[MR] Luceted cords for feast tokens at Coronation

[Gillam, Carol Denise]

This Good Gentle was Lord Eckehard Thurn from Seareach.  Last fall, I
had taught Eckehard how to use a lucet to make cord.  When we first
started making plans for Coronation shortly thereafter, he told me that
he would like to make all the feast token cords for the event.  I looked
at him like he was crazy, which I feel would have been a common reaction
from anyone, and told him, you do realize this would be about 150 cords?
He said, no problem and happily went about his task of making cords.  He
had even calculate out how many he had to produce per day to have them
finished by the event.  

Then a little less than a month before Coronation, a very enthusiastic
autocrat (me) told him that I would like to seat 160 for feast instead
of 150.  After recovering himself from a jaw drop and giving me much
good hearted grief, he gladly picked up his lucet and continued making
cord - only a little bit faster.  I think he was finally producing one
cord per hour towards the end of his production.  

Lord Eckehard is one of the most enthusiastic people I know about this
game we play and I certainly do appreciate his energy and all the effort
that went into making the cording for the feast tokens.  He is a
"luceting maniac".  So if you should ever be in need of luceted cord for
anything, you'll know who to call!

In great admiration and appreciation,
Caroline
Autocrat for Coronation

PS: My talented painters of our brand spankin' new list erick were LADY
Ulivetta Ubriachi, Lady Sorcha of Hunter's Home, Lady Brenna Kara of
Brunswick, and Lady Isabella of Seareach.


If I may add to the "me too" commentary, His Majesty wrote:

> . . .  The majority of the site tokens, which were cast by
> Mistress Clare, were hung from lucet cord woven by a Seareacher
> just for the purpose.

   Just to illustrate the incredible amount of time that was dedicated
to
preparing for this event, think of those lucet cords. A fast worker can
do
18 inches of cord in an hour. These cords were longer than that and
there
were in excess of 100 (closer to 200, wasn't it?) prepared for the day
by
_one person_, whose name is not even known to most of us. And he did it
just
to enrich our day, knowing in advance that it would be, to most folks,
"just
a string for the medallion". That's a lot of "manhours" for one tiny
portion
of Coronation.
   I met the lovely ladies who painted the list field poles. I regret
that I
don't remember their names...

   But I bring this up to ask that we give real thought to the very
time-intensive behind-the-scenes work that so many hands brought to this
event. Those were the only two I mention but not the only two I noticed
as a
guest. The difference it made in the quality of the day was refreshing
and
inspiring.


So thank you all,
Hrothny