Padraig... this is willow and I have a question to you and your fellow minstrels. What makes a minstrel different from a Bard, or Skald or a senehaie?? I am asking this question to show people that the "bardic" community is actually full of people with different viewpoint and it is OK to have a different concept. I am trying to stress the "SCA Bard" can actually cover many different things. If any of you think of yourself as a Bard or a Scop or a Skald and you have definite ideas of what this is please describe it. I am a Scottish Senechie. It is my job to 1 entertain, 2. keep the history alive. 3 Keep people informed as to what is happening--a news reporter 4. Share the wisdom of the age. 5 teach willow _____________________________________________________________ Increase your income. Click here be trained as a medical transcriptionist. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?u=http://tagline.untd.us/fc/CAaCX09vFNeuohafbe9JZaO9k9m5gj42/