Crown List … A Kingdom event takes a lot of people to pull off, and there are so many folks to recognize and thank for their efforts.
This was Lord Mongo’s first Kingdom event as an event steward. He offered support, excellent advice & ideas, found amazing people to fill in critical staff positions, & helped keep us on track throughout the process.
Everyone needs a Mistress Ellen backing them up. She was our hall steward, & the most organized human on the planet. She asked tons of questions, kept us focused & on task, reminded us of so many details, & was fabulous.
The dayboard staff was beyond compare. Mistress Catina Cooper & Baroness Xanthe developed a wonderful menu & took care of tons of pre-prep. When Xanthe had to step back, Mistress Bella stepped up to help us out on the leadership team. The food was wonderful, plentiful, & beautiful. They had an exceptional team helping out, including Bam, Isabetta, Elysant , Mittie, & a host of others I know I’m forgetting, so please chime in and let us know who you are.
Ronan of Axbridge was our knight marshal liaison & worked with Ellen & the Earl Marshal staff to make sure the field was laid out, everyone had space around the field to watch, and the field was re-set for the Queen’s Rapier Tournament.
Ronan & Elysant were also a big part of Friday set up, general staff, Saturday clean up, making sure we had additional supplies, and just making sure everything went well and keeping everybody sane. It’s the first time I’ve had an opportunity to work closely with them, and I appreciated it immensely.
Dame Annora was Royal Liaison and worked with Their Majesties and Their Chancellors to help make sure things ran smoothly before and during the event for everyone. We deeply valued her grace and time in helping with that part of the event.
As always, Their Excellencies Baroness Ysabel & Baron Corbin are shining lights, but in particular we appreciated them for taking care of running a well attended Queen’s Rapier Tournament, which had 12 participants and ended up providing both the King’s and the Queen’s Rapier Champions!
THLady Asa was hugely important & deeply appreciated. She is the site liaison and knew everything there is to know about working with the site owners & management, and about the intricacies of the site itself. She took on the job of sanitation for the event, she was there early on Saturday and was one of the very last off site, shutting things down & locking stuff up. And she did it all with a joyful & cheerful nature. We could not have done this without her, and are deeply indebted to her.
Lady Una Hrolfsdottir and Lady Constance Saxham ran children’s activities throughout the day. They had a creative set of classes, and the kids had a great time. Yet again, our deepest thanks to these ladies for making sure the youngest members of our populace were included in the festivities of the day!
Lady Mebh did a lovely job of providing breakfast pastries & coffee for the event. In fact, she was so successful that Esaraigh is sharing them with Glaedenfeld for our Winter Market event. Mebh’s skill & generosity is deeply appreciated and valued.
Mistress Constanza, Lady Ceri, and Master Seamus, did an exceptional job of running gate & keeping things moving, especially during the early morning rush. I think Isabetta was also helping out at one point, and I’m sure there are a few others who stepped up. Constanza and Ceri coordinated a lot of things in advance, and had things ready to go when we opened up. It’s wonderful when the event stewards don’t have to worry at all about gate!
And additional big thanks to Lady Belsante, our exchequer & reservationist, who did so much advance & behind the scenes work to make sure everything was on track when the event’s doors opened!
Special thanks to Countess Ashildr and Baroness Kathryn Spencer, who took care of the Consort & Roses breakfast and the Rose Tea, respectively. They were dreams to work with, planned and coordinated lovely meals, were lovely hostesses, and worked with such grace with both the Dayboard stewards and the Hall Steward that things went seamlessly on the day of the event. Thank you so very much, ladies!
Big thanks to Sir Valdrick for bringing the trailer on Friday night, supervising the unloading & then the loading on Saturday evening, and then all of the general work, stepping, fetching, lifting, & general effort you always put in to making an event successful. We couldn’t have done things without you.
Master Sean, Lady Constance, and Lady Kitha (although I’m positive I have your name spelled incorrectly, please correct me) were instrumental in helping us direct traffic during the morning. Thank you SO MUCH for showing up early and helping us make sure everyone kept the traffic flowing smoothly!
We had a couple of newcomers who blew us away with their assistance this weekend. Nobunaga stepped up and headed up traffic and parking. We had an advance meeting, showed him the map, told him what we needed him to do, and he said, yep, I can do that! He was on site Friday night, and walked the site, and we gave him signs, and changed part of the plan, and on Saturday morning he hit the ground running and did an outstanding job.
And then we had Boethius Blackheart, who volunteered to take care of beverage service throughout the day, and also helped out with traffic and parking. Likewise, we told him what we needed, he hit the ground running, and was equally outstanding. Boethius and Nobunaga were also doing general work when they weren’t taking care of the parts of the event they volunteered to handle. They were amazing.
THLady Dis a Ruada, the Kingdom Chatelaine, got in touch as asked if we were doing something for newcomers and if she could help. We put out a call and Lady Raven Attwoode from Crimson River happily showed up when I remembered at the last minute I’d dropped that particular organizational ball. Dis and Raven were wonderful, cheerful and delightful and informative and welcoming, and I’m deeply grateful they both reminded me to make sure our newcomers were taken care of!
In the run up to the event, Duchess Thorkatla and Duchess Ysmay were invaluable in some of the indepth planning around hall layout and scheduling. Their insights were incredibly helpful and made some of the planning for this event so much easier.
Master Eoin Mac Cana was our Webmaster, an adviser on martial details, a general adviser on all things site and events, and a workhorse up until we shoved him in a pop up and made him do vigil and peer stuff. He is marvellous and deeply appreciated.
To the Shires of Easaraigh and Crimson River, the Canton of South Reach, and the Barony of Glaedenfeld, thank you all for your support and contributions in making this event so successful.
Beyond the local event staff, we have to thank Kingdom Staff, who were open, communicative, and so wonderful to work with. They helped us understand what they needed and how we could support them. Our thanks go out to Sir Iastreb Desislavich, Master Thomas Paumer, THLord Juan, Baroness Mairghread, Mistress Peeps, Baroness Genevieve, and Baroness Rose Rennel.
We offer our deepest thanks to Their Majesties, King Barthelemy Illyria and Queen Oda Austrasia for their faith in us in hosting the event!
To everyone we missed, who helped, who came, who fought, who enjoyed, please know we appreciate you!
And personally, my personal thanks to my Beloveds, to Sir Griffin for all the patience & support leading up to the event, to the hospitality & effort he put into the event, & to the general support he always offers me. And to Sprite, for her words of support and for sitting with me and giving me precious moments of down time during the event. I love you both dearly. [Steph]
In service,
Magistra Stephanie of Nethyrwode
Lord Mongo Blackheart
