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March Crown AS XXV

[GALE IN THE VALE]

By Lord Broce of Alderden
(Brocc of Alderen)

Many of the locals day tripped to March Crown, due to its proximity to Southern Shores. They were the fortunate ones.

Saturday broke as a beautiful, if chilly day. The heralds did their 8:00 shout, and everybody started their daily routines. The lists went well. There appeared to be plenty of heralds and marshals. The list people did a fantastic job. I know of no serious injuries.

When the finals finished with daylight to spare, and we had an unbelted Crown Prince [Stephen of Bellatrix], I thought to myself, this will be a memorable event. I had no idea how right I was.

After Court, I started dancing, of course, and am proud to say that about 25 people participated. Dinner went well, and their Royal Highnesses graced my eating group with Their presence at dinner. After visiting several campsites that evening, I retired.

There was a breeze when I went to sleep, I am told the winds started an hour later. The intelligent people were already home. The smart people dropped their pavilions. Most of the rest of us paid dearly. By the time the wind had diminished, most of the tents and pavilions had some kind of damage.

Most of the larger pavilions had been dropped, by man or nature, during the night. Duke Master Frederick of Holland lost at least one pole in the B.C., and the Royal Pavilion may be dead for good. As if this was not bad enough, the rain started shortly after sunrise. The rain was continuous and cold. The rain and lack of shelter forced Their Majesties to close the site early.

It was during this packing phase that I truly discovered the damage the wind had wrought. I helped drop about seven tents or pavilions that morning. Every one of them had some damage due to the storm. I wish to commend everybody on the job they did packing up. Under conditions that could easily have caused tempers to flare, almost everybody kept their tempers. The few people who did get irritated quickly calmed down. In general, people were helpful and worked together.

It was a fun event, it was a good event, it was a memorable event, but let's try for better weather next year.

My congratulations and thanks to the autocrats and their assistants on a well run event. An event that could have been a disaster, turned out well.

 



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