ANST - inspiration

[karl muller]

you inspire me. after reading this, i feel like taking up the bardic 
trail again.
km


>Hi.
>I am a bard, a storyteller, poet, and historian of Ireland. 
>You don't rave here, HL Giovanni, you give some excellent advice.
>A couple of observations,...
>"...we don't like bards."
>To "throw out" a performer is a personal choice, and the right of every 
camp.
>I have been told to take my tongue elsewhere a time or two myself.
>Not everyone in the Society is of Irish, Welsh, or Scottish lineage.
>Some may look upon performers as mere background noise, less then a 
serf.
>For some, that may be a historically accurate opinion to have.
>Yes, boistrous and obnoxious performers probably contributed to this 
problem,
>but what of the newcomer, or the performer acting courteously?
>Secondly, to the issue of respect.
>I agree totally.
>Yet, how many times have we heard that we should never let a few 
problem
>people ruin it for the rest of us?
>Is there no returning from the sufferage of one rude performer?
>I gladly suffer the cockiness of one performer to hear the talents of 
all the
>others.
>I do this because I know the obnoxiousness I myself am capable of.
>Hey, I'm Irish. Constant invasion does that to you. Guilty as charged.
>It would appear that the problem has already been stated a few weeks 
ago.
>Not only are some camps discourteous to peformers, but some performers 
are
>discourteous to camps they enter.
>This problem is not in question, in my opinion.
>The question is, what do we do about it?
>Do we encourage the performers to wander despite this occasional 
attitude?
>Certainly!
>Do we encourage camps to give welcome to those wandering?
>Why not?
>It's easy enough to state that one wishes to be left to private 
conversation
>without being insulting. Performers are offering a gift, after all.
>It's easy enough for a performer to follow your example and respect the 
wishes
>of a camp wishing solitude. As you said, it's they're camp.
>Are most performers convinced they are above all, save the King?
>No, that's a dangerous attitude to have, and I have yet to meet a 
performer
>who believes that.
>Are most performers little better then beggers, and less deserving of 
courtesy
>then others?
>No, we are all assumed to be gentry in this game.
>My final word? Campers, give the next performer who approaches you a 
chance,
>and a drink if the performance merits it. Turn away those who give 
insult.
>Performers, consider the privacy of a camp, and the different attitudes 
people
>have toward performers. Turn away if a welcome is hesitant.
>Surely, it's not rudeness we wish to set as a standard, but courtesy.
>That's why we travel, pay, and play in the first place, performers and 
campers
>alike.
>~Fionnagan
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