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[Siobhan Ni Fearguis]

Heh...that's why you *alternate*!  ;)  Actually, I only have a couple of 
pieces because I'm so new, but I've always gone back and forth between 
comedy and serious in my poetry.  I think my first piece for the SCA was a 
fairly light one.  One rule, I always go by...keep the serious ones 
comfortably short.  ;)



Siobhan Ni Fearguis




>         Please understand, I am NOT belittling what you do. But for me,
>'just for fun' is what I like best.
>         It seems to me that when bards get together we can turn out any
>amount of what I tend to call "pompous, bombastic, Wagnerian brass-bra"
>stuff, but after a half hour or more of such pieces the audience's
>patience is usually more than a little strained. I consider "The Rhyme of
>the Ancient Mariner" to be an excellent piece, but if the best performer
>in the world chose to actually DO it, I would still think he was abusing
>his listeners' patience.
>         Because of that, I tend to try to keep things fairly short, light
>and fun. True, some of my stuff is "tear-jerkers", but much of it is done
>solely to bring the audience back to life after listening to someone go
>for 10 minutes on the history and deeds of someone they've barely heard
>of.
>         True, I don't win a lot of awards or titles. But I sure do enjoy
>myself a lot.
>
>
>       In Joyful Service,
>
>
>               Iain MacCrimmon
>
>
>                     Cave Tyranniam Timorium Suorum
>
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