[SSD Populace] Local Crown Qualifications

[Griffin Koford]

To run for office in Amtgard, one must qualify through a series of  
artistic and fighting events, as well as taking a few out-and-out  
tests.  The fighting and arts and sciences tournaments are held twice  
a year, and our next local iteration of this event is rapidly  
approaching.  Specifically, local Crown Quals will be held on  
Saturday, April 10th.  There will be both fighting and arts and  
science tournaments open to anybody interested in participating, and  
reeves tests will be administered to anybody interested in reeving  
(refereeing) on our field, or any other field in Westmarch.

The fighting tournament will be held in double-elimination style, and  
will be comprised of five categories.  They are as follows:

Single Short Sword
Double Short Swords
Short Sword and Shield
Great Weapon/Polearm
Open Weapon

The arts and sciences tournament will consist of seven categories,  
each with various sub-categories as noted below.  There will be five  
judges, who will score each entry on a scale of 1.0 to 5.0 in 0.1  
increments.  No entry that has previously been entered in quals at any  
level may be re-entered.  Each entry will be have its overall score  
determined by taking the average of the scores given by the judges,  
with the highest and lowest excluded.  The overall winner of the A&S  
portion of quals will be determined by adding the top 7 entries of  
each participant.

Garbing:
Fighting Garb
Court Garb
Monster Garb
Garb Accessory

Art:
Flat Art
3-D Art
Needlework
Jewelry
Digital Media

Literature:
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Battlegame
Poetry

Cooking:
Main Dish
Side Dish
Beverage
Dessert

Construction:
Weapon
Shield
Armor
Banner
Active Construction
Passive Construction

Bardic:
Singing
Instrumental Music
Dance
Recitation

Rose:
Rose

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about this  
process.

Thanks,
Griffin Köford
Prime Minister
Barony of the Seven Sleeping Dragons