SC - table seating question

[Decker, Terry D.]

> A week ago, Helen asked:
> > >On 8 foot tables do you plan for 3 on each side or 4 on each side?  I
> > > need to see how many tables I need for 400.....
> 
> If you have the room, my recommendation would be seating people on only
> one side of the table, four on a side. This would be a much more period
> arrangment and does make it much easier to serve the food well. It also 
> leaves more room for table decorations and candles. Unfortunately, in most
> 
> halls used by the SCA for feasts, there is seldom the room to do this.
> -- 
> Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> 
Whatever configuration you, be sure there is enough space between the tables
to let the servers move without tripping over trains and hoop skirts.

An 8 foot table can take 4 to a side.  A 6 foot table can seat 3 to a side
and 1 at each end.

Measure the area you are going to use.  Check the size of you tables.
Layout the tables so that people can see what is happening and so there is a
traffic pattern out to the tables for serving and back to the kitchen to
keep an orderly flow for the servers.

Bear 
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