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The SCA is awesome. It's not a hardcore re-enactment group (of the "you must be dressed precisely for the second Tuesday in August, 1437, right down to the skin") variety. The emphasis is on individual authenticity, so people tend to pick a place and time period for which they want to wear the costumes, choose a name to go with that time period, and go on from there. My persona (whose first name is Amphelise, naturally) is early 1300s, south of England. Second personas come in where people want to costume for a wildly different time/place or, more often, when they want to cross-dress :D If I chose to have a persona other than Amphelise, it'd be for that reason - someone to be if I wear male garb.

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People in the SCA tend to be friendly, warm & welcoming, and treat the whole worldwide organisation like one extended family.

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If you look at my signature below, the 'History' picture is from an SCA event last year :D If you're genuinely interested, this is a good place to start: http://welcome.sca.org/

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/SCA evangelism :D

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http://wonderingchristine.blogspot.co.uk/