[Sca-cooks] IKA - head table seating?

[margaret]

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> When your feasting halls have a head table, what are the seating 
> arrangements of the head table? That is, who sits next to whom and when 
> does this change under various circumstances? What size and shape are the 
> tables?
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> Iasmin
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Here in Namron in Ansteorra we seat the King & Queen in the center of a long 
table that seats eight and faces the rest of the feasters. The prince and 
princess go on either side if present. Then come the Baron & Baroness. The 
other two or four seats are filled at the whim of their majesties, their 
highnesses, or the baroness.
On those occasions when the crown is not present the prince & princess are 
given the seats of honor. If neither  is present the B&B go in the middle. 
When on occasion only one of a couple is here we simply ask who the wish to 
have for a dinner partner.
By the way, we comp K & Q, and P&P but the B&B pay their way.
We occasionally have regional events with a feast. When that happens we set 
up three tables end to end and seat each B&B on either side of the crown by 
date of the group becoming a barony.
Margarite