[Bryn-gwlad] Demographics (was: championships)

[Chris Zakes]

At 10:44 PM 8/1/2007, you wrote:
>Wait wait wait.
>
>I was in SCA about 6 years ago in Louisiana (the good ole days?), 
>and this is how a typical event would go:
>
>Friday night...set up tents, get settled in, wait for friends to 
>show up, and then a bit of preliminary drinking, debauchery, and 
>general goofing off
>Saturday...get up early, fighting, eating, lessons, socializing, 
>other A&S stuff, shopping, all the typical event stuff
>Mid afternoon siesta
>Feast, Court
>Drum Circles, Bardic Circles, dancing, socializing, drinking and 
>debauchery laaaate into the night.
>Sunday...sleep in a bit, clean up, pack up, and leave about 1 or 2ish
>
>and then hit the Waffle House for a scattered/covered/smothered on 
>the way home.
>
>Is this not how things go now? I'm going to be seriously bummed if I 
>don't get my Saturday night drum circle/debauchery. I am not a day 
>tripper, I love the full camping weekend.

The full camping weekends still happen, but (depending on the event) 
I think fewer people camp these days. (And in the spirit of full 
disclosure, I'm as guilty of that as anyone. At a Bryn Gwlad event, 
for example, given a choice of spending two hours in camp setup and 
teardown vs. half an hour to drive home and sleep in my own bed, I 
tend to choose the latter.)

         -Tivar Moondragon