[Bards] Bard project???

[willow taylor]

Yes, that would be it. But I think it would OK to touch on some matters
that are covered by other booklets. Many people have never seen those
booklets. For example I could see a cute poem on the Courtesy addresses.
Maybe putting them in poetry would make them easier for some people to
remember.

I did this poem a while back but I lost half of it.

The Question has been asked of late
of how I should relate to canton, shire, barony and  state.
Should I be forceful or mild, timid or bold.
Should I speak up right away or wait till I'm told.
The Answer is not hard to find.
It lays in wisdom as old as time.
In everyone there lies a dream
quietly waiting to be seem.
For some it is the Hero of the Nordic lands,
whose strength of honor and gift-giving hands
show us the glory of his heroic times
and to this glory out hearts he binds.
For others it is the noble, question knight,
whose love of justice sets things right.
He protects what is meek, and mild, and fair,
so love of Art and Beauty floats through the air.
Some love the ready with and flashing smile
of those who follow the rapier style.
In glorious splendor, well array
they can dance to sunrise or go on a raid.
Each one brings their part of dream
And all together it makes an unique special thing.
What should we do to make this shining  star glow?
First be fair of speech. This makes friend of foe.

( the rest of the poem went on to discuss Manners)

I was thinking of a small introduction and then a sections on table
manners, how to greet people,what to do and not do when going up into
court, basic etiquette with hand kissing, dealing with personas, the
don't of camping, etc.  Each section would have some funny things on what
not to do. I thought each one of us could take a section.  This is not
written in stone. The one thing I hoped to stress is basic courtesy.
Always put yourself in the other person shoe and make it easier for the
other person. I don't think it should be very long.



On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 08:23:35 -0500 "Gottfried Krimmelbein"
<gottfried at zamigo.net> writes:
> In essence the suggestion is for a booklet on manners that are not
> taught
> nor instructed in the new comer forms and booklets such as "The
> Guiding
> Hand" "Complete Participants Handbook", "Known World Handbook"
> Manners,
> etiquette, etc... and doing it in poetry form correct?
>
> Gottfried
> StoneBridgeKeep
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Fitzmorgan at aol.com>
> To: <bards at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bards] Bard project???
>
>
> > --
> > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> > In a message dated 7/4/02 10:38:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > jonwillowpel at juno.com writes:
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Are their any Bard projects in the works?
> > >
> > > I have an idea for one that we could work on our free time. A
> courtesy
> > > book. Have you ever seen one. I will try to get you an example.
> They
> were
> > > in poetry form and they would have a section on table manners
> and one on
> > > talking to you betters and one on being nice to everyone. They
> usually
> > > had funny parts.
> > >
> > > I had the idea when I was dealing with a newcomer. He went
> through the
> > > buffet line like it was an all you can eat place.  He had never
> been at
> a
> > > buffet that wasn't a "all you can eat". He wasn't rude he just
> didn't
> > > know better. Many of our newcomers don't realize the economics
> of the
> > > SCA. This subject is broached in the period courtesy book so we
> could
> > > talk about the problem and not seem out of line.
> > >
> > > What do you all think?
> > > Willow
> >
> > It sounds interesting and useful to me.
> >
> > Robert
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