[Bards] What is a bard?

[Genie Barrett]

At 01:41 PM 10/25/2006, you wrote:
>The definition that we came up with at the first KW Bardic College event
>(in 2000) when asked 'what the heck is bardic arts?' was:
>
>"Bardic Arts is Song, Story or Poetics that is relevant to the culture
>of the society" (note the small 's' in society;)

Song... Or should it be Music?

Why this choice of words?

Maggie