It's always seemed to me that the SCA was there "first," as an ongoing
amateur reenactment organization. At least first in the US. Do you
know what influence it's had on the formation of other reenactment
groups, such as American Civil War, and American Revolution?
I've also thought Renaissance Faires may have influenced the above.
Parks & Recs departments saying, "Hey, they've shown you can get a lot
of people to historic theme events, it makes money, we've got a historic
park to center one around, let's try it."
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
For those not keeping score, the SCA is possibly the longest-running
costume party in history. What it lacks in history it makes it makes up
in enthusiasm. And the mead is incredible:-)
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