RenDezvous in 2010

[Blue66669]

Well, I'm going to put up a poll about this, just to see. We'll have to propose a date I'm sure...

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

From a Northerner.....

Extreme heat for people who aren't used to it can be very dangerous.  And if those people are in garb, even more chance for heat stroke/ heat exhaustion/ dehydration.

Last year at Rendezvous in TN, we spent a part of each day in the first aid with icepacks on.  And joined by others, including those used to the heat.

Although Texas locals probably won't be as affected, an earlier, cooler season might be a better choice for those out-of-towners who could have potential problems with the heat.

Just my 2 cents.  Hope you don't mind my jumping in, but the purpose of a RenDezvous is for the maximum number of people to come from all over, and if people won't come because of their fear of sweltering heat, it kind of defeats the purpose.

[eloquentXI]

Indeed. The weather is MUCH MUCH cooler the beginning of April...its just a matter of whether people will be willing to sacrifice a full nother day at faire/travel time for cooler tempratures.

[Zaubon]

Time for my two cents.
Knowing my intolerance for the cold it's hard to believe that I too grew up in those northern climes. When I lived in the frozen north, I considered anything over 75 intolerably hot. This last Memorial Day was much cooler than last year, but I still saw several heat injuries among Texans. For people that are not accustomed to our heat and humidity Memorial Day would be a non starter. More people able to come join us outweighs the extra day of faire. Think of it like us trying to attend MNRF or Sterling in January. I know that I wouldn't even consider exposing myself to that kind of cold without a lot more incentive than faire. On the other extreme which is probably a better example, imaging Scarby running in July-August rather than April-May. Would you be there, in garb, in those months?

[angusmacinnes]

Okay like Zaubron I too am not fond of the cold.  Being native to Texas I still find the heat to be somewhat intolerable along about Memorial Day.  With all the comments about that having been made I think it has been well established that Memorial Day Weekend is not the time so we should move on to "when" as opposed to "when not"  I would think that one of the 2 first weekends of Faire would be a much more tolerable time for most.  If it were to snow, which we all know was not the norm that year, all the better to resemble the time we are attempting to portray.  Okay, that is my penny and a half worth for now.

[Al-Nimer]

I would vote for any of the first 4 weekends, maybe Highland Fling weekend being a good one.  This year the weather was very "Scottish", being just a bit cool & drizzly in the AM, but warming up nicely into the low 70s, if memory serves.

[dragonslayer808]

Any weekend will be fine with me, after all I'm there for all 8 of them

[Ryk Rakham]

OF course I would vote for Scarby but I will lean a bit toward earlier in the season. Opening weekend is usually cool, the snow was a bit weird but it was the only time in history that occurred. I've been several times on Memorial weekend when the temps were approaching 100 and it always seems to be hot that weekend. I'm for the cooler, nicer weather of April but will cast my vote for Scarby regardless...just let us know when to do so Blue...

[Blue66669]

Basically, what will happen is there will be a forum-wide vote for next year, and once a faire wins, there's another forum-wide vote concerning the dates. The best that we can do is to make the arguement for earlier in the season and hope that the voters can see reason LOL. I'll post up when it's time for us all to vote. Tell all your friends, and remember to campaign as much as you can. We've got some stiff competition, and we're going to have to work for the votes.

[Lairde Guardn]

Blue, that is not entirely correct, basically the "Host" chooses the weekend.  But many of the hosts have put the choice up to the vote.  And as we have learned from past experience, those that travel from out of state prefer the three day weekends, and so far the holiday weekend has always won overwhelmingly.  I have always prefered to the rendevouz being a different weekend than the holiday, due to the fact that the holiday weekends seem to be everyones choice for their invasions, and faires like Scarbourough will have ten or twenty groups already there on Memorial Day, if not more.   Also those that are members of groups usually have a "annual" event scheduled for those weekends. I for one have been lucky that I have not had to choose between my annual event and rendevoux yet, but I see it happening in the near future if they continue to select memorial day or labor day as the weekend.

[Blue66669]

Ah, I guess I misunderstood then. Thanks Guard'n. I personally am keeping my vote for either opening weekend or late April (there's always a bit of an invasion because we celebrate about 5 birthdays that weekend). I would be happy to host either. I don't think I'm even going to give Memorial Day a second thought because of the heat. It's just TOO much, even for me.

[Duckie84]

I concede on the memorial day weekend. I like the idea of late April.

[Var Greyshadow]

Late April would probably be good.  We're hoping to go to PyrateCon in New Orleans next year, so if it's like this year, we'd be missing opening weekend.  Some Memorial Day weekends have been OK, but mostly it's too hot to have a really good time.

[dragonslayer808]

After mid April would be good.  All the foilage should be in and the grounds won't be beaten into a mud hole yet.  That would give the out-of-towners a chance to see the beauty of our Faire.

[Blue66669]

Alright people, we'll be up against some tough competition. We need to make sure that we're ready to put up a good arguement for our faire! Looking at the other faires, we've got a February 3 day weekend at a faire with a proper liquor license, another 3 day weekend possibility in the summer at a northern faire, and a late year faire in Louisiana that is the last show of the season. If we're going to get the votes, we need to be able to give good facetime for Scarby. Not that it needs our help, but a little push won't hurt LOL.