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Held in San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, California. Duke Richard of Mont Real was the autocrat. William and Sheryl reigned. Crown lists were held. Sir Siegfried von Hoflichskeit won, defeating Master Edwin Bersark. Marynel of Darkhaven was Siegfried’s lady. King William knighted Stefan de Lorraine. Master Edwin Bersark gave the MGC to Sir Stefan de Lorraine. Revels followed on the campus of the Seminary.
Annotations:
“While I thought I probably deserved to be a knight, I think there was something
of a rush to judgement on this one because I thought I was going into the
Army in the next month or so (Vietnam era, you know). This was referred to
in Master Edwin's classic TI article, printed I think within the year
of this event, on when someone should be knighted. As it happened,
the Army, who told draftee Steve Perrin that his once-broken wrist was
no big deal and khaki was in his future, told enlistee Steve Perrin that he
had a broken navicular bone and was now category 1-y, which meant I'd be
drafted to hand over the surrender papers to the Vietnamese when they
landed in San Francisco Bay.
“This list was also notable because the last
rounds were fought inside. As the sun set the wind kicked up and everyone
started getting chill, so the tourney was moved inside despite Richard's
protests that the chill would be gone in half an hour. He was right, but
the finals were fought on a hardwood floor. I have no idea if that has
happened anywhere since.
“It was quite a rush to be both knighted and
given the MGC in the same event. Don Simpson, who was attending these
events at the time, congratulated me on getting "chained, belted and clubbed"
all in the same evening.
“Oh yes, earlier in the day, I was challenged
by Sir Bela of Eastmarch because "My lady (meaning Karina) can beat
up your lady (meaning Luise)". As it happened, our picnic blankets (pavilions?
what pavilions?) were next to each other, and when they heard the herald
announce the challenge, Karina scooped up a paring knife and Luise grabbed
a coffee can full of pineapple rice pudding. But they decided to let Bela
and me fight it out, instead. I won, but I refuse to speculate on what
relevance that had to the challenge.
“And a further oh yes, I believe this was the
first event attended by Randal the Stout, later of Hightower. I think the
persona he chose for the moment was actually his fictional fantasy detective,
Lord Darcy.” – Stefan de Lorraine, who also had the honor of introducing
the belly dancing of my lady to the evening's entertainment.
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© Copyright 1980 by William R. Keyes (Wilhelm von Schlüssel)
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