ANST - A Question for the Performers

[Lady Simone]

Thankyou Giavonni,

Back to the Question posses by Mistress Willow de Wisp.

What can the Laurels do, or we would like to see them do for the performing
arts??

Lady simone


>
>Greetings Friends!
>
>--Warning!  I'm going to rant a bit...may even foam at
>the mouth and spit...just stand back and beware.  ;)
>
>Perhaps it is just me, but in the years that I have
>been performing in the SCA I have never, repeat, never
>been treated badly, or with anything less than
>appreciation.
>
>I think it has a great deal to do with how I view what
>I do.  When I perform, it is not as a "star attraction"
>who must be listened to or else.  I do it on the invitation
>of the host at the campsite.  Period.  I also try very
>hard to sing a piece that is appropriate for the mood
>the the camp.  If it is war they want, then that is what
>they get.  If it is time for somethign slow and depressing
>then that's what I do.  It it's happy songs they want, I
>encourage others to perform them.*  (not my gig, haven't
>found suitable ones yet.)
>
>The idea of "forcing" someone to listen to me is abhorrent!
>
>If I start a song and no one is paying attention, then
>I have obviously picked the wrong moment, the wrong
>audience or the wrong piece, and I quietly slink away.
>
>One of my biggest pet peeves is the gentle soul who
>angrily shouts, "Attend!" in order to quiet a crowd for
>a performance.  I am a poor performer indeed, if I cannot
>gain the attention of the audience without someone to
>shout them into silence.**
>
>If they don't want to listen, then they shouldn't have to.
>I will not force them.
>
>I was recently told by someone "If you come to our camp
>at Gulf War, expect to get thrown out, we don't like
>bards."  Okiedoke.  I can take a hint.  Thanks for sharing
>and no hard feelings.  I don't feel animosity towards
>them because they don't give me "the respect I deserve".
>Please.  It's their camp, it's their rules.  If I didn't
>respect their rules, what reason do I have to expect them
>to respect me?
>
>I think this attitude of "I'm a bard*** so you must listen
>to me!" is one of the major factors in the decline of
>campside performance that we talked about a couple of weeks
>ago.  People are tired of that attitude and have been
>burned by it.
>
>[pant, pant]  Okay, end of rant.
>
>
>HL Giovanni di Cellini.
>Northkeep
>Ansteorra.
>
>
>*  Rule number one, be part of the audience before you
>perform.  Unless you have listened to what everyone else
>is doing, you can not know what would be appropriate for
>you to perform when it is your turn.
>
>**  I know the person means well, but ... it annoys me
>none the less.
>
>*** Yeah, I know, I know...I use the term "bard" here in
>the SCA-slang context.  Notice I don't call myself one.
>I am a singer.
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