[MR] KASF-not the only non fighting event

[Katharine Devereaux]

"KASF (and University, for the most part ) is the only event in  the whole 
Atlantian calendar that is dedicated solely to the arts and  sciences."

Actually I have to disagree with this. On April 28th, the St. Anne's 
Clothiers Guild will be holding a Costuming Symposium. Yes, there will be 
classes about dressing the fighter, but not classes on actual fighting.

http://stannes.atlantia.sca.org/symposium.htm

Katharine

Katharine Devereaux
katdeveraux at hotmail.com



----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] KASF-A word from HRM Ragnarr


> If I may, I would like to add a perspective from someone who has only been
> in kingdom for ten years.
>
> When we arrived in Atlantia, the first thing we were told was  this: 
> Atlantia
> is a fighting kingdom.  We quickly also  discovered that there was almost 
> no
> focus, let alone an equal focus, on the  arts and sciences.  They were
> distinctly the poor cousin of the fighting  arts.
>
> We were absolutely delighted to attend the first KASF some years ago and
> have watched as the arts and sciences -- the very talented but  too long
> neglected artisans and the scientists -- blossom and grow into what we now 
> see  at
> every KASF: displays of rigorous research, in-depth attention to period
> techniques, a hunger to pass this information along.  This has been 
> beautiful to
> watch.
>
> The arts and sciences in Atlantia have started to reach parity with the
> fighting arts due mainly to the Kingdom Arts and Sciences Festival, and 
> the
> ripple-down effect on the kingdom has been pleasingly obvious.
>
> KASF (and University, for the most part ) is the only event in  the whole
> Atlantian calendar that is dedicated solely to the arts and  sciences.  It 
> should
> be left that way.  If fighting is added, it just  becomes another regular
> event, and that would be a terrible shame.
>
> Mistress Ingvild Josefsdatter
> (Nancy Spies)
> Barony of Bright Hills
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