[MR] Twelfth Night: An excellent event!

[Jonathas]

Greetings once again,

I wish to second what this good Lady has put to words so very well.  This
was the most enjoyable 12th Night I've been to in quite some time.

Although one thing did disappoint me.  As the day wore on there were more
and more people dressed in mundanes in the common areas, at no time where
there an over whelming number of them, but it did most certainly detract
from the atmosphere.  While I'm certain the a few had reasonable excuses
(like heading from their room to the car to leave) but what possible excuse
is there for being in mundanes and hanging around the dance hall?   And to
the Peers who did this, it is you I am most disappointed in.  The entire
Kingdom looks up to each member of the peerage, and follows your lead.  Is
this really the example you wish to set?  That it is OK to be in the common
areas of an event dressed in mundanes??

As has been said the event was a joy, and I sincerely hope it is run in this
style again next year.

In service to the Dream,
Baron Jonathas



On Jan 14, 2008 9:25 AM, Irmgart <irmgart at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good gentles all,
>
> I propose another round of 'Vivats' to the autocrat and staff of Twelfth
> Night!
>
> I, like many people, I'm sure, were skeptical about an event held in a
> hotel! One without a feast! Oh, horrors! What shall we do???
>
> After the fact, I think that if anything, I enjoyed this Twelfth Night
> more than several others I have attended, for MANY reasons!
>
> 1) There was a lot of space to do all sorts of things! I wasn't on the
> event staff, so I don't know if there was a lot of logistical juggling
> for all of that space, but as an attendee, it didn't feel like it.
>
> 2) In the same vein, being able to have a bardic, and a hafla *and*
> unscheduled continuation of the ball running concurrently, within easy
> walking distance of each other, was astonishing (even if I didn't ever
> make it to the hafla...)
>
>  a) A hundred thousand thanks to the Dance Master, Galeran, and the
> fabulous musicians who made both sets of dancing possible. I have
> never seen so many people dancing at an event in Atlantia at one time,
> and I have heard several gentle state that they haven't seen that many
> people dancing at a Twelfth Night in more than 10 years.
>
>  b) As always, many thanks to the talented folks at the bardic circle
> for sharing your talents with those of us who like to listen and sing
> choruses. :)
>
> 3) While there was no feast, the hospitality room was graciously
> staffed, greatly appreciated, and a well-needed spot for a pick-me-up.
> I did not make use of the on-site restaurant except for breakfast, but
> the little I've heard of it was good.
>
> 4) Usually Twelfth Night is at one site, and the event hotel is
> somewhere else, that may or may not allow us to have a bardic, a
> hafla, or dancing, or a general place to hang out running late into
> the night. I was well pleased that I could pop in to each of these,
> then stay at the bardic until 2 am, walk up a flight of stairs and
> crash into bed without worrying about waking the 17 other people in my
> cabin. Who I may or may not know. Who may or may not snore.
>
> In all, I thought it was a wonderful event, and the staff should be
> well congratulated for their vision in pulling this off!
>
> Yours in service,
> Irmgart
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