SC - Price of Feasts (was butter)

[Mary Morman]

Remember here please, that Robyn is talking Australian $$ which are worth
about .60 US $$ right now.  So a $12 feast fee would be $8 US - right on
for many US SCA locales.

Elaina
Going to Lochac in September...

On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Robyn Probert wrote:

> Greeting the list,
> 
> I think the price must depend on your outlays. We almost always need to hire
> a hall, which will cost between $100 and $500 (or even more) depending on
> size. We might need to hire tables and chairs and/or cooking/heating
> equipment if the site kitchen is poor (often!). As well as food, we need to
> buy candles, cleaning gear, maybe advertising (for a page ad in the official
> newsletter), postage to send receipts to those who book ahead... 
> 
> The smaller the event, the lower the on-costs, but we can't ever just get by
> with food. Small feast cost about $10-$15 and big ones more, but then if you
> buy takeaway for lunch it costs $5 and you can't buy dinner under $10-$15
> (and that's cheap), and going to the movies is $12, so it's not really that
> expensive...
> 
> Rowan
> 
> 
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