[Cynnabar] Celtic Fest

[Randy Asplund]

Arin and I plan to be at Talonval.
Its a shame that we have them the same weekend. We do also want to  
support our neighboring shire. Maybe it would be wise to make a  
request that Talonvale try hard not to schedule their event on the  
same weekend as when a huge portion of their attendees would have a  
commitment elsewhere?

I do think it is important to retain the Celtic fest demo. However, we  
seem to be a pretty major site there, and frankly, I would be quite  
surprised if that committee didn't recognize the value of having  
something so showy as the SCA at the festival. Baron Tairdelbach would  
have a much better clue about this, while I have no inside  
information, but I'd be very shocked if they didn't take us back the  
following year because we declined 100% this year.

So here's a question: If my hunch is correct, and we decided to drop  
Celtic Fest 100% this year and promise a 100% participation next year,  
regardless of whether Talonvale hosted their event the same weekend,  
would we be willing to commit to that? Talonvale would know well  
ahead, so they could make that choice of dates knowing what it meant.

I feel a bit uneasy about asking anybody (the A&S) people to forego  
the Talonvale event when the rest of us fighters have an excuse to go.  
The demo is important, but after all, events are what we do, and demos  
are what we do to tell people what we do. So if we choose a demo  
instead of what we do, it seems counter to the point.

RanthulfR


On Mar 8, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Anne Stevenson wrote:

> Just a quick clarification -
>
> His Excellency would expect fighters to attend Him on the field of  
> battle at Talonval, so primarily I am looking for Arts and Science  
> persons who would be willing to attend Celtic Fest and showcase  
> their works there, instead of attending Siege of Talonval.
>
> The people in charge of Celtic Fest have been spoken to and they  
> understand we may have a small group this year with the hopes of  
> more next year.
>
> Thanks!
> Giovanna
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Charles J. Cohen <charles at eecs.umich.edu 
> > wrote:
>
> I'll go whereever the Baron and Baroness would like my service.
>
> In my opinion, I'm concerned that if we don't fully commit to the  
> Celtic
> Fest we risk losing our spot.
>
> So, is the Celtic Fest worth maintaining for recruitment and  
> publicity?
> If so, then we unfortunately will have to skip the Talonval event  
> (and I
> really like going to that...).
>
> - Midair
>
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