[Cynnabar] Celtic Fest

Tue Mar 8 21:53:49 UTC 2011

I plan on being at the Celtic Festival along with Kieran/William. While I
don't fight (yet) I could do something A&S related and help out there.

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM, David Hoornstra <dhoorn123 at comcast.net>wrote:

> Most of you know I attend more demos than other events. Naturally I will be
> at the Celtic Festival with the Sword Club, and as always I will TRY to do
> some SCA as well. It would not be the first time that Kieran/Willam and I
> were the only two fighters on the bill. He is in fact my favorite opponent.
>
> Same goes for setup. I am willing to take on a lot of the before and after.
> The Festival people know me well from both camps.
>
> Since the Sword Club now has MANY more members than last year, thanks in
> part to this very Celtic Festival, there is a chance they will lift my
> burden a bit and let me play across the street. And as always, my peaceful
> and less-peaceful exhibits will be available.
>
> Just my opinion, but I do not believe the Festival will penalize any group
> for not being able to participate, or for having a small crew, in one year
> out of fourteen.
>
> Daibhid
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *Art Sinclair <tairdelbach at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:54:09 -0500
> *To: *Barony of Cynnabar <barony at cynnabar.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [Cynnabar] Celtic Fest
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> So here is the deal with Talonval/Celtic Fest and the scheduling conflict.
>
> I think it is important to point out that it was the Celtic Festival that
> chenged their schedule by moving up their event a week this year. I have
> spoken with our contact at the festival and they are aware that we may be
> light and/or no shows at the festival this year because of this...and seem
> to be ok with that knowing that schedules are tricky and almost impossible
> work out for everyone. They are looking at a variety of new dates to help
> their attendance...but have not settled on anything...but I was told that
> having it that close to July 4th is not likely to happen again.
>
> Talonval has long been aware of the Celtic Fest and had a good weekend
> picked out for their event that worked for us all. They have their own
> concerns to take into account for scheduling as well...July 4th is a
> problematic weekend for both Talonval and the Festival.
>
> The summer SCA schedule is in a bit of flux too, with Baron Wars making a
> well advised move to later in the year so weather doesn't harm that event.
> So I think it is premature to ask Talonval to look at schedule changes, as
> my suspicion is that next year the Festival will be on it's usual weekend or
> at least not in a direct conflict with Talonval.
>
> For this year at the Festival I have asked Sir William (you may remember
> him as Sir Kieran) and his household Leonthas to cover the fighting for us,
> since they are often there in support of the jousting as well. He agreed
> that he would be willing to do that for us. So that was a big help in
> covering that aspect of the festival Demo and I am personally very
> appreciative of his willingness to make that sacrifice.
>
> I agree it is unfortunate to have to ask people to skip an event...and if
> we cannot cover the festival demo then we will have to decline, however, I
> remain hopeful that we can find a way to cover the demo with a smaller staff
> than typical to keep our presence there fresh in peoples minds. However if
> the group feels that this is not a tenable situation I will go back to the
> festival and pass along our regrets for this year.
>
> I hope this sheds some more light on the issues involved, and I am happy to
> address any other questions that may be out there regarding this.
>
> Tairdelbach
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Anne Stevenson <elaine242 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  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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