[tirrigh-heralds] Ceremonial creation process

[Laura Offley]

Greetings from Yolande,

I like this idea of an ongoing Ceremonial Committee, not just one that 
does the work once and is disbanded. The Ceremonial is a fluid, 
ever-changing creature, yet is full of history and traditions that we 
don't want to loose. A regular group of people working on it is a good idea.

Quentin wrote:
"That drawback is how do we know if that ceremony is good, sufficient, 
correct, and accepted by the Principality?"

A ceremonial does not need to be accepted by the Principality. Sure, it 
should be good, sufficient, and correct. But accepted? Maybe I'm missing 
your point here.

Quentin wrote:
"In order to add, delete, or change a ceremony in the official Tir Righ 
ceremonial, someone comes forward with a ceremony to add, wordings to 
change, or the call to delete a ceremony from the ceremonial. Anyone can 
do this. If Viscountess Amanda wants a change in the ceremonial, this is 
what she does. If John the Great Newcomer wants to write a ceremony to 
be evaluated for the ceremonial, he can do so!"


I disagree with this. Anyone does not, and should not, have the power 
nor the right to do this.

One very important thing needs to be remembered - that the Ceremonies 
are the word of the Coronet. Just as Heralds are the voice of the 
Coronet. I have a problem with John the Great Newcomer coming up and 
wanting to change the words of the Coronet. It is not his right to do 
so. And respectfully, neither is it the right of a Royal Peer. The only 
ones that can do that are the Royals. Certainly anyone can make 
suggestions, but the committee would be there to vet the suggestions and 
then present the changes to the Royals for acceptance or not. I'm hoping 
this is what you meant.

As for who makes up the committee, Quentin mentions Court Patrons. Do 
you mean Royal Patrons? Otherwise, I don't know what a Court Patron is.

This idea of an ongoing Ceremonies Committee should be made first to 
Their Highnesses to see if They are in agreement with having a 
Ceremonial Committee (I don't see why They wouldn't agree - it's more a 
matter of principle). Once Their permission is gained, then a formal 
proposal can be written, along with a list of names for committee 
members and submitted to Them for final approval.

Yolande (who is *extremely* reluctant to take on any more work, but who 
really is interested from a retinue perspective . . .)

Quentin Martel wrote:
>
> Greetings unto the College of Heralds of Tir Righ from Quentin Silver 
> Yale!
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> One of our duties as a College of Heralds is to provide the Coronet 
> with a ceremonial. This ceremonial is the default ceremonial that the 
> Coronet can use should They so choose or if They would prefer not to 
> write Their own ceremony from scratch. Additionally for those Coronets 
> who want to write Their own ceremonies, we still need to provide 
> support and guidance to Their efforts.
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> The process of making a ceremonial for the Principality has been 
> ongoing by many, many hands for my entire tenure as Silver Yale. Many 
> ceremonies have been written, some have been used, but all of them 
> suffer from one major drawback. That drawback is how do we know if 
> that ceremony is good, sufficient, correct, and accepted by the 
> Principality?
>
>  
>
> In order to answer this question, I am proposing that we endorse and 
> enact the following process.
>
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> We create a ceremonial committee. This committee is comprised of 5 
> members: Silver Yale, the Tir Righ Court Herald (or another staff 
> herald if there is no Court Herald) and 3 at large members. I would 
> like the committee to be as diverse as possible. Both genders 
> represented, Royal Peers, people who have served as a Landed Baron or 
> Baroness, Court patrons, Retinue members, and so on. This committee 
> needs to be familiar with what works for a ceremony from many 
> different perspectives.
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> That committee will make a list of requirements for our ceremonies. 
> Here is my starting list:
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> A Tir Righ ceremony must
>
> - Honor all Principality, Kingdom, and Society traditions
>
> - Perform the ceremony it claims
>
> - Be easy to perform
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> - Be neither too quick nor too long
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> - Take into account positions of those involved
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> - Have people make proper entrances and exits
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> - Be performable even if major artifacts are missing
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> In order to add, delete, or change a ceremony in the official Tir Righ 
> ceremonial, someone comes forward with a ceremony to add, wordings to 
> change, or the call to delete a ceremony from the ceremonial. Anyone 
> can do this. If Viscountess Amanda wants a change in the ceremonial, 
> this is what she does. If John the Great Newcomer wants to write a 
> ceremony to be evaluated for the ceremonial, he can do so!
>
>  
>
> The committee gets between 2 weeks and a month to evaluate the 
> ceremony. A simple majority vote is needed to get the committee's 
> recommendation. If it passes the committee, the ceremony is sent to 
> the Coronet for Thier approval. If the Coronet approves, the ceremony 
> is added to the Tir Righ ceremonial.
>
>  
>
> Note that this doesn't stop the Coronet from using Their preferred 
> ceremony. Rather it gives our Coronet the solid backdrop of a 
> consistent and agreed upon ceremonial that They can use as They see 
> fit. Also, this ceremonial can have multiple different ceremonies that 
> do the same thing, just in different ways.
>
>  
>
> What this does give us is an agreed upon process to make our 
> ceremonies official. Rather than having to get buy off from everyone, 
> we have a body that is designed to evaluate our ceremonies, charged 
> with the responsibility to do so, and given the power to carry out 
> that job.
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> This is my proposal to the College. Please let me know what you think!
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>
> - Quentin Silver Yale
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