[Cynnabar] Celtic Fest

[Anne Stevenson]

Sir RanthulfR,

Thank you for your thoughts!  I just want to mention that there is no
requirement for anyone to change their plans to attend Celtic Fest instead
of Talonval.  I realize that most people (if not all) will not wish to miss
out on Talonval.  So it is possible that we will not have the attendance,
and if that is the case, we will make due and try to push hard for next
year.

I think it is reasonable for us to bring up this scheduling problem with
Talonval - we have had numerous Talonval attendees in the past and it would
be great for us to do both events together, if possible!!  However, they may
have their own reasons for scheduling their event on a particular date, and
we may have to find possible solutions if this happens again.

Thanks again!

Yours,
Giovanna

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Randy Asplund <randyasplund at comcast.net>wrote:

> 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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