[Artemisia] Harvest War de briefing

[Lady Flora]

Greetings, friends!

> 

> Whew!

> 

> I think I am finally decompressing from the hubbub of Harvest War 

> enough to report to all of you a few really cool things!

> 

> First of all, the Fighter's Breakfast was EXTREMELY well received. 

> Much more overwhelmingly than I had anticipated. I want to thank all 

> of you Artemisians for your generosity. Because of it, we are able to 

> donate 212 dollars plus some change to the Royal Travel Fund. In this 

> day of uncertain gasoline prices, I am glad we can help out a little 

> bit. I would also like to thank, from the BOTTOM of my heart, Lady 

> Gwynyth, m'lady Bronwyn, m'lady Marie, m'lady Karin, Skippy and Lady
Amanda De 

> Spencer for all of your tireless efforts in making the Fighter's 

> Breakfast happen. And thank you Cote du Ciel for supporting us in this 

> hair brained idea! It worked!

> 

> We so wanted to recognize folks in court Sunday for all of their hard 

> work. But since that didn't happen (darn that storm!) I would like to 

> kind of mention some of the folks who were OUTSTANDING in making all 

> of this happen.

> 

> First, and closest to my heart, are the members of Cote du Ciel. The 

> entire weekend, not one of you told me "no" when asked to do something 

> or find something or figure something out. Thank you thank you thank you.

> 

> Secondly, to Lady Aurora and THL Bethoc and Her Highness Tianna for 

> helping with youth activities! They were well organized and very 

> educational.

> 

> Thirdly to our Illustrious Teachers - HE Mistress Bianca, Mistress 

> Meraud, Mistress Carol, Lord Aghren, HE Sir Tryggvar, Lady Astrid...

> 

> Fourthly to all of the judges for the Golden Zucchini Competitions, HE 

> Mistress Casamira, Lady Sajah, Mistress Carol of Stargate, m'lord 

> Krikor, Lord Raven, Edoen, Zac, Skippy and Beodin. (I will announce 

> the winners on these lists as soon as I locate ALL of the paperwork. I 

> don't want to get titles wrong.)

> 

> Fifth to Maestro Don Azir and Donia Rowan for the rapier tournaments. 

> And to Maestro Don Azir for the youth combat tournament.

> 

> Sixth to Arthen and Lord Ryryd for the archery tournaments.

> 

> Seventh to all of the competitors in the Golden Zucchini Competitions. 

> Thank you for taking advantage of this opportunity to strut your 

> stuff. I have all of your judging sheets available and will have them 

> with me at Coronation, if you would like to review the judge's comments.

> 

> Eighth, thank you to Griff and his Brute Squad for keeping us safe and 

> secure and patrolling tirelessly, day or night, rain or shine. Thank 

> you also for heralding important news for us.

> 

> Ninth to Faoiltairna for water bearing organization.

> 

> Tenth to THL Jamukha Batu for the fighting scenarios. I hear they were 

> AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

> 

> Eleventh to HE Mistress Rebecca and THL Nina for keeping Troll under 

> control and making sure all of our i's were dotted and t's were crossed.

> 

> Twelfth to our cousins, the Barony of Gryphon's Lair, for the use of 

> their Baronial pavilion. Between HW and Quest, I think it has been 

> "broken in" **wink**

> 

> That's about all I can wrap my brain around for now. I will be posting 

> more as I decompress and catch my breath.

> 

> Stay tuned for more!

> 

> In Humble Service,

> 

> Lady Flora of Heronton

> 

> Deputy Seneschal, Shire of Cote du Ciel