Re: [Mid] School Surprise <arggggg>

I did lend them clothing, jewelry and other items we had around the house.
I also lent them some of the books, I had.

I offered to give an "informative" talk length of her choice.

I never offered a full blown demo because of the problems that causes with
school hour.

Your idea is valid depending on the schools in the area.

Thank you for the wonderful list.

Brianne/Laura

lkhart@triton.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Cece Thompson <cthomp@cris.com>
To: <sca-middle@midrealm.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 4:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Mid] School Surprise <arggggg>

> I've found that lending the school some items for display goes over really
> well. It's also much easier to organize than a demo during school hours.
> The schools only need the display for a couple weeks so it works out well.
>
> I put together such a display a couple of years ago for a local charter
> elementary school.
> The kit included:
>
> For Display only: (In a glass case)
> Armor, Shields, rapier, instruments (shawm, crumhorn, recorder, drum,)
> Samples (copied from books and such) of Medieval music scores, illuminated
> scrolls and other documents. All items had description cards so kids and
> adults could read what each item was.
> For the teachers to display:
> Adult Costumes, with Tags attached listing "Time period", "Region",
"Purpose
> (ie undergarment,overdress),and historical notes for discussion with the
> class ("This dress was worn by Noble women of XXth cent., Peasents would
> have worn .......")
> Music CD's or tapes; Instructions for dances that go with some of the
music.
> Books, especially those geared twards children or that have many pictures.
> Samples of arts and science that Teachers can demonstrate, Spinning
stuff,
> weaving, embroidery, scroll work...
>
> For the kids:
> We collected two garbage bags full of old and newer costumes that could be
> worn by the children for dress up. Some of these were kids costumes and
> some were older adult costumes that we just don't wear anymore, or that
> would work well for a child if they were belted. (Old Tabbards worked
> Great!!) We also threw in a bunch of material cut into viel size pieces,
> and bits of cord rope and belt leather to be used as belts.
> Copies of stained glass, or Celtic knotwork patterns for the kids to
color,
>
> With all this stuff gathered up, the teacher was able to present the
history
> of the Middle ages with items that the kids could actually touch and play
> with. Everyone enjoyed the display, and I didn't have to figure out how
to
> get a bunch of folks to the school during the day.
> One neat benifit of all this was that when I went to the school to
retrieve
> the items, I was presented with one garbage bag full of neatly pressed
> costumes (who would have guessed, that ironed and folded they fit into one
> bag : ). I also recived a thankyou letter from all the kids with several
> pictures of them running around in our costumes. They looked like they
were
> having a blast.
>
> This is a good thing to do, and not too hard to accomplish.
>
> Cece Thompson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-middle@midrealm.org
> [mailto:owner-sca-middle@midrealm.org]On Behalf Of Dana Cushing /
> Austrechild
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:24 PM
> To: sca-middle@midrealm.org
> Subject: Re: [Mid] School Surprise <arggggg>
>
>
> O lord, it sounds like a bad filk of the Beverley Hillbillies theme song.
> *wretch*
>
> Please beg this woman to let your local Scadians in for a demo, a
hands-on,
> anything to avoid poisoning these kids! austrechild
> ________________________
> Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
> From: Dana Cushing / Austrechild <austrechild@sprint.ca>
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