[MR] Pennsic in the Washington Post

[Brett W. McCoy]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Dexter Guptill wrote:

> I use that description myself. I particularly liked "Renfair on
> steroids". But then, I've taken in recent years to describing the SCA as
> a multitemporal costume party.

I think of it as a little more than a 'costume party' myself
(multitemporal or not).  I think of it as a shared period of time in
which the willing suspension of disbelief goes into effect, a multiuser,
shared and distributed fantasy and dream.  The wearing of garb is just the
surface...

-- Istvan
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Such a fine first dream!
But they laughed at me; they said
I had made it up.