<div class="gmail_quote"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Greetings,</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Now
that our Crown Tournament has passed, and our Sylvan lands have
heirs, Don Clewin and Feifrau Fredeburg would like to extend their
thanks to all the people who helped make the event possible. We had
over 300 people in attendance, which I doubt anyone expected. Any
fault or failure in the event is our own, and any praise belongs to
the staff and all the volunteers who assisted us. Here are the
people we wish to thank, in only some particular order:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Their
Royal Majesties Malcolm and Tessa for allowing us an opportunity to
host this event</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Lady
Gabrielle deWinter for watching Karl and helping with parking</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Master
Creador
for an excellent sideboard, and his numerous cooking and
cleaning helpers!</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">Duchess
Dorinda and Lord Jacob for showing up early, staying late, and
helping with just about everything</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><font size="3">Lord Shiro
for field layout (aka Pavilion Tetris) and his helpers: Duchess
Dorinda, Lord Jacob, Lord Liam <span style="font-weight: normal;">Mac
an Tsaoir</span>, plus the hordes of people who assisted with
teardown</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">THL Hilda for reservations and troll and her helpers:
Lord Pavel, Lady Elss, Violante, Mistress
Ts'vee'a, Master Alaric MacConnell, and<font face="Times New Roman, serif"> </font>Lady
Muirgheal who fed them<font face="Times New Roman,
serif"><br></font><font face="Times New Roman,
serif"></font><br>Lord
Ffynthcor and Lady Rowan were the first onsite and the last to leave,
serving as gatekeepers and helped with set up and clean up</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Lord
Robert pour Maintenant and Don Christian for running a
parking shuttle to overflow parking</font></font><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Don
Christian and Dona Sasha for setting up signage</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">THL
Constance, Lord Liam Mac an Tsaoir, Mistress Irene, Lord David
Chadwick, who offered to help deliver food to the field</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
AEthelmearc rapier community for pitching as needed, in
particular:<br>Dorinda, Jacob, Iago, Quinn, Christian, Sasha, Emily,
Irene, and David</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Lord
Liam O'Ceallaigh for assisting with cleanup</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Mistress
Arianna for mentoring us and providing invaluable advice and help as
well as organizing the list runners. <br><br>Sir Tristan,
Dutchess Rowan, Duke Henri, Duke Maynard, THL Gareth Kincaid, Sir
Otto, and all the other marshals whose names we did not catch</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Sir
Tristan, again, who set up a live internet feed of the tournament</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The
heralds who helped with the tournament: <br>Lady Aibell Suil-uaine,
Lord Jorundr, THL Cadell, Lord Tadhg, THL Constance, THL Kieran, Baroness
Vivienne, Baroness Boudiccea,
THL Robert O'Connor, Mistress Cynthia, Sir Otto, Lord Vladimir, Lord Pavel, Master
Fridirkr, THL Bera, Lady Elaine,
THL Stephen Calvert de grey, Lord Malcolm fitz William, THL
Brandubh</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The combatants and consorts for
providing us with an excellent tournament. Without you, AEthelmearc would have no future.<br></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The populace for
showing up in large numbers (300+) to watch the fighting in the cold
weather</font></font>The
Barony Marche of Debatable Lands for agreeing to host the event</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">I
am sure there are some we have missed, but it is not deliberate.
Please know, mentioned or not, we greatly appreciated your
assistance. </font></font><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Last
but not least, I want to thank my lady Fredeburg for agreeing to the
whole endeavor after I said the words, “You know, we should run a
Crown Tournament...”</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">YIS</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Don
Clewin Kupferhelbelinc</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Freifrau
Fredeburg von Katzenellenbogen</font></font></p>
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