[Bards] Topic: Is the usage of performers in your area, and events in general, sufficient?
Jay Rudin
rudin at ev1.net
Wed Oct 25 09:52:52 PDT 2006
Michael Silverhands wrote:
> Thank you for that history, Your Grace! I apologize for not knowing
> it. In light of this, I concede that most of my points were wrong,
> except one: it *was* politics that killed the College. :-(
>
> However, I stand by my opinion that the bards don't need a college,
> household, or whatever in order to flourish.
True -- the bards don't "need" a college. And the fencers don't need a
legion and the peers don't need circles and the royal peers don't need to be
a "Royal Family" and the re-enactors don't need a kingdom and two lovers
don't need a marriage and like-minded Ansteorrans don't need households and
...
... but enough. People don't join together because they "need" to; they
join together because they want to.
> They just need a venue
> in which to perform, the desire to perform in it, and the heart to
> illuminate us with their craft (even when some would prefer not to be
> illuminated).
True. But the fact remains. We had a greater abundance of bards and bardic
support when we had a college -- a system of people dedicated to the bards
(which we have now) and a structure that made it easier to do (which we
don't have now).
Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
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