[Bards] Eisteddfod as a stand alone event -- was Apologies

[Esther]

You know, if we could forego alcohol.... Boy Scout camps and such like HAVE those things.
   
  We can also look at red cross facilities, too.
   
  Would the host 'take abath', since this is a Kingdom event? Shouldn't it be able to draw on Kingdom funds? (I don't know, this is an honest question.) Hasn't it been putting funds in the Kingdom budget it hasn't been expending?
   
  We can do this, I know we can.
   
  Emma

Cynthia Rogers <wolfpaws at mac.com> wrote:
  What you describe sounds like a lot of fun. And you bring up the two 
practical points that must be negotiated--
We need an inexpensive site (so the gate can be lower and the host 
group doesn't take a bath),
and we need to think about the impact of a camping event in winter on 
the performers vocal chords, and the impact of the weather on the 
number of people who come-- since to have a good crowd, we would be 
relying on the bards from the four corners of the kingdom to drive to 
it.

Having said that-- let me share my own secret fantasy--
Musicians, jongleurs, performers of all ilk used to be bumped out of 
a job during Lent each year in the high Middle Ages. No weddings, no 
fairs, no music in church-- no paying gigs. So they would gather in 
specific towns to "winter-over" (somewhat like circuses do). They 
would use the time to swap songs, practice new skills, learn the news 
from the other performers, and try to stay warm.

I've always thought that might make a fun themed event. (Although, I 
always imagined it paired up with an industrial kitchen and people 
doing hands-on cooking classes as well. But that's probably just the 
smell of fresh baked bread in the hall.)

Best,
Rhiannon

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