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On Faire Invasions
Sep. 20th, 2005 01:56 pmLairde Guardn MCrack wrote:
I know this may seem like a foolish question, but I have always wondered how an "INVASION" is decided.
I have seen different Guilds post their own invasion plans based on the "AFR Invasion"
Who decides when an AFR Invasion is to be held, How is it determined which faire is to be invaded, What can you do to get your fair on the list, Where is the list, Is there a list, When is infromation decided, Is there a vote, Do the faires themselfs have a say, and a few other questions as well..........?????????
I guess I will sit back and wait to see the responses to this before I ask any more questions.
Invasion's these days aren't the massive gatherings they were in the late 90s and early naughties. they served their purpose, and we've mostly moved on.
The original invasion was simply someone going "I'll be at such-n-such faire on this weekend; if anybody wants to join me, we'll invade it together" and it grew from there. The larger invasions from there (MDRF 98, RPFS 99, MDRF 99) usually required cooperation from a local to coordinate getting group-rate tickets, finding common hotel group rates, getting a restaurant that'll handle the load. At their peaks, we were running over 100 people through.
( Things are different now... )
An invasion is, like anything involving a group of unorganized anarchic peoples like ourselves, just something that happens because somebody decided to try to let it happen and others agreed.
But the lesson learned from the early, huge invasions was simple: come to the faire and you will meet people who can be your friends, for a weekend or a life. We also learned we don't really need invasions to achieve that anymore...
Joe
Master William Larkin, Dancer, Maryland since 1995.
(Invasions: MDRF 98, CRF 98, RPFS 99, Sterling 99, MDRF 99, CRF 99, RPFS 00, Tux 00, MDRF 00, CRF 00, and after that its not worth counting anymore... ;-) ).
I know this may seem like a foolish question, but I have always wondered how an "INVASION" is decided.
I have seen different Guilds post their own invasion plans based on the "AFR Invasion"
Who decides when an AFR Invasion is to be held, How is it determined which faire is to be invaded, What can you do to get your fair on the list, Where is the list, Is there a list, When is infromation decided, Is there a vote, Do the faires themselfs have a say, and a few other questions as well..........?????????
I guess I will sit back and wait to see the responses to this before I ask any more questions.
Invasion's these days aren't the massive gatherings they were in the late 90s and early naughties. they served their purpose, and we've mostly moved on.
The original invasion was simply someone going "I'll be at such-n-such faire on this weekend; if anybody wants to join me, we'll invade it together" and it grew from there. The larger invasions from there (MDRF 98, RPFS 99, MDRF 99) usually required cooperation from a local to coordinate getting group-rate tickets, finding common hotel group rates, getting a restaurant that'll handle the load. At their peaks, we were running over 100 people through.
( Things are different now... )
An invasion is, like anything involving a group of unorganized anarchic peoples like ourselves, just something that happens because somebody decided to try to let it happen and others agreed.
But the lesson learned from the early, huge invasions was simple: come to the faire and you will meet people who can be your friends, for a weekend or a life. We also learned we don't really need invasions to achieve that anymore...
Joe
Master William Larkin, Dancer, Maryland since 1995.
(Invasions: MDRF 98, CRF 98, RPFS 99, Sterling 99, MDRF 99, CRF 99, RPFS 00, Tux 00, MDRF 00, CRF 00, and after that its not worth counting anymore... ;-) ).
