History, Customs and Manners 2012 version

[mattintx]

Dona Catalina: You are most welcome. It's a tremendously important part of who we are, and we love sharing the knowledge with like-minded folk

Drac: Splendid suggestion, thanks. I'll add it to the list.

EloquentXI - Absolutely the tradition will continue Some of our best topics came from this forum, and we want to make sure that we provide our audience shows that are interesting to them.

Merlin: Nod your head and say "Yes, Your Majesty". That has worked to keep MY head on my shoulders...so far


And a final side note: Feel free to tell your fellow HCM Show regulars about this forum, so they can add their voices as well.

Cheers,

Matt

[Lady Kett]

Awesome to see you here Matt. We love HCM! And like Merlin, we (me and my trusty Sidekick) will be working on nodding our heads and saying, "yes, your majesties"

[Merlin the Elder]

Do we do that even when he's wrong?   

[KeeperoftheBar]

Do we do that even when he's wrong?   

Rule #1    The King is always right.
Rule #2    In the event the King is wrong, see Rule #1.

[Merlin the Elder]

Thank you for the clarification, Keeper.

Matt, have this week's subjects been decided?  We'll have to hustle back from the Tartanic show, but we'll be there!

[DonaCatalina]

Greetings, my friends! Well, we are just a few short days away from Opening Cannon, and I will be your friendly neighborhood HC&M liaison for this year. If you don't know me, my name is Matt and I play the role of Thomas Cromwell.

All of the show performers would very much like to thank you all for your interest and active participation in the History Customs and Manners Show. We are very excited to have the opportunity to see you all again this year and are now actively soliciting subjects about which you would like to hear more. They can be anything - repeats from previous shows, things we may have touched lightly on, or completely new topics. Feel free to throw ideas out in this forum, and I'll collect them and pass them on.

Appearing regularly in the HC&M Show this year will be:
His Grace, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer Thomas Cromwell
Latimer Fairfield, Captain of the Sea Hawk & Baron of Suscerland
Margaret Lee, Lady Lee
Owen Fairfield, Boatswain's Mate of the Sea Hawk
Penelope Weaver, Master Weaver

Our first show's topic will be "Welcome to the Sixteenth Century - a compendium of notes and miscellany of life in our times"
Second show shall be "Sixteenth Century Belief systems"

After that, we shall be alternating between topics we feel like nattering about, and ones you wish us to natter on about

Look forward to seeing you all very soon on the magical grounds of Scarborough.

Cheers,

Matt

Welcome to the Sixteenth Century indeed!

[Lady Gryphon]

What time are the talks and are they the same one both Saturday and Sunday for one weekend  IE  April 14th and 15th.  It sound like a great place to rest your bones and learn something at the same time.

See you all that weekend

[SirRichardBear]

11:30 at the hightower stage right across from the front gate and before you get to the rose garden.  Different lectures ever day but some are kinda like part 1 and part 2.  And it is a great place to sit enjoy something to drink before parade and learn something of the period.  The lectures not only have a lot if information they pass along they make it a lot of fun.

[DonaCatalina]

Oh yeah, it is fun. And they are very encouraging of audience participation.

[Merlin the Elder]

What time are the talks and are they the same one both Saturday and Sunday for one weekend  IE  April 14th and 15th.  It sound like a great place to rest your bones and learn something at the same time.

See you all that weekend

We'll be a bit busy on Saturday and will sadly have to miss it...

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

What time are the talks and are they the same one both Saturday and Sunday for one weekend  IE  April 14th and 15th.  It sound like a great place to rest your bones and learn something at the same time.

See you all that weekend

We'll be a bit busy on Saturday and will sadly have to miss it...

We too.  We will be judging your customs and manners, Merlin 

[Lady Gryphon]

But I can Make Sunday!  That's why I asked.  I'll try to remember it this time around.  We missed it last year.

[Merlin the Elder]

Opening day... got too far away and involved in organizing for upcoming events... missed it!  I really got to get me a new sundial...

[Don_Juan_deCordoba]

Opening day... got too far away and involved in organizing for upcoming events... missed it!  I really got to get me a new sundial...

I don't think that you will make 2nd weekend either on Saturday.

[Merlin the Elder]

Well, Don Juan, I did get there Sunday...and they even talked about me! They might not have if I had been dressed in my wizardry, but as VIII mentioned as he strolled by us, I was dressed down for the day, more like a ship's hand...incognito, as it were...

So I'm left wondering...were they talking about me behind my back, in front of me?