[Cynnabar] St. Cecilia thank yous

Mon May 14 13:52:25 EDT 2018

I want to echo my thanks to everyone who helped at the event. The day went
very smoothly and every aspect of it was pleasant and interesting. I had
the opportunity to meet some new people and get to know several
acquaintances better.

So in addition to all of the people you already mentioned, I want to thank
you, Aeffe, for leading such a well-organized and enjoyable event.

Best,
Kasha

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Margaret Kelly via Barony <
barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:

> St. Cecilia at the Tower VII was staged on May 12 and 13, and as the Event
> Steward I am offering this record of the service I witnessed. This is going
> to be rather long, but please read to the end.
>
> Mistress Jadwiga: for allowing someone else (me) to co-steward your
> established event, thank you.  So much of the format was already in place
> that I only had to make sure the infrastructure was arranged.  You did
> everything else: recruited teachers and performers, managed the website and
> Facebook presences, scheduled classes, and probably a number of related
> things I don't know about.  There would have been no event without you.
>
> Nancy Kuzniar: for being the most can-do site liaison with whom we have
> ever worked, thank you.  You never said "No" to any request.  You
> anticipated our every need and did a mountain of work on behalf of the site
> and the event.  And
> did it all in garb!
>
> Baroness Hannah: for running two brilliant taverns, serving
> well-researched period food of very high quality and very low cost,
> recruiting and managing your kitchen staff, while at the same time that you
> are enrolled in grad school and holding a Kingdom office, a huge thank
> you.  I don't know if I can express how grateful I am to you.  As for your
> tireless and dedicated kitchen staff, I hesitate to steal your opportunity
> to thank them because I don't want to leave any name out, but here they are
> as I saw them: Baron Tairdelbach, Thomas Throckmorton, Ilse Stauss,
> Arnsefa, Heilve, and Mark Sauntry.  Please forgive me if I missed anyone.
>
> Eadraed of Alforde: for tireless energy and positivity thank you!  You
> prepared and placed all those important signs, moved furniture, loaded and
> unloaded instrument cases and other equipment, welcomed visitors, served
> food, cleaned, emptied trash, and made the Event Steward feel cheerful and
> confident. You thought of, and did, everything.
>
> Godhit of Cynnabar: for being a jill-of-all-trades, thank you.  You
> planned, prepared and served the Salon refreshments, made documents and
> copies, shopped for supplies, provided transportation, arranged the local
> hosting, greeted visitors, served food, cleaned, moved furniture, and
> operated the concert recording equipment.  Most of all you kept the first
> time Event Steward from sinking under the waves.
>
> Mistress Claire Fitzwilliam: for taking on Gate and doing a great job,
> thank you!  You did everything a gate person must to do to keep us out of
> trouble with the Seneschal.  You and your gate staffers Master Midair and
> Mistress Alina also opened your homes to overnight guests, greeted
> visitors, helped them fill out their paperwork, and helped move in their
> music making items.
>
> Baron Ermenrich: for preparing the schedule of events for the day, helping
> with set up and tear down, hosting the post party, acting as herald,
> greeting guests, acting as master of ceremonies for the concert, and light
> babysitting duties, a humble thank you.  Your kind reassurance kept me in
> this game.
>
> Derian le Breton: for helping with tear down, cashbox management,
> counting, answering all my questions, and general moral support, thank
> you!
>
> Master Aaron Drummond: for preparing the programs, setting up the audio
> and video recordings, providing general knowledge and support, thank you.
> Like Monique I am sure you did many things behind the scenes that I didn't
> have to think about.
>
> Baroness Kasha: for opening your home, helping shape the event, offering
> advice and momentum, providing vision for the event, and for your
> brightness of spirit, thank you.
>
> Lady Pia Maletesta d'Rimini: for the Lady who traveled from the East
> Kingdom, and who uttered the words that are music to the Event Steward's
> ears, "As long as I'm here, give me something to do", and who worked at
> least as hard as I did, a tearful thank you.  Little did we know when we
> picked you up at your hotel that you would be such a godsend.  And your
> little dragon-dog too!
>
> All the Teachers: who are the very center and great attraction of this
> event, thank you!
>
> All the performers near and far: for all the hard work of preparing music
> and program notes, and sharing your abundant talent with the world, thank
> you!  A special thank you to everyone who returned for more on Sunday!
>
> The populace of Cynnabar and beyond: thank you for making this event a
> success.  All day I heard no conversation that was not about music and no
> complaint that was not about the weather.
>
> Finally, the Reverend Leia Battaglia: for allowing us to take over your
> very lovely church and make it our own for a day, thank you.  Your
> congregation is fortunate in their leader.
>
> If I have missed any acts of courtesy or prowess please I apologize and
> would love to hear about  them.
>
> YIS,
> Aeffe Torsdottir
>
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