[Archers] Alternatives to Alice

Sat Jan 21 13:24:25 PST 2012

Greetings, all.

I haven't been on the lists much but this caught my eye. I did a 15-station shoot on Alice in Wonderland two years ago for the Barony of Storvik's Birthday and Investiture. At the time I thought it would be a fun theme that at least had chess sets and a queen in it, so what the hell. It was a blast to think up all the targets, and we had a great day on the range, but I took a ton of flack for the theme and the fact that it is not medieval in the least. I have learned a lot since then and have realized that there are so many wonderful shoot ideas that ARE medieval - - at least in their imagery - - that there's no real reason to pull from popular culture or out-of-period places. I would never choose to do another shoot on a modern theme, myself. Two years ago Jonathas (and his wife!) put on a kingdom archery shoot based on Gaston Phebes Book of the Hunt which was just spectacular, just gorgeous. I know the East did a Star Trek Champions shoot year
 before last, but I think Atlantia can make this shoot a great one while respecting the fact that we are all actors in a drama that is supposed to take place in 600 - 1600, Europe. Last year before St. Sebastian's I put about a dozen ideas out on the list and Lorelei liked medieval monsters, which I think ended up being a nice shoot theme from which everyone could come up with their own angle/artwork. I just want to encourage you all to take one little step back and consider picking a theme that is in fact related to the era we are supposedly reenacting.

Just my two cents. If you do Alice, I have targets. And I'll be there anyhow no what is chosen.
But if you want other theme ideas . . . 
medieval monsters
colorful heraldry
medieval night sky
king arthur
robin hood (I like this one)
life on a viking ship
the plague
small creatures, big plants
beowulf
the Book of Kells
robbers and theives vs the quiet village in France
the hundred years war
castles, moats, and dragons
things that fly or go bump in the night
...

Nuala

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Today's Topics:

  1. St. Sebastian's II Shoot update (Jay Nardone)
  2. Re: St. Sebastian's II Shoot update (loreleielkins at aol.com)
  3. Re: St. Sebastian's II Shoot update (John Atkins)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:18:46 -0500
From: "Jay Nardone" <jaynardone at comcast.net>
To: <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: [Archers] St. Sebastian's II Shoot update
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Hello everyone, just wanted to send an update to the planning for this
year's shoot. As most of you already have seen, our list of volunteers
continues to grow as we move forward. I am working on prizes for the winners
and all helping Marshal's of the shoot. I have contacted Lord Godric of the
East Kingdom to try to secure the date and day so that Countess Rowan can
start spreading the word as early as possible. Also I know Christophe of
Grey has volunteered to get the announcements into the Pennsic Independent
as well. As we get closer to Pennsic, we can finalize our list of Marshal's
and targets. It looks like we are going with the theme of "Alice in
Wonderland" so we will need to coordinate target faces for all targets being
offered for the shoot. THL Seamus has agreed to help me with the scorecards
so they can actually be read this year, Lol.. 

So, looks like things are shaping up. I want to thank everyone for the help
and offers to help. It is you that made this successful last year and will
make it even better this year!

Talk with you soon..

THL Janyn Fletcher

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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:15:19 -0500 (EST)
From: loreleielkins at aol.com
To: jaynardone at comcast.net, archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [Archers] St. Sebastian's II Shoot update
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Well done, Jay!!!!  Well done Atlantia!!

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From: Jay Nardone <jaynardone at comcast.net>
To: archers <archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 6:18 pm
Subject: [Archers] St. Sebastian's II Shoot update

Hello everyone, just wanted to send an update to the planning for this year?s shoot. As most of you already have seen, our list of volunteers continues to grow as we move forward. I am working on prizes for the winners and all helping Marshal?s of the shoot. I have contacted Lord Godric of the East Kingdom to try to secure the date and day so that Countess Rowan can start spreading the word as early as possible. Also I know Christophe of Grey has volunteered to get the announcements into the Pennsic Independent as well. As we get closer to Pennsic, we can finalize our list of Marshal?s and targets. It looks like we are going with the theme of ?Alice in Wonderland? so we will need to coordinate target faces for all targets being offered for the shoot. THL Seamus has agreed to help me with the scorecards so they can actually be read this year, Lol?. 

So, looks like things are shaping up. I want to thank everyone for the help and offers to help. It is you that made this successful last year and will make it even better this year!

Talk with you soon?.

THL Janyn Fletcher

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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:35:02 -0500
From: "John Atkins" <cogworks at triad.rr.com>
To: "'Jay Nardone'" <jaynardone at comcast.net>,
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Subject: Re: [Archers] St. Sebastian's II Shoot update
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Cool beans Janyn.  As long as you have Seamus on board you have the Mad
Hatter on board!  Hahahahaha

cog

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[mailto:archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Jay Nardone
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:19 PM
To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [Archers] St. Sebastian's II Shoot update

Hello everyone, just wanted to send an update to the planning for this
year's shoot. As most of you already have seen, our list of volunteers
continues to grow as we move forward. I am working on prizes for the winners
and all helping Marshal's of the shoot. I have contacted Lord Godric of the
East Kingdom to try to secure the date and day so that Countess Rowan can
start spreading the word as early as possible. Also I know Christophe of
Grey has volunteered to get the announcements into the Pennsic Independent
as well. As we get closer to Pennsic, we can finalize our list of Marshal's
and targets. It looks like we are going with the theme of "Alice in
Wonderland" so we will need to coordinate target faces for all targets being
offered for the shoot. THL Seamus has agreed to help me with the scorecards
so they can actually be read this year, Lol.. 

So, looks like things are shaping up. I want to thank everyone for the help
and offers to help. It is you that made this successful last year and will
make it even better this year!

Talk with you soon..

THL Janyn Fletcher

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