tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post1979409389024106387..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Report on Arisia Geek Culture ConventionAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-39572991491046221092011-01-18T15:48:30.251-05:002011-01-18T15:48:30.251-05:00But you do cut quite the swashbuckling image in yo...But you do cut quite the swashbuckling image in your swordsmanship photo!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03628939745894807912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-8358175694636636902011-01-18T14:12:10.093-05:002011-01-18T14:12:10.093-05:00Sounds fun!
It was the SCA who led us in Renaissan...Sounds fun!<br />It was the SCA who led us in Renaissance dances, so there was plenty of crushed velvet and brocade in evidence there. As for pikemen, folks from the Higgins Armory Museum put us through our paces in the halberd drill, so I'm very nearly a pikeman myself now. (I wish I had a photo, but D and I were both in the lineup and too busy protecting our burg or canton to take pictures of each other.)Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-67909166543690096922011-01-18T13:53:19.877-05:002011-01-18T13:53:19.877-05:00What a hoot! Many years ago I spent a weekend with...What a hoot! Many years ago I spent a weekend with the Society for Creative Anachronism. Heraldry and crushed velvet were all the rage, and I remember meeting an awful lot of pikemen.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03628939745894807912noreply@blogger.com