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<DIV><SPAN class=417352905-27022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
seems slanted toward musical presentations, but that's just my hit. It's hard
for me to tell a story, period or otherwise, in five minutes. Songs and poems
seem more suited to the five minute time-limit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=417352905-27022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
again, aren't most of Shakespeare's great soliloqueys and monologs right around
five minutes? It's sort of like being a figure skater, cramming "Carmen" into a
five minute good bits tape. An interesting challenge.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=417352905-27022004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Esther</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> bards-bounces@ansteorra.org
[mailto:bards-bounces@ansteorra.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>antigonus
bearbait<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:07 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Bards List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] A Question of Timing in
Elfsea<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV>I think a person could do a period-style performance in five
minutes. Whether a single short performance is an adequate enough sample
to pick a bard for year is an entirely different matter! :) I expect
this was some kind of time-management decision based on "how long do we
want to spend judging this contest". - Mot<BR><BR><B><I>antigonus bearbait
<antigonus@lycos.com></I></B> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><BR>Hey
--<BR><BR>Tiggy here.<BR><BR>All right, from the Springfair Website:
<BR><BR>"Title Bard Competition -- No theme. Story, song,, or poem. Single
round. Performance must be five minutes or less in
duration."<BR><BR>**FIVE** minutes?<BR><BR>Are we SURE about
this?<BR><BR>Im really just asking, but a PERIOD piece COMPLETE with
introduction in under five minutes? Even WITHOUT the introduction, that's
pushing it.<BR><BR>Now, granted, I have won the Elfsea bardic competition in
under 5 minutes -- but it was in the final round of a 3-round competition,
there was little if any introduction, and it was an original
piece.<BR><BR>That, and five minutes in a single round seems an awfully
short time to judge a bard that will be representing your barony for the
following year.<BR><BR>What do you think?<BR><BR>Much thanx
<BR><BR>Tiggy<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_________________________!
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