Dame Siobhan's Official Birthday 

Pas d'Armes and Pas de Danse

April 14, 2001

Shire of Crosston, Kingdom of the West

pictures by Cynthia du Pré Argent
© 2000 Cynthia Virtue
 

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Setting Up
03.jpg View of the Field
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Chatting (Sir Geoffrey, Lord Aaron , Mistress Morgan); second one has the Becks in background
07.jpg Duke Flieg & Lord Aaron warming up

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View along the Gallery tent

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Milling around; warming up

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Duke Fleig becomes the center of a Fighter-Maypole

The Pas begins: Presentation of the scarves/tokens which carry the labels of the chivalric virtues.

13.jpg Duke Frederic: Wisdom

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Duchess Elaina: Courtesy

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Duncan: Innocence

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Lord Rafael: Agape

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Lord Aaron: Prowess

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Lord Aaron gives a rousing challenge; the tenans and venans look on

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Sir John, as the venan Folly of Overcommittment, maks his challenge to take on *all* the tenans at once.

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The tenans try to convince him that this wish is Folly indeed.

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View of the Gallery

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Duke Cariadoc, as the folly of Loquaciousness, fights Innocence with boffers.

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Dame Siobhan replaces one of the Peeps which is on the barrier (this round only)

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Lord Aaron and Sir John are felled by the fall of their Peeps
31.jpg A bout at the barrier

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Inside the Gallery; Dame Siobhan, Duchess Elaina, others
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Lord Geoffrey Scott challenged the tenans to a "joust" riding upon axes, using spears as lances

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Lords Aaron and Geoffrey joust

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Sir John, Lord Geoffrey, and Colin
MacLear

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Duke Cariadoc and Duchess Elaina at the barrier

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Young Bear and Flieg, with boffers

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Innocence teaches fighting to Master Bertram's daughter

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Bear and Duncan and boffers

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Master Bertram and Duncan

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Sir John explains the rules of the Egg Hunt to the children

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Many people in Double Trouble

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Dame Siobhan

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The photographer poses for a picture

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Flieg plays the harp

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Purple Peep crest remained on Sir John's helm throughout the day.  Better living through chemistry.
57.jpg Lord Geoffrey skips rope in armor

The start of the Pas de Danse. 


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The Tenans were Enthusiasm, Rhythm, Grace and Flirtation.
The venans were Forgetfulness, (and others...?)

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Mistress Crystal and Master Brocc dance Fiamma (or something similar)
65.jpg Dame Siobhan gets kissed by dancers

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Master Alessandro plays the lute

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Inside the Feast hall

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Lord Vytas

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Dame Siobhan walks to the hall, with others

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At the head table
72.jpgx End of the evening; Siobhan relaxes
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