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So, what *was* Laurel Prize Tourney like?
Mar. 15th, 2005 12:41 amIt was great. It was the most scholarly gathering I've seen in the SCA at a local event, I think. It is definitely worth driving up there.
There were so many people who had done great projects. I got to hear a lot about the Sumerian beer as I was sitting next to Sebastian, and about the nalbinding needles as I had Lyle on the other side. But the person who made his own Lathe and created stuff with it, and the man who made his own armorer's tools and armor, were fascinating. The Great Pies and the Sausages were yummy and wonderfully well documented and executed.
I know that the many seamstresses I confusedly think of as the 'type M garb experts' had some wonderful dresses but I'm not a seamstress and I wouldn't be able to make any useful comments except that Laurencia (sp?) who also entered also had a lovely dress, and the things Catelin la broideress had were gorgeous too-- I especially liked the Laurel hood she made for Mistress Peyton.
The poetry was very good, even the ones I couldn't follow (i especially liked Ardenia's cheese recipe!), and so was the music. Lakshmi's dance, as always, blew me away.
Baron Jehan graciously allowed me to present my lecture on Sage and it worked out all right. People were very polite and attentive and I appreciated that.
I wish I had had the energy to look closely at everything being displayed and think carefully about it, but I'm afraid I was tuckered out by finishing the treatise and the drive (fortunately I'd driven to the area the night before). I especially was appreciative of the people at troll who patiently and graciously allowed my lost-driving-in-snow nervous whining to pour over them. :)
I wish I felt I had talked to more people from the area; I somewhat feel like I went there and mostly talked to friends from my area (a phenomenon that Angela Thirkell points out all the time). People were very nice. The dayboard was excellent, also.
Of course, I'll need to go back to Carolingia to teach. :)
There were so many people who had done great projects. I got to hear a lot about the Sumerian beer as I was sitting next to Sebastian, and about the nalbinding needles as I had Lyle on the other side. But the person who made his own Lathe and created stuff with it, and the man who made his own armorer's tools and armor, were fascinating. The Great Pies and the Sausages were yummy and wonderfully well documented and executed.
I know that the many seamstresses I confusedly think of as the 'type M garb experts' had some wonderful dresses but I'm not a seamstress and I wouldn't be able to make any useful comments except that Laurencia (sp?) who also entered also had a lovely dress, and the things Catelin la broideress had were gorgeous too-- I especially liked the Laurel hood she made for Mistress Peyton.
The poetry was very good, even the ones I couldn't follow (i especially liked Ardenia's cheese recipe!), and so was the music. Lakshmi's dance, as always, blew me away.
Baron Jehan graciously allowed me to present my lecture on Sage and it worked out all right. People were very polite and attentive and I appreciated that.
I wish I had had the energy to look closely at everything being displayed and think carefully about it, but I'm afraid I was tuckered out by finishing the treatise and the drive (fortunately I'd driven to the area the night before). I especially was appreciative of the people at troll who patiently and graciously allowed my lost-driving-in-snow nervous whining to pour over them. :)
I wish I felt I had talked to more people from the area; I somewhat feel like I went there and mostly talked to friends from my area (a phenomenon that Angela Thirkell points out all the time). People were very nice. The dayboard was excellent, also.
Of course, I'll need to go back to Carolingia to teach. :)
