[Steppes] Demo Success

[Crandall]

You are most welcome, little bard, and remember,
but for your efforts, there would not have been
an opportunity to help you and your campus. 
And I was not "ridiculously early", I was merely
operating on Crandall Standard Mundane Time. 

Crandall, Olde Phart 

--- Quill <gray.quill at gmail.com> wrote:

> (Sorry this took so long to get out! It's
> finals week... and stuff!)
> 
> I am beyond pleased to announce that Sunday's
> demo at SMU was an utter
> success. For my first demo, I think it gave me
> just the right amount of
> headache beforehand - "there!" it seemed to
> say, "that'll teach you!" I
> jest, of course. I'm glad it's over though!
> 
> There were a few complications; the weather
> looked a bit iffy, and I forgot
> to account for Sunday morning traffic coming
> out of the neighborhood church
> and complicating traffic. Nonetheless, many
> brave souls eventually found
> their way to us.
> 
> I must first thank Vyolante for pushing so hard
> for me with so little
> information on such short notice, and to her
> Excellency Katheryn for all her
> support and positivity. I don't know what I did
> for you to put so much faith
> in me, but thank you.
> 
> To HE Crandall, who showed up ridiculously
> early and made sure no questions
> went unanswered; to HLord Fiacha who came to us
> in full armor and
> represented the best of chivalric fighters
> everywhere; to HLady Saqra, whose
> grace and beauty knows no bounds, and whose
> awesome A&S caught the eye of
> many; to Christianna, Duncan, and their lovely
> daughters Elena and Anabella,
> whose served to bring quite a festive yet
> homely air to the occasion; to Sir
> Lasguaard, who snuck in unexpectedly and made
> us all look good; to Thomas
> the Wanderer, whose wide-reaching knowledge he
> offered unreservedly; and to
> Don Ingve, who brought the hospitaler
> information to us... I am simply
> overwhelmed by your generosity, and almost
> without words for how touched I
> was. This Demo was all yours, and damned if you
> didn't make it great.
> 
> There wasn't really any competition for
> attention; neither the trebuchet nor
> stage combat groups lasted long or did much to
> call their audiences to them.
> We on the other hand not only captured the
> attention of students on their
> way into the museum, but whole families, a
> wonderfully wide variety of
> people, many of whom took bookmarks and flyers
> and left their contact
> information. Little children were drawn by the
> presence of Christianna two
> little ones, strapping college boys couldn't
> resist commenting on Fiacha's
> well chosen extra-shiny armor, and academic
> parents wanted to know all about
> what we did and the educational opportunities
> inherent.
> 
> I would now like to extend an apology to all
> fighters who felt like they
> couldn't join us. Although your presence and
> contributions would have been
> well welcomed, I did intentionally discourage
> you from coming, mostly to
> avoid paperwork and awkward situations, and I
> regret that. After becoming
> more familiar with the way things work here on
> campus, I can say I will NOT
> be doing that again. There are obviously ways
> of authorizing weapons and
> fight demonstrations on campus, and you all are
> MUCH more exciting than...
> what little we saw from the stage combat group.
> If the throng were excited
> just to see us meander into their lives,
> imagine the thrill we could have
> given them with just a few showy pickup fights
> off to the side.
> 
> We did well Steppes, and we can do even better!
> I almost can't wait until
> next year. For now though... I think I'll spend
> the months in between
> sleeping...
> 
> -- 
> In service to The Dream and Dreamers all,
> Cuillioc /|\ "Quill"
> Titled Bard of the Barony of Bonwicke
> 
> "It is said that the Devil never crossed the
> Tamar into Cornwall on account
> of the well-known habit of Cornish women of
> putting everything into a pasty,
> and that he was not sufficiently courageous to
> risk such a fate!"
> 
> -From the cookbook _Cornish Recipes Ancient and
> Modern_
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-Thucydides