<div>Alden sugessted various other competitions throughout the day, and I have always loved the tradition of fighter poems. Something to consider, for Master Don Robin and others!</div> <div> </div> <div>Besides, there are those in the fighting community, that given the chance -- as Master Robin here suggests a scheduling that is a low in fighting -- would love to come Bard. Duke Miguel springs instantly to mind!</div> <div> </div> <div>I think numbers 2, 3 and 7 are especially important. And shopping! Shopping would be lovely, in between all that barding.<BR></div> <div>Emma</div> <div> </div> <div>PS Numbers<BR><B><I>Jay Rudin <rudin@ev1.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ihon asked:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>> Basically, the vision (as I see it) is a fete with merchants and food and/or</DIV> <DIV>> drink taverns -- ala a Gather for you Pern fans. There would be multiple</DIV> <DIV>> venues interspersed for instrumental music, dance, vocal and performance</DIV> <DIV>> arts and those who desire could wander as minstrels, jugglers and the like. </DIV> <DIV>> I see it as taking place in the low point of the fighting season but others</DIV> <DIV>> suggest a more moderate climate might be beneficial. <BR><BR>> What say you, bards? Can we make it happen?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, of course we can. Here are a few random thoughts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. I'm tempted to suggest a weekend right before or after Gulf War, which is both a low point in the fighting season *and* moderate
weather.</FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. If we want this event to be Eisteddfod, we must jump -- *now*.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. I think we should plan a stand-alone Eisteddfod, with plans to expand it into the other ideas as soon as it takes off (again). A basic lesson of project management for start-ups is that you focus one the first, central project exclusively until that one is self-supporting, then you branch out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. We need some activities for the non-bards besides merely listening. First, the spouses of bards won't want to listen all day. Secondly, anybody who *is* willing to listen all day is probably a bard. The event needs to atract audience.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5. Even the bards
will not want to do it all day. I don't even want to watch Branagh doing Shakepseare for ten hours sraight. Ideally, we have other activities going, but the primary focus is the performers. (THis is not a requirement; it's a fact of life. Other activities *will* happen. If it's good weather and my cadets show, I *will* spend some time fencing. Activities happen.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>If we plan a stand-alone non-Eisteddