[Sca-cooks] Pennsic Question

[Johnna Holloway]

Dates PW XXXVI for 2007 are
2007          27-Jul     10-Aug 

which is earlier. They expect 12,000 people more or less.
http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn35/GENERAL/future.html
People who plan to attend might want to subscribe to this year's
Pennsic Independent newsletter to get a better idea of what happens
at the War these days.http://pennsicindependent.com/
The cost is fairly minimal.

I am not sure that the Coopers deserve the description of being mercenary.
One has to remember that the Society profits also from this event.
SCA Membership saves one 25 dollars. It's rather expensive to attend as 
a walk-up.
It's either 145 or 125 to just walk up to the gate and pay. How many 
"fringe element"
spend that kind of money?

I can remember when the event was held over a weekend in September or 
late August.
(I had the opportunity to attend PW II, but opted to stay in school and 
not skip classes.)
If it's too big and not medieval enough for you now, then perhaps Gulf 
Wars or another
venue would be more to your liking.

Johnnae



Stephanie Ross wrote:
> My lord and I are making plans to attend next year also. He says that you
> have to pay from whenever you hit site until the end of the war. You cannot
> daytrip, and you cannot pay for only the days you attend. Personally, I
> wish the SCA would hold Pennsic during July, and all the other fringe
> groups who come to our war could attend their own event in August. It would
> be the best of both worlds for the mercenary Coopers - they could double
> their profit while halving attendance at each event and reducing the stress
> on their utilities. I've just become such a snob over Pennsic. It was okay
> when we shared the site with the Tuchux (it was originally theirs, after
> all), but I've heard Pennsic has gotten very fringe element and less
> medieval-oriented over the years. I cannot say I had a fantastic time when
> I attended in '86, so that may be clouding my judgement. I just wish
> Pennsic was only SCAdian, but as long as the Coopers own the site, that'll
> never happen.
> ~Aislinn~