[From nobody Fri May 29 15:55:16 2015 Return-Path: <owner-bryn-gwlad@eden.com> Received: from natasha.eden.com from [199.171.21.14] by mail.airmail.net (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.136) with esmtp id <m0wEI5s-0000pWa@mail.airmail.net>; Mon, 7 Apr 97 12:20:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: (majordom@localhost) by natasha.eden.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA00632 for bryn-gwlad-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:56:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from server.aimetering.com (server.aimetering.com [206.225.32.194]) by natasha.eden.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00626 for <bryn-gwlad@eden.com>; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:56:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: by server.aimetering.com with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1389.3) id <01BC434A.9479C360@server.aimetering.com>; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:55:25 -0500 Message-ID: <9B300C315B2FD011B52B00A02471DFE60A0ADB@server.aimetering.com> From: Steve Hendricks <steve@aimetering.com> To: bryn-gwlad@eden.com Subject: RE: Event idea sources Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:55:24 -0500 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1389.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-bryn-gwlad@eden.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: bryn-gwlad@eden.com Hi, Stefan (and everybody else, too), I looked at the autocrats-msg file to see if any mention was made of musicians. To my not-so-great surprise, there was none. So I thought I would share some thoughts with you. At the recent Candlemas, the musicians were afforded a smallish area in a heavy traffic section of Pfluger Hall. Since I personally carry over 10 thousand dollars' worth of very fragile instruments to events, as well as multiple copies of the Bryn Gwlad music book, I get nervous when children are absent-mindedly playing nearby, or when people start hurriedly carrying chairs and tables through the musicians' area. Since I usually lead the musicians, too, I get a bit stressed watching the instruments and leading the music, too. Therefore, I would like to suggest another little thing for autocrats to worry about when setting up an event, or at least any indoor event where you would like to have musicians. Set aside a safe area for the musicians. This area would be big enough to include room for musicians, stands, music, and cases. This is not an insignificant amount of room, I know. Stages are natural places for musicians, of course, since they are usually removed from high traffic and often are sonically good locations for performance. It would also be helpful to plan on light for the musicians. If you intend to turn off any overhead lights during the evening, perhaps having the musicians in an area when there are separate light controls would be good. Otherwise, plan on having no music in the dark. If not on stage, I would prefer to see the area roped off or set aside in some way to prevent random wanderings through. While I do not wish to remove the musicians from contact with others, I do want to see them treated well and their instruments protected. With this in mind, I would humbly request future autocrats, especially those for indoor events, to speak with me or any other musician in the guild before your event to arrange for the Music Guild to attend. So, if you wonder why musicians often set up shop in a tavern away from the main action of an event, now you have some idea why. We want to protect anyone from being seriously harmed by a musician driven insane by the careless and inadvertent destruction of a beloved instrument :). Also, we get more free mead that way :P Also, I would like to suggest that the Music Guild be "officially" invited to play during feasts and courts. Years ago, we used to bring our own food so that we could perform while feasts were enjoyed. Some of us planned that for Candlemas, but the opportunity was not afforded us due to space considerations. I'm not sure the idea even occurred to those in charge. It can be very nice to have music during courts, at least pavans for those empty spaces when somebody is called to court and has to traverse that distance to the throne in silence. And a fanfare to start court can be ever so much more effective than a herald, unless the herald has lungs of steel. These are just suggestions on how to better use our Bryn Gwlad Music Guild, which is a wonderful and rare resource and could be better utilised -- hopefully to everyone's enjoyment. Thanks. Samuel >People thinking of doing this or looking for ideas after they get drafted > >might be interested in looking at these files in my SCA Rialto Files: > > >autocrats-msg (50K) 10/15/96 Suggestions for autocrats. > >feasts-free-msg (14K) 11/11/94 Who gets in free to feasts. > >event-pricing-msg (14K) 1/19/96 Event pricing, reservations. > >privvies-msg (9K) 11/11/96 Managing privvies at SCA events. > >tokens-msg (27K) 2/ 3/97 Ideas for feast and site tokens. > > >These are in the SCA-INC section. The following are in the > >CELEBRATIONS & EVENTS section: > > ]