I can answer to this a little too -- I told *many* people who know Lords and Ladies to ask them to attend to the Hound Course. From Baron Mann of my Barony (though that one was my fault a little too, because we spoke with him many times and I forgot to bug him to come to the field) to my friends from Artemesia, there was little time to update everyone daily what with the rain and battle setup. I missed the Queen's Gathering of the Hounds as well due to our late arrival Friday, so I don't know if that went off well -- or, at all. I also had my human children with us as well, so my husband and I were a bit distracted this year. We're already planning sitters for next! But, I was going to suggest a couple of things for next year in light of the late planning -- which I think went quite wonderfully despite what could be in future with more time and planning. 1. I have a portable agility set if we may want to add another event for the hounds for next year. 2. I would be totally interested and willing to run classes for youth and/or adult on anything from hound history to event training. I do confirmation, obedience, agility, coursing (though I am nothing of an expert in any one of them) and can share my interest in hounds and fun things to do with them. I would also be interested to share knowledge with other sighthound owners on site -- from art to history to vet practices to events. 3. Official invites to the Royals from various lands would be a nice touch, and sent early enough would give them notice to bring their own dogs too. 4. Who the heck is the Houndsman/mistress of this Atenveldt -- does it go by Kingdom or Barony? I'm sorry if I missed this info on a website somewhere -- is it Yasmeena? I am having a blonde moment. ;> I do know part of the problem in my neck of Atenveldt is that there is no organized group here, though there are tons of dogs and owners. I will do what I can to recruit at fighter practices, but I want to have my bearings lest I step on toes. Shnorhakalutiun & Shukran (thank you x2!), Jami'a In a message dated 2/24/2005 11:16:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have two possible excuses, but no good answer. First, coming from a Kingdom where coursing is not really cared about by the Royals, I was thinking they probably wouldn't be interested (at least ours). The second reason was knowing how incredibly busy all the monarchs are at this war, I didn't really want to impose on anyone or make them feel obligated to attend yet another activity. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
