[Bards] Eisdedfodd, my experience...

[Brian O'hUilliam]

The lady who performed "Just One Time" was Adelina of the Steppes.
The maker of the clasps was Master Aethelston.

Brian

On Dec 17, 2007 9:03 AM, Genie Barrett <ladymaggie at justinanimator.com>
wrote:

>
> While I didn't take notes, I was there...sorry to everyone I don't
> mention, or whose name I have forgotten.  I'm so terrible with names.
>
> Judging where Master Finnacan, of course, Prince Aaron--who
> volunteered to judge, in true Ansteorran fashion, and Master
> Tiggy.  Our Stellar King, and honored Princess also sat through the
> entire competition and granted it much honor  and dignity, I must say.
>  GRIN
>
> Dragonsfire Tor set up two pavilions for us.  They set them up in a T
> so that overflow from the beautiful pavilion the performances could
> still be in out of the weather.  There were two heaters, much
> appreciated, and plenty chairs and a table for the judges.  They also
> provided coffee and tea for all.  They were very gracious hosts.
>
> The first round started with Master Ihon doing a period poem about
> Death, and holding a mummified head as he did it.  Then we had a
> Master Darius' song "For Just One Time" by.... Sorry, I am so
> horrible at names... some great alliteration by Nix, an Italian song
> by Mea, some great stories, Mulan (Me) and finished with an original song.
>
> As each performer finished, they took a slip of paper form the
> "Dreaded Box of Doom" and the expressions were awesome.  Master Ihon,
> who got the first one asked for clarification, but received a
> simple... "That's for you to interpret."  Subjects included Classic,
> creepy, happy, cheerful, rousing, something like marshal or warlike,
> and several others.  What was NOT pulled were some of the easier
> ones, like patriotic.
>
> Then the second round began.  Same order, so Master Ihon began
> again.  He gave the judges a choice of Period Classic, Current Middle
> Ages Classic, or Classic Ansteorran (guess who got classic).  The
> judges chose number two, and he performed a wonderful piece that most
> people knew, though I didn't.  Very beautiful piece.  Then things got
> cheerful with Nix and Mea and then I changed the mood with my
> "creepy" song.  GRIN  Why is it, that the subject you get is the
> hardest one for you?  Me with creepy, HE Namron with "cheery"... What
> can I say.  Things got fun by the end, and then finished with another
> original piece that brought tears to an eye or two.
>
> ---An aside, here.  HE Ihon and I were talking before the competition
> about how one should save Born on the Listfield for the second round,
> because it fits so many subjects, but I'm sorry, creepy just isn't
> one of those subjects....
>
> We had a break for a half hour, and then we all gathered back in the
> pavilion to hear the finals.  Master Finnacan gave much deserved
> complements to each performer, and then announced who would
> advance.  Master Ihon, Nix, and Mea.
>
> The final round was to be a performance to thank Dragonsfire Tor for
> their hospitality.  Mea started with a beautiful poem of gratitude
> and honor.  Then Master Ihon told a story of how Dragonsfire Tor came
> to be.  Then Nix finished with much alliteration in a poem honoring
> the Tor and their history.  This was an amazing competition, and I
> was glad that I was not judging it.
>
> Some time later, maybe half an hour, the King and Queen opened
> court.  They processed in, and did just one thing... Announce, after
> much honoring and thanking, that HE Stargate, Master Igon, had
> won.  Then, because he had to go home before feast, Master Ihon again
> performed his piece for the assembled populace.  I even think it was
> better in the second telling than the first.
>
> When Master Finnacan passed on the regalia, he started with a new
> bard's cloak.  He had commissioned HE Rixende de Rouen to make a new
> cloak.  It is beautiful.  Gold wool, trimmed in black, with a two to
> three foot harp on the back with a rose in the middle.  She has sown
> beads that catch the light in the center of the rose.  It is to be
> lined, a removable and washable lining, in red linen.  There is also
> a small trim to be added to tack down the edge of the black bordering
> (rumor has it, that they will be in the motley colors).  That has not
> been finished yet.  I cannot remember (someone help me?) the name of
> the lord who made the clasps, but they are also roses and
> beautiful.  Makes one really want to win next year.
>
> Court recessed, and then feast began.
>
> What a fun and enjoyable day.  The competition was fierce, the
> performances were all enjoyable.  An awesome day.
>
> Maggie
>
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