SC - Re: Master of the Hall?

[Olwen the Odd]

Who is Bob??


>From: "James F. Johnson" <seumas at mind.net>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - Re: Master of the Hall?
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:14:34 -0700
>
>
>
>Stefan li Rous wrote:
> >
> > Lainie said:
> > > Well, I have used the title Marshal of the Hall-
> >
> > Yuck. Sounds like the person is supposed to enforce the rules for
> > a food fight.
>
>:) Only because combat is the only context most of us are used to
>hearing the title of marshal. Historically, that is a proper title for
>the person responsible for the servers and for _where_ people of varying
>ranks sat, and in what order they proceeded into the hall. Given that,
>_diplomacy_ was used far more than enforcing 'rules'.
>
>When we served a feast together (she as "Bob" as marshal of the hall, me
>as kitchen steward) it worked well. The menu, buying of food, cooking of
>the meal, kitchen staff, and the territory of the kitchen were all mine.
>I handed the food on the serving dishes to her (him) and the servers.
>The table settings, servers, the organizing of the procession into the
>hall (with some precedence), the announcing of the courses before each
>one, and the hall space were all "Bob's". Neither of us were the event
>autocrat.
>
>Not that we never have food fights, civilized or otherwise, in the
>Summits.
> >
> > > It is my impression that groups vary and some roles overlap. Some 
>places
> > > the hall duties might fall to the autocrat (know _there's_ a title I'd
> > > like to ease out!)
>
>How about:
>
>Host
>Majordomo
>Castellan
>That dreary eyed, over-caffinated, under-appreciated, moving blur going
>that way...
> >
> > Locally, that term is getting replaced by "event steward" more and
> > more.
>
>Nice. Does it get abbreviated to 'steward' often?
>
>Seumas
>--
>Roi ne suis prince, ni duc, ni comte aussi; je suis sire de
>Bruyerecourt.
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