[MR] Thanks for a Great Event and Demo at Steppingstone!

[Angela Faye Yau]

Now that we are all rested, cleaned, unpacked, and the like
our minds turn to the blessings of good weather and good friends we shared this
past weekend at Steppingstone.  We had
an excellent demo with sunny skies and mild spring temperatures and many more
visitors than in the past years, drawn by the weather and some good media
coverage of the event.  The gate numbers
were 690 paid adults and 17 member passes, so 707 adults and we can estimate at
least that many kids so we served well over 1000 people!
The public was very enthusiastic and enjoyed all of the
learning opportunities, watching the fighting, viewing the arts and displays,
petting the horses and seeing them in action, shooting arrows, ballista, and
onager, and enjoying the good shopping!
By having this as an official event we were again able to
offer authorizations and we had several folk authorize for equestrian
activities, including perhaps our eldest and youngest new authorizations. J
I have many people to Thank on behalf of myself, the Barony of
Bright Hills, and the Steppingstone Museum for making this an excellent demo
and excellent event… everyone who signed in and that I can remember off the top
of my still tired head is listed below in no particular order.  If I have missed anyone or mussed up a name
it is by no means intentional and please let me know if you know of someone I
missed.
THANK YOU ALL!  HUGS
ALL AROUND!
 
Chagan Khulan, Baghsi - assisted MoL and A & S and super
autocrat support!
Baron Temur of the Kerait - Heavy weapons Marshal, newly
authorized for equestrian and chief hug officer
Baroness Swieczka Kaim - Event MiC, helped also with signs,
autocrat support, and brought her furbabies, BJ and Peanut who wore lovely dog
barding and entertained many children!
Lady Eleri Vwyn - Equestrian activities, overall support
Lord Fulk the Bald - Heavy marshal and fighter
Lord Stephan of Churchton - Heavy fighter
Lady Livia di Samuele - Heavy fighter & Sekunjabin
Tavern set up (this was WAY popular!)
Travis Kramer (Called "Hurricane" / No SCA name
yet) - Heavy fighter
Lord Cairell mac Cormaic - Heavy fighter
milady Caillech ingen Alexander - Heavy fighter, bardic 
Lord Nathan of Airendale - Heavy Fighter 
milord Okai of Clan White Wing - Heavy fighter
Lady Nem inghean Dochartaigh - Equestrian marshal, overall
support, hauled archery target J
milady Mor inghean Ui Dochartaigh - Equestrian activities
Lord Hunter Fowler - MoL
Lord Graham MacRobert - Heavy Marshal & fighter
Lord Kollack von Zweckel - Heavy Marshal & fighter
milord Taban Unegen - Heavy Marshal in training
Lady Rebecca von Zweckel - Heavy Marshall in training &
Equestrian Marshal
Lord Randver Askmajr - Heavy Fighter & Merchant, mended
enough to fight yay!
milord Lechlen Mor O'connell - Heavy Fighter
milord Raphael - Heavy fighter
milady Devon the Maid of Epona - Equestrian activities
(Adrian Empire group)
Sir Skisalot - Equestrian activities (NOT an SCA knight - Adrian Empire group)
Drey - Equestrian activities (Adrian Empire group)
Natalie Hume (No SCA name yet) - Equestrian ground crew
(Nat's just 9 years old and also authorized as a rider at
Steppingstone on Sunday)  (Daddy Okai of Clan White Wing was with her.)
Rebecca Dougherty - Equestrian activities (Adrian Empire
group)
Gareth Herman - Equestrian activities (Adrian Empire Group)
milady Amalie Walter - Support Staff
milady Heather von Zweckle - Support Staff
Baroness Amalia Kunne - Siege Weapons (from the Barony of
Dun Carraig)
Baron Jonathas Reinisch - Siege weapons demo and supplier
(Dun Carraig)
Lord Matthew of Summerdale - Siege Weapons(Dun Carraig)
Lady Yseulte Trevelyn- Harp to amuse the masses, support
Lady Wynne ferch Rhodri - Heraldry display and heraldry arts
and crafts!
Lord Philipp Hartrat - Heraldry display 
Lady Catriona inghean Giricc- weaving, lucet, and Procurer
of coffee for the Autocrat J
Minna Gantz and Rob ?- Demo Mead brewing (East Kingdom)
milord Tselmeg the Mongol - Demo - Archery and Mongolian Ger
Lady Rebekkah Samuel - Quilling demo
Lady Szilagy Margit - Embroidery demo
Lady Brienna llewellyn Lindsey - Wool spinning and combing
demo
Lord Denis de Dijon - Weaving and embroidery demo and
spiffiness (I saw many pictures being taken)
Mistress Margherita la Tessitrice - Weaving and embroidery
demo
Lord Bruce the Robert - Support staff
Countess Rowan Berran McDowell - Rosaries, Paternosters and
bead knotting demo
Baron Ivan Ivanovich Nemytyi - Support staff, Step n'
Fetchit and Procurer of coffee for the Autocrat J
Baroness Cordelia Fitz Robert of York- fingerloop braiding 
Lady Bernie of Wulfshaven - Support staff and baby wrangler
Lady Alexandria Wright - Bargello Demo
Lady Daniela Schwartzhauppt - Fiber arts demo
Lady Deirdre O'Bardon- Bake Sale and Bardic and Fiber arts
milord Jean Redfern- support staff, archery
Amy Walker - Fiber arts demo
Lady Genevieve D'Aubigne - Spinning Demo
milady Eithne - Illumination demo
Lady Katarzyna Nowina Witkowska - Archery Demo, created many
happy kids and parents!
Mistress Martelle von Charlottenburg - Archery demo, watch
out!  Our Baroness can shoot!
Lord Gustav Emile der Dunkele Rotvogel - Archery demo
Lady Ingeborg I Trondheim- archer
Robert Dobyns and his 2 sons did camp set up for Lady
Genevieve D'aubigne (Jen Dobyns) 
Emily Last (Taban Unegens wife) and kids - Daddy support
David Rice - Support staff and info collector for the
incipient canton
Tamara Riddell, worked with the mead and rope demo tent.
milady Ines- support staff and baby wrangler
 
Thanks also to our other reenactment groups who set up
living history demonstrations that were much enjoyed by the public:
Gallowglas medieval Irish camp life
Lord Grey’s Retinue- 15th Century and War of the
Roses camp life and arms, including Stephen Westcote,
Elizabeth Granville, Jim Toscano (SCA Lord Giacomo Vincente),James (SCA Baron Master James de Biblesworth of Ponte Alto),
Katherine (SCA Baroness Katherine Devereaux of Ponte Alto)
 
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
YIS, 
Lady Faye de Trees
 
I did bring home a few lost and found items… 
-Big Blue tankard style pottery mug with a leaf impressed in
the bottom of the handle-Rubbermaid  plastic
container with no lid, approx 9”x11” pan size
 


Angela Yau 
Interpretive Planning, Training, and Design Consultant
Professor of Natural Science, Santa Fe Community College
Vice President, Southampton Middle School PTO 
Board Member, MA & PA Heritage Trail, Inc.
Lady Faye de Trees, Chronicler and Dance Mistress, Barony of Bright Hills


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