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class=139044517-08112006>With due respect to the official proponents of A&S,
bardic offerings *as presented within the SCA* do not usually mesh well with the
layout of "the A&S venues" as they are typically organized in
Ansteorra. The portions of the "compleat" bardic experience that fit the
best to typical A&S are not those usually associated to the typical bard of
the SCA: face it, research papers, genealogies, written-out histories just
don't have the cachet of rising in front of an audience and holding it
spell-bound with the telling of a good yarn or the singing of a tragic
ballad.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=139044517-08112006>With due respect to the MoA&S, Kingdom Eisteddfod
and the local-branch bardic championships ARE indeed "A&S venues" -- venues
which are specific to the performance of forms which are appropriate for those
situations, and may not be received in the same way in the typical Kingdom
A&S, or Laurel's Prize Tourney, of local-branch A&S Championship.
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<DIV><SPAN class=139044517-08112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Ihon,
please do enter if you are so moved -- and do let us know how much traction you
can get in trying to add bardic performance to the "mainstream" / "normal"
A&S venues. If past experience is any predictor, it will not be an
easy thing to do. Please consider also that adding a performance room
separate from the main display area is not the same thing. (I, personally,
consider such to be separate & unequal -- but also note that I don't have a
better general solution, either, given the existing needs of A&S and the
normal limitations of sites used to host such events. May be a case of the
best we can hope for under the overall circumstances -- but it should give any
organizer significant pause before combining Kingdom A&S with Eisteddfod
IMNSHO...)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=139044517-08112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I do
not expect my opinion on this to bear much weight, but I do know that it
will be received and noted as another voice -- even if it currently must echo
from a far place to reach your attentions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Aladdin size=2><FONT size=3>Adieu, Amra</FONT> /<FONT face=Arial>
ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe (Mike C. Baker)</FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Aladdin size=2>SCA: al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri
al-Amra, F.O.B, OSCA</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Other": Reverend Kihe Blackeagle PULC (the
DreamSinger Bard)</FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left>Piggy-backing on
the words of my boss, I'd like to see more performace at Kingdom
A&S. For my part, I vow to do whatever I can to see that our art
receives the same treatment and consideration as any other genre. May
even enter! <BR>~ihon<BR>DMoAS for Bardic & Performance
Arts<BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/8/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>gail
young</B> <<A
href="mailto:gwynethb63@yahoo.com">gwynethb63@yahoo.com</A>> wrote: </SPAN>
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<DIV>I think if you would move as a group towards making bards more of a
part of the mainstream A&S community you would make people more aware of
your talents then you as a group would become more aware of others talents
and therefore get stronger. If that happens, then the A&S
community as a whole, and therefore Ansteorra as a whole, gets
stronger. MY first step, if I were a bard, would be to make my
spotlight event ligitimate by bringing it into the A&S venues.
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<DIV>But, I am not a bard. I am here only to promote the Arts and
Sciences in our Kingdom.</DIV>
<DIV>gwyneth<SPAN class=q><BR><BR><B><I>Robert Fitzmorgan <<A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:fitzmorgan@gmail.com" target=_blank>
fitzmorgan@gmail.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=q>
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<DIV> So here are a few of my questions. </DIV>
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<DIV> What does a thriving, growing, healthy bardic
community look like? How is that different than what we have
now?</DIV>
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<DIV> What would you like to see happen that isn't
happening now? How can we make that happen?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> What can the bardic community do to help you
as a bard?</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> What can you as a bard do to help the bardic
community?</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> What other questions should we be asking
ourselves? </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>-- <BR>Rev.
John F. Hirling<BR>Interim Pastor<BR>First Presbyterian Church<BR>Angleton, TX
77515<BR>(979) 849-5722 </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>