It Takes My Child to Raze a Village: Pennsic Edition 2013

Wow!
Pennsic was pretty Phenomenal this year!
I'd like to Thank all the volunteers and participants we had at Midrealm Youth Pointe's It Takes My Child to raze a Village: Pennsic Edition!!! We couldn't have done it without you!

For your reading pleasure:

It Takes MY Child to Raze a Village: Pennsic Edition (2013) by the Numbers

1 - the number of children we had before 11am (when THL Finnian MacFinn went to the Battlefield and sent the children waiting for the water battle to us!)
2 - the number of times we played The Plague Game.

 



3 - the average number of Ribbons on a Ribbon Stick.

 

4 - the number of children who cried when they had to leave because they were having fun. (I take that as a big compliment!)
5 - the number of times I actually got to sit down (a record!)
6 - the number of people who came purely to help with tear-down!
7 - the number of adults who made potholders on a loom.
9 - the number of families who participated in The Duckling Race!

10 - the number of fabric scraps needed to make a Rag Doll with Lady Ceara Mhuirghease Fhaoláin. (and then Lady Katayoun al-Aurvataspa after she learned how from Ceara!)

 

20 - the number of minutes 3 children played with the Penguin Skittles (bowling) set.

30 - the approximate number of times I dumped out the sand and returned the Parent-a-Pult buckets to their station.
48 - the exact number of Plague Bags that were stuffed with great smells. (Thank you Lord Aindle O'Diarmada "Dwyn" for your help!)

 

60 - the number of noses that were carefully picked by sniffers at Smelly Science. (Thank you Lady Aliyah Bat Asriel!)

95 - roughly the number of people who came to play with us!

 

 



And I don't have the count of how many volunteers came and for how many hours because we turned it in for the Volunteer War Point!

Throughout the week, I spotted quite a few It Takes My Child to Raze a Village IV and V Champions wearing their tabards and belts (!!!), and I heard several stories from parents about how they are reserved for Court/Dressing Up so they don't get dirty/torn/lost!

THANK YOU SO MUCH PARENTS for raising such amazing young lords and ladies!
My heart fills with Pride and Joy for the future of the SCA every time I spot your children participating in this great society!