[Ansteorra] New Performance event

Mon Jan 14 14:00:22 PST 2008

OK, so what i am reading from people is we want a camping event with no
fighting...overnight so we can have a bonfire bardic in the evening, but
with the feel also of a medevial faire with food and merchants.

Looking at the kingdom calender, if we can find a nice shady place with
plenty of water and  ...eek a modern swimming pool maybe to cool down during
the day...we could do this the 2nd or 3rd weekend in august ( too hot to
fight anyway)...otherwise we would have to hold off planning til spring of
"09 to prevent running into big fighting events
Hadassah

On Jan 14, 2008 3:26 PM, Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner <
burgborrendohl at valornet.com> wrote:

> Well, I know that for some events (such as ours) the host group needs
> people off site by noon in order to clean.  We often have Boy Scouts
> arriving as the cleaning crew is finishing up.
>
> Ismet of Northkeep
>
> Patrick R wrote:
> > You bring up an interesting point about day tripping. Now I realize that
> sometimes it is not avoidable as people have other obligations but for some
> events it may be possible to extend the time we have. I am relatively new to
> the SCA (over two years) and when I first went to a camping event, I was
> surprised to see everyone packing up as soon as they got up in the morning.
> I am not sure if it has been tried before but could we consider ways to have
> some of the activities continue on Sundays. Consider having the final round
> of a competition on a Sunday thus allowing for more varied activities during
> the day. I realize this cause some concerns with the drinking that would
> happen on Saturday night but it could be worth considering. I would not
> recommend placing some events on Sat and some on Sunday in their entirety
> since that could cause some people to just show up for one of the two days,
> as well as the rivalry as to which event is what day . Well it is something
> I wish would
> >  be considered for one of the events.
> >
> >   Dante
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Fitzmorgan <fitzmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:  My choice would be, No
> to fighting and YES to camping. People are
> > day-tripping a lot more today than we did when I started in the SCA and
> I
> > believe that has contributed to there being lass bardic at our events.
> > I also would prefer that we not have a court at the event. It would
> > just use time that could better be spent on bardic.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > On Jan 14, 2008 11:27 AM, Judie Willey
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I would love to step in and say I would Steward the event...however I
> do
> >> have some reservations which would need be answered first.
> >>
> >> 1) from all the previous posts I read, this is supposed to be bards,
> >> musicians, food and artisans...but now all of a sudden, someone comes
> up
> >> with torchlight fighting in the evening.
> >> I would prefer the original idea of no fighting...and focus on the
> >> a&s/fair
> >> type gathering.
> >>
> >> 2) what kind of time frame are we looking at to put this together and
> get
> >> on
> >> calender?
> >>
> >> 3) would we want overnight camping?
> >>
> >> 4) what type of budget are we looking at?
> >>
> >> If someone can provide me with reasonable answers and a reasonable time
> >> frame ( ie at least 6 months) then I would be happy to Steward the
> event
> >>
> >>
> >> Hadassah
> >>
> >> On Jan 14, 2008 11:18 AM, Jay Rudin wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ihon wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It as been a long time dream of Master Ulf and a somewhat newer dream
> >>>>
> >> of
> >>
> >>>> mine to have an event centering on performance.
> >>>>
> >>> Pleaase -- to have a *new* event centering on performance. I've been
> to
> >>> bardic colloquia, Autumn Fires, Kingdom Eisteddfod on its own, etc. I
> >>> think t's important to remember that this isn't something that's never
> >>> been
> >>> done before; it's something that hasn't been done in a long time.
> >>>
> >>> What's the difference? Well, the main thing is that WE KNOW WE CAN DO
> >>>
> >> IT.
> >>
> >>>> The usual argument against
> >>>> such an event is that its draw might be limited without something to
> >>>> engage
> >>>> the populace militant who, it is assumed, would be elsewhere given
> the
> >>>> opportunity -- an argument that carries some weight, I believe, given
> >>>>
> >>> the
> >>>
> >>>> regional fighter practice set against Stargate's Yule, and the
> absence
> >>>>
> >>> of
> >>>
> >>>> some who I anticipated being present.
> >>>>
> >>> Draw *is* limited. That's a feature, not a bug. We should get a
> >>>
> >> cheaper
> >>
> >>> camp and plan for a smaller crowd. The specific goal for the event is
> >>>
> >> to
> >>
> >>> have a day when we're all doing the same sort of thing, rather than
> >>>
> >> split
> >>
> >>> into various activity groups.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> However, I believe it can be achieved and that Eisteddfod could be
> >>>>
> >> it's
> >>
> >>>> center piece, with other of HL Alden's fine suggestions included as
> >>>>
> >>> well.
> >>>
> >>> I love the idea for the event, but I suspect that Eisteddfod *cannot*
> be
> >>> its centerpiece. Eisteddfod takes several hours and is where virtually
> >>> all
> >>> bards are during that time. In fact, if we get more bards there,
> >>> Eisteddfod takes even longer. Eisteddfod could easily supplant the
> Fair
> >>> for several hours; it cannot serve as a mere centerpiece in the middle
> >>>
> >> of
> >>
> >>> an active fair -- not if we've achieved our goal of bringing people
> >>> together who are focused on bardcraft.
> >>>
> >>> If I go to the fair, I'd like the opportunity to, well, go look at the
> >>> fair. I actively don't want to sit in one place for hours.
> >>>
> >>> Also, Eisteddfod is generally set at the end of the year, during lousy
> >>> weather.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Basically, the vision (as I see it) is a fete with merchants and food
> >>>> and/or
> >>>> drink taverns -- ala a Gather for you Pern fans.
> >>>>
> >>> Could we please call it a fair instead of deliberately focusing on a
> >>> science fiction setting? Everybody here knows what a fair is.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What say you, bards? Can we make it happen?
> >>>>
> >>> Of course. We can make *any* idea happen. The question is this: *will*
> >>> we
> >>> make it happen?
> >>>
> >>> Step one is for somebody to decide to be the event steward. I have
> some
> >>> ideas for other steps, but there are no other steps until we get to
> step
> >>> one.
> >>>
> >>> We will make this event happen if somebody says, "I will be the event
> >>> steward." We will talk about it forever to no effect if nobody says,
> "I
> >>> will be the event steward."
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately, I can't right now, or I'd jump in. Anybody else?
> >>>
> >>> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
> >>>
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