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Summer
Knights Newsletter – March/April 2001
Greetings
to all Goode Knights, Squires, Friends and Patrons interested in the
continuing progress of Summer
Knights
and Chivalry in Action! Lord
Magnus and Lady Branwyn
once again send forth a missive informing the populace of deeds both
great and small and Knightly-News concerning the Summer Knights program.
As usual, we extend an invitation to all whom are interested in our
program to send us their email address and, for those of you who already
receive the newsletter, forward it to others; let others know about
Summer Knights!
Italian
Renaissance Festival a Great Success for the Summer Knights
Over
the course of four days, the Summer Knights had the pleasure of talking
to, and performing for, thousands of people at the Italian Renaissance
Festival. Throughout the Festival, the Summer Knights conducted
numerous swordsmanship demonstrations and spoke to countless interested
people about the most unique summer camp in the country, Summer Knights!
We believe that many people had not heard of our noble and chivalrous
program and were genuinely impressed and delighted that such a program
exists, not to mention eager to join our band of Knights! The
Master Knights showed all visitors to the festival their Chivalrous
nature and their skills at arms, but it didn’t end there! They
spoke to people about a program that they believe is both important and
fun, and had a great time doing it. We are thankful for
having had the opportunity to speak to so many, in such a beautiful
setting, and we thank all the wonderful people we spoke to for their
time and interest. In addition, we have constructed a section on
the Website that has many pictures of the Italian Renaissance Festival; check
it out!
The
Summer Knights Raffle Winner! We were very pleased that over 800 people filled out tickets to be entered into the Summer Knights Raffle. And thus, without further adieu, the winner is…Ryan Earwood. We
have already contacted the lucky winner but, if you did not win, don’t
despair! Did you know that every Knight that attends Summer
Knights gets to make their own shield? That’s right, every
Knight makes their own Heraldic design and gets to take home one of the
magnificent Summer Knights, handcrafted fighting shields, just one more
reason to join!
Summer
Knights Add The Ladies of Chivalry! It
has been a long time coming but it was certainly worth the wait.
The Summer Knights has been through its history, peopled entirely by
young men. The simple explanation to this phenomenon is that our
primary feeder school has been an all-male school. This, however,
has come to an end! As mentioned earlier, the Italian Renaissance
Festival at Vizcaya was our first major step in bringing about an
awareness of our program to the public. As a consequence, we met
with dozens of young ladies that expressed a great desire to become
Knights. We were thrilled that so many young women were interested
in our program, particularly Lady Branwyn who has been the only Lady at
Summer Knights for five years! We have already received many
emails, phone calls and registrations from young Ladies that are
certainly signing up for this year’s program. Huzzah to the
Ladies of Summer Knights!
Registration
is up and running! Registration
is in full swing and, after the success at the Renaissance Festival, it
is increasing rapidly; register now to guarantee your space among the
Chivalry! Click
here for more information! Summer
Knights Demonstrate at Palmetto Middle School The
Summer Knights demonstrated their Knightly Arts at Palmetto Middle
School, Home of the Lancers! The school had a Medieval Faire at
their school on Thursday, March 29 and they invited the Summer Knights
as the center of all their festivities! Lord Magnus, Lord Calum
and Lord Hagrid displayed tables of armour and delighted over a thousand
young people with tales of history and demonstrations of Knightly
prowess. Summer Knights, and their brand of conveying Chivalry, is
the cornerstone of a project prospectus written by Alfred Meneses
concerning the need for character education and development. The
project’s main focus was the need for Chivalry in education and in
society today, and the Summer Knights were selected as the finest
program for making these ideals and values clear in the minds of young
people. This invitation is but one more validation that Summer
Knights is a program whose time has come, making leaders for the future,
forged on the past.
Summer
Knights may include an Adult Knights Training Program Due
to an overwhelming response from adults interested in learning the arts
of Knighthood, the Summer Knights may be adding a new program for
grown-up Knights! Our expansion into this new area will depend
solely on the response generated from those truly interested in learning
Knighthood. Thus, if you are interested, either email us at admin@summerknights.com
or call us at 305-609-6048, and, if we have enough people interested,
we’ll put it together.
Summer
Knights accepts Lady Visa and Master Card Did
you know, Summer Knights now accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover?
In an effort to make it easier for parents and benefactors to pay for
Summer Knights, we have added the convenience and ease of paying by
credit card. So, if the funds just are not available now, you can
still get in on the fun and make payments at you own leisure.
It’s just one more way the Summer Knights are making Chivalry
available to everyone!
A
Thousand Thanks! It takes a lot of work to put together Summer Knights for one summer (12 full months of seemingly unending work!) and even more work went into our involvement in the Italian Renaissance Festival. We would like to take a moment to thank all those that helped in making it a reality. Without their support we never would have made it through. Special Thanks to: The
Master Knights and their Families: The Bond Clan, The Bravo Clan, The
Cifuentes Clan, The Cutliff Clan, The Fresco Clan, The Mur Clan, The
Ross Clan and The Schlussler Clan. Squire Rafael de Ory, Sir Jess
Galan and Family, Sir Jose Redondo, Sir Alex Fernendez-Lovo, Emilio
Gomez, Gonzo Milian, Sir Peter Concepcion, Manny Santelices, Steven
Iglesias, Nick Valverde, Iggy Garcia, Rene, Joe Allen, Kate Alexander,
Pat Conradi, The Perdomo-Martell Family, all the volunteers from 12th-grade
World Literature and all the students and former Knights that came out
to support the Summer Knights!
Until next time M’Lords and M’Ladies. Yours in Chivalry, Lord
Magnus and Lady Branwyn
305-609-6048
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