Coronation

We got to the event late as something last minute came up at the farm, delaying our departure by 2 hours. Arrived near the end of First Court, so we missed the previous king and queen's last court, the coronation ceremony, and the new king and queen's first court. Spent the next few hours catching up on things, including getting on the court docket for 2nd court to swear fealty as baron and baroness of Bergental.

Met with many members of House Runnymede, the household of landed barons and baronesses of the East to finalize details of our court presentation and to sign the treaty. At Baroness of BBM's suggestion, we got in a group photo session as well, with the cathedral behind us as a beautiful backdrop. Hopefully photos will be up and available in the coming week.

The presentation of the treaty went very well, and his majesty Conrad had many fine words to say in response. Essentially, we who sign the treaty agree to treat one another with respect and courtesy, in particular in regard to finding sites for events. Should a good site be found, but in another barony's territory, we agree to contact said group and ask for permission to use the site. Also, the group whose territory the site is in shall still be able to hold a baronial court if they so wish, even though the event is being run by a different group.

The treaty is still in the process of being signed by sitting barons. We'll have to work out when those who could not be present can sign it or have their seal set on it. We also discussed turning this into a living document, wherein following barons can also choose to sign it. I think we're going to need to build a case for it, with a legend to detail who the signers are, and a second page for future barons. I have a few thoughts on that...

Got to chat with a few folks I don't see too often, like herveus, math5, and Joseph, and at least wave in passing to some others like nazrynn, who it appears will be learning to spin :) Sang a few songs with friends -- isabeau_lark lured us in with Dona Nobis Pacem. We could hear the song from around the corner where they were singing as the cathedral has an amazing sound to it. Other singer were (shalmestre, hudebnik, Deonna, Emma, mizpagan, and um... darn, the other two singers names are escaping me at the moment. -- we're going to have to pick up some more music I think, as we still don't know many of the songs that the others know... another project...

Did get my outfit done for Coronation. Decided that I need to add another attachment point to each of the sleeves but overall, it did quite well. Oh, and maybe trim the fur in the upper section of the sleeve -- it fits just fine, but boy howdy is that warm! I'll have to see about getting a few pics of that to put up as well.

It was wonderful getting together with my baronial cousins, and more than time for a Runnymede presentation. I was pretty happy with how that went, and always a pleasure speaking with my fellow barons.

And although we didn't stay for dinner, we actually spent more time at the event than we did on the road as traffic was fairly reasonable in both directions :D