brad@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Brad Spear) (10/30/84)
In article <1049@pyuxa.UUCP> wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) writes: > I have read several postings mentioning SCA. Excuse my > ignorance, but what is SCA? What do the letters mean? Early in the SCA's history, an area in a local park could not be reserved by a group unless that group had a name. A quick tossing out of ideas led to our current handle. The acronym SCA stands for "Society for Creative Anachronism", which now should make things perfectly obvious (:-)). Actually, the SCA is an educational/recreational group, whose purpose is to provide an environment similar to that of the pre-17th century world. It is not exactly like that world, rather we try to recreate it as it should have been. By this I mean that we don't have periodic famines or plagues, nor do we have an incredible gap between the nobility and peasantry. The main events held by the SCA are "tournaments" and "revels". Tournaments are similar to tournaments that were held several hundred years ago, except that we don't use real weapons, and no one dies (except in acting). Revels are simply parties held in a medieval style. There are other events that don't really fit into one of the two above categories. The most important is the "coronation" of the new royalty, which is a very formal affair. This is a very limited explanation of what we are and do, but if you are interested, send me a note. We are an international society, with local groups throughout the United States, New Zealand and Europe. Brad Spear sdcrdcf!brad