[Cynnabar] What a Grand Day ....of tournaments!

[Matt Lagemann]

And many congratulations on those that received awards.  It is one of the
great pleasures of being a court herald to see someone get an award and the
look on their face.  Now to work on my recommendations for 12th Night!


On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:43 PM, David Hoornstra <dhoorn123 at comcast.net>wrote:

>  I have nothing but praise for the tournaments I witnessed yesterday. It
> was stunning to see how many came from afar to participate, and delightful
> to see that everyone who came got so many meaningful combats with such a
> variety of opponents inb such a short space of time. This is a great credit
> to the tireless and patient marshals and heralds who kept it going and kept
> it light apart from the sheer weight of prowess displayed.
>
> My sole regret is that I did not feel able to participate beyond this
> small witness and praise.
>
> Daibhid
>
>
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> *From: *Elizabeth Calhoun <lizcal at umich.edu>
> *Date: *Sun, 17 Nov 2013 11:25:59 -0500
> *To: *Hannah <hannahschreiber at yahoo.com>
> *Cc: *Barony of Cynnabar <barony at cynnabar.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Cynnabar] What a Grand Day ....of tournaments!
>
> Unto Their Excellencies Cynnabar and Their Most Distinguished Populace,
> hail!
> I want to apologize to everyone involved with the planning and staging of
> A Grand Day of Tournaments at the Barony of Cynnabar for not having the
> presence of mind at Court last evening to say what absolutely must be said,
> and should have been said in the Royal Presence:
>
> For there to be a grand day of TOURNAMENTS the Marshals-in-Charge must
> devise ahead of time – by months! – the structures of the tournaments they
> wish to offer participants.  They then must be on hand to set their
> respective lists and ranges up and monitor the safety and conduct and
> timing of the tournaments throughout the event.  Marshaling is day-long
> martial “performance art.”
> This was the commitment and triumph of Sir Gregoire de Lyon, Lord Galen o’
> Conaill, and Forester Grey Oddson, at Cynnabar’s grand day yesterday.
> Similarly:
> It is said that armies throughout history “travel on their stomachs.”  They
> also fight and live or die by the quality of their material sustenance.  It
> is exactly the same for events!  And the martial victory in this list goes
> to Mistress Arina fra Traentorp who *sold out* her lunch tavern save for
> two portions of stew.
>
> And I apologize again for not standing up in Court and making clear my
> most heartfelt gratitude not to these notables alone, but to all who have
> done so much to make the day as grand as it was.
> In Service,
> Godaeth, Event Steward, GDoT IX
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Hannah <hannahschreiber at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Wow!
>
> What a most fantastic day! We hope everyone had a grand day at Grand Day
> of Tournaments. So much great fighting, friends and festivities. Special
> thanks to Godeath and everyone that helped at the lists and marshal.
> And...of course everyone within Our great populace who's hands made this
> day work flawlessly.
>
>
> * Hannah and Tairdelbach *
>
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