This is the first year for me in entertainment. Before that, I was a “Boothie”
What was my concern at faire? Having fun and making money for my booth. While our booth was different… and we got into the BFA etc… most do not.. other than the few words need to sell their wares… Good Day to you mistress etc.
In GENERAL, as a booth worker.. you really didn’t know who the “Characters” were at faire.. you didn’t know the details.. you knew The Queen obviously.. and maybe one or two other people.. who for some strange reason you happened to either be friends with or interacted with because they knew someone you knew. For instance… Booth workers.. had NO clue about the elections at southern this year. I would bet you money.. that unless someone in axe throw.. happened to know Jenny personally.. or knew me… they would have no clue that she is anyone other than one of the Wives. They had no clue that she was involved in SOMETHING. (ok, well maybe if they happened to make it to the front gate show, but really, as a booth worker, I was never able to do that.
People who work the food court, people who sell clothing, people who work the booths… do not go to the entertainment meeting in the morning. They have NO concept of what is going on in that world. How do I know? I have been at this faire for 10 years, and for the first 9, I never knew anything like that. You all know me.. I am not shy… I am usually involved in the goings on at faire… and yet.. I was unfortunately oblivious
How do we get everyone involved? We can’t have a faire wide meeting.. logistically that would be impossible. Many of the Entertainment people… have never seen the morning newsletter, and most of the non entertainment know what is going on otherwise.
How do we become one big cohesive group? I do not mean, one big cohesive group who is all caring about entertainment… because as we just realized.. that is one part of it. But how do we get EVERYONE involved in the entire faire.. as a unit… other than just their own little slice of the pie? MANY of the people who are going to respond to this… are in entertainment… try to think of things outside of your world. I am looking for suggestions… that might be embraced. I am not looking for slamming of any particular group. And to be honest… I am looking for suggestions that might be used by the powers that be.. Northern, Southern.. ANY faire… I will be cross posting this in a few tribes... to get different opinions and points of view
What was my concern at faire? Having fun and making money for my booth. While our booth was different… and we got into the BFA etc… most do not.. other than the few words need to sell their wares… Good Day to you mistress etc.
In GENERAL, as a booth worker.. you really didn’t know who the “Characters” were at faire.. you didn’t know the details.. you knew The Queen obviously.. and maybe one or two other people.. who for some strange reason you happened to either be friends with or interacted with because they knew someone you knew. For instance… Booth workers.. had NO clue about the elections at southern this year. I would bet you money.. that unless someone in axe throw.. happened to know Jenny personally.. or knew me… they would have no clue that she is anyone other than one of the Wives. They had no clue that she was involved in SOMETHING. (ok, well maybe if they happened to make it to the front gate show, but really, as a booth worker, I was never able to do that.
People who work the food court, people who sell clothing, people who work the booths… do not go to the entertainment meeting in the morning. They have NO concept of what is going on in that world. How do I know? I have been at this faire for 10 years, and for the first 9, I never knew anything like that. You all know me.. I am not shy… I am usually involved in the goings on at faire… and yet.. I was unfortunately oblivious
How do we get everyone involved? We can’t have a faire wide meeting.. logistically that would be impossible. Many of the Entertainment people… have never seen the morning newsletter, and most of the non entertainment know what is going on otherwise.
How do we become one big cohesive group? I do not mean, one big cohesive group who is all caring about entertainment… because as we just realized.. that is one part of it. But how do we get EVERYONE involved in the entire faire.. as a unit… other than just their own little slice of the pie? MANY of the people who are going to respond to this… are in entertainment… try to think of things outside of your world. I am looking for suggestions… that might be embraced. I am not looking for slamming of any particular group. And to be honest… I am looking for suggestions that might be used by the powers that be.. Northern, Southern.. ANY faire… I will be cross posting this in a few tribes... to get different opinions and points of view
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Re: How do we bring it all together?
Fri, June 13, 2008 - 6:35 PMIn the past, booth workers needed a minimum number of workshops. Far fewer than what a guildie required, but still, one or two. And in later years (or REC at Northern), there were special workshops specifically for boothies. Those helped. A tiny bit.
It really all boils down to the booth and the worker. Some people are working a booth because they don't want to go through the rigamarole of workshops. Other booths have so much going on beforehand that there's almost no time to force the issue. And still other booths are so desperate for people to work them, that they hire once faire begins, and all standards have gone out the window.
Workshops are still the best way to do this, even to the point of a first weekend "mini-shop", so that patrons who decide they want to work, can get some manner of quick immersion. The group experience builds character - sometimes in a good way, even.
It also comes down to the booth owner. More often than not, I've seen owners who don't care about the faire itself. They can barely recognize any of the court, and treat it like it was some kind of giant craft fair. If the booth owners don't care, they're not going to insist that their workers do so. -
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Re: How do we bring it all together?
Fri, June 13, 2008 - 7:00 PMI have heard this complaint a lot, ever since it stopped being mandatory that EVERYBODY take workshops,all the same ones, boothie or actor alike. Some booth owners didn't even know that workshops existed, let alone were available to them.except at Dickens, where workshops are in a diferent location and booth owners really need to be building their booths, and I really DO think there should be "remedial" workshops for booth owners as well. When I was a booth owner I required my staff to take more than the "required", bare minimum number of workshops, my booth, and everyone in it, was integrated into the story of my character and every guild I belnged to,.And yes, I too, started as a boothie..
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