In the summer of 2014 AS 49 my Barony of an Dubhaigeainn won the bid to host the K&Q Rattan Championship.
This was a Royal Progress event, (RP) meaning that the sitting King and Queen as well as the sitting Heirs, come to your local area and attend the event...
The Royals need a space of their own (the Royal Room) that is not needed at Non-RP events.
If the Heirs attend they need space too, that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There will be at least 2 courts (local and Royal).
There may be Vigils and Elevations; these usually mean a morning court as well as the evening court.
Vigils require extra space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
Local people will receive awards.
Non-local people will receive awards.
Royal Entourage people will receive awards.
The Royal Heralds need space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There are usually Merchants selling things.
Merchants require extra space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There is MUCH more stuff for court, and much more time required for court
There is usually a larger than normal feast.
There may be 'Special Guest Feastocrats' (folk who normally wouldn't cook for a Non-RP event.)
There is usually a special menu, with items that are not usually available at Non-RP events, like Duck, Venison, etc.
There will be extra people coming for the special Feast.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming to participate in the Main Thing (in this case the Rattan fighting.)
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming because It's An RP.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people in the Entourage for the Royals, and for the Heirs.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming to Shop at the Merchant Booths.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be MORE CHILDREN among all these extra people.
There will need to be children's activities.
We usually have this, even at Non-RP events, but this will need to have larger capacity.
There will be A LOT more cars.
All of this requires a LOT more space, time, organization, and (you guessed it) people that are not needed at Non-RP events.
The autocrat for this event was Thorolf Egilsson, the real life husband of then Baroness Mistress Suzanne Neuber DeLondres. I volunteered to be his assistant. The assistant is the Autocrat should the regular autocrat need to go offsite (which he did.) The assistant basically is a second set of eyes, ears, hands as needed during the event. You spend a lot of time waling around the site. Either you are on a mission to find a particular person, or an answer, or a thing; or you are checking on your Marshall's, retainers, liaisons etc. to make sure that all is well with them. You also have to fix it (or find someone who can, or get the autocrat in on it) when all is NOT well.
I also wrangled the merchants. This was not really a big deal as we didn't need to charge them anything extra. It was mostly serving as point of contact before and on the day, and showing them where to set up, and making sure they closed during evening court. I did have one merchant who was a last minute entry, who was told by the Baroness that she could set up in a spot that was actually reserved for someone else, and had a bit of a kerfuffle when I required her to move. She was a local who actually should have known better, but it all worked out in the end.
I also did my favorite thing to do at an event, Retain!!! It was at this point that I met and served then Princess Caoilfhionn and Prince Brennan, and their children Girl C and Boy B. The Princess and I hit it off very well, and became quite friendly. It is only geography that gets in the way of becoming closer friends... she's in Jersey and has 2 young kids, I'm on Long Island with teenage/20's kids... different mundane worlds, similar personalities... Brennan and Caoilfhionn went on to sit the thrones 3 times, and I retained for them in each reign. They are 2 of my "I would love for you to speak" for my elevation (if it ever happens)
The event went well and helped establish An Dub as a good RP location. I got more Autocratting experience and learned a lot about an RP and how it works. I met more folks from off the Island and had a lot of fun.
This was a Royal Progress event, (RP) meaning that the sitting King and Queen as well as the sitting Heirs, come to your local area and attend the event...
The Royals need a space of their own (the Royal Room) that is not needed at Non-RP events.
If the Heirs attend they need space too, that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There will be at least 2 courts (local and Royal).
There may be Vigils and Elevations; these usually mean a morning court as well as the evening court.
Vigils require extra space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
Local people will receive awards.
Non-local people will receive awards.
Royal Entourage people will receive awards.
The Royal Heralds need space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There are usually Merchants selling things.
Merchants require extra space that is not needed at Non-RP events.
There is MUCH more stuff for court, and much more time required for court
There is usually a larger than normal feast.
There may be 'Special Guest Feastocrats' (folk who normally wouldn't cook for a Non-RP event.)
There is usually a special menu, with items that are not usually available at Non-RP events, like Duck, Venison, etc.
There will be extra people coming for the special Feast.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming to participate in the Main Thing (in this case the Rattan fighting.)
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming because It's An RP.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people in the Entourage for the Royals, and for the Heirs.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be extra people coming to Shop at the Merchant Booths.
There will be the people that come with these extra people.
There will be MORE CHILDREN among all these extra people.
There will need to be children's activities.
We usually have this, even at Non-RP events, but this will need to have larger capacity.
There will be A LOT more cars.
All of this requires a LOT more space, time, organization, and (you guessed it) people that are not needed at Non-RP events.
The autocrat for this event was Thorolf Egilsson, the real life husband of then Baroness Mistress Suzanne Neuber DeLondres. I volunteered to be his assistant. The assistant is the Autocrat should the regular autocrat need to go offsite (which he did.) The assistant basically is a second set of eyes, ears, hands as needed during the event. You spend a lot of time waling around the site. Either you are on a mission to find a particular person, or an answer, or a thing; or you are checking on your Marshall's, retainers, liaisons etc. to make sure that all is well with them. You also have to fix it (or find someone who can, or get the autocrat in on it) when all is NOT well.
I also wrangled the merchants. This was not really a big deal as we didn't need to charge them anything extra. It was mostly serving as point of contact before and on the day, and showing them where to set up, and making sure they closed during evening court. I did have one merchant who was a last minute entry, who was told by the Baroness that she could set up in a spot that was actually reserved for someone else, and had a bit of a kerfuffle when I required her to move. She was a local who actually should have known better, but it all worked out in the end.
I also did my favorite thing to do at an event, Retain!!! It was at this point that I met and served then Princess Caoilfhionn and Prince Brennan, and their children Girl C and Boy B. The Princess and I hit it off very well, and became quite friendly. It is only geography that gets in the way of becoming closer friends... she's in Jersey and has 2 young kids, I'm on Long Island with teenage/20's kids... different mundane worlds, similar personalities... Brennan and Caoilfhionn went on to sit the thrones 3 times, and I retained for them in each reign. They are 2 of my "I would love for you to speak" for my elevation (if it ever happens)
The event went well and helped establish An Dub as a good RP location. I got more Autocratting experience and learned a lot about an RP and how it works. I met more folks from off the Island and had a lot of fun.
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