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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jerryn@houston.rr.com href="mailto:jerryn@houston.rr.com">Gerald
Norris</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bards@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:bards@lists.ansteorra.org">'Ansteorran Bardic list'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:24
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bards] Bardic college
Events</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=483091411-28102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Brian, here's a question; will you fight in Queen's Champion, even if
you don't feel that you're up to it for whatever reason? Why not compete
in Eistedfodd? The experience of being up against the best in the
kingdom is knowledge gained.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=483091411-28102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Here
is my point, if you were new to fencing and had heard about "Queens" and were
told that it was only for experienced fighters and that they required
documentation and use of period style fighting only, would you not think twice
before entering? That is what I was told about Eisteddfodd. Also
that I needed to have an original piece in a period style. Since I still
don'</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=483091411-28102006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>t have one of those even after 25 years, why should I
consider entering. If these requirements are not he case, maybe that should
also be "published" or at least spread around. Based on the information
I was given, I still don't think I have what it takes to enter.
AmberLea</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>