Bards - Re: ANST - mistake in bardic charter

[kyleena of the rom]

Greetings to our Premier Bard, from Lady Kyleena of the Rom,

   I am greatly looking forward to attending your classes at Bards and Arts. 
  Indeed there are going to be so many quality classes there, that I may 
have to bring my cassette player to help me attend them all, myself.  At any 
rate, my question conserns this "typo" of contention in the Bardic College's 
charter.

   Exactly what does this "aid" or "lack of aid"  for competitions entail?  
Does the College already have a list of recommended guidelines for different 
levels of Bardic competition?  Certainly there must be one, at least, for 
Kingdom level.  Word of mouth is our way, and this bard list has been a 
spectacular addition to our resources. (Never before, have I been on a list 
that I looked forward to hearing from.)  BUT not everyone is on line, and 
particularly in the Western Region, it is difficult to have a mentor at 
hand....  When an incipient shire starts, what is available for their bards? 
  What do we provide?
    I am, by nature of my being, a collector of information.  Like a 
battery, I hold what I've accumulated until it is needed elsewhere -and I am 
but one person. Hence, the Bardic College should be as a dynamo.  Politics 
and ramifications aside,to use its resources to provide basic RECOMMENDED 
guidelines, reading lists, and an access list of addresses (on and off line) 
would be invaluable to anyone who wished to effectively develope bardic 
skills.
   If any of these things are already available, I would love to know where 
to find them, and I will pass them on and on and on.
   Now I will apologize for probably stating a great many 
redundancies-"preaching to the choir" so to speak. I am but a poor Gypsy 
merchant and am not privy to many things of greatness (until recently this 
even included the access to the internet). I have been in the society since 
1982, and I have heard of the college, but alas that is all.  What has this 
organization provided in the past, and how is it meant to be used by the 
individual?  How do I access it's resources (with and without a computer)?
   I guess,in summation,the charter states generalities. I would like to be 
able to share with those I meet in my journeys more specifics about all that 
I've referred to above. What can I pass on to them from and about the Bardic 
College?

                             Respectfully Yours,
                            L. Kyleena of the Rom
                       <kyleena_of_the_rom at hotmail.com>


>From: John Ruble <ulfie at swbell.net>
>Reply-To: bards at ansteorra.org
>To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org, margiejr at sprintmail.com, 
>southern at ansteorra.org,        northern at ansteorra.org, 
>elfsea at ansteorra.org, bards at egroups.com,        bards at ansteorra.org, 
>jonwillowpel at juno.com
>CC: seneschal at ansteorra.org, kingsen at ionet.net
>Subject: Bards - Re: ANST - mistake in bardic charter
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:45:11 -0600
>
>Her Grace Duchess Willow wrote:
><snip>
> > bardic competition. I hope we can change that . I noticed that your
> > Charter is different from the one I put  out. This is a little 
>confusing.
>...<and snip>
> > is room for compromise between the two stands. But if this charter is to
> > supersede the earlier one then please take my name off. I do not support
> > the stand of "NO AID". THIS WAS NOT THE CHARTER I PUT MY NAME ON!!
>
>Your Grace,
>
>The document that Lady Simone published at my direction was the same
>document you handed me at Kingdom Eisteddfod (albeit with one big typo of
>the word 'not', some misspellings, and capitalization errors...)  In the 
>box
>you gave me were several more copies of that same document as well as 
>copies
>of your end of tenure reports.  The charter copies are very prominently
>noted as being signed by Daffydd and Octavia at your behest.  No other
>charters were in your box.
>
>I was under the impression, both from these facts and your words, that what
>you handed me was the charter as signed by Their Majesties.  If I am
>mistaken in this I apologize.
>
>I am copying the Kingdom Seneschals (old and new) to see if they have a 
>copy
>of the charter signed by the Crown so we can determine which one is actual
>law.
>
>I have not taken it upon myself to change the signed Word of the Crown, and
>stand ready to defend myself against any such challenge that may be
>forthcoming.
>
>Ulf Gunnarsson, OL
>Premier Bard of Ansteorra
>
>
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