[Steppes] A&S 50 Challeng

Wed Apr 23 08:54:58 PDT 2008

I would be willing to work with a group - my main thing is inkle weaving,
but I'm up for whatever. I'll also be working on the persona challenge - but
we have 8 years.
Vyolante

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Fiona of Caislean Ghriaire <
danab-steppes at earthlink.net> wrote:

> What kind of a group? What are you looking at doing? Cooking, Woodworking,
> Brewing, Sewing, etc.?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Jessica Smith <jasiwolf at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Apr 23, 2008 11:32 AM
> >To: steppes at lists.ansteorra.org
> >Subject: Re: [Steppes] A&S 50 Challeng
> >
> >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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