[Mistyhighlandslist] balloon festival demo

Thu Mar 15 13:40:39 EDT 2007

I have never been to the festival and have always wanted an excuse to go. I
think we should really try to do this.  Count me in. In service, Gen

On 3/15/07, Ed Fraley <mactearlach at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> > > >
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