[Bards] Early History styles, filk, and frumpery - was - RE: My apologies to John Travolta and theBeegees, but it just kind of happened

[Gerald of Leesville]

Wow!  That was danged civil!  It's amazing what a decent night's sleep and
good grub will do.

I'm just getting over the shock of having been called a "voice of reason".
It's not my forte... ;-).  As for Adelaide coming at me with a knife ... it
was done with love ;-).

I understand the desire of many who have been in the SCA to chase "The
Dream".  It's an elusive thing, that, ephemeral at best.  There's a line
from the movie "Gladiator" which describes it best; "Once there was the
dream of Rome.  Speak of it in anything but a whisper and it would
disappear."

The Dream is like that.  Like many things, it's our expectation that
determines the ease or difficulty of obtaining that state of mind where we
turn back time.  The slightest whiff of what is called "mundane" can erase
the moment for some.  Others find it in the simple gathering of friends to
share stories, songs, and tunes.  As performers, we should try to respect
that.  In some cases it means that we must press ourselves further and find
the pieces we can perform that lend themselves to developing that
atmosphere.

There are other times to bring out the "silly" stuff.  Sometimes it's at the
behest of royalty.  Sometimes it fits the mood.  As a performer, I try to
keep the mood varied.  I like a mixture of sing-a-longs, ballads, shanties,
and early history pieces.

Anywho, it's turned into a long post agin.  Sorry.

Gerald.




On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Ken Theriot <kentheriot at ravenboymusic.com>
wrote:

>  Thanks Gerald!  Ah as ever you are the voice of reason, balance and
> calm.  When my lady (who may or may not have been the one coming at you with
> the knifeJ) saw what I had written, she said "well, if you wanted to piss
> someone off, I think you succeeded.   But if you wanted to state a reasoned
> and logical opinion, don't write when you're tired and frumpy.  It doesn't
> come across well."  Well, she didn't use those same words, but it amounts to
> the same thing.  And when my lady tells me this, then I know for sure it is
> true.  I have since learned that I suffered severe heat exhaustion over the
> weekend.  It if hadn't been for my squire (a nurse….can I pick 'em or what?)
> forcing undiluted Gatorade, bananas and pickle juice down my throat, things
> could have gotten really bad.  That's no excuse for being a jerk, though.
> So I apologize for the manner of post.
>
>
>
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