East Kingdom 12th Night is postponed

[liamstliam]

The school at which tomorrow's East Kingdom 12th Night event was to be held has informed the site coordinator the school will be closed down because of a forecast of a serious snow storm.

EK 12th Night will be held next Saturday, Jan. 17. There were no other viable options, and Their Majesties apologize in advance to al-Hafla and the Kingdom of Acre.

I would ask you not contact the event steward with any issues until next week. Things are very hectic right now.

We will have a week to make sure everything comes off as well as it can.

If you have any questions/comments/concerns, please contact me at liamstliam@gmail.com

I do not have posting access to the household list or the Ladies In Waiting list. Could someone pass it on, please?

Thank you,

Master Liam St. Liam
Major Domo to Their Majesties East

Comments

[silme.livejournal.com]

Wow. When I was seneschal of the Barony of Caerthe (Denver) or running the 12th Night there, that was my biggest fear. Denver gets a lot of snow this time of year. Generally, we lucked out. There might have been lots of snow on the ground, but the roads and airports were open. The big fear was that whilst locals would get to the event (barring an blizzard actively dropping three feet of snow that day, locals would get there :), but with the airport and passes closed, nobody else would. (You can ask Alexandre about this fear. He cooked the feast at the last 12th Night I ran there. :) There were some years I was very, very nervous about it all.

The poor event steward. And I'm thinking of the folks who booked non-refundable airfares, hotel rooms etc. Oh boy. What a mess!

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

The big fear was that whilst locals would get to the event (barring an blizzard actively dropping three feet of snow that day, locals would get there :)

Coloradans are generally less fearful of nutsy weather. 8)

I'd dread unloading in the Chinooks, still.

(ex-Boulderite)

[silme.livejournal.com]

I'm an ex-Boulderite also. I spent 21 years of my adult life in Colorado before moving to England. Eight of those years were spent in Denver, but the rest were in Boulder. (I used to teach at Boulder High. :)

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

No kidding? I graduated from BHS in '89 (when it was still a 3-year). I was very active in the theatre dept. When did you teach?

[liamstliam.livejournal.com]

"It's a small world, after all . . . "

She's a friend of Don Alexandre's.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

I'm half-expecting blinkensopps to jump in.

[silme.livejournal.com]

I taught there from '91-'00. In '89, I was still stuck teaching in Byers, on the edge of the Eastern Plains, and commuting from Aurora. (There was a glut of teachers in the state then.) I was in Caerthe from '83-'91 when I taught in Byers. I was a member of Caer Galen when I earned my degree at CU, graduating in '83. Then I returned to Boulder in '91 for the BHS job, the last year BHS was a three year. I was kingdom seneschal of the Outlands from '89-'92.

You know Jean Hodges, I bet! :) I saw her last about three-four years ago when she and her husband were visiting England; I met up with them in London and we went to the theatre together, as might be expected. I taught English at Boulder High, btw. (I teach English to the English now. :)

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yes, I remember Jean. :-) Good to know she is doing well.

There was one teacher I had for three English classes my senior year ('88-89). I think her name was Copeland. She was kind of tough, so she said she felt sorry for me. ;-) I don't know if she was still there when you were, but I liked her.

[silme.livejournal.com]

Donna Copeland. She was fantastic. Yes, I knew her. I inherited the Shakespeare class from her when she retired in the mid-'90s.

[katnboots.livejournal.com]

Nice. :) That was one of the three I took that year. Yeah, when I think back on the good teachers, I think of her first.