A group of us in Arizona put on an Elizabethan-themed feast in July (we were inspired by the Perfectly Period Feast). It wasn't an SCA event per se as it wasn't on the calendar but it also wasn't private. Instead it was a limited number of paying guests who sat the feast and an almost equal number of volunteers who did the serving, cooking, etc. People knew about this event nine months ahead of time so the guests had plenty of time to make upper class Elizabethan outfits. The volunteers made clothes more appropriate to the servant class. I truly think this is the only way to do a very specific culture/time period event because everyone involved truly wants to be there and so there's no complaining about the theme.
Elizabethan-Themed Event
Date: 2010-02-18 05:21 am (UTC)