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Other Competitive A&S Venues

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There is no single way to run an Arts and Sciences Faire in the Middle Kingdom, however there is a good deal of tradition to the practice and many local A&S Faires are run on the model of the [[Regional arts and sciences faire|Regional A&S Faires]] and [[Kingdom arts and sciences faire|Kingdom A&S Faire]] held once a year.

An A&S faire is normally presided over the appropriate [[Minister of Arts and Sciences]] for the group holding the faire or a specific individual may be selected as part of the staff for the [[event]] at which the faire is held.

==Judged Faires==

Juried or judged A&S Faires may use the Kingdom A&S [[A&S criteria|criteria]], but are not required to. Less formal faires will simply have a pannel of judges selected by the co-ordinator to decide which of the entries is the winner for the day. Frequently smaller local faires will only have a few entries.

Judged Faires may or may not require [[documentation]] for entries.

===On being a Judge at an A&S Faire===

When Judging [[A&S criteria|criteria]] are present, the Judge's job is to interpret the criteria and rank the entry appropriately. (See [[A&S criteria]] for more on interpretting criteria.)

When no criteria are present, the judge's job is simpler, but not easier. Several factors must be weighed in comparing different A&S entries. It can be very difficult to judge which is more worthy between a singing performance, a bottle of cordial and an illuminated manuscript!

* Effort required (Scope)
* Documentation or Research done
* Skill
* Is the entrant a novice or beginner?

==Bean Counts==

One of the most popular types of A&S Competition because it is one of the simplest to run. Each entry in the competition is given a cup. Each judge (or in many cases anyone in attendance at the event) places a bean into the cup of their favorite entry. At the end of the day the faire coordinator simply counts the beans to determine a winner.

The downfall of this type of competition is that public voting tends to favor flashier entries, which may not necessarily be the most skilled, most difficult or most researched.

==Other Competitive A&S Venues==

A&S Competitions can have various and sundry themes or added incentives to add interest and participation.

* Competitions for a specific art, for example a siege kitchen cook-off or "Quick Quill Calligraphy Challenge"

* Team Competitions or Competitions wherein one segment of the population is pitted against another such as "Combatants vs. Non-Combatants" or Shire vs neighboring shire.

* Competitions requiring multiple entries such as a [[Division Champion]], Triathalon or [[Pentathalon]]

* Token or [[bean count]] are competitive displays where the populace present at the event deicde a winner by voting with 'beans' or tokesn that placed in a cup by each entry.

==Non-competitive of A&S Venues==

*[[A&S Display]]s are simple displays of created works. Intended to be non-competitive, but are sometimes themed.

*A [[Craftperson's Faire]] is not competitive. It is a display to feature faux medieval items that enhnace SCA life, cooler covers, easy break down chairs, etc. Most have the craftsman present during the display.

*A [[Laurel Prize Tourney]] is not competitive, but is a sort of manned display with attending laurels giving out small tokens of appreciation to the entrants. Entrants often have copies of their [[Documentation]] and research on hand for those interested. Instead it's a sort of show & tell with artisans sitting with thier display of created works and answering questions or demonstrating the art. There is no designated winner as it's a display.

*The [[Authentic Artifact Showcase]] is a display of recreations of Middle Ages/Renaissance period artifacts.

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