Back in the Olden Days
This morning on the AEthelmearc list, THL Rowena ni Dhonnchaidh posted a link to a video of a feature TV story on the SCA that was recorded at a Crown Tourney in Concordia of the Snows in 1988. For those who aren't on that list, here's the link.
She says this is part one of four and the rest will be posted as she has time.
diablu in particular will want to watch this, as the opening sequence has him and his late wife Anna standing beside the reporter.
As such things go, it's not bad. A little banal as you would expect, though at least so far the reporter hasn't made outright fun of us. There are typical misspellings - "midevil," really? But for the most part the interviewees were reasonably well-spoken, though I do wish Queen Katherine hadn't bashed medieval food...
As usual, it's sweet and a little bittersweet to look at images of our younger selves.
She says this is part one of four and the rest will be posted as she has time.
diablu in particular will want to watch this, as the opening sequence has him and his late wife Anna standing beside the reporter.
As such things go, it's not bad. A little banal as you would expect, though at least so far the reporter hasn't made outright fun of us. There are typical misspellings - "midevil," really? But for the most part the interviewees were reasonably well-spoken, though I do wish Queen Katherine hadn't bashed medieval food...
As usual, it's sweet and a little bittersweet to look at images of our younger selves.