[Steppes] Fair Warning - Knight Marshal Welcoming Message to Quill

[Mike]

Heilsa, Quill

Welcome to the Barony - I am the Knight Marshal, LD Michael Kettering. A 
number of good gentles have already sent welcoming messages. So, I will 
add my own as well.

I hope that you will enjoy both your job, the area and of course all of 
the activities that you wish explore here in this portion of the SCA world.

The heavy fighting practice is on Sunday and it starts at 2 PM at Mary 
Heads Carter (MHC) park in Carrollton, Texas. Just north of city of 
Dallas, Carrollton is within Dallas County, so it is not in a different 
county and only about 15 miles or so from downtown.

The main rapier practice is held on Tuesday's nights at a different park 
- see the web site for location and start time. Don Ingve is in charge 
of this practice.

The reason why I bring up the heavy fighter practice, is that a small 
group of rapier folks are starting up a practice out at this park (MHC) 
at the same time, only with a start time of 3 PM. Ld Canacan is the good 
gentle who is heading up this group. I hope that you will come on out 
and would enjoy meeting with you.

A word about the Mary Heads Carter park - it is level ground, enough 
room for both heavy and rapier practice to happen at the same time. 
Parking is seldom an issue, there is a playground with easy sight and 
yelling distance, and the restrooms are clean and well maintained. I 
would suggest the following:

Bring a chair
What ever type of liquid you wish to drink - water, gatorade, etc...
If you are fighting, then about a gallon or so...
Energy snacks - oranges, pickles, etc...
Sun screen
A hat...

Once you get settled in, I hope that you will come out to see both the 
heavy and the rapier practice on Sunday afternoon.

YIS,
Lord Michael Kettering
Steppes Knight Marshal



Quill wrote:

>Humblest Greetings unto the great Barony of the Steppes,
>
>You have but one week to prepare yourselves, for a Quill-shaped arrow flies
>inexorably onward, with you fixed in its sights. This is your official
>warning.
>
>For that arrow is me, Cuillioc, the bard currently residing in the Shire of
>Trelac but soon to settle amongst you in the Central Region. It is my
>ceaseless seeking of more knowledge and experiences which brings me to the
>Barony of Steppes. I have already had the good fortune to make acquaintances
>with many fair people from around your area, especially at this past
>Warlord, and find all of them to be a pleasure to know - I look forward to
>meeting the rest of you, and to making myself as much an asset to your
>Barony as I hope I've been here in the West, and perhaps more so. I have yet
>to be disappointed with the hospitality and kindness of Ansteorrans all
>over.
>
>Mundanely, the situation translates itself thus: "Hi there! Call me Quill;
>I'm moving to Dallas in a week because I'll be attending Southern Methodist
>University. Can't wait to start playing with you all soon, so be on the
>lookout for me!" (And to preempt the question which always follows that
>announcement: Linguistics.)
>
>Being still somewhat new at all this, I hope you'll forgive me if I should
>stumble about and make a few newbish blunders from time to time. I'm
>particularly excited to be coming to such a large Barony, from a somewhat
>small Shire, so if you catch me staring in awe I'll be grateful to you if
>you'll just snap my jaw up before I drool on someone's shoes. Although my
>primary interest is, now and always, Bardic, I'm always happy to explore the
>far reaches of what the SCA has to offer. I've been playing with Trelac's
>rapier group for awhile (always in loaned gear with borrowed blades) though
>as of this moment I remain unauthorized. The truth is I'd just like to get
>to know the people and what each person is interested in, and have fun
>living the Dream.
>
>Whatever rumors you may have heard about me, I swear they aren't true -
>unless you liked what you heard, in which case they are true, unless you're
>the kind of person who likes embarrassing rumors, in which case they are
>entirely false... unless you want them to be true, in which case we'll talk
>about it over tea - your treat. (Ha! Ha ha.)
>
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