SC - Re: [Mid] Suggestions needed LONG

[CorwynWdwd]

M'Lady Heather, 

> I had thought of getting one server to cover each table, with me
>  : helping out wherever and possibly covering the High Table as well. 

As head server it's best you stay on post if Your halls are anything like
ours. If anything goes wrong (which in most cases it dosen't, but little snags
DO occur) you'll be needed to direct the troops.
 
>  : A sign-up sheet has been suggested (I can't believe I missed this idea,
>  : but I did!), 

Always a good idea, and if it's a new idea where you are, have the "Troll"
point it out while people are regestering. Also a call to remind people about
midday about the sign up sheet sometimes is in order, as we sometimes get
caught up in the hurley-burley of eventing. OR if you want to live on the edge
you can call for a server from each table at the onset, that works quite well
here, and people can spare each other.  

If it's a big feast and I have a good stable of servers, I make sure to set
aside food for them, just to make sure they're fed. Some people I've worked
with actually feed the servers beforehand, but that's hard to co-ordanate.
Sometimes their friends fill their plates each course too. That, you'll have
to find out about by experence.

>  :and I was also thinking of using something like a cart or a small table to
hold >  : >  : each dish as we serve it out. What works for those of you
who've done 
>  :this before?

The cart idea is good if you have them. Especially in the case of big
containers of soup. If you can lay out the hall so as to make them usable that
is. Better get with the Hall Steward or whoever is in charge of table layout
beforehand. With the crowding in some of our halls we often try and ladle
everything we can into serving platters and send the individual table servers
with enough for eight or ten (depending on the layout. 

In Southern Atalntia we don't seperate on and offboard often as I've seen them
do in other Kingdoms (the few times I've BEEN out of Kingdom that is). Lately
we've gone to using feast tokens (A pin on ribon or some shiney dangley
showing who's on and off at a table) because in the rush sometimes people get
confused and don't remember which they are. You might also consider this.

Hope it helps....

Corwyn
	
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