[SCA-Dance] Dancing at non-dance events

[Margretha La Fauvelle]

If this format is decided well in advance, the musicians could arrange with
the server coordinator that a table is set behind the pit for feast to be
served for the amount of feast-paying people that will be playing. If there
are enough musicians, and especially if there are breaks between playing,
people can take turns between playing and eating. I have been treated this
way while providing background feast music with a group of musicians (which
makes for even more playing and less eating!) and it worked out quite well,
and I managed not to blow cheese into my recorders.

Cheers,
Margretha


On 4 February 2014 12:38, Deirdre G Rees <dgrees at theworld.com> wrote:

> Dear Musicians and Music lovers:
> 1. I agree with Matilda..usually bring something to snack on and put the
> music first
> 2. hope to see you soon
>     In service, Deirdre
>
> Deirdre M. Good Rees / dgrees at theworld.com
> 5 Francis Wyman Rd
> Burlington, MA 0l803 / phone 781-272-6378
> "cliccare sul mouse"
>
>
>
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2014, Ginger Fitzsimmons wrote:
>
> > On Jan 21, 2014, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> >
> >> At Candlemas, we intersperse the feast and the dancing.  Three
> >> courses, three sets.  Dance still gives way, but it tends to be that
> >> we can't go on to the 5th and last dance of the set because the
> >> kitchen is ready to serve the crottled greeps now.
> >
> > Speaking for my local musicians, at least half of them hate this format.
> We don't get fed beforehand, we're smack against cleanup if we're to be fed
> afterwards, and it is not always easy to grab food and clean up hands and
> mouths before taking up instruments again, repeatedly. For myself, I tend
> to assume that I'm going to get to snack at best and take care of my own
> food needs. Fortunately, we don't get asked to do this often so I don't
> have to listen to griping about it much. I can see its appeal to dancers
> and feasters, though.
> >
> > -Matilda
> > current Captain of the Waytes of Carolingia
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