[Steppes] Gulf Wars 2005 - Gift Basket Project and Group Camping
Susan Hill
sueorintx at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 17 09:52:05 PDT 2004
At Populace last month, Her Excellency mentioned period type games? That
seemed to be fairly well received as an idea, with each guild or group
making their own version, i.e. embroiderers doing an embroidered board, etc.
Linet
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From: "Brent Ryder" <borekvv at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Steppes] Gulf Wars 2005 - Gift Basket Project and Group Camping
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:37:03 -0500
Howdy All,
At business meeting last, there was a point brought up about Gulf Wars.
Basically, TRMs have asked the groups of Ansteorra to provided largess for
the 19 kingdoms and principalities of the Known world. To make things more
equal, each group is being asked to produce 19 of the same items so that
when combined together into baskets, the total gifts for each kingdom or
principality is the same.
I have heard the collective groan when this is mentioned and the invariable
recollection of the horn project....
I have also heard a reccomendation of giving cordials. This particular idea
is good in some ways and bad in others. The main problem being that some of
the attending crowns will be flying in and nothing like a bottle of cordial
is going to make it onto a commercial airline and some few will not want to
risk their wardrobe on the possibility of the bottle breaking in transit.
This goes for just about any fluid given in a container.
Likewise, the temperature of various vehicles make things like candles or
other wax objects, including chocolate and similar candies, impractical for
gifts.
What we are looking for is a project, producible within the next six months
or less, for 19 separate and individual kingdoms and pricipalities that
travels well. This could be regalia related, largess, decorative boxes
filled with such things as medications for the various ills of TRMs and TRHs
and attendant entourages, etc. In short, something unbreakable and small
enough to be put into luggage as well as being suitable for royalty.
All suggestions welcome, let's kick it around and get the ball rolling on
the project so we can do a good job and not be in a time crunch to finish.
On another note for Gulf Wars, does anyone know at this time if they are
going to make it, or are planning on making it, but are unsure at this time?
If the Steppes is going as a group again, this would be another thing to
work out sooner than later. Topics would be transporting of gear, menus,
division of labor, etc.
At this point I am planning on going for the entire week and may check into
being there on the weekend prior if possible to layout and setup camp. Since
I do not fight, I may even be talked into keeping up the campsite and
dealing with meals and such with sufficient encouragement.
HE Borek Vitalievich Volkov CB, CSM, OOS, Star Emeritus
Bordure Herald
Apprentice to Sheik Da'ud ibn Auda, al-Jamal Herald, OL, OP, Lion
In seeking Wisdom, the first stage is silence, the second is listening, the
third remembrance, the fourth practicing, the fifth teaching. - Solomon
Gabirol, c. 1045
The supreme happiness of life is
the conviction of being loved for yourself,
or more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.
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