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<div style="RIGHT: auto"> I wanted to thank all the people who helped make Queen's Rapier and Kingdom Bardic Champs a great event.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Lord Reynard for heading up troll and reservations as well as the gentles who took turns sitting with him throughout the day.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Lord Bovi for yet another fantastic display of cooking. So many folks were helping in the kitchen on and off it is hard to single people out Thank you all :).</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Their Excellencies Tower and Cynthia for being so gracious in providing the pavillion for the Royalty.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">The Outgoing Champions Don Christian and Lord Ian for hosting the competitions for the day.</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">THL Robert O'Connor for surprising me with the list ropes for the tourney.(Thats Bob the Herald by the way )</div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto">Lady <FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cionaodh for sending the awesome subtlety.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lady Emilia "Bubba" Benitez for MOLing for the tourney.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks to our most noble King Isenwulf and Queen Rosalinda for choosing the Barony of St. Swithin's Bog and myself to host them.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To Prince Andreas and Princess Kallista for making the trip up to spend the day with us as well.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A special thank you to those gentles who organized the fundraisers for Quinn and his family. It is wonderful to see the Kingdom rally behind such a good cause and I am humbled by the people who call Aethelmearc home.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I apologize to anyone that I have missed as I am sure I have.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank you all again.</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As Always, In Service</FONT></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gabriel<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></FONT></div>
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