[Steppes] A&S 50 Challeng

Wed Apr 23 13:33:14 PDT 2008

I'd love to work in a group in a service project for the Baroney!

Kiri

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Jessica Smith <jasiwolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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