SC - Periodicity

[Michael F. Gunter]

Donna Kenton wrote:

> We used to do that, here in the East, but I've discovered that we're
> not
> (generally) as tolerant of traveling long distances to go to events.
> My
> Duke and Duchess, recent transplants from your great kingdom, are
> constantly amazed at how close events are here.  (Coronation is less
> than an hour away.)

I don't lnow about that, I live in CT, and we are [distance/time wise]
about in the center of the kingdom- I can go to Delaware in 5 hours, and
Montreal in 6-8, and Boston/New Hampshire in 2, 2 1/2 hours. We and a
number of us  go to a lot of teh same events. I find many people don't
think much about hopping into the car and going 4 hours for a daytrip
event, or the whole way to the western border for camping events.

> I don't know for sure why things changed to put feasts after court,
> but
> I'm grateful for it.  I have children, who find it difficult to sit
> still for a long feast, and I'm reluctant to inflict their antsy-ness
> on
> the rest of the populace.  They like the food well enough, but it
> makes
> a long day for them.  If court is held first, we can go home earlier.
> When I intend to stay for the feast, I leave the kids at home, or only
>
> take the older one.

I do agree, sometimes it seems to take forever aftr the day events
before court happens, but many times it is barely long enough to get the
guys out of their armor.

> This may be a bit off-topic, but I suppose it pertains to food (as in
> when to schedule the meal).  Assuming the event is not Coronation
> (which, here, is all day courts), is there a reason why Court can't be
>
> held earlier in the day?  Can we hold court first, then the tourneys,
> or
> whatever, so that the feast can be held (theoretically) on time?

Most every court awards the prizes to the winners of the days events. If
they held court during the day, the people in the list and watching the
lists would miss court. The solution to that would be to hold court near
the fields, with the awardingand business fitting in between the bouts,
not an elegant solution. I personally like having court during the
feast, but it can be hard tohear the talking over the dinner sounds, but
then again, many times it is impossible to hear the business going on
anyway.

margali

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