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

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Faelan Caimbeul <faelancaimbeul at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Friday Warlord is set-up. No scheduled events.
>  Saturday is heavy, archery, EQ, thrown, court, peerages, step-up/down (this
>  time), award court (usually two and several hours long) and bardic.
>  Sunday is rapier, and clean up.

Actually this is not entirely correct.  Lets look at the published schedule (knowing it is up for change)

Friday:
  As you said, site open set up.  kind of hard to really schedule any events on Friday as not everyone has it off and most have to travel.
Saturday:
  Morning Court
  Youth Boffer
  Heavy Lists
  Equestrian
  Evening Courts
  Bardic
Sunday:
  Morning Court
  Rapier Lists
  Steppes Archer
  Thrown Weapons
  Evening Court
Monday:
  Site Closes
>  
>  Does this really sound like a four day event? Not even close.

Comparing it to the 3 day events that you have to be off site on Sunday then yes it does.  I will agree with you that we are very heavy on Saturday.  I would not mind seeing if things could balance a little more.  Also realize that there are non-competition activities generally (A&S, the Heavy Melees, other Archery competitions, etc.

I think the direction has been to load up on Saturday because not everyone does have Monday off.  right or worng, that is what I have seen.  The trend i have seen in recent years has been to leave Sunday anyway so as to have a free day on Monday.  Fewer people seem to want to stay Sunday night now it seems.  probably because there is nothing really scheduled for Sunday night.

Alasdair