[Ponte Alto] Greetings for Gary the not-so-active; was - Greetings from Sandor the Newbie

[Gary Wardell]

Hi Alan,

I'm also not exactly new to SCA. My daughters introduced me to it some years
ago.

I am thinking of getting a bit more active.

I'm also in Annandale.

Gary


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ponte-alto-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:ponte-alto-bounces at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of Sándor Vitez
> Sent: Sun, August 29, 2004 4:40 PM
> To: ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [Ponte Alto] Greetings from Sandor the Newbie
>
>
> Hi all!  I am a newcomer to SCA, although I had friends in it
> throughout my
> college days, and since from time to time.
>
> I am a long-time folk dancer, so the dancing is a particular
> interest of
> mine.  I've done English Country workshops with George Fogg
> over the last
> 10-15 years, and a little contra dance, but I am primarily a Balkan &
> Central European international folkdancer (since 1978).
>
> There are many other things I'd like to explore too -
> possibly rapier since
> I fenced in college on the SMU team.  But I'm an old fellow
> now (47) so who
> knows.  Lots of other Arts & Science things to persue as well!
>
> I plan on going to the Atlantia University this October.
> What fun that
> looks like!
>
> I've been researching for a couple of months and am of
> Hungarian heritage
> (2nd generation US-born).  So, tentatively, I am taking on a Hungarian
> (western Transylvania) persona - No nothing to do with
> dracula (yuk)!  More
> of a Jewish liquor/wine merchant turned Innkeeper & Tavern owner.
>
> Transylvania was the eastern part of Hungary from 600-800 AD
> until after WW
> I. In the late 1400s through 1500s it became an autonomous
> principality, and
> was a bit more tolerant of Jews than the western,
> Habsburg-dominated half.
> So, there were better career opportunities for a Jewish
> persona in Calvinist
> Transylvania (eastern Hungary) than in the Catholic Royal
> Hungary (Habsburg
> western Hungary).
>
> Best opportunities for any minorities were in the Turkish-dominated
> south-central Hungary at that time, but that wasn't the
> culture or costuming
> I was after for my persona.
>
> So, I will sign myself,
>
>   Sándor Vitez (Alexander the Gallant (or Brave, Valiant))
>
> or, in Hungary where they put surname first,
>
>   Vitez Sándor
>
> Mundanely,
>   Alan W. (Annandale, VA)
>
>
>
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