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New Member's Guide Introduction
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Your 1st EventIn the SCA we have gatherings, called "events," where we try to create an atmosphere of the Middle Ages. SCA events are an exciting, necessary part of what we do. Going to your first event maybe scary, but following these tips can help you have a great time! What to takePreparing for your first event can be difficult. Be sure to take the following things to make your experience enjoyable:
Getting thereUsually you can catch a ride with someone already going to the event. Bring enough money to chip in for gas, and be a courteous passenger. If you are driving yourself, be sure to make sleeping arrangements and have a map to the event site and the place you will be staying. When you arriveFirst of all, you will want to find the place you are "crashing" or the event site. When you get to the event, check in at the "troll booth" and pay the event fees. Remember at all times to be courteous and try to maintain the medieval atmosphere.
Special note on weaponryIn the SCA, we allow people to wear real or costume weapons. Gentles wishing to wear weaponry must abide by the following rules:
The TournamentThe most typical SCA event is the tournament, where everyone comes in pre- seventeenth century garb (from the simplest peasant tunic to the most elaborate court gown) and spends the day, or several days, immersed in the current Middle Ages. The most visible activity at a "tourney" is the fighting. Participants study and practice the medieval martial arts, making their own armor and simulated weaponry. Besides combat to determine the King and Queen, there are also many challenge matches, melees and other competitions to test skill at arms. For those whose main interest lies in areas other than fighting, a tourney or event also involves the pursuit of the gentler arts, such as music and dancing to while away a pleasant afternoon. There are also competitions to test the artistic and knowledge skills of the participants. Areas of interest are as varied as the culture itself: heraldry, manuscript illumination, archery, metalwork, lacemaking, various needlecrafts, dance, music, poetry, cooking, brewing, costuming and much more. Forward into the PastWhile Society events are often colorful to observe, the deeper satisfactions come from becoming a participant. To realize this, one need only experience the feeling of accomplishment which comes from having a piece of research result not only in a paper, but in a suit of mail, a costume or a medieval meal. In addition to having fun, we gain a wider perspective on our own world by learning to do as our predecessors might have done; by discovering things about the past, we discover things about ourselves. We walk, not backward into the future, but forward into the past. |
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