Al Palazzo della Contessa

[marcmagus]

Went to my first ever SCA event on Saturday. The event, Al Palazzo della Contessa was held in the Barony of Dragonship Haven. It was an all-day dance workshop in 16th c. Italian dance, followed by an evening of food and dance.

The event was to begin promptly at 10am, and things built on each other, so getting there on time was essential. Dragonship Haven is in southern CT - Mapquest estimated 2 hours from here. We made it in about an hour and a quarter, which gave us ample time to help set up the room.

It was a thoroughly pleasant day. It felt good, I got to engage in physical activity, and I got to eat delicious food. Although I'm not sure if 16th c. Italian is my favorite, I continue to enjoy "period" dance.

I should find out if Frosted Hills runs any dance stuff. Dragonship Haven is just too far to go for weekly lessons; which is a shame, because I really like Alejandra's style.

Comments

[reabhecc.livejournal.com]

WooooHooooo! You will all become SCAdians yet! My evil plan is working!!!!

*grin*

And as to Frosted Hills, *cough* funny you should ask that *cough*.... I've been meaning to start a dance practise, but was reluctant to do so b/c I would have had to reserve space through NSO. But I think that I (and the shire?) am/are getting over that.

Marc, you have just volunteered yourself to help me run dance practises! hee!

-megs

[marcmagus]

Heh, I knew you'd be proud of me...
If by 'run' you mean, 'attend, enjoy, and maybe help a little bit with setting up the room and organizing things that don't require any knowledge of dancing' . . .

[mosephine.livejournal.com]

i'm confused... why would you have had to reserve space through the NSO? i know that you're part of many other clubs and groups on campus - it would have been possible to reserve space through any of them.

but hooray for starting dance lessons... i would happily attend :-)

[reabhecc.livejournal.com]

not actually. have to be part of a VSA group in order to reserve space.

Yes, yes. much dancing. I havea bookandtapes and CDs, and going to buy more at Pennsic and we can all learn together. And yes, I only meant helping by helpingme arrangethings. Yahoo delegation!

hmmm - my space bar is not working. must fix that.

*hugs!*

[marcmagus]

Speaking of books, tapes, and CDs...Alejandra gave us CDs and handouts from the event. There exists a slim chance I'll still remember something come the fall with the reminders...