[Sca-cooks] Re: Feast Ambience

[Ratboy]

Hmmm I would love to take notes from him...
Anyways you can put me into contact?  I would love to see what advice he
can give on arranging that type of thing.
Nichola


Ro wrote:

>Here in Bright Hills, we employ the services of a Master of the Hall.  Lord
>Barre FitzRobert of York, who scurries in just before feast, scuttles OUT of
>his Archer Marshall get up and into his spiffest attire (and BOY! Can Barre
>spiff up - hubba, hubba!).
>
>He announces each dish as the courses are being served by his crew of
>TRAINED servers (for Atlantian Crown we are all serving in Baronial
>colours - oh the howwow! I have to make new garb....).  In the past he has
>(I believe) arranged for harpists to play throughout dinner, and I'm not
>sure what else, as generally I am in the kitchen,  he and the autocrat
>confer on table arrangement and lighting, he coordinates with whomever is
>setting up the decorations for the hall, AND he makes sure his servers are
>fed before feast!
>
>And he does it all with a smile, a few jokes, and in wonderful humour.
>
>Worth his weight in gold, is our Barre....
>
>Ro
>
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