[Nordskogen] August Newsletter: Heavy Combat!

[Crystal Quill]

  I hope everyone had a fabulous Independence Day celebration! I know I did.  :o)
   
  The August issue of _The Crystal Quill_ will be all about rapier combat. Rapier community, it’s time to put down the blades and pick up the quills. Tell the Barony all about rapier combat -- in period, in the SCA. Write about a favorite personal experience, how your persona would have experienced rapier combat, what we know about rapier combat in period, how SCA rapier combat differs from period rapier combat, and so on.
   
  What I'm looking for in this issue:
   
  - articles (don't have to be long!)
  - suggested resources for further reading (Internet or hardcopy)
  - artwork!!!!! (sketches and cartoons are great)
  - announcements (birthdays, anniversaries, archaeology finds, 
    "classifieds," you name it)
   
  Deadline for submissions to the August issue is NOON on Saturday, July 22. But you don't have to wait until the last minute -- start writing today!
   
  Please read the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES found on the _Crystal Quill_ page of the Nordskogen Web site, www.nordskogen.northshield.org/quill.html. These are important!
          
  If writing about rapier combat isn’t your thing, how about starting an article now one on of the other upcoming themes?
   
  - Sep 06 – “heavy” combat (trade in your swords for the mightier pens and tell the Barony all about heavy combat -- in period, in the SCA.)
   
  - Oct 06 - sporting/hunting (what do you know about hunting methods or sporting events in your persona’s culture? Hint: I already have any article about coursing hounds; what can YOU send me?)
   
  Make your Chronicler deliriously happy and become locally famous at the same time -- write an article or draw something today, and send it to nordskogenquill at yahoo.com.
   
  Yours in Service,
   
  - ban-Ollaimh Cinniu ingen Cuthbaid, OL
    Chronicler, Barony of Nordskogen

 		
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