RUM 'n' Noodles

[femkes_follies]

Still thinking about RUM and what would be a good range of classes.

And while at it, something gwacie said on another E-mail list make me think:

What about a roundtable on writing for publication? Specifically in larger SCA markets. Would it be worth listening to the ins and outs of what makes a good article and how to write it as discussed by people published in TI, CA, Artes Draconis, and other larger outlets?

As a separate question -

What sorts of classes would you like to see at a Royal University? What would induce you to make the trip? What sorts of "advanced" classes do you not find locally?

Comments

[mistressarafina.livejournal.com]

I had someone ask me about a class on brocaded tablet weaving.

[situveuxmoi.livejournal.com]

When is RUM?

I wouldn't mind seeing some hat classes- period headcoverings for different centuries and different areas (maybe 2 separate classes?). Anything would go for me though since I don't often get to go to purely A&S events.

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

You can see the An Tirian organization

http://www.ithra.antir.sca.org/

The best attended events in our kingdom are:

The Crowns and Coronations depending on location. Classes are always hit and miss due to so much meeting, politicking and partay to be done.

A public "demo" held at a county fairgrounds the last weekend of January (the kick off of the fighting season) http://www.aquaterra.antir.sca.org/Ursulmas/

Wars - An Tir West War is changing focus to have more arts available (perhaps Estrella/Pennsic is the model for this).

The best attended Ithras are usually the costume focused ones. So I'd suggest heavy costume track spanning time ranges to draw in the most participants, basic stuff like tablet weaving, blackwork, embroidery etc. Also a good cooking class or so if you have kitchen facilities. We have some basic core classes on dance, music, armoring - what have you. We also have period specific and theme specific (like dance or scribal etc.) Ithra.

One of the major problems with Ithra is that they are often an unbalanced draw for females over males. This is sometimes countered with a tourney on side. We also have Sport of Kings held every 2 years, which is a fighter training focus. http://www.sportofkings.org

If I were trying to plan an event that I wanted to potentially be a key date on the calendar, I'd choose to attract fighter attendance to draw more people (kingdom's best armorer lecture, Dukes offering one-on-one training are popular). But a major tourney adds LAYERS of complexity to planning a medieval university. Maybe a track of Dukes willing to offer training classes could kick off initial interest and would spawn a tourney. Especially if you offered an artisanal prize package. The ones offered for Sport of Kings were rocking, including the hand stitched appliqued cloak.