Students CA @ UVa

Tonight is the last fight practice at UVa for the year. Between weather, exams and the holidays, attendance gets pretty dicey after this. 

But now that I have 3 weeks or so of free Thursdays, if there is anyone local who wants to fill one of them up with projects over at my place, just let me know. We can get some gear done! I'm particularly looking at Danny, Jonathan, Landi and anyone else who will be around over the break.  Other dates are possible to. Talk to me.

I doubt any SCA member has trouble figuring out either what to ask for or what to get their friends and relatives who are in the SCA. But what do you tell your dubious grandmother about your hobby? Is she really going to go shop at Revival or Mad Matt's Armory online for you? Will Uncle Irving understand you want the 11th century viking buckles, not a Minnesota Vikings belt buckle? 

Here are some things you can suggest to your non-SCA gift givers. You don't even need to explain why you need them! 

All the stuff below would be particularly welcome to someone just getting started putting their fighting kit together.

Sliding Shorts

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Now that the little matter of the election is over, life, and medieval life goes on. With Eastern Standard Time reestablished, we now move the Isenfir/UVa practice to the lower level of the Scott Stadium parking garage. Better light, protection from some of the weather, easy parking. What that location does not have is good positioning for recruitment. People don't casually walk by and discover us there. So please, tell your friends, and be sure to come yourselves!

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Kit writes:
Since the Thursday evening weather forecast is for rain, plan for fight practice to be on the bottom level of the Scott Stadium parking deck.
Directions at this link. The stadium is #8 on the map.
Practice starts at 5:30 and runs until we're done - usually around 8.

Seems like it has come around awfully fast, but this coming Sunday the 28th is the fourth of the month, so I'm hosting the combined Caer Glynniog/Isenfir Archery/Rapier/Armored practice/get-together/crafts afternoon. I have a sense we'll see a larger than usual number of new people at this one, since UVa recruiting has gone really well.
In particular, new interest in armored combat has almost half a dozen people starting out, wanting to make swords, looking for gear and so on. Very encouraging!
As usual, we'll go from 1 until around 6 or so. The Two Sallys have offered to cook this time. One thing to note if you've been to these before: This time Thjora/Kit will NOT be in attendance. She's off that weekend to get some intensive rapier practice and won't be home 'til late. So sewing help will not really be available.
I hope to see Philip, Aethelwolf, Charles, Aloisius, Timm, Bubba, Landi and me in armor, with David, Danny, Andrew, Sev, Farrhan, out to learn some more stuff. How about Seamus, Karhu, Eric, Johanna? Some of the Caer Mear crew?

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Looking to print and hang some recruiting posters around your dorm or on grounds? Here are some options. Please don't post these in unauthorized places!

SCA Poster "Honor Awaits You" (small text)

SCA Poster "Honor Awaits You" (large text)

Here's a brochure with lots of info, good for use as a handout.

SCA Brochure "A Dream of Chivalry" (Two pages, print double sided.)

Come one, come all!

Let us celebrate whatever there is in your life to celebrate by dancing and eating sweet treats! Don't have anything to celebrate, come live vicariously through someone else's celebration. I promise if there is chocolate there there will be celebration because that is always worthy of enjoyment.

So bring your joys and celebrations (and a sweet treat if you can) out to the Fall Dance & Dessert Revel tonight at Newcomb Hall Ballroom starting at 7pm.

Garb is encouraged but not required. But just think, no dragging your lovely garb through dust. Convenient changing room right down the hall. And a chance to make the night is the beautiful ballroom just a little more beautiful by your presence. Of course, if you don't have garb or just don't want to wear it, we won't look down on you since our primary goal is to have fun dancing and enjoy each other's company.

See you all tonight!

Yesterday's demo at the Triangle was one of the best I've attended. Sure we could have had more combatants (where were you guys?) but we had enough, and the crowds were constant without being overwhelming. I don't recall a more receptive crowd ever. It seemed like a very large number of the spectators were actually there on purpose, to see what the SCA is. Good work Charles on getting the word out to this year's student mailing list. And while plenty of students came out and many stayed for almost the whole time, there were lots of townspeople too. And very interestingly, I noticed that several different times, new people who had not arrived together ended up chatting with each other, sometimes for quite a while. And that is a really great sign, since that means the new people will connect with each other and not just the established members. My camera went around, lots of people took pics. I'll post them tomorrow, since I left the camera at home today. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped.

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