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  > Maybe I'm showing my age, but whatever happened to the cut-off date of 
  > 1650? 

The official cut-off, as I understand it, has always been 1600 (try Corpora 
for details) and the main requirement for attendence at SCA events is 
something like "a reasonable attempt at pre-1600 dress".  The confusion seems 
to be because various SCA publications and activities use 1650 (as far as 
I'm aware the Caid Arts Fair and Pentathlon still states that "All entries 
must have a theme/style/flavor of a pre-1650 culture" (it was rule 10 in the 
'89 rules)) and some people stretch the cut-off date because they like being 
Cavaliers.  And who can blame them?


  > What do I do with all my Stuart garb?

Keep wearing it.  I'd be extremely surprised if anyone ever used the pre-
1600-dress requirement to exclude Cavaliers.  (They would, in theory, be 
within their rights to do so, but I've [*cynicism alert*] yet to see the SCA 
effectively enforce anything and Cavaliers don't seem like any great 
*threat*, do they?  ]-) 

Pagan le Chaunster                                                        
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Jennifer Geard                         bloodthorn@sloth.equinox.gen.nz
Christchurch, New Zealand