<html><div style='background-color:'><P>the fool from the western region love's the idea!<BR></P>
<P>i have nothing to put in or detract from this glorious idea!!!</P>
<P>too fools everywhere </P>
<P>gael o'finnin the strange</P>
<P>fool from the western region<BR><BR></P>>From: Cathy Polakoff <cathy.polakoff@comcast.net> >Reply-To: Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@ansteorra.org> >To: Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@ansteorra.org> >Subject: Re: [Bards] THIS IS BIG! Fw: [SCA_BARDS] Proposed new bardicpublication >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 08:46:58 -0500 > >Your Excellency, > I think this is a terrific idea, and a wonderful >opportunity for expression, as well as research. I look forward to >hearing more, and I am already contemplating possible submissions. > >In Service, >Ly. Anna bat Chaim >Barony of the Steppes >Kingdom of Ansteorra > >Cathy Polakoff >972-416-2674 >cathy.polakoff@comcast.net > >At 08:58 AM 05/22/2004 -0700, you wrote: >>What a fantastic idea! Just wanted to let all of you >>in on this too! Her Excellency Tsivia has really hit >>it big with this one! >> >>Lady Eleanor Cleavely >>Barony of Sun Dragon >>Kingdom of Atenveldt >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: Dr. Shelley Rabinovitch >> > To: Bards-Ealdormere >> > Cc: Ealdormere list ; Pennsic bardic list ; >> > SCA_BARDS@yahoogroups.com >> > Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:39 AM >> > Subject: [SCA_BARDS] Proposed new bardic publication >> > >> > >> > Greetings all from TSivia! >> > >> > The bards of Ealdormere had a conclave (circle >> > although it was mostly ovoid >> > in shape) at our Crown tournament a week ago and I >> > asked our newer bards >> > "What can WE [the elder bards in the Kingdom] offer >> > YOU?" Lots of what we >> > were told had to do with teaching. >> > >> > So. Technology has given us the chance to do >> > something unprecedented in the >> > history of the SCA's arts and sciences. I'm willing >> > to throw my hat in
as >> > project co-ordinator as my life is not that >> > cluttered at the moment (just >> > two books looking to meet deadlines...LOL!). Here >> > is the plan: >> > >> > I have been talking off-list to a number of talented >> > web-specialists, who >> > work with html codes, web design, and much much >> > more. I have been >> > consulting with some of the more senior (in >> > experience) bardic types from >> > around the SCA (at least the ones I have email >> > addresses for). NOW I am >> > turning to the bards of the SCA through three >> > different email lists (and >> > PLEASE feel free to forward this onto Household >> > e-lists, kingdom lists, >> > principality lists, A&S lists, etc. etc.). >> > >> > I would like to see if there is interest in >> > launching a Bardic Arts magazine >> > covering ALL the activities within the SCA which we >> > could call "Bardic". I >> > suggest the name "Bardic Musings" (because of the >> > wonderful pun). It would >> > start at every other month "publication", and be >> > primarily an on-line >> > magazine. (We would also offer paper copies for >> > those who are not web >> > enabled, or who don't want to spend the time >> > printing off a copy.) >> > >> > My wish list (AND every last one of you are very >> > VERY welcome to help in all >> > ways) includes: >> > >> > - PICTURES of bards at events (or not at SCA >> > functions if it's a bardic >> > tie-in such as Mistress Marian of Heatherdale's >> > recent honour acting as >> > "Lady of the Roses" at a major musical function in >> > Cornwall, U.K.) >> > >> > - HOW to articles. How to compose modal music; how >> > to write
a ballad; how to >> > write sestinas; how to stage a mystery play; how to >> > be heard in a hall; >> > stage presence; how to entertain for children; how >> > to research period >> > stories; how to write stories/current middle ages >> > music/poetry, etc. etc. >> > >> > - HISTORICAL articles. Trouveres and troubadours in >> > 12th century Aquitaine. >> > The courts of love and their effects on medieval >> > love poems. Biblical >> > imagery in a particular author's works. Islamic >> > influence on sufi love >> > poems. The effects of the printing press on popular >> > music. and SO MUCH >> > MORE!! >> > >> > - ORIGINAL works. Poems in period forms. Songs in >> > period forms. >> > Instrumental compositions in original styles. How >> > to present a Shakespeare >> > piece in its original stageing. Original stories. >> > >> > - NOTATED and /or MP3 files of Current Middle Ages >> > works and/or source >> > music. The Child Ballad project ties in here as >> > it's an >> > available-to-everyone source for one style of period >> > and periodesque music. >> > This is a way to SHARE the works being created all >> > across the SCA which we >> > "oooh ahh" over at large events. >> > >> > - REVIEWS: of performances at big events like >> > Pennsic, Estrella, Gulf, etc. >> > etc.; new mundane music and/or musicians you think >> > would be of interest to >> > SCAers. CD releases by SCA musicians. BOOKS which >> > are good sources for SCA >> > bardic activities...etc. etc. >> > >> > - LANGUAGE articles: translations from other >> > languages, compositions IN >> > foreign tongues (or old tongues, such as Latin, >> > Middle Englis
