The Transference of Heritage

THE TRANSFERENCE OF HERITAGE

   A quick look at the past and future of the SCA
       and how our actions connect them.

               by Sir Valtorr of Oslo

Author’s note: This was written in A.S. 25, so all figures are quite dated.

   Once upon a sunny May, a small gathering in Berkeley, Ca. discovered a world of chivalry and courtesy long forgotten by modern society. Today, only a quarter of a century later, unofficial estimates of the people whose lives that gathering has influenced tops 40,000, reportedly doubling every five years. Some forward-thinking individuals cast their sights toward the unseen future, questioning what will be the end-product of that small original gathering: If growth and acceleration of membership continues at the present rate, at our 50th Anniversary Celebration the total of members, non-members, and ex-members should estimate to 1,280,000 people who have participated in the SCA.