Is it just me...

[jducoeur]

... or does "Known World Rattan Symposium" just sound utterly dippy? I get this image of a bunch of guys passing around pieces of furniture. Surely there exists a better name.

(Okay, yes -- "Known World Dance Symposium" is little better. But I've been arguing for calling that "The Laurel Academy of Dance" for years now...)

Comments

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the correct term for KWRS is "Pennsic".

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

"Rattan" only makes sense if the main focus is the *rattan*. If the main focus is heavy list, it should say that instead.

heh

[camilla-anna.livejournal.com]

Known world armored combat symposium?

Academy of Armored combat?

I have more problem with the word "symposium" and 95% of the Northern Army, :p
More like fight club :D

Anna Dimitriova Belokon
"Frail flower" of the Northern Army (one of many...)

[hfcougar.livejournal.com]

Thanks, now I'm picturing fighters sitting in those huge wicker chairs with the big round backs, sipping on mint juleps...

Furniture

[metageek.livejournal.com]

Clearly, it's both fighting and furniture, followed by a combination event, whereby they apply the "hit it with a stick" test to find out whether furniture is Arts or Sciences. :-)

Where is the Salon?

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

Just saw "Known World Academy of Rapier" on SCA Today. This conversation has reminded me that I keep wishing that we would teach rapier and fencing in a Salon, not an academy.