[Steppes] Twelfth Night -- major decision in front of us.

[Jay Rudin]

Adelina asked:

> Why dont we combine artisan with 12th night? Itll give us an event
> almost every 6 months. 12th seemed to me to be about bards and
> art as it was - why not make it the official event?

It's possible.  We've tried combining Artisan with other things in the past 
(Steppes Champion, Laurel's Prize Tourney, Steppes Eisteddfod), and it just 
doesn't work well.  Artisan by its very nature concumes the entire hall, and 
all the attention of the competitors and the Artisans (and the baroness) for 
most of the day.

We've never tried combining it with Twelfth Night, but that's a large body 
of people who would lose the greatest aspect of Twelfth Night, which is the 
several hours of time to talk to friends, exchange Christmas greetings, etc.

Artisan is a small focused event,  Its most obvious attributes are coziness 
and focus on the arts.  Twelfth Night is a large amorphous event.  Its most 
obvious attributes are a holiday air and general conversation with the 
entire kingdom, covering all aspects of the SCA.  I don't see how either 
helps the other achieve its mission (except that Steppes Artisan would 
immediately become much bigger).

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin