[Regia-NA] Hello

[Martin Field]

Hello Eric
Thanks for your interest in Regia Anglorum and for introducing yourself.
I am also especially interested in the Englisc resistance after the infamous
'incident' on Senlac Ricg !
Many people unfortunately are not aware of any such resistance and popular
history does'nt seem to cover that period with the attention it deserves.
Anyway, as far as members near to where you live we have a lady in Hemet
which is approx. 80 mls north of you. She is very much into the textiles and
natural dying so perhaps there is common ground between her and you or your
wife.
We also have three other active members and they are in the Bay area - two
of whom recently took part in a film shoot that will be appearing in an
episode on the History channel under the name 'Command Decisions'.
The specific episode covering the Battle of Hastings is scheduled to air on
18th November on the History channel so you will have an opportunity to see
them and other Regia members who came from Phoenix, AZ and the Portland
area, Oregon!
Either way you would not be far from support and guidance as members have
the benefit of joining both the UK and N.A member-only elists as well as
receiving our New Member Kit Handbook that gives a thorough introduction to
Regia and our system of organization as well as featuring patterns for
costumes, shoes and many other helpful guidelines.
I'll be glad to hear from you if have any further questions.
Please take a moment to visit our N.A members website at www.ranamember.org
for further information if you have'nt already done so.
Look forward to hearing from you.
All the best
Martin Field - N.A Membership Sec.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Chamberlin" <grshado at yahoo.com>
To: <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Hello


> Greetings,
>
> I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a 40 year old
> librarian in San Diego, California. In addition to my
> library degree I have an interdisciplinary master's
> from NYU. While there I took a course in medieval
> English history from Norman Cantor. I wrote a paper
> for him on Anglo-Saxon resistance after the Battle of
> Hastings for which he gave me an A. So I guess I know
> a bit about the period in question. I've been into
> things medieval since my teens (Yes I did play
> Dungeons and Dragons) but have only recently made it
> into a lifestyle sort of thing. My wife, children and
> I attend most of the ren faires in Southern California
> and I'm also involved in the Belegarth Medieval Combat
> Society a very athletic foam fighting group. While I
> love these light hearted historically based activities
> I'm also interested in doing something serious. I'm
> not interested in accuracy for the snob valor of it
> but because I have an academic and research background
> and it just feels better to get it right. I'm most
> intrigued by RA because its mission is educational. I
> really hope it can take off in America. Is anyone on
> this list from Southern California?
>
> Eric
>
>
>
>
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