instead of
> using much more valuable weekend spare time and have found that their
> attendance began to increase.
>
> Edwin, baron
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