[Steppes] A&S 50 Challeng

[Jessica Smith]

Sounds like fun to me! Anyone want to work in a group?
Vyolante

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Julie Cunningham <
juliecunningham65 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good morning everyone!
> So, Lady Micola and I were chatting, and she told me about this
> challenge.  I just wanted to share the information with you all, if you did
> not already know.  You can find out more by going to this link
> http://artsandsciences50.org/index.html?0.25083772309579044
> Have a good day.
> Katheryn
> *****************
> Unto all good gentles of the Known World does Lady Albreda Aylese send
> greetings!
>
> The Society for Creative Anachronism celebrates its 50th year on May 1,
> 2015, and that will be cause for much celebration.  I am starting early, and
> I hereby invite you to join the party!
>
> Challenges have long been a part of Scadian culture, and I thought that a
> challenge of 50 things seemed appropriate for our 50th year.  Since years in
> the SCA are counted as Anno Societatis, (year of the Society,) or AS, and
> Arts and Sciences (the lovely canopy under which so many of my interests
> rest) is oft abbreviated A&S, the A&S 50 Challenge was born.
>
> The A&S 50 Challenge can take one of two forms; either Depth or Breadth.
> The Depth Challenge is to create/do 50 of any one thing - make 50 pairs of
> shoes for your Shire, pen 50 scrolls for your Kingdom signet, cast 50 coins
> blanks, make 50 pieces of garb, judge 50 competition entries, teach 50
> classes, perform 50 songs, or even write a 50 page research paper; if you
> want to take your current work to a new level, doing 50 of it is bound to
> carry you a long way towards that goal!  The Breadth Challenge can be about
> either trying new things,  (either completely new to you, variations on
> things you have done before, or even new to your household, local group, or
> even Kingdom), or about creating a complete persona package (things that
> your persona would know about, have, and know how to do).  Both individuals
> and groups may enter, and can choose to complete as many Challenges of
> either type as they please!
>
> The purpose of the Challenge is twofold; to learn and share of our
> learning, and to create and share of our creation.  While we are edifying
> and beautifying our fair lands, we will also be serving both our populace
> and The Dream, and helping to make the SCA the very best it can be as it
> enters its 50th year.
>
>
> **********************************************************************************************
>
> That all sounds very grand, and grand is good, but please allow me to
> speak plainly...
>
> Most of us in the A&S community struggle to get past the
> novice/intermediate level; not knowing how to proceed, who to talk to for
> advice, what the latest research says, what about our work could use
> improvement or how to make those changes.  We lack a clearly marked path
> upon which to journey towards excellence, and we lack support along the way.
>
> The SCA has a huge resource base that can light our path; our Laurelate
> and members of Kingdom A&S orders.  They are veritable fonts of wisdom, but
> they aren't mind readers (they don't know who we are, or what we want from
> them), and have limited time and resources themselves, much of which they
> need as they continue along roads of their own.
>
> Thus, one of the main purposes of this Challenge is to meet other
> travellers, and perhaps, to begin to walk together, and show each other the
> way.  Each of us, no matter where we are on our journeys, has something to
> share with our fellow Challengers; complete novices can share enthusiasm,
> beginners can share discovery, intermediates the processes by which they
> solve problems, and experts can share of their experience and resources.
> Hopefully we can blaze, mark, and illuminate trails, not only for each
> other, but also for those who have yet to even set their feet upon the path.
>
> Being new at something is an amazing experience; enthusiasm and that sense
> of discovery are just plain contagious.  The second goal of this Challenge
> is to get everyone feeling this by trying new things.  There are SO many
> Arts and Sciences that were practiced in period that we just don't see much
> of in the SCA.  People DO practice these diciplines, but often in isolation
> (and, unfortunately, frustrated obscurity) because they think others just
> aren't interested in them, when, in reality, most people just haven't been
> *exposed* to them.  Trying something, even just once, even if it doesn't
> give someone a fully working knowledge of a given art or science, CAN give
> one a better appreciation of the work, and the people who do it, both in an
> historical context, and within our own Society.
>
> When you put these two goals together, you end up with our motto "to learn
> and share of our learning, and to create and share of our creation."  Our
> Society is full of passionate, skilled and knowledgable people, all of whom
> share our Dream.  It is my hope that this Challenge can make it just a
> little bit sweeter, a little bit richer, for all of us.
>
> Yours in Service,
> Lady Albreda Aylese,
> Shire of the Mountain Freehold,
> Kingdom of the East
> July 6th, AS 42 (2007)
>
> (last modified July 16,  AS 42)
>
>
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