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- While this event
date is long past,
- It's never too
early to prepare for next year's event.
- Look for the
2008 date soon!
Greetings
unto the Populace!
The glorious Shire of Dragon’s Mist doth
seek a new Defender of Arts & Sciences! The Defendership will be held
at the Dragon’s Mist Defenders Tournament June 22-24, A.S.XLII (2007)
in the inspirational setting of Camp Wilkerson between Rainer and
Vernonia, Oregon.
Wilt thou try your hand at our Arts &
Sciences Defendership?
Here are the criteria….
Candidates may submit ONE entry
(object/performance/research paper) or they may enter a "suite" of 1-3
items which bear a direct relationship to each other and function
together under a unified theme. The entry must have documentation.
All Defendership candidates are asked to
process to the invocation of the A&S lists with their banner/flag (and
a herald to announce them if they so choose.) The victorious Defender
will be asked to give a short explanation and viewing of their winning
entry at the Shire moot.
You will have an assigned time to present
your entry to the judges. You will have a time slot of 30 minutes and
your explanation to the judges must be no longer than 15 minutes. They
will ask you questions after that and then move on to the next
entrant. The populace is encouraged to watch the presentations but in
the interest of time, only judges may ask questions.
There will be tokens of thanks for ALL
entrants. The grand prize winner will hold the honor of Defender of
Dragon’s Mist for the next 12 months! (And will receive a really cool
thingie, which shall be a really cool surprise!)
You
will notice that we have kept the entry criteria simple. This is NOT a
Kingdom level A&S event. The purpose of a Shire level A&S competition
is to encourage people to TRY! The focus of the judging will be to
help you get your feet wet in the A&S competition-style events and to
help you improve your work in a respectful and encouraging way.
To get you started, here are some of the
categories you can consider when making a possible entry:
- Bardic Arts, such as storytelling Animal Accoutrements
- Basketweaving Animal
Husbandry
- Beadwork Armoring:
all forms
- Calligraphy Bookbinding
- Cooking: all forms Costume
Accessories
- Costuming: all periods and forms Ceramics and Pottery
- Dance: all forms Equestrian
activities
- Dramatic Performance Herbcraft
- Drawing Ironworking
& Toolmaking
- Dyeing Lapidary
- Embroidery and Needlework Leatherworking
- Glasswork: blown glass Metalworking: daily use items
- Glasswork: stained glass Metalworking:
jewelry
- Glasswork: sculpture Musical
instrument manufacturing
- Illumination Papermaking
- Juggling & Tumbling Research
- Knitting & Nalbinding Scientific Instruments
- Knotted work Sculpture
& Stonecarving
- Lacemaking Siege
Engines
- Music composition Weapon
making (archery, rapier, etc)
- Music performance Woodworking:
manufacturing
- Painting Woodworking:
decorative carving
- Poetry Spinning
- Weaving loom Weaving:
tablet
- Weaving: tapestry
This is not an inclusive list but meant as a springboard for
ideas!
Remember: you MUST provide documentation. However, keep it
to-the-point and easy to read (ie; no fancy fonts, use bullet points, etc). The
judges are not going to have a lot of time to read your research. The contest
will be held in the lodge that has an open side; therefore your entries will be
protected from the weather but if you wish to have an entry that is messy (ie;
dye pot or fire), you will have the opportunity to do so. Please contact me formore info if this applies to your entry.
Remember, this is a DRY site. No alcohol of ANY kind will be
permitted. This includes brewing and vinting entries as well. Sorry. If you
feel you must rant at the unfairness of it all, please send me an email so we
on the planning committee can share your pain.
IF YOU ARE ENTERING A RESEARCH PAPER AS YOUR ENTRY, YOU MUST
HAVE YOUR PAPER TO THE MINISTER OF A&S (Beatriz de Chambéry) NO LATER THAN
JUNE 1ST. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
More information will be posted as the event draws nearer.
Good luck with the creative process and if you have any questions, please
contact Beatriz (A&S) or Rafaella (Autocrat) at any time!
- Peace~
Beatriz de Chambéry
- Dragon’s Mist Minister of Arts & Sciences
(Previous officer 2006-07)
Helpful Links:
http://www.larsdatter.com/ten_things.htm
http://www.larsdatter.com/index.htm
More to follow!
Last updated, March 13, 2007 (RdA)
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