SC - The High Cost of Feasts/Events
geneviamoas at juno.com
geneviamoas at juno.com
Fri Oct 9 19:35:33 PDT 1998
Has any one tried a family cost at troll. Say the expected cost of 2
adults and 2 kids max. so a family of 6 can still afford to play - and
eat.
Genevia
On Fri, 09 Oct 1998 16:50:30 EDT kathleen.hogan at juno.com (Kathleen M
Hogan) writes:
>I have been reading all the various responses to the question of the
>falling attendance at feasts and have my own reasons.
>
>I try to eat feast at every event I attend. The problem is that I can
>rarely afford to attend events these days. I am partially disabled
>and not working (though I just finished up my Associates degree in
>accounting and am looking) and my husband's income usually just pays
>the bills. We have a family of 6.
>
>Looking in this month's kingdom newsletter, most events that I COULD
>attend (within a reasonable driving distance considering that I have
>to cram 6 bodies plus gear into a pontiac sunbird) are running in the
>$15 to $25 dollar range. That means that the event is going to cost
>me between $90 and $150 just for the site fee with feast (in my case
>it's NOT cheaper to go to McD's). Then you have to take in the cost
>of gas to get there, plus food & drink for the trip (anything over 1-2
>hours and the kids get hungry).
>
>I have been to maybe 2 -3 events in the last year, and they have all
>been local because I couldn't afford to go anywhere else. I have
>been in the SCA for almost 20 years and can remember when an event
>didn't cost more than a trip to the movies. Of course, most of the
>feasts weren't nearly as elaborate....one or two courses at most..
>usually one meat and one poultry with a veggie or two, bread, cheese,
>and fruit, with tea or lemonade to drink.
>
> The feasts were served fairly quickly....dinner lasted maybe an hour
>or so. I have had kids go to sleep in the middle of feast because of
>how long they are getting. I think that if feast is going to be a
>drawn-out PERIOD affair that it should be served like they were in
>period...starting at lunchtime and being served all day. Make it the
>whole event...a period, all-day feast with dancing and entertainment
>between courses.
>
>I don't mind simpler feasts like we used to have. As long as the food
>is good and plentiful and I don't fall asleep waiting for the next
>course...I'm happy.
>
>Caitlin NicFhionghuin
>House Oak & Thistle
>Shire of Bordervale Keep, Atlantia
>Augusta, GA
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