feast-seatng-msg - 11/28/09
Comments on seating at feasts. Seating charts.
NOTE: See also the files: on-r-offboard-msg, reservations-msg, gate-guards-msg, evnt-stewards-msg, Fd-Service-MA-art, feast-serving-msg, high-table-msg.
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Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:33:06 -0400
From: euriol <euriol at ptd.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cooks within the SCA
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
There was one feast I did end up walking out on... and it had nothing to do
with the cook. When I arrived at the event there was no seating chart
available to secure a seat for me, my lord and my two sons. At no time
during the event did I ever hear that one was made available (i.e. no
announcement). An announcement was made for people to take their seats and
the food was starting to go out... I had no seats. There was no two seats
available together. (It was at this time that I discovered a seating chart
and come out sometime during the event). I wasn't about to disrupt
everything as food was already being served just so I could get seated with
my children. My children were quite hungry... so we all left and had dinner
at a restaurant. Part of the irony of that day was my eldest son helped to
cook in the kitchen.
So there are a couple of tips for cooks/autocrats. Make sure that however
the seating is to be arranged, that it is all squared away before people
need to be in their seats for the feast.
Euriol
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:37:33 -0600
From: "Kathleen A Roberts" <karobert at unm.edu>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cooks within the SCA
To: euriol at ptd.net, Cooks within the SCA
<sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:33:06 -0400 euriol <euriol at ptd.net> wrote:
<<< So there are a couple of tips for cooks/autocrats. Make
sure that however the seating is to be arranged, that it is all squared
away before people need to be in their seats for the feast. >>>
I don't think I have ever seen a seating chart in the
al-barran area. perhaps my northern outlands friends can
speak to that area. people just come and grab a spot.
and anyone can ask to share the table if the space isn't
spoken for.
you meet the nicest people that way.
cailte
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:28:13 +1200
From: Antonia Calvo <ladyadele at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cooks within the SCA
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Kathleen A Roberts wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:33:06 -0400
euriol <euriol at ptd.net> wrote:
<<< So there are a couple of tips for cooks/autocrats. Make sure that
however the seating is to be arranged, that it is all squared away before people need to be in their seats for the feast. >>>
I don't think I have ever seen a seating chart in the al-barran area.
perhaps my northern outlands friends can speak to that area. people
just come and grab a spot. and anyone can ask to share the table if
the space isn't spoken for.
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No, we don't really go in for seating charts. We _do_ recommend that if
you really want to be seated as a group (families with children,
especially), you come a little early.
--
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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