<html><div style='background-color:'><P>WIllow.....been there...done that....hate it......Cormac<BR><BR></P><BR><BR><BR>
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From: <I>"willowjonbardc@juno.com" <willowjonbardc@juno.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>Ansteorran Bardic list <bards@lists.ansteorra.org></I><BR>To: <I>bards@lists.ansteorra.org</I><BR>Subject: <I>[Bards] Thing we do that ruin Bardic for everyone</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 1 May 2007 00:05:35 GMT</I><BR>>One of the reason Bards started having problems is we stopped<BR>>following some basic polite rules.<BR>><BR>>Attack Bards. People would come in a demand to perform. It is OK to<BR>>ask, but be careful. It would be nice if you go into a campsite and<BR>>they tell you to get lost please warn people coming after you. I<BR>>remember a household that was famous for its hospitality to Bards,<BR>>but they were having a drunken toga party that night and didn't want<BR>>performers. On the other hand The Bobs, who normally don't want<BR>>performers, wanted us. The
other requirement was bawdy. I remember<BR>>the bards who were traveled with me look at me, like I would object.<BR>>I stated that if the patron wants bawdy give it to him. Bawdy is<BR>>period. We came into the campsite and did a piece or two.<BR>><BR>>People who have a circle do not like attack bards who come in demand<BR>>to perform and then leave without hearing anyone else's pieces. If<BR>>you plan to wander on state you would like to entertain and share the<BR>>circle for a "little while". Please give the hosting circle a chance<BR>>to perform for you. Master Ivar Battle Skald would require someone to<BR>>entertain him before he would do another piece.<BR>><BR>>Attack bards take up too much time. I believe short is good. Most of<BR>>my stories are under 3 minutes. I have entertained 100 children with<BR>>Beowulf for an hour and they didn't
move. If you have a group of<BR>>people traveling with you perform one or two pieces shorter pieces<BR>>and check the mood. Allow one of the hosting groups to do something.<BR>>If you don't get a "more" thank people and move on. Please leave the<BR>>party with as much energy or more than there was there before you got<BR>>there. Please leave on an up note.<BR>><BR>>I remember following a newish bard at Warlord during my time as<BR>>Premier Bard. She performed 3 pieces of 10 minutes length. They were<BR>>sort of good but it was too much of a good things. People were barded<BR>>out when she left. I would ask to perform and people would say, “With<BR>>all due respect your Grace, but we don't want to hear another Bard in<BR>>our lives. I would then enter into my Stand Up Comic act. The Fool in<BR>>me would take over and I would get them laughing. One
group's party<BR>>was totally destroyed by the lady. I used the situation to show some<BR>>of my students how to restart a party. I did the Pelican thing and<BR>>put the party back together. I want you to know it was a little hard.<BR>>It is easier to maintain energy and fun then start it back up.<BR>><BR>>Remember as a Bard you have need to make people like bards, not fear<BR>>them.<BR>><BR>>Willow<BR>><BR>><BR>
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