[Sca-cooks] MisRepresenting the Outlands was snails....

[Elaine Koogler]

Could be, but with the economy what it is, we're seeing smaller crowds here
in  Atlantia as well. Normally we have well over 600 at Twelfth NIght...and
when the cook who did the feast cooks a feast, they always sell out.  This
year, attendance was less than half, and only 1/3 of the 600 that were
planned for at feast were there.  Now part of the problem was that it was
held at a site that was way off of the "beaten track" near the Outer Banks
of NC...and so there wasn't a large population nearby...which meant that
most folks had at least a four-hour drive to the event.  However, in the
past, that wouldn't have made a difference.  We have also seen a trend over
the past few years even for very popular events toward not making
reservations until the very last minute.  Some events and feasts do still
sell out, but not nearly as many...and not nearly as early.

Kiri

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Deborah Hammons
<mistressaldyth at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would like to put in a pleasant, friendly jab at my colleagues from
> Caerthe.  Hunters Feast sold out over a month before the feast, at 175.
>  Cost per person site and feast was $10.  Didn't see GwenCat or Mirianna at
> it.  And it was all period.  I think the larger problem might be with the
> group.
>
> Aldyth
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I like Aldyth's idea of introducing foods at A&S's, and the others here
> who
> >> have
> >> suggested starting small and having tasteing tables at events.  That at
> >> least
> >> would be a step to get the attitude of "period" food is bad, out of
> >> peoples
> >> minds.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mirianna
> >>
> >
> > It doesn't even have to be on the scale of an official tasting table at
> > events. There are lots of period recipes for nibbles, of sorts that you
> can
> > bring with you to an event and offer to other people.
> > --
> > David/Cariadoc
> > www.daviddfriedman.com
> >
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