<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Unto All Goodly Gentles of Their Excellencies Cynnabar's Most Distinguished Barony!<p>
As Set Up/Tear Down Coordinator for the most recent Grand Day of
Tournaments at the Barony of Cynnabar, I want to thank everyone who
assisted with Friday night set up, especially Warder Kata
Aragunnrsdottir who was ready to take over if (due to family
circumstances) I was unable to be present. I want to thank everyone who
cleaned the Tavern kitchen, moved folding cafeteria tables, carried in a<span class="gmail-text_exposed_show">nd
assembled List pieces, taped floor squares, toted Rapier List pieces,
assembled Gate, arranged Royalty hospitality, anticipated an A & S
Tournament; and all those myriad of other tasks that create of GDoT a
small miracle that, like Brigadoon, appears at Liberty School in Saline,
hosts almost 300 people, and then vanishes completely, leaving no trace
but a substantially cleaner school kitchen.</span></p><div class="gmail-text_exposed_show"><p>
I am especially grateful to everyone who, Saturday morning and then
afternoon, placed seating for Court and then recessed that seating
TWICE. This was not just our Goodly Barony but a number of Gentles from
all across our Kingdom, acting in the true spirit of the SCA, who
assisted and thus -- as the oath of fealty suggests -- served as they
could, where they could.</p><p> Liekwise Tear-Down: I blinked and
someone had already unclamped our great Baronial backdrop, depriving me
of the honor of going up the ladder onto the top of the bleachers, a
solemn ritual of Closure now denied. Sad! <span class="gmail-_47e3 gmail-_5mfr" title="smile emoticon"><img class="gmail-img" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/fa5/1.5/16/1f642.png" alt="" height="16" width="16"><span class="gmail-_7oe">:)</span></span>
Maybe next year! Tables rolled back, floor squares and List pieces
disappeared, kitchen and all classrooms re-arranged. One could write a
bardic ode noting these august achievements! Huzzah!</p><p> I heard there was going to be a Vigil? As of 7:15pm there was no trace of it. I hope it went well. <span class="gmail-_47e3 gmail-_5mfr" title="smile emoticon"><img class="gmail-img" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v9/fa5/1.5/16/1f642.png" alt="" height="16" width="16"><span class="gmail-_7oe">:)</span></span></p><p>
(And I am sure I am forgetting many people who helped "just that little
bit" and so by accumulation of little bits, a great number were thereby
hosted.)</p><p> All of this to say: I Godhit thank you all! Draco Invictus!</p></div></div><br></div>