[MR] guarding the halls

[Becky McEllistrem]

I always thought that was such a strange comment being that most events, especially the smaller ones, the fighters are the center of attention for a large portion of the day and everything else seems to be the backdrop.

Rebecca



--- On Sat, 5/9/09, Munger Family <mungers4 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Munger Family <mungers4 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [MR] guarding the halls
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:57 AM
> Greetings Atlantia,
> 
> On this day as our fighters are off doing what they do, I
> wanted to take a minute to thank them for all they do.
> 
> Around a campfire after a recent event I heard it said that
> "we fighters are in the wrong business" as it had been
> expressed that the things which inspired many that day were
> the acts of service and beauty they saw.  I shared with
> the few sitting there that I did not agree.  Without
> our fighters, dressed in their heraldic tabards and shields,
> getting beat upon by choice over and over, I would think the
> day would not have been as exciting.
> 
> There is a song that says "You guard the halls of our
> dream."  And I believe it.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Mariana Francisco
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