<div dir="ltr">Good morning Ponte Alto!<div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you all for a really fun last A&S night of 2021. We've got some really cool things in the works for 2022 and I look forward to sharing all of those with you in the next few weeks. </span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Updates for the Week</font></b></span></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-6795191392714880304gmail-m_4727876082391320008m_2012094301795420708gmail-m_3311117627477850952gmail-m_-3425986232685745274gmail-m_-2675839535345139749gmail-m_1697504851765728476gmail-m_-8461665095756449593gmail-m_2848797509837832734gmail-m_2211565318071032991gmail-m_-2466893335232190713gmail-docs-internal-guid-8a967039-7fff-0c5a-ee4d-c2ffe32909f6"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Her Excellency is requesting largess! 2022's calendar looks like it'll have a lot more in person stuff happening, and we would love to present a good showing of Ponte Alto's A&S to our fellow Atlantians! <span style="background-color:transparent">Unsure what largess is or what to make? I really love </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYsQOSa3yk" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent">this video</a><span style="background-color:transparent"> from Pennsic University last year on the subject.</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent">Due to the holidays, we will only be having one A&S night in December. </span></p></li></ul><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></font></span></div></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-6795191392714880304gmail-m_4727876082391320008m_2012094301795420708gmail-m_3311117627477850952gmail-m_-3425986232685745274gmail-m_-2675839535345139749gmail-m_1697504851765728476gmail-m_-8461665095756449593gmail-m_2848797509837832734gmail-m_2211565318071032991gmail-m_-2466893335232190713gmail-docs-internal-guid-8a967039-7fff-0c5a-ee4d-c2ffe32909f6"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Events this Week</b></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sunday, 12/19- Heavy practice</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (potentially). Check the Facebook page or check with Heinrich directly.</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Sunday, 12/19- Populace Meeting, 5 pm</b>. Details can be found in the Facebook event, <a href="https://fb.me/e/2cFKMaxzm">linked here</a>.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Upcoming A&S Opportunities- January and February 2022</b></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>12th Night</b>- January 15. Royal bard, Tempore Atlantia (1500-1600), Work-In-Progress Roundtable, Open Display, Table Decorating Contest</p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Henry VIII's Holiday Huzzah!- </b>January 29. Anything 1490-1550 goes! Extra points for anything relating to the 12 Days of Christmas during that period. Open displays as well.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Tourney of Manannan Mac Lir- </b>January 29. Fiber Arts, Largess, and Scroll Blanks competitions.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Ymir-</b> February 11. TBD, keep an eye on the <a href="https://fb.me/e/2cFKMaxzm">website</a>.</li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Bright Hills Baronial Birthday</b>- February 12. TBD. Keep an eye on the <a href="https://atlantia.sca.org/event/?event_id=8e881e63">website</a>.  </li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Day of Love II</b>- February 26. TBD, keep an eye on the <a href="https://paganussca.wixsite.com/website/a-s-competitions">website</a>. </li></ul></span></div></div>