[MR] RE: *WH* Demo any one?

[WELENC,LUCINDA]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 23:03:30 -0500
  "C. Brian Towey" <cbt at ib-ent.com> wrote:
>> Some of us are now in the process of putting together 
>>Quick and Dirty 
>> Lesson Plans for future Demos to have available.
>
>My family and I recently did a three-hour, living history 
>demo for a nearby
>private day school.  

<snippage of good stuff happens>

>Finally, I had volunteer "squires" help me armor up, 
>threading points
>through the mail and tying bits of plate onto my 
>transitional kit.  I put on
>my "nametag", i.e., surcoat, and explained that when most 
>people can't read
>and your face is covered, you need big, obvious signs to 
>avoid friendly
>fire.>

What, no more heraldry than that?!?  ;)  I have handouts 
to color, shield and helm and mantling. Common charges, 
lions, castles, roses, dragons, etc.  Also blank shields 
and templates, in case the kids want to design their own. 
(See me offlist if you want e-copies.) When I get a chance 
to do a kids' demo, on the advice of Master Bran I talk 
about the "secret code" that heralds talk in: gules = red, 
etc.  Also about the rules of tincture, etc, and how 
they're used today.

Alanna
Blue Crab Herald