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color=#0000ff size=2>Some of us simply lack the confidence to try for Kingdom
Bard. Like me, for example. I'm comfortable at the Baronial, Shire,
Canton level. But I don't feel like I'm good enough to compete against
many of the bards on this list. I simply lack instruction and
polish. All I have is what I've put together pretty much on my own.
And, quite frankly, I don't feel like it's enough to be an honest competitor in
something like the Eisteddfod. That's a major difference for people like
me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Nyx</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bards-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:bards-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert
Fitzmorgan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 27, 2006 2:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Ansteorran Bardic list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] Bardic college
Events<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 10/27/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Simone
Ui'Dunlaingh</B> <BR></SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><SNIP><BR><BR>When
participation at Canton shire and Barnial bardics are greater and<BR>more
prestigious than the Kindom Estinfodd. we might want to look
ast<BR>ourselves and not outside our selves. I have seen Local Bardic
<BR>competions sport 30+ participants regularly when we cant get that
many<BR>to show for kingdom..WHY? What is the diffrence? Why would a bard
be<BR>willing to compete at a local level and not kingdom? these I think
are<BR>the questions we should
ask.<BR><BR><BR>Simone<BR><BR><SNIP></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR> I think it's a valid point. I certainly can
think of several local competitions that have more participation than Kingdom
Eisteddfod. So what do we do to make Kingdom Bard something
that more people want to strive for? <BR> For
myself, I haven't entered in several years. At this time in my life I
couldn't be the Bard that I think Ansteorra deserves, and I don't believe that
I should enter if I can't do justice to the position. Being Kingdom Bard
is still one of my unfulfilled goals, but I won't go for it until I feel I can
do the job well. I'm not entering local competitions either.
<BR><BR>Robert<BR></DIV><BR></DIV><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>"If you haven't
found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a
day." John A. Wheeler<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:Fitzmorgan@gmail.com">Fitzmorgan@gmail.com</A><BR>Yahoo IM:
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