I'm in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which is a medieval re-creationist organization. (www.sca.org)
I have earned the rank of member of the Order of the Pelican which is a Peer of the Realm for service. There are also the Order of the Laurel (Peers for Arts and Sciences) and Order of the Chivalry (Peers for heavy armored combat) and Royal Peers (those who have served as Royalty)
Peers can, and most do, take students to teach them in the area that they are a Peer for. Most Pelicans call their students Proteges. I personally have never liked the work and refer to almost all students of any Peer as their Associates.
Yesterday I took my first student. Which is symbolized by the belt she is wearing and the oath chain that I'm putting around her neck. (I'm the one in the red russian outfit)
Ah - well, I'm in the north of England and couldn't easily have zoomed off south at short notice.
I'd be delighted to join, though, as long as a) I can get to meetings and events reasonably easily by public transport (a minor disability prevents me from driving), and b) there isn't an enormous financial outlay (I know about the membership fee, but of course there will be other things). I can make filet lace, which is now a very rare skill in the UK - in fact I'm possibly the only person north of the Wash who knows how to do it - and I would love to have the opportunity to teach others.
I'm sorry I didn't realize you were doing the ceremony, or I would have come over sooner to take more pictures. I know Boris took some before his battery died, though.
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Date: 2010-01-10 11:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-10 11:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-10 11:15 pm (UTC)I have earned the rank of member of the Order of the Pelican which is a Peer of the Realm for service. There are also the Order of the Laurel (Peers for Arts and Sciences) and Order of the Chivalry (Peers for heavy armored combat) and Royal Peers (those who have served as Royalty)
Peers can, and most do, take students to teach them in the area that they are a Peer for. Most Pelicans call their students Proteges. I personally have never liked the work and refer to almost all students of any Peer as their Associates.
Yesterday I took my first student. Which is symbolized by the belt she is wearing and the oath chain that I'm putting around her neck. (I'm the one in the red russian outfit)
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Date: 2010-01-10 11:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-10 11:21 pm (UTC)If you are interested in finding a group near you, here's the list of contacts for the UK region
http://www.drachenwald.sca.org/node/83
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Date: 2010-01-10 11:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-11 07:52 am (UTC):D
Feel free to ask questions!
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Date: 2010-01-11 07:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-11 08:06 am (UTC)It's too bad you could have contacted them a week ago. This past weekend was the Coronation of Thorvaldr and Fiona and it was held in SE England.
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Date: 2010-01-11 09:14 am (UTC)I'd be delighted to join, though, as long as a) I can get to meetings and events reasonably easily by public transport (a minor disability prevents me from driving), and b) there isn't an enormous financial outlay (I know about the membership fee, but of course there will be other things). I can make filet lace, which is now a very rare skill in the UK - in fact I'm possibly the only person north of the Wash who knows how to do it - and I would love to have the opportunity to teach others.
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Date: 2010-01-11 03:50 pm (UTC)An American thinks 200 years is a long time.
A Briton thinks 200 miles is a long distance.
--Hawk
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Date: 2010-01-10 11:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-11 12:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-11 04:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-11 12:30 am (UTC)Apologies
Date: 2010-01-11 01:20 am (UTC)Dragos
Re: Apologies
Date: 2010-01-11 03:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-01-14 01:29 am (UTC)