[Steppes] Steppes Events some thoughts from an outsider

[Crandall]

Another "outsider" here. 
I cannot agree more with Master Richard. 

Steppes Warlord is one of the more unique events
in the SCA. I understand that it was named as the
only Warlord that was not Kingdom level in the
Known World by its then King of Atenvelt. 

Steppes Artisan, again, has unique traditions and
concepts. And is inspiring to those of us who
merely come to admire. I have spent hours looking
and talking to the artisans, and often wish I had
more time. 

Twelfth Night carries with it the advantage to
the Crown that they can take care of a good deal
of last minute business, and still enjoy a good
sense of fellowship. It does have many traditions
that need to be continued. As has been stated,
the feast has often been provided by those who do
not live in the Steppes, and thus the tradition
of burning out the fine cooks that live in the
Steppes has been avoided. 

Master Richard says it better than I, that the
Twelfth Night should and can be a regional event,
even if the Steppes Artisan or Steppes Fall Court
may or may not be named as Kingdom events. 

Crandall, Baron 

--- "Dale, Richard N" <DaleRN at aetna.com> wrote:

>  
> Some humble opinions from a person in another
> barony.
> 
> Steppes Warlord is a key event for the barony
> and the kingdom and adding
> one more competition ( like artisan) would
> break the back of all your
> future nobility and many of your core workers. 
> 
> Steppes Artisan is truly unique to Steppes and
> merging this competition
> with another event would hurt not only the
> completion, but the level of
> judging, and special feel this event has. Keep
> steppes artisan.
> 
> Twelfth night is an important event for the
> barony and the kingdom much
> like warlord. However, twelfth night has had
> and does have people
> outside the barony help and even cook the feast
> at times.
> 
> A modest proposal would be to make steppes
> twelfth night, just twelfth
> night, turn this into a regional twelfth night
> ( which it really already
> is now anyway). Turning this into a regional
> event acknowledges what the
> event already is and would allow the work, the
> expense and the knowledge
> of working at this type of event to be shared
> with a large cross section
> of people from across the kingdom. Steppes
> would initially take the
> lead, but as time goes on a cross section of
> volunteers would come
> forward to work and learn from the event.
> 
> Just a few thoughts
> 
> Richard Fairbourne