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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings Good Gentles! We hope everyone had
just as good a time as we did at the Siege of Harlech Castle this past
Saturday. We were lucky with the weather, and over 160 people came out for
the event. That meant a lot of effort for some amazing event staff and we
sincerely thank them.<BR> <BR>THL Brandubh o Donnghaile, Head Cook, and his
kitchen staff of Ardis Bluemantel, Ailis Linne, Olivia d'Anjou, Creador
Twinedragon, Alastar Scott MacCrummin, Elss (Rocky), Freya, Johan, Alessandra
d'Avignon, Bonita of Steltonwald, Hildarun Hugelmann, and Judith of
Kirtland. The sideboard was full of delicious food all day
long!<BR> <BR>Sir Aengus MacBain, our stalwart Marshall in Charge, for
running four different martial competitions that day<BR> <BR>Zianna Beguy
Urdina de Truylos, for being Mistress of the Lists for the four martial
competitions and authorizations<BR> <BR>Cai o'r Llyn, Parking Marshal and
Pavel Dudoladov, deputy Parking Marshal for parking a huge number of vehicles on
a street with almost no parking (and even shuttling event goers to nearby
parking areas)<BR> <BR>Lissa of Stahlgeist for teaching a well-attended,
enjoyable class on Serving 14th c. High Table</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Darter (mka Ron Lutz) who took photographs all day
(they'll be at <A
href="http://www.pbase.com/darter02">http://www.pbase.com/darter02</A> in a
couple of weeks)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alaric MacConnal, the brave mentor for the
first-time autocrats<BR> <BR>Elsbeth Anne Roth, for spearheading the
Heraldic consultation that was available all day<BR> <BR>Tessa the Huntress
for advising us about combat archery at the site over several
months<BR> <BR>Lance and Colin for Set Up the night before the
event</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dishwashers Elsbeth the Beggar, Elizabeth and
Maleodor (Sean Rankin)<BR> <BR>Aleea Bagah for organizing the sewing circle
all day<BR> <BR>Charles de Cayeux, Clean up crew organizers, and his crew
of Giovanni Magrino, Alana Griffin, Will Parris, and Roana
d'Evreux<BR> <BR>Elsa, who organized and ran a wonderful Children's
activities, and all the gentles such as Val Corbin who helped
her<BR> <BR>Dani of the Seven Wells, for reservations and busy Tollner
duty, and his assistants, She' erah bat Schlomo, Cassandra Theodosius, and Roana
d'Evreux<BR> <BR>We could not have put on a successful, enjoyable event
without the help of all those above and many others who offered assistance in
days before and throughout the event. We are humbled by the service and
generosity of so many - Thank you!<BR> <BR>In Service,<BR>Byron and
Ariella<BR> <BR>written this second day after the Siege of Harlech
Castle</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>