Re: May Acorn, g&pd 6

["Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy@CapAccess.org>]

On Tue, 2 May 1995, Edward Hopkins wrote:

> The name.
> As Master Thomas points out, "The Society" does sound cultish.  However, the
> term "SCA, Inc." also has problems, as it could lead to a dialog such as this:
> 
>    "This is a demo for SCA, Inc."
>    "What does SEA stand for?"
>    "No, not SEA, S *C* A."
>    "Okay, what does S *C* A stand for."
>    "Well, um, it's the Society for Creative Anachronism."
>    "The Society?  That sounds kind of like a cult.  Creative?  Like that
>       Maplethorpe fella?  Anarchism?..."

I've found that the best approach to something like, before even
mentioning the SCA by name, is to explain what it is the SCA does.  In my
part of the Knowne World, Civil War and Revolutionary War groups are
fairly popular, so if I explain that we are similar to those groups except
we portray the Middles Ages and Renaissance, I usually get a more positive
response: "You mean like Robin Hood and King Arthur?" "Oh, I went to a
Renaissance festival once." "Do you really fight with swords and wear
armour?"  Things like that.  Then if they want further information, it is
available to them.

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