[Sca-cooks] Re: Feast Ambience

[Olwen the Odd]

I forwarded your message to him.
Olwen

>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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