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Wednesday, February 22, 1934
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Lo, for I am the reporter, who didst travel afar,
upon a great adventure, to sing of knights' and'
ladies' gentle deeds and to bear honorable witness
upon the latest gathering of The Society For Crea
tive Anachronism. The society, an educational
non-profit corporation dedicated to the recreation
of the Middle Ages, assembled this past weekend at
the Malone Center.
Stoiy by Steve Abariotes
Phctoo by Crairj Andresen
Ancient kings and queens were there, their scep
tors stretched from eastern to western shore (they
came from all over the Midwest). Led with delight,
the task that laid before them now was to establish a
king and queen for the new kingdom of Calontir. Oh
yea!!! Oh yea!!! .
Brave knights battled with flaming courage, strik
ing each other profoundly about he face and neck,
fighting fiercely for rights to the new sovereign king
dom (to decide on a ruler for the newly-formed
Midwest chapter).
"There are 20,0p0 members in the SFCA and it is
an international organization," quothe Barbara Schu
ler, known otherwise as the fair Lady Elspeth, the
coordinator of the merry bands of shires and baro-
Cloclavise from right:
Doctor Stephen Tymeson has his amor and
flhtins equipment checked over by Duke T&l-
Royalty cf Calontir kingora preside over their
court.
Victoria DeRueth and little Alex Pavlova watch
til Crdlon
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nics. The costumes are researched for their authen
ticity. It's a lot of fun. It's like a family."
This band of revellers, this merry throng, hast
come nearly a thousand strong bearing many charms
and arts and crafts. Their costumes, capes and
cloaks may represent good people who lived in any
of a thousand lands, from 600 A.D. to 1C0O A.D.
Lords and ladies didst prepare a goodly amount of
calligraphy and illuminations, a hammer dulcimer,
a deer skin, leather mugs from which to drink, belts,
knivc3, trinkets and armor forged from fire and steel.
Actors Damien Falrchild and Sir Ralph The Red
had made ready eloquent Shakespearean solilo
quies which they were to give later that day, whence
the sun dothe shine no longer, following the revel
feast.
A lovely young lady soon arrived, riding upon yon
Chevrolet. Constance Gervaise hailed from the dis
tant kingdom of North Platte, perhaps to seek her
knight.
"It's fun," quothe she. "Everyday life is so boring.
But it's really not like it was back then. You can still
go to McDonalds."
Scarce could anywise person deny the spirit and
camaraderie which abounded Saturday at the initial
gathering of the Middle Kingdom (Midwest chap
ter). They shall come together again: Royalty, nobles
and serfs alike, six months hence in Kansas City,
Kan., when brave knights will again take in hand
shield and sword and duel to the bloody death, or
until the referees tell them to stop.
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