[EKStationers] suggestion...

[Lyle H. Gray]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008, manerva1018 at aol.com wrote:

> I know I have done a couple of scrolls and have been working 
> hard on my Northern Lights enteries, one is to be a book, but I 
> won't have one to give at birka.
>
> Might I suggest an alternative, and please stop me if I am 
> asking a lot cause it might be just a crazy time to do it I 
> have never been to one.  How about changing our dates to the 
> April Corination each year. We can do one presentation with two 
> "baskets' one for the outgoing king/queen and one for the 
> incoming king/queen. If we do this every year we will hit all 
> the royals and not skip over reigns by just presenting at 12th 
> night or birka. Plus we know both sets of royals will be there.

We haven't skipped any reigns since the Company was formed.  We 
have given gifts at _both_ 12th Night _and_ Spring Coronation. 
At the first Spring Coronation, it was when the Company was 
awarded its Charter.  The following 12th Night, it was because 
it's a traditional date for giving gifts.  We have maintained 
that pattern for the next several reigns.

I have always liked the idea of giving gifts to seated Royalty, 
so that they can use them during [at least part of] the reign. 
If we only give gifts to the Winter Royalty at their last court, 
we lose that effect.

This is the first year since the Company was chartered that we 
have _not_ given gifts at 12th Night.

Lyle

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