ANST - Meetings and Volume at Steppes 12th Night

[Lee Martindale]

Martin, Brian wrote:

> I disagree: during court, I could plainly see that the back part of
> the hall was carrying on as though
> there was no court. People seemed to be enjoined in full blown
> conversations and visiting, not the average making comments here and
> there during court.

I was sitting against the wall about halfway back.  Had it not been
for interference ranging from normal level conversations to full-
blown partying (including from those who, as indicated by the
wide metal circles on their heads, should have had more sympathy
for those onstage), I believe I would have been able to hear a good
deal more than the approximate 5% of court I was able to catch.
Moving closer to the front was not an option for me, as I was
near the wall by the necessity of *not* being stepped on.  (It
happens frequently in crowds such as that at 12th Nite.)


> but most people don't know that, since Sokol Hall is the biggest dead
> space
> I've ever been in for sound.

It is also, if I recall aright, the largest site within a practical
distance of the hosting group that carries less than a $1000 rental
fee.

The thought occurs that if the Kingdom would care to supplement
the Steppes' 12th Nite budget, even to the point of picking up hall
rental, a more suitable site could be had.

-- 
Lee Martindale / Llereth Wyddffa an Myrddin / The Copper Bard
email: lmartin at airmail.net
http://web2.airmail.net/lmartin
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