<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Milord Finnican Dub;</P>
<P>I am so sorry that I have not taken the time to personally invite such an honored personage as yourself to attend the Great Grape Wars, the largest demo ever to be staged in the Northern Regio. It will be a great recruing tool and we would be greatly honored by your presence if you found it possible to attend on May 11, 12 and 13. Please look under "events on the Skorragardr website or consult the kingdom calendar. So far 5 baronies have committed to be in attnedance.</P>
<P>Your Humble Servant Always and in Service to THE Dream;</P>
<P>Lord Cormac The Black, called "Starwalker" - Autocrat<BR><BR></P><BR><BR><BR>
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From: <I>Scott Barrett <barrett1@cox.net></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@lists.ansteorra.org></I><BR>To: <I>Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@lists.ansteorra.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Bards] Steppes Bardic not coming</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:08:56 -0600</I><BR>>I'm sorry to hear that, Your Grace.<BR>> In fact, one the primary reasons the competition was being handled in<BR>>this fashion was because a number of folks said they could not stay for<BR>>the Sunday night Bardic. As for the time of day, I figured that the<BR>>finalist rounds on Saturday evening would be an excellent start to a<BR>>rousing bardic circle without the pressure of competition, a chance for<BR>>folks to bring out some old favorites and newer performers to stretch<BR>>their wings in the presence of the more established bards of
the<BR>>Kingdom.<BR>><BR>>Like most performers, I prefer the dark. Dark/Black is my SCA last<BR>>name, literally. I'm the guy who teaches "To Tell a Tale of Terror",<BR>>after all. However, I'm also aware that this Steppes has a very full<BR>>schedule and that the new baroness wishes to hear each bard's<BR>>contribution. She had to consider her schedule while trying to honor<BR>>the art of bardcraft and those who would try for her title.<BR>>This compromise gives us a night time circle on the night most folks<BR>>can attend. The competition itself may be split, but the evening bardic<BR>>circle is still on the schedule.<BR>><BR>>~Finnacan Dub<BR>><BR>>On Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 04:36 PM, willowjonbardc@juno.com wrote:<BR>><BR>> > I do not think I will take part. I hate the daytime competitions. They<BR>> > are just not fun
to me. The audiences are usually smaller and the<BR>> > number of competitors are smaller and I feel like I am being stuffed<BR>> > into a hole. I liked the big Steppes competitions on Sunday night.<BR>> > What we are doing now just doesn't have the same Wow. Since the only<BR>> > reason I really come to Warlord is for the Bardic I don't plan to come<BR>> > at all.<BR>> > Thank you<BR>> > Willow de Wisp<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Bards mailing list<BR>> > Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<BR>> ><BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>Bards mailing list<BR>>Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div></html>