[Mistyhighlandslist] balloon festival demo

[Ed Fraley]

And when the ballons don't fly due to weather (about
half the time), the crowds, and organizers, are glad
for anything else to entertain them.  The preliminary
inquiries and arrangements were made last year, but
then much of our populace was unable to attend,
forcing us to back out.  I don't want to have to do
that again, so it should be planned well in advance
like a small event, comparable to Yule, and not an
improvised demo.  The festival runs four days, and
would have plenty of space for anything we wanted to
do, including melees, pavilions, dancing, maybe even
thrown weapons.

Tearlach

--- Amy Tilson <ailionora at yahoo.com> wrote:

> As for the balloon festival, the best initial
> contact would be Tearlach.  Ed has been crewing for
> the festival for well over a decade and has the
> contact info for those who plan it.  Personally, I
> think doing the festival would be a fantastic thing.
>  It would take a lot of planning and prep to do it
> right, though (if the weather is decent, there are
> tons of people on site over several days).  
>    
>   Ailionora
> 
> Fiachna na Tuaighe <fiachna_na_tuaighe at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>   One of the ideas that was loosely tossed around
> last
> year was a demo at the balloon festival during the
> fall. Not sure who to contact for that.
> 
> Not really sure how to go about recruiting other
> then
> demos...Valgardr made suggestions about fliers and
> posters around local libraries and such...might be
> an
> idea.
> 
> IS
> Fiachna
> --- Joseph Vandevander 
> wrote:
> 
> > When would be a good time for that demo, do you
> > think? I'm leaning toward
> > right after Pennsic in September or later in the
> > Autumn. I'd still like to
> > do a WVU demo sometime if only for sentimental
> > reasons (I met My Lady at
> > one).
> > 
> > Oh, and what about recruitment other than demos?
> > 
> > On 3/14/07, Samuel Cale IV wrote:
> > >
> > > Joseph Vandevander wrote:
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > I humbly request that anyone having
> suggestions
> > regarding shire
> > > > recruitment share them with me. Feel free to
> > either respond on this
> > > > list and get a discussion going or to just
> shoot
> > me a personal email.
> > > > Any suggestions about areas of focus or ideas
> > for demos (where to have
> > > > it, what time of year, suggestions for
> > activities at demos) are most
> > > > welcome. At the last meeting, it was suggested
> > that we hold a King's
> > > > Crossing style demo at one of the
> semi-deserted
> > malls in the Fairmont
> > > > region.
> > > >
> > > > As far as focus, my current inclination is to
> > focus on the area
> > > > surrounding I-79 running through the heart of
> > our shire. My logic
> > > > being that starting small colonies too far
> away
> > from the center of
> > > > things would probably be unproductive. 
> > Far-flung cantons would
> > > > probably whither without external support. 
> > Agree? Disagree? How
> > > > much or how little effort should be put into
> > recruiting WVU students?
> > > > Your castellan wants to know!
> > > >
> > > > Stefan von Baden
> > > >
> >
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> > > One of the things that worked well for
> recruiting
> > with Karate Schools
> > > when I used to teach were demo's at the mall. I
> > think that one similar
> > > to KC is a good idea. One of the failings of
> many
> > SCA demo's that I
> > > have been to in the past is that the scadians
> > pretty much stick with the
> > > scadians....so if we took the time to designate
> > some people who
> > > deliberately wander the crowd, pass out
> > information and just be friendly
> > > that might help us too. It hard for newcomers to
> > a group with customs
> > > and often strange activities to indoctrinate
> > themselves without a lot of
> > > help.
> > >
> > > I think we of course need to be open to students
> > but really I think the
> > > target group should be permanent local people.
> > Especially those who are
> > > gainfully employed and have their act together.
> > >
> > >
> > > just my 2 cents
> > >
> > > Gareth
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