[Steppes] SCA at renfaires was News from Rolf the Red !

[Jann Mays]

Actually, the facilities and the grounds are far better these days.  I actually
worked a few years ago out there and had a lot of fun.  If they were to let us
work a compound and a melee demonstration or games like we did at TRF while
still allowing us to pass up Memorial Day weekend, I'd be for it.  But, I agree
with Saqra - if we had to pay entry fee AND work the demo, I wouldn't do it.  

Saqra, did you know I still have the "Weekend Guide" from the opening of
Scarborough Faire?  Yes, our members are on the cover page picture.  Inside,
there is a picture of Leonitus in all his splendor standing on the castle
rampart.  

Gabrielle

--- AlKudsi at aol.com wrote:

> The Steppes helped Scarborough Faire get started and had a significant 
> presence the first few years, but because we could not promise a group to
> work over 
> Memorial Weekend (having other fish to fry -- like Steppes Warlord), we were 
> then asked to pay to get in.  I, for one, was deeply offended at the time,
> and 
> did not and do not desire to pay to work for four or five weekends.  I was 
> also deeply offended that those who worked the Faire were expected to put up
> with 
> absolutely primitive facilities for entirely too many years while the owners 
> were making a lot of bucks.  Although my experience there has been very 
> limited (I don't like putting money in the pockets of those who take
> advantage of 
> others) in the last 10 years, it is my understanding that facilities are
> still 
> far from ideal.
> 
> This tirade is strictly my own opinion, and others may have had a more 
> pleasant experience with SF.  But I do distinctly remember the meetings we
> had where 
> the populace voted overwhelmingly not to participate because of the problems 
> we had encountered there.  Maybe things have improved, but like Nuala said in
> 
> one of her other posts, we are all getting greyer, and I, for one, have a lot
> 
> of other commitments that I do during the time frame of Scarborough Faire.
> 
> HL Saqra al-Kudsi 
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