[Regia-NA] New England Living History?

[Sudden Service #5]

    One of the 'funding enhancers" I have been considering is a Ren Faire,
Higgins Armory has gotten on that source & now does 2-3 events/year along
that line.  I was the SCA coordinator for the first Ren Faire that a group
of Nuns did they were trying to remodel their Castle up in New Hampshire.
They were Sisters of Mercy-a pacifist group, didn't want any heavy list
fighters, but that first year they allowed fencers, but not the second<;^}.
    Another source of funding is-Bingo.  One of the groups in the SCA has
run a weekly Bingo game for the past ~5 years at a hall in the Denver area &
are getting ready to purchase the land.  What it requires to be successful
is a core group of dedicated people willing to give up a night a week of
their lives for years to get the money to do what they want.
    Still, we are talking about the process of getting the program started,
if we can all find time in the midst of our busy lives.
Pax,
Olaf
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wulfhere se Treowryhta"
>
>
>    Bill Short and I will have to get together. He has obviously seen a
> lot of ground covered with Hurstwic which would be valuable. It's a bad
> time to look for state funds for education and the arts. Federal also.
> Local forget about it. But, to strike out in the very face of obvious
> defeat is the mark of true courage. Let's see what we can manage. I
> don't know about approaching other institutions. Why help a group get
> their hand into an already inadequate pool of funding?
>
>    Allow me to ignite a firestorm:  King Richards Faire in Carver seems
> to do right well for itself. OK, it has nothing to do with history
> living or dead(except the stench of the privy). But, it does represent
> a financially sustainable model. So, be entertaining enough to pay the
> bills and you will have a place to get "intellectual" in your own time.
> Maybe a business, and not a charity, is a better way to approach it.
> Don't know, have to consider it hard.
>
>    I have to remind myself that I am in the midst of a demanding career
> and a family that needs my attention. To become the center of a Saxon
> Empire seems a bit more than I can handle. But who knows how much the
> plate can handle until the pork hits the floor eh.