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Sir Edward:
So what are some of the coolest, or most charitable, or most chivalrous things you've seen someone do at a renfaire or event?

The one that comes to mind for me happened at the TX faire. There was a knight who was singing to an elderly woman. Let me set the scene-- the woman was in a wheelchair, and appeared quite feeble, possibly having Alzheimer's. The knight, who appeared to be a patron or boothie, not a jouster or cast member, got down on one knee, took her hand, and sang (in Spanish I think, but romantic songs none-the-less). She just sat and smiled at him the whole time. I think it made her day, beyond words.

Sir Edward:

I'm going to resurrect this thread and talk about myself. :)

Something that I haven't seen much of at the renfaires, but I enjoy doing, is letting some of the kids come up and ask me about knights and armor, and feel the chainmail and try on the helmet. I've done this in cooperation with a couple of our forumites here:



But there was one moment this past year that I'll never forget. On the day that I was at MDRF with my brand new helm and linen surcoat, I was already getting more photo-ops and attention than I typically would. One young boy and his mom came over, and asked me some questions and checked out the armor. I let the boy try on the helmet, but it was the mother doing most of the talking while the kid looked on, wide-eyed. When they were done and started to walk away, the boy looked up at his mom and said "WOW! OH.. MY.. GOD!!! WOW!!!!"  At that moment it really made my day. For one day, I was this child's hero.

Das Bill:

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Its okay, we know you're a good guy. :) Good story! I know I would have LOVED to be able to try on armor as a little kid... it's why I've gone so crazy with it as an adult. And this is also why I love what the Oakeshott Institute is doing with their whole "Knight for a Day Camp" thing. Those are the types of things that get kids (and adults, for that matter) interested in ideals, history and even just learning a few more things that they otherwise wouldn't have learned. So good work, Ed!

Sir Edward:

--- Quote from: Das Bill on 2008-04-05, 16:03:54 ---Its okay, we know you're a good guy. :)

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Hehe, I just figure that if I'm going to toot my own horn, I might as well acknowledge the fact that that's what I'm doing. :)

Yes, that link you posted about the knight's camp for kids is really awesome. I'd really like to see more of that sort of thing.

At NCRF this past weekend, we saw a group called The Knightly Order of the Fiat Lux (http://www.knightlyorderofthefiatlux.org/), which is a non-profit chivalrous group that does combat demonstrations to raise money for charity, among other things.

We got to watch some of their combat, and I handed them a business card for this forum. It'll be interesting to see if any of them jump in and talk with us.

The combat looked vaguely like SCA combat, but they fight with steel and go for leg shots, so it's definitely different. I got some pics:

Das Bill:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2008-04-07, 19:55:38 ---The combat looked vaguely like SCA combat, but they fight with steel and go for leg shots, so it's definitely different.
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Sounds like a lot of the various "live steel" groups such as Markland. Definatley different from what we do at VAF. Whatever group they've originated from, bravo to them for raising money for charity! I've been thinking about trying to do something myself (and I'll likely talk to Mason about doing another half marathon again).

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