Fact Checking (SCA)

I made a comment ElseJournal, and I want to do some fact checking on myself. The substance of what I said isn't incorrect, but my numbers might be a bit off.

How big are standard Atlantia Twelfth Night feasts? I seem to remember that the feast for my first TN here was HUGE, something on the order of 600. It was in a real fancy hall somewhere in or near Ponte Alto, in 2005. Is it correct that it was that huge? Does anybody remember how many people were fed at the Dun Carraig Twelfth Night?

This was a big culture shock for me. In Northshield, a feast that large is unheard of. Feeding 200 people is a Big Production (tm) (ymmv) (iirc) (yadda yadda yadda).

How does that happen? How do 600 (or 400, as the case may be) people get fed? Are the kitchens huge? Is there a minimum hall requirement for TN?

How many people might come to a Twelfth Night?

(SCA Interkingdom Anthropology fans, feel free to chime in!) (You know I'm looking at you, ornerie...) :-D

(N.B. This is not a "my kingdom is better/more capable/more organized discussion. But you all knew that...) :-p