Event Stewarding - August Investiture
Long time since my last post, but I have kept busy with things that are hard to photograph!
I put in an emergency bid for August Investiture, which was approved 5 months out. I expected maybe 100-120 people, until the King and Queen of An Tir decided to attend!! All of a sudden my little event ended up being higher profile, and luckily for me I had a team of people who had a better idea of what to do than I did ha! We had 221 people through gate at a very rustic but charming site.
There seemed to be non-stop issues to contend with, some site related, some situational, and some due to my inexperience. However, as with all events I've planned in my modern life role, eventually the momentum takes over and things run themselves. The photos of the day were gorgeous because the beauty of the Sunshine Coast is unparalleled. Did that mitigate the pain of sore feet for attendees? I hope so.
Event Stewarding under non ideal circumstances seems to have a lot of "staying calm and trying to find solutions" to it. This, along with a strong team of like minded, solution oriented, and cheerful people was the key to making it through an incredibly tough first day.
I'm glad I was able to host the event where my SCA family members of Afra, Isabella, and Maminka were elevated. That was the best part of the experience for me.
I didn't take a single picture.