SC - Re: ... What would you like your hall to look like?

[Steve]

At 07:22 AM 02/12/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Greetings, all
>
>Nicholas of Falcon Cree wrote:
>
> >Now my questions...
>How much would all of that bother you if you were at that feast?  Would
>you just get the "magic" that the theatre person tried to create? Or
>would the non periodness of it destroy it? <...snip...> Should we
>ignore the flair and let the food speak for itself?  Would you rather
>eat in a VFW Hut with their stuff on the walls or would you rather have
>the scenery? If your sword is going to go through the "rocks" on the
>fountain then would you rather not have the fountain? and finally what
>could I do to make the dream even more real?
>=====
>
>    I would  *definately*  appreciate the effort that went into
>decorating the hall. One does with what one's got. If it's not
>'period', at least it's pretty. If people can't look past the
>mundanity, that's too bad, and I feel sorry if they can't see the
>magic.

In our last Yule the Barony of Altavia had the good fortune to be using the 
offices of a company owned by some long time SCA members.  This allowed us 
to do things not normally allowed, we half-timbered the main eating area, 
hung banners and strung garland throughout the building, and replaced the 
flourescent lights with chandeleirs.  We also did the normal stuff of 
covering the shelves and hiding as much of the mundane things as possible.

Æduin of Skye,
Altavia, Caid
(yes Selene I'm back :) )