[Artemisia] Fw: [SCA_Coursing] Caid Coursing Update

[Willa - Rose]

Lady Christiaen,
What a great report. You have done much to kindle the spark of enthusiasm
I witnessed at Estrella. I have forwarded your post to a couple of
Artemisian newsgroups so they may observe how you've managed to make your
dream come true.

I invite you to join join the Artemisian Stables & Kennels newsgroup at
and continue to share your successes.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArtStables/
Or send an email to: ArtStables-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

Mu'allemah Yasmeena, OL, OP, Cd'O, etc. 
"The Equestrian Mistress"
Minister of the Royal Stables of Artemisia 
Mounted Companion of the Lance of St. Anne 
http://lanceofstanne.homestead.com/yasmeena.html

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "lady_christiaen" <half_pass at hotmail.com>
To: SCA_Coursing at yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:44:48 -0000
Subject: [SCA_Coursing] Caid Coursing Update

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to share some updates on coursing in Caid as we gear up for
our 
debut. We're terribly excited about all this, and again wanted to thank
Mistress 
Yasmeena for her guidance and her dedication to coming out to Estrella to
let 
us try this sport out and get us appropriately addicted :)

During our April Crown we held a yard sale to begin raising the necessary

funds to make our coursing equipment investment. Thinking this would be
the 
start of many fund raising endeavors to meet our goal, we were thrilled
at the 
support we received and managed to earn enough for everything we needed. 

Now we had the funds, but they had to go through the "proper channels" --

meaning they were passed from exchequer to exchequer while discussions 
and debates ensued as to where the money would go and how it could be 
spent. Finally last Friday we received the check to purchase our
equipment.

The check was immediately sent to Tom at In Joy and the goods have been 
officially shipped out. We should have everything within the next week or
two.

Since we have very few people volunteering to work with us that have 
previous coursing experience, we are gearing up to put the equipment 
together and do lots of trial runs to learn to run it safely and
smoothly. Also, 
finding parks in the Southern California area that will allow dogs off
leash, 
even for such a short time, has been somewhat challenging. But we now
have 
a few good resources and plans for learning sessions as soon as the 
equipment arrives.

If all goes well, it looks like we will debut coursing in Caid at our
Fall Queen's 
Champion tournament. This will give us a chance to open the activity up
to 
everyone interested while having taken the time to really learn the ropes
and 
be prepared for any issues that might come up.

Finally, we have committed to 4 days of coursing at our "Great Western
War" -- 
October 6th through10th. (greatwesternwar.org). So... for any of you that
might 
like to join us for a Fall war in Southern California and help us start
out 
coursing in Caid right, we'd love to have you!!  More details on the
coursing 
times/dates will be posted soon. (Following Yasmeensa's example at
Estrella 
we're handling it as a coursing "class" to encourage those that have
never 
seen or done it to come check it out.) All hounds that care to try will
be 
welcomed, and GWW is a very hound-friendly site.

:) Christiaen



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