[MR] Going to Court, and why do they...

[Lady Rhiannon of Berra]

If we go with the "no surprise" idea, why not display
the beautiful scrolls either before court with the
A&S, or afterwards in the feast hall if we want to
surprise the recipient?

LadyRhi


--- Marybeth Lavrakas <katrous at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, here's another 2 cents before we bury this
> dead
> horse...
>
> Why do we always have to have the scroll read out in
> court? I can understand it in certain instances, but
> I've been at a LOT of courts where it's the same
> preformatted text being read out for every similar
> award (just insert new name...here...).
>
> Now, I have read about *why* this (supposedly) got
> started long ago and far out West, but am interested
> in people's thoughts on why we keep doing it!
> Specifically when we've already been told who the
> person is, what they're getting and why they're
> getting it. Yes, yes, sometimes the scroll reading
> isn't redundant...but sometimes it seems we just go
> into a tradition rutt.
>
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> House Broussard
> Windmasters Hill
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