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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive" color=#ff3333><STRONG>Okiewiter</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Your Excellency;</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">I have competed in many bardics in several baronies and I have always been proud to tell them I am from the excellent land of Namron, I do not possess the wonderful musical ability of yourself and certainly not of Ulf. In place of the excellent singing voices that you have, i use a lot of comedy and throw in storytelling and magic tricks as well as several instruments. I have only won one bardic contest, but i plan to keep trying until it is no longer fun and i cannot even imagine that tim</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">e coming. Wherever I am and whether i win or just get an honorable mention, i am still proud to represent both Your wonderful Barony and also the Canton Of Skorrgardr.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Forever pledged to Namron and The Dream</FONT></P>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Lord Cormac Starwalker<BR></FONT></P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">His Excellency penned these words;
<P><BR>>I could not agree more. In fact I was just getting ready to say the<BR>>same thing when I saw your post. As a landed noble, I would love to<BR>>have word fame of my beloved Namron spread far across the Kingdom, and I<BR>>would welcome any bard no matter how far away to vie for the title.<BR>><BR>>On the topic of competing more than once: As someone who has yet to win<BR>>a titled competition, I would encourage those who have won in the past<BR>>to keep competing. When I do win a title, I don't want it to be because<BR>>all the really good bards weren't competing that day. Some day, with a<BR>>lot of practice, I want to be able to compete next to Robin and Finnacan<BR>>and Ulf and all the others and win. THEN I will know I have<BR>>accomplished something. Yes it be a LOT harder, but it will also mean<BR>>that much more. As for getting
discouraged, that won't happen because<BR>>of those good souls who have given me encouragement along the way and<BR>>challenged me to keep growing. You know who you are and I can't thank<BR>>you enough for it.<BR>><BR>>For Love of the Dream,<BR>>Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair<BR>>Baron of Namron<BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>Bards mailing list<BR>>Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<BR></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>