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1. 12th night has been around and traditions have come and gone. Duke Sir Koris then just Koris autocrated the first one and the first tradition was started. We did a scene form a play. It was a bit showing the meeting of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary of Scotland. I played Queen Elizabeth and Kathryn de la Cousay played Mary. The 2nd 12th night started a lot of traditions. The Clan Caldal autocrated it under my father Red Dog MacKenzie and myself. We started the tradition of very good decorations for the event. We lighted the event with candles. We had a play again I think it was the witches’ scene from Macbeth. We started the table decoration contest and Lady Isobel of the towers won it. She had provided the prize of the Silver tongs. The same silver tongs that were given this year. We also started the costume contest and it was the three period, early, middle and late and male and female winners. We had a march of the people at the event to show off costumes. The contest was for look and effect not construction of clothing. After that sometimes the contest was for best male and female dress and sometimes it was with an expanded field. We sang the 12th night song and had a lords leaping contest. Over the next years we did this off and on. Over the next years we outdid ourselves with decorations. In those days we didn't have the painted wall hangings so we decorated with fabric. Clan Caldal often provided it because we had the biggest collection. The march of the people in the costume contest became bigger and bigger. It was short of fazed out. We became so large that marches of any kind became too big and we stopped them, but that was after Sir Randal von Norlickwald was Prince. `1 Serving was done with teams and often done with some kind of show. The year Sir Koris was king of Atenveldt the bread was bought in and thrown to the people. Typically the food was served on large platters that sat in the center of the table. Music was played. We prided ourselves that we would serve some things that were absolutely period, but we wanted to make people emote with idea of a feast so we would build up the platters and put the bowls and things on them so they really looked like a feast. We did a lot of fun foods-- turkey legs, things people could pick up and eat with gusto. The food was announced. The head table was a show. They got special food and subtleties. These were paraded around the hall. Often special treats we sent to and from the head table. One time Master Lloyd sent a raw chicken to the King. Of course that is another story. I had a lot of other things to say, but my computer ate it and now I am tired. Maybe I will try again to remember things. Do any of you remember special things that we did at 12 night.