[MR] EZ up type tents

[Bambi TBNL]

Ny tent is easire to put up if the walls are seperate from the rooff. The sheer wight of canvas makes it impairative that you look for that feature in a pavillion. My spoke and hub ound  needs three peole becase of the wight of the canvas.
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Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:01:41 am
To: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
From: "Alexandria Stratton" <kyrilex at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] EZ up type tents

An EZup is not an alternative to a pavilion. It is not made to hold the weight 
of a canvas roof, and it will not last through the beating it will take with SCA 
use. I have one that I use on rare occasions, I made a cover for it of bedsheets 
to make it look more period...but it's an absolute oven. It only gets used as a 
last resort...or for non-garb occasions.

Easy pavilions to set up by oneself: Anglo-Saxon geteld, French Bell Wedge, hub 
& spoke round, square marquis...
Naturally, the smaller the pavilion, the easier it is for one person to set up. 
However, every single one of these that I've mentioned is set up by staking it 
to the ground and then slipping a center/upright pole inside to hold it up. The 
largest tent I ever put up by myself was a 12-foot diameter hub & spoke round 
tent, in my younger & stronger days...the center pole was a 4x4 post. But just 
because it's a pavilion doesn't mean it has to take up four football fields and 
weigh eight tons. I'd be happy to discuss optio