[SCA-AE] Noise at events

[Taranach at ClanIcePhoenix.org]

Cheryl Ronolder wrote:
>  Eithne Inghean Riocaird wrote:
>>Has noise ever adversely affected your enjoyment  of
>>an event?
>>
> 
> Yes, see above.  I wish that our Kingdom would invest
> in a good wireless microphone & sound system to be
> used during court.  I know, I know it isn't period at
> all, but it would certainly help to alleviate some of
> the hearing problems caused by loud, rude people
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> Aleyd von Kiel

Here again, I concur with the statement... Why have we *NOT* gone for 
something so very helpful? I don't buy the "It isn't period" argument at 
all... Porta Johns and "flushies" are not period either, nor are modern 
stoves, cleanliness, refridgerators, and a whole host of other things, 
and yet we make use of them all the same.

I am all for researching exactly how they did things and re-creating 
them whenever possible, and yet I have been seeing the focus shifting to 
exclusivity in this regard. If we are going to play the "that wasn't 
period" game, then let's eliminate *ALL* things that weren't period... 
such as eyeglasses with arms, batteries, light bulbs, sandwiches, cans 
and can openers, rubber bands and safety pins, sewing machines (there 
goes a LOT of garb!), toilet paper (as well as flush toilets)... shall I 
go on?

Strike a balance... use the modern equivalents and "aids" where 
necessary but keep it unobtrusive and hidden. Let's look into a small PA 
type system that could be placed under the thrones or otherwise hidden.

Taranach