[Bards] Situations That Ruin Bardic Circles
T'Star
bedlamandmayhem at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 08:19:01 PDT 2007
While I agree with the intent of many of these 'rules' for a bardic
circle... frankly having a highly regimented circle to start with does
much to destroy the reasons I go. A bardic circle is a gathering
where people go to enjoy a performance and not just their own. And
the structuring that is being suggested sounds like the rules for the
competitions I hear about, prepare for, and participate in (when life
does not intervene, usually with no notice.) A circle should be
/less/ formal than a competition. If there is a
I also must add cautions about sing alongs. They can drive people out
as fast as they can bring them in. ESPECIALLY if they are started at
a poorly chosen range. I've stopped singing with my own home group in
sing alongs because they NEVER get out of alto range and I am a high
soprano. Every time I transpose up I get sat on, even if there IS a
fifth up part that I'm singing along with. It's gotten to the point
where it is not worth it for me to try. At the moment if a group is
predominantly sing a longs I won't join. I don't ask for much from a
sing a long. Just the oportunity to actually sing with the group
without getting squashed for going up an octave because I'm a high
soprano NOT an alto and my voice does not extend far into the bass
clef. When you have a bardic circle you're probably going to have a
wide variety of vocal ranges. Pick something central or familiar that
can easily be taken up or down to suit the ranges of the participants,
or you've just basically told a section of your circle they're not
important enough to work with.
~Svetlana Andreivna Volkova
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