<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Of course it is. :) How many of us read/watched Robin Hood books/movies as children? When I took my daughter, Robin (can you guess what stories I liked as a kid?), to see Brave she was so excited because "she shoots a bow, like me!" Growing up, I was either shooting while pretending to be Robin Hood, or swordfighting while pretending to be Madmartigan. If I had known about the SCA back then I would have talked to my parents about joining.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I think the biggest problem is advertisement. There is interest to be capitalized on, but we need to reach young people, and their parents. I didn't know the SCA did target archery until I reluctantly agreed to attend an event at which my coworker was doing heavy fighting. Up until
then, the only thing I had ever heard about the SCA was that they did heavy fighting, and I only heard about that by word of mouth from heavy fighters.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>We get a lot of newcomers who are interested in archery out at Wolfhou. I'm not sure how many of them have been inspired by recent movies though. The most common thing I hear is, "I've always wanted to try archery, but never had the chance."</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Sanada Katsumi</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> John Atkins <cogworks@triad.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:27 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Archers] Interest to capitalize on<br> </font> </div> <br>
Is this something we could capitalize on? There are some fine young<br>lady archers in this kingdom that they could relate to.<br><br>Cog<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/movies-spark-girls-interest-archery-18284271" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/video/movies-spark-girls-interest-archery-18284271</a><br>1.html<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Archers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org" ymailto="mailto:Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org">Archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org</a><br>http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/listinfo.cgi/archers-atlantia.sca.org<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>