[Nordskogen] Caponi Post Mortem

[Griffin-Lewin]

Sorry for the bandwidth-I don't know Giovanna's personal email.

Giovanna-I would love a copy of the shade fly article if you would be
willing to send me one. Email or snailmail, either is fine.  Thanks!
                        Althea
Anne Griffin-Lewin
1900 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
griffin-lewin at earthlink.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Giovanna" <valkyr8 at yahoo.com>
To: "The Hall of Nordskogen" <nordskogen at nordskogen.northshield.org>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Nordskogen] Caponi Post Mortem


> Excellent idea Sabina, I will continue.
>
>   I was increadibly impressed by everyone who came and participated.
People made an effort to keep modern things out of site, they brought
projects to demonstrate, they were open and friendly, and the site looked
very nice.
>
>   I was especially impressed at the flexibility of the Baronial members.
Despite the mis-communication from the liason for the park regarding the
demo, people came prepared anyhow and were able to easily move into demo
mode despite being told otherwise.
>
>   I'm glad that people thought the cooking went well, it made standing
next to a hot fire all day Saturday worth it.  Actually having the chicken
come out of the coals and cooked perfectly, made the heat worth it.  It was
very exciting!  I'm hoping that next time more people will stick around the
cooking area if it is not too hot.  Not much you can do about that though.
We did have a couple of young kids who were very interested in what we were
doing, much to the dismay of their mother who was concerned that they were
getting to hot.  We just kept pouring water in their cups and feeding them
flat bread so they were fine.
>
>   Despite my own personal discomfort from the heat, I thought things went
very well and I look forward to next year.  I too second Sabina's suggestion
that additional shade, work tables and benches should be something to shoot
for next year.  I would be happy to make my shade fly article that was
published in the Quill and the Northwatch available to anyone who does not
receive those publications.
>
>   I think having areas that have a specific focus is very good: cooking,
fiber, combat, scriptorium, music.
>
>   I talked to a lot of people and had a really great time, as I hope
others did as well.  The Caponis appeared to be very happy with us.  I did
hear that they are considering moving the date of the Fair to sometime in
June, which could be a problem for some of us who attend Lilies.  I
personally would rather see September or October, but I'd rather battle snow
than 100+ weather any day.  Since members from Nordskogen have been a part
of this activity for the past few years we may want to suggest to the
Caponis some possible dates/ months that would allow us to continue to
participate.
>
>   Giovanna
>
>
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