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12th Night was fun. If anybody out there in LJ land has contact info for Aline (sp?, the arts-display person who had an Italian pitcher in the same style as the Spanish stuff GM and I have been working on) I sure would appreciate getting it. I'd like to talk to her about glazes.

I thought the duchess's ball was fun, but next year we're going to have to take Cuckholds Alle in a Row out of the set list. It was too complex to teach on the fly. I got one suggestion to have a class between court and the ball, I _might_ try that next year, if dinner, time, space, and The Duchess permit.

I miss Siobhán ní hEodhusa. I know she'd be pleased about people being sentimental about her song, To The West, but I wish she was still here. I thought the West Kingdom Chior's version of it in court was very well done.

I sat through most of coronation court, something I haven't done in a while. I thought Uther's speech was heartfelt and appropriate. Of course, later in the evening, I briefly considered blowing in my dance partner's ear and saying "hey baby, can I .....change your tire?".

Now, if I can just cope with the health-foo of GM's mom and my mom (do they plan these things? why can't they take turns?!) and get through the Crosston ball, I'll start thinking about my art goals for 2010.

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The year the Westermark hosted 12th Night, the autocrat team really went out of their way to include Friday night and Sunday morning activities, and I think it was one of the best attended and well received 12th Nights we've had in the past several years (amongst other clues, we had to revise the hotel contract several times to add rooms to the SCA block -- to my knowledge, that's never happened before).

Like at any camping event, though, people are reluctant to give up the idea that "official" stuff only happens on Saturday and Fridays are for lounging around in your jeans and Sunday are for packing and getting offsite before somebody catches you and makes you help clean up.