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Well, well, well. I asked for more opinion and it seems I got some. This really is a more opinionated issue and no bad thing either. I may offer some of my own.
Lateness
It's been a long time coming and I've missed two issues out of last year, but alas time and my life were against me. It would seem that there is no call for 4 issues per year given the small size of the community and the spread of events over the season. This year there will be a pre-season (you're looking at it) and a post season issue and if there's stuff enough going on, a mid-season one.
This Issue
Ed English gives us his view on where the hobby has come from, where it is and where it's going while John Nichol points out the importance of respect, responsibility and accountability.
More general stuff includes; a critical look at some heritage sites in the South East and what you go through to provide a TV show with costumes for a documentary on the Battle of Kinsale in 1601?
This issue also sees Jessica de Burca taking up
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the position of 'Living history cookery correspondent' for the Slua full time and Dave Anderson as 'Gig Reviewer'. Welcome to the ranks of the Slua Jess and DA.
The Season gone
It was an odd season to say the least. I'm putting it down to the fact that the hobby is re-inventing itself and hasn't settled on what it should be yet. With the introduction of 'Our' safety guidelines pack making some attempt at a cohesive structure for us all (though some haven't go the message it seems) and the push by some to venture into other periods and more indigenous portrayals, re-enactment is a turbulent place at the moment. Since the November 2000 meeting there seems to have been a "Burying of Tomahawks' by those who have had issues with each other for the betterment of the hobby. Well we hope this is the case anyway. Some however seem to be still, sadly, playing at petty politics and some individuals have gone as far as to make, what could be deemed, actual acts of sabotage at others peoples events, just because things weren't going their way or they felt they should be getting paid for their services etc. What
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complete sissies! If they feel like that they should just go professional and send an invoice or not bother going! There also seems to have been some effort at creating an 'us and them' factor in the hobby with a deluded sense of hierarchy. Thankfully this hasn't worked and the real big boys and girls have made the decision to ignore these antics and put aside personal issues and avoiding all the old 'in house' political game playing that used to be the form. The view now is to just 'Get on with the show!', rather than to make one.
What next?
Where are we going though? I know what I'm aiming for this year and I know there's a few other people into the same stuff because they've influenced me. That'll be earlier period stuff, by the way. Mainly Iron age and Early Christian Irish period. There's a wealth of information to re-enact from these periods and the Iron Age leaves you open to re-enacting the 'Celtic' tales, which are great fun. Only using proper costume and
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