[Ponte Alto] Sapphire Joust

[Eliisa Harman]

I wanted to append this by agreeing that Sapphire Joust was indeed a great
time! And by thanking all of the fine folks of Ponte Alto for making our
first SCA camping trip (and, indeed, our first camping trip, period, with
the kids) a successful and dare I say FUN endeavor. I know they were a bit
on the whiny side at times, but considering they're 2 and 1, they did pretty
well, I suppose. Thanks for everyone's patience as they fought naps,
complained about being made to walk instead of being carried everywhere, and
ate their weight in fruit and goldfish whilst scoffing at the delicious
hunks o' meat and camp-made cheese on offer. Sebastian said on several
occasions that camping was "his favorite," so we'll no doubt be doing more
of it in the future!

I don't know about all the political stuff, but I do have to say that it has
been amazing being part of Ponte Alto during the seven months since we went
to our first event. You have all been so welcoming, instructive, and patient
with us and our children. We're planning on bringing a few friends to
Highland River Melees to introduce them to the joys of the SCA...that's how
much of a positive impression you've made on us! There was some talk around
the fire Saturday night about how some Baronies were more separated into
households or whatnot, but that Ponte Alto was one big family, and a very
inclusive one at that. We've definitely found that to be true, and it makes
for a very welcoming atmosphere for newcomers like us.

Thank you all for being awesome. That is all.

~Annika, Hannus, and the wee ones

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Drogo Dragonara <drogod at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings Ponte Alto!
>
> Sapphire Joust was a tonne of fun!  Except for that rain thing Friday
> night anyway.  We had heavy fighters, rapier fighters and archers
> making Ponte Alto look good as usual.  There was a fair bit of
> shopping to be done, plenty of friends to visit with and lots of cups
> to share.  For those of us who camped out we had a fabulous pot luck
> that left no one wanting.  We are pretty sure all had a great time -
> We certainly did.
>
> Their Majesties have asked for feedback from Their curia - and they
> continue to accept feedback from feedback at atlantia.sca.org or
> feedback at gmail.com (both end up at the same place).  The latest big
> things are enforcing a no-conflict 150 miles (via road - door to door)
> for all events (no option to allow), changing term limits for kingdom
> officers and landed baronage to have a minimum tour with an unbounded
> max term length (i.e. 3 yrs + 1 + 1 + 1...), making some kingdom
> deputy officers great officers and required positions, putting a
> maximum number on the amount of court baronies made per reign and
> making Atlantian citizenship a non-waive-able requirement for Crown
> Tourney.  There should be a website posted soon with the details - and
> there are a lot of small things, I'll post it as soon as I know.
>
> As always, you can call or write Us with your opinions and questions -
> just not after 10pm :)
>
> In service to our Wonderful Barony,
> Drogo and Adina
> Barone e la Baronessa di Ponte Alto
>
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