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Familiar faces
May. 31st, 2009 09:20 amThe event yesterday was low-key and very pleasant. Got lots of help out of nowhere to set up my pavilion and put out the food. The day started slowly, but eventually the A&S-interested people showed up and we had a really good chat about all kinds of things. They're pretty eager to get new teachers and learn new stuff down here, which is awesome. Apparently they're pretty used to getting transplants and more of their "new" members are immigrants than people who are actually new to the SCA.
In the evening I entered the bardic competition. Didn't even make it to the finals, which is a-okay since I certainly didn't want to win and take on any additional responsibilities, I just wanted to come out and play and not make a fool of myself, and everyone seemed to agree that I succeeded on that count. And I got to perform on the stage of a recreation of the Globe, so that was about one of the coolest moments ever. Interestingly, most of the performances were poetry readings, which is something I've not encountered before.
While we were hanging around waiting for the judges to make their decision, random audience members who had not entered the competition got up to tell stories. As the last one got up and made his way to the stage, I was struck with a feeling of familiarity, but I knew I hadn't met him that day or at any other things I'd attended in Ansteorra. Then he started his tale and in seconds it clicked... it was William Meriic, the gentleman from across the border who became a citizen of Ealdormere because that was where he felt most at home. He told the story of his first event and of his AoA. We spent the rest of the evening catching up and promising to spend time together again at upcoming events. Apparently he's been living in Dallas for some years now. It was so nice (and entirely unexpected) to find a familiar face.
In other news, Anna is rebellious. This is the second day in a row I've come in from the garage to find her on the couch she's not allowed on. Yesterday she hadn't had the time to get settled so she was just standing over my laptop. This morning she'd obviously walked all over the whole thing (the ultra-suede shows footprints), found the perfect spot, settled in and shed everywhere. We're obviously going to have to go back to the drawing board on this little training point. She needs to understand that "not allowed on the couch" applies both to when the people are watching and when they are not.
In the evening I entered the bardic competition. Didn't even make it to the finals, which is a-okay since I certainly didn't want to win and take on any additional responsibilities, I just wanted to come out and play and not make a fool of myself, and everyone seemed to agree that I succeeded on that count. And I got to perform on the stage of a recreation of the Globe, so that was about one of the coolest moments ever. Interestingly, most of the performances were poetry readings, which is something I've not encountered before.
While we were hanging around waiting for the judges to make their decision, random audience members who had not entered the competition got up to tell stories. As the last one got up and made his way to the stage, I was struck with a feeling of familiarity, but I knew I hadn't met him that day or at any other things I'd attended in Ansteorra. Then he started his tale and in seconds it clicked... it was William Meriic, the gentleman from across the border who became a citizen of Ealdormere because that was where he felt most at home. He told the story of his first event and of his AoA. We spent the rest of the evening catching up and promising to spend time together again at upcoming events. Apparently he's been living in Dallas for some years now. It was so nice (and entirely unexpected) to find a familiar face.
In other news, Anna is rebellious. This is the second day in a row I've come in from the garage to find her on the couch she's not allowed on. Yesterday she hadn't had the time to get settled so she was just standing over my laptop. This morning she'd obviously walked all over the whole thing (the ultra-suede shows footprints), found the perfect spot, settled in and shed everywhere. We're obviously going to have to go back to the drawing board on this little training point. She needs to understand that "not allowed on the couch" applies both to when the people are watching and when they are not.
