[MR] A question of Protocol

[David Ritterskamp]

Your Grace:  the BURNING question is...DID YOU WIN?

LOL

Regards,

Jonathan Blackbow
who once had to stop himself from bowing in front of a judge in traffic 
court



There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, 
or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction 
of a new order of things.
-Niccolo M.





>From: "Arthur Donadio" <dukecuan at hotmail.com>
>To: ladyro at comcast.net, atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Re: [MR] A question of Protocol
>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:30:46 -0400
>
>Hello All:
>
>In my experience, no sovereign, consort, royal peer, or person of baronial
>rank who is comfortable in his or her own skin will bristle at an 
>unintended
>failure to observe the customary courtesies.  Most of us remember all too
>well what it was like to be new and to have difficulty remembering the 
>forms
>and meaning of the various hats and heraldry.  As has been commented,
>Atlantians are known around the world for being particularly respectful to
>the Crown, to each other, and to dignitaries of other realms.
>
>My take on the toasts differs from that of His Grace, Logan.  Under the
>theory that in their own lands the baron and baroness outrank everyone but
>the king and queen, during my reigns, I have always instructed that (at
>events hosted by a barony) the landed baron and baroness have the honor of
>toasting the king and queen.  Then the highest ranking peer toasts the 
>crown
>prince and princess and the next highest ranking toasts the sitting baron
>and baroness.  This has always made the most sense to me as it helps
>reinforce to the people of the barony that next to the king and queen, 
>their
>baron and baroness are at the top of the food chain in their lands.
>
>On the topic of carrying SCA observances into the modern world, I can tell
>you that I have done that too.  At the end of a long and particularly
>contentious trial in district court, I rose to give my closing argument.
>When I concluded, the judge said,"thank you, Mr. Donadio".  Without
>thinking, I bowed to the judge before sitting down.
>
>Cuan
>
>
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