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Post by SwordSchoolGroupie on Oct 13, 2005 8:29:32 GMT -5
Some people collect tie tacks/ pins from places they've been. What an awesome way to show which faires you've been too and hopefully not to expensive either.
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Post by SwordSchoolGroupie on Oct 13, 2005 8:30:59 GMT -5
course in my family it's Roxanne - postcards (i'm cheap hey) Carrie - keychains Bob - shot glasses It's always good to have a few lesser expensive items for people to buy too.
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Post by Lady Catharine on Oct 13, 2005 11:00:23 GMT -5
One item I've yet to see, are christmas ornaments..
Mayhaps there were no trees at that period.. What do you think?
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Oct 13, 2005 17:35:38 GMT -5
I believe the custom of having a yule tide tree just after the winter solstice is from ancient times and was appropriated by the Christan's as a means of assimilating the pagan cultures of the north of Europe. December 25th was picked as the date because that was the day the ancients could tell for sure the sun's rising had stopped its southern movement and was starting to raise in a northern direction, the days were getting warmer and spring would come, thus the tree, a symbol of life. Since there was no central heating of furnaces the coming of spring meant more to those folks than it does to us, we are inconvenienced by winter their lives were threatened by the cold and food was a real issue in primitive cultures so celebrating the longer days and the eventual coming of spring was a very joyous occasion and decorating the yule tide tree could very well have been a custom. Thats the theory at least. So there is a good chance there were ornaments then as there are today.
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Post by Kayenne on Oct 13, 2005 18:28:57 GMT -5
As noted above, the roots of the X-mas tree tradition go back to early pagan times (so do many other Christian and holiday traditions). But it didn't really become popular until the 19th century, either in Germany or with the Victorians in England, I think. It's actually the Victorians who are to blame for all the decorating, entertaining, and materialistic insanity that comes with the season. They're the ones who started making a big deal about it.
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Post by me on Oct 13, 2005 18:59:22 GMT -5
The best improvement is simply more sword school, & don't suck
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Post by MARVELous Thor on Oct 14, 2005 0:09:22 GMT -5
I take it you guys have been reading "The Da Vinci Code"
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Post by SwordSchoolGroupie on Oct 14, 2005 8:35:43 GMT -5
The Germans used to put real candles on the branches of the tree. I think that is where the holiday lights come from.... Can we say "fire liability" I don't think I would want to put that many real candles burning close to a combustible wooden tree... and if you had kids or animals - oy vey - perish the thought. I am happy with the new mini cool-burning lights of the 21st century thanks.
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Post by Simon De Montfort on Oct 14, 2005 17:53:19 GMT -5
The New middle ages is definitely the place to be, No plagues City's did burn down on a regular basis but fire awareness was grater too. My great aunt told me a story once about how she was taught to lay clothes out at night in case of fire. This would have been a hundred years ago when conditions were more primitive. She didn't mention fire insurance.
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Post by mamawench on Oct 21, 2005 18:24:48 GMT -5
i think some of the stages need revamped, they sag when the actors walk across them and look like they are going to cave in
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 22, 2005 9:03:33 GMT -5
i think some of the stages need revamped, they sag when the actors walk across them and look like they are going to cave in I thought the same thing too. Until I started helping out last year. Came to find out, that most of them are designed to be like that. That way, the stage has some give to it when they do their performances. Much easier on the feet/legs/backs of dancers and stage combatants.
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Post by SwordSchoolGroupie on Oct 22, 2005 9:27:12 GMT -5
well maybe they could be painted so that they don't look like they are old and going to cave in.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 22, 2005 21:16:51 GMT -5
Which ones? We painted a bunch of them this spring.
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Post by SwordSchoolGroupie on Oct 23, 2005 8:21:14 GMT -5
the one that sword school used definately
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 23, 2005 9:34:45 GMT -5
That one was painted twice. First time it didn't come out as expected.
I agree the extensions to that stage need some attention though.
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