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March 4

Mar 04, 2010 12:00

Countdown to Daffodil - 9 days. Site issue resolved with no problems. Attendence seems to be down, not sure how much is economy or my lack of advertising. Bit of both likely. May also be just more plan to day trip with out feast. I have heard feasts here have gone not so good, so folks are not so keen on feast. I think P is likely to make an ( Read more... )

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landverhuizer March 4 2010, 20:27:59 UTC

Has me curious why feasts don't do so well out there...

naharbeit March 5 2010, 17:37:09 UTC

See tormentor_james comment :). One couple I talked to mentioned feasts arriving cold and a particular event where there were strict portions that were not communicated, so food ran out. I also heard last years Daffodil feast was just too much. Something like 12 courses and over 3 hours to eat or more - haven't heard a complaint on that feasts quality though.

I have heard of good cooks on the Island, but I have also seen/heard the phrase "weird period food" used. So at least part of it is just some aren't adventurous with their food (more for us then!) I think James has it in that some get turned off quickly, because I think good food does happen here. Ruantallan and Lyndhaven has had great cooks and a darn good track record, but there have been feasts that had glitches, it never turned me off.

landverhuizer March 5 2010, 18:13:35 UTC

Yeah, must just be the quick turn off
Do they do lunches (aka dayboards out there? I found them a good venue to do the whole "hey, medieval food isn't scary" thing ;)
Haven't seen, or heard of, dayboards out here in the same sense as they do out east... not even close :S

I've been to a few bad ones but, thankfully, know they are hardly the norm. Heck... my crown event cooking was a "too much" feast and I knew it (got talked into doing far more dishes than I intended... lesson learned).

villa_sorelle March 6 2010, 20:51:39 UTC

I went to a few Ealdomere events when we were either in Montreal, or I was staying in Toronto on a project. I must admint, I was surprised there was no dayboard, that it was a pay lunch, but I can see why they do it that way. The dayboard is hard to plan for when people dont reserve off board, and just show up at the door! 20 or 30 extra people can really throw the dayboard numbers off!

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tormentor_james March 4 2010, 23:42:00 UTC

Some feasts do fine, some not so much because some cooks have been real dumb in past years and have turned a lot of people off them. One bad feast ruins 10 years of good ones.

Daffodil ticket sales ALWAYS pick up on the last weekend with sometimes as much as 20% or more trying to buy tickets AFTER your deadline. It's why when I sell Daffodil tickets I have a deadline and then jump the price. Last time I had $20 early bird, $25 after the deadline of Jan 1. 100 people bought tickets AFTER and helped me raise an additional $500.

I like punishing procrastination.

naharbeit March 5 2010, 17:42:25 UTC

Yeah, but I got a late start. I fully admit this has not been my best autocrating job. Event will still happen and people will have fun (I hope). I did sell 3 more last night alone, so I hope a lot of folks show up with funds on Sunday. Also I do not know how many are just going to but tickets at the door. This is definitely going in my "learning experience" list. :)

villa_sorelle March 6 2010, 20:50:02 UTC

Good luck with your event!
It may be that people of wary of a new cook too, I know we base our feast attendance these days on who is cooking the feast, and what the cost of the feast is.

If P gets out on this side for a while, tell him to drop us a line!