[MR] Fall Coronation

[Arthur Donadio]

WE HAVE NOT DECIDED ON A BID FOR CORONATION YET.  AND WE ENCOURAGE THE SUBMISSION OF BIDS FROM THE VIRGINIA LINE AND NORTH.  
 
Arthur


 
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:47:01 -0500
> From: baronjc at verizon.net
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Fall Coronation
> 
> Actually, I would like to touch on that perception. Our Barony
> specifically decided not to put in a bid for Coronation and chose to
> pursue a bid for Crown Tourney due to a similar reason. Not due to a
> site being "too far," but due to a tradition of the new Prince and
> Princess wanting to be crowned at a site special to them; and those are
> normally close to home.
> Please be assured this is no slight on Windmaster's Hill; but we
> assumed that Windmaster's or one of the cantons would have a bid
> delivered within a few days after crown. I would not be surprised to
> hear that others felt the same way and decided not to put in a bid for
> that reason alone. This fits right with the fallacy of "why put in a
> bid when we won't get it;" and I personally am ashamed to have thought
> that way.
> That being said, I have faith that if a request is put out from the
> Heirs or the Kingdom Seneschal; there will be bids in hand within a
> week. We are Atlantia, and when our Crowns call what else can we do
> but serve?
> Baron Jean Claude, Tir-y-Don
> May 23, 2011 03:09:02 PM, acresouth at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I agree with all of your reasons and I will add one:
> There is a perception that the Prince/Princess prefer sites closer
> to their home base. Bids in the North for crowning southern royalty
> seem to get rejected and vice-versa. So similar to #3 below -- why
> bother to put together a bid when you perceive that you will be
> rejected due to past experience of "being too far to travel."
> I am not saying that Their Highnesses should not have the
> prerogative to select their coronation site, as a matter of fact,
> with the cost of gas/travel, it seems more likely they would and
> should stay closer to home. So, at present, that leaves a large
> number of groups that are far away hesitant about submitting bids.
> Although I think it is quite ironic that the bid that has come in is
> from as far north as you can go and then some into another
> kingdom...
> Adriana di Salaparuta
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