[Steppes] My Introduction into the SCA

[Jessica Smith]

I did alot of my growing up in Fort Hood. My dad was in the military - and I
remember when he was little he made chainmail patches for a guy who did
chain mail armor. So that was my first exsposure to the sca. But I didn't
start playing until I went to colorado springs. The practices were all in my
backyard and I had some LARP friends who also played in the SCA. Took me
another 4 months after I got back home to get up the nerve to attend an
event (Steppes Artisan) and then I met Saqra....who introduced me to Miguel
and Conal......and ive had a blast!
It does seem to take time to get your feet wet. I must of started
researching the sca online when I was 15....and im 20 now. I think that
maybe if we could get people together who would maybe be willing to get
people in cars and take them to events. Sponsoring them and introducing them
to people...making sure they have some sort of idea of whats going on and
getting them involved in it - we might be able to shorten the time it takes
to go to a first event.
And btw! If you want to get your hands dirty with those big rock flingers
shoot me an email.
Adelina
On 4/16/07, William Black Dragon <hlironwyrm at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> OK, I'll bite!  To whomever it may interest, after
> watching a NOVA program on building a medieval
> trebuchet Vinny, Nuala, and myself all approached a
> bunch of weirdos I had remembered observing at Flag
> Pole Hill many years earlier wearing medieval
> clothes, makeshift armor, and whacking each other
> with sticks.  We thought if anyone local might know
> about building one of these fun looking devises for
> flinging heavy objects it would likely be one of
> these lunatics.
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> Finding no one at the hill on our first attempt
> (everyone being at Canton for the 20th Warlord),
> they did return upon the following weekend.  We
> met, we talked, found them to be pleasant &
> interesting company despite their strange clothing
> & behavior.  So we returned, attended a few of
> their events, donned some funny clothes, got into
> the armor & whacked other guys with sticks.  Before
> ya knew it we're raising our mugs and singing "One
> of us" with the best of them, er' I guess that
> would be best of us, oh well here we've been ever
> since!
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> We never did build that big trebuchet yet, but each
> of us did find our own little niche within the
> Society.  I couldn't really imagine not being part
> of the SCA anymore, my only regret now being that
> it took nearly twenty years from my first contact
> with the SCA to actually joining the Society.
>
> Well, that's how we got started, who's next!
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> Regards,
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> Ironwyrm
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