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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Are there pasties for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Is there a g-string for her?"</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is it any wonder why her student is a bawdy bard? LOL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seriously though, words cannot express how happy and proud I am for my dear teacher.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alden Drake</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Jay Rudin <rudin@ev1.net><BR>To: Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@ansteorra.org><BR>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 12:10:01 AM<BR>Subject: [Bards] Mistress Eleanor Fairchild<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tonight at the Pennsic War, the kingdom of Ealdormere elevated Eleanor Fairchild, a former Premier Bard of Ansteorra and a Truly great harpist, to the rank, estate, style, title and degree of Mistress of the Laurel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am told that it was a moving and delightful ceremony, and that, as a tribute to her persona and art, she was gifted with Elizabethan sweetmeats and a replacement harp string as well as the traditional Laurel medallion, cloak and wreath.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those who attended the ceremony will long remember the strong emotions they experienced as the heralds proclaimed:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Is there a medallion for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Is there a cloak for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Is there a wreath for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Are there pasties for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Is there a g-string for her?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Ummmm...</DIV>
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<DIV>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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