h, Old Norse, >> > etc. etc.). >> > >> > - IMAGES (digitized) of musicians, performers, poets >> > from period sources >> > (and therefore copyright-free). This could become a >> > real sharing source for >> > SCA publications and researchers. I have an entire >> > photo collection of the >> > musicians carved on the lintels of just about every >> > arch at Beverley Minster >> > <Yorkshire>, and there are over 50 of them! (Beverly >> > was the patron city of >> > musicians in England, and there are wonderful >> > representations of musicians >> > all over the city!) >> > >> > - NEWS on bards who have received accolades: those >> > who are named bard of a >> > barony, Kingdom, principality; those who have >> > received an Arts award >> > (Kingdom or SCA wide); mundane appearances of SCA >> > bards, those who win large >> > bardic competitions...etc. etc. >> > >> > - NEWS on any mundane research which ties into what >> > we do as Bards. (E.g. >> > anyone's research which names a period song in some >> > source prior to 1650; a >> > new manuscript of notated instrumental music showing >> > up in some old chruch's >> > attic, etc. etc.) >> > >> > I have asked some of the well-established bards to >> > look through their >> > archives for old pieces they wrote and may have had >> > published over the >> > years. Dust them off, and submit them HERE! My >> > first article on >> > English/Scottish border ballads was in T.I. back in >> > around 1977 or so; I'll >> > lay bets it's a pretty "new" article to most folks >> > on these lists! >> > >> > I don't want this to become "just" a music/song >> > bardic publication.
I really >> > WANT this to cover the entire scope of SCA bardic >> > activities: plays, poems, >> > ballads, instrumental music, storytelling - maybe >> > even puppetry, fool'ing? >> > >> > I need YOUR help on this project. I've been setting >> > up the technical help >> > and now I need the writers/composers/ >> > storytellers to start to pitch in. (Many of us are >> > SHY ...even if the >> > outsiders don't believe it!!....and so it's a great >> > way to get some of your >> > writing and work out where people can see it without >> > making yourself a >> > nervous wreck!) >> > >> > I'd like to have this up and flying so that the >> > first issue will be out >> > before Pennsic (August). This way we can have some >> > sample copies available >> > for those who haven't heard about it but would want >> > to join the project and >> > we can start networking before the biggest SCA >> > function of the year. >> > >> > So: Feedback time. Does this appeal? Have I missed >> > things you'd like to see >> > in Bardic Musings? Do you have specific WANTS I >> > could try and get included? >> > Do you have pieces we can use? >> > >> > We haven't decided on the web address YET but I have >> > had a couple of very >> > good offers of web space <yaay!> to consider as our >> > location on the >> > Internet. >> > >> > **THIS IS NOT MY MAGAZINE; THIS IS YOUR MAGAZINE!** >> > How can we make this >> > the best publication you could have dreamed for? >> > >> > In your service >> > TSivia (and the amorphous Bardic Musings collective) >> > tsivia@uottawa.ca >> > >> > >> > >> > Submissions which cannot be
sent via the internet >> > can be mailed to: >> > >> > Shelley Rabinovitch >> > 149 Thornbury Crescent >> > Nepean, Ontario K2G 6C3 >> > Canada >> > >> > (Please note that postage to Canada will cost >> > Americans a bit more than >> > domestic rates. Verify before posting!) >> > >> > >> > >> > Community email addresses: >> > Post message: SCA_BARDS@egroups.com >> > Subscribe: SCA_BARDS-subscribe@egroups.com >> > Unsubscribe: SCA_BARDS-unsubscribe@egroups.com >> > List owner: SCA_BARDS-owner@egroups.com >> > >> > Shortcut URL to this page: >> > http://www.egroups.com/community/SCA_BARDS >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >> > ADVERTISEMENT >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_BARDS/ >> > >> > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email >> > to: >> > SCA_BARDS-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >> > >> > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the >> > Yahoo! Terms of Service. >> > >> > >> >> >> >>===== >>We are the musicmakers...and we are the dreamers of dreams - Willy >>Wonka and the Chocolate Factory >> >>Ego existo obstinantus - I am resolved >> >> >> >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Yahoo! Domains Claim yours for only $14.70/year >>http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer >>_______________________________________________ >>Bards mailing list >>Bards@ansteorra.org >
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