[Artemisia] Speaking of saints...

[Sondra Gibson]

Gee, I came across that calendar not too long ago.... now where was it.....

I remember that Solstice Court, and the bidding on the months for the
calendar.  I'm not sure what month Sentinels' Keep did, but I'm pretty sure
we got one of them.  

Gefjon

Shauna wrote:

> There was a calendar done when Artemisia was a Principality, to 
> celebrate 25 years of the Society, and each
> months art was auctioned off at an event in Loch Salann (Solstice, I 
> believe). During dinner, the auctioneer sold
> off the artistic rights for the months, as well as the centerfold, to 
> whoever could come up with the monies. This was
> done to raise the production funds needed before the actual calendar 
> could be printed. Mostly groups did the
> months - Bronzehelm was able to purchase May, which is of course the 
> beginning of the calendar - but I do
> seem to recall that at least one large household bid on and won the 
> artwork for a month.
> 
> When the calendar was published, it was very well received. Sadly, my 
> personal copy was lost many moons ago,
> but I am the custodian of the artwork that was done for May. The 
> PaddleBeastie of legend being slain in a swamp
> in front of a butte by the great helmed knight Bronzehelm, with the 
> banner above saying 'Bronzehelm Invictus' and
> the banner below saying 'Semper Incipientum'. We had been nine years 
> incipient at that point.
> 
> Baroness Shauna
> (I am NOT getting old, I just have lots of memories!)
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