[Steppes] Food fights (Was: 12th Night)

[lizdenpeters@juno.com]

Dare we hope for the entire story???

Nuala

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:19:31 -0800 (PST) Valerie Kelley
<richila at swbell.net> writes:
> Mahdi has never fallen due to a food fight in Emerald Keep or 
> elswhere in Ansteorra. The only food fight that we remember in 
> Emerald Keep involved Patrick Michael, grapes and my bodice. It 
> taught me that modesty in a bodice is indeed a virtue.
> Valeria
>  
> 
> Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Susan Hill wrote:
> > Good Gentles of the Steppes and the Kingdom of Ansteorra,
> > 
> > At the request of the Autocrat of the Twelfth Night Celebration, 
> and after 
> > conferring with those in higher position than myself, it is 
> requested that 
> > there be no feast crossbows, trebuchets, catapults, or other such 
> devices 
> > brought into the hall. Any gentle that brings such a device into 
> the hall 
> > will be asked to remove it. Last year there were some incidents 
> involving 
> > food missles that nearly resulted in serious injury from falls. 
> Considering 
> > the import of the event this year, with the stepping down of our 
> beloved 
> > Baron and Baroness, and the installation of their successors, let 
> us enjoy 
> > the occasion with the joy, respect, and dignity that it deserves.
> > 
> > I look forward to seeing each of you this weekend and hope that 
> you have a 
> > safe and happy new year.
> > 
> > Yours in service to the dream we share,
> > Linet Grey
> > Archery Marshall of the Steppes
> > 
> 
> A bit of Ansteorran history: 
> Some many years ago, there was a feast served in the Shire of 
> Emerald Keep, and Rowan was either
> Queen or had just won the right to the Crown by her own hand. There 
> was much mischief and fun had
> at this feast; and as Ansteorrans are a jovial bunch, food was being 
> catapulted librally about the
> hall. A young squire, by the name of Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakin 
> (soon to be Baron of the
> Steppes) was serving the feast in the indoor hall, and took a nasty 
> fall on the floor due to the
> food upon it, suffering a resulting injury. 
> 
> Rowan then declared that she would rather have her squires fit for 
> battle; so from that day
> henceforth, no food was to be catapulted within INDOOR halls in the 
> Kingdom of Ansteorra. Outdoor
> feasts were fair game. Rowan was herself one of the worst offenders 
> of catapulting food from the
> head table, so probably felt justified in declaring this edict. 
> 
> Thus, a tradition was born in Ansteorra that 'food fights' are 
> restricted to outdoor feast. 
> Perhaps, it is time to remember that tradition. 
> 
> Cheers, Hillary 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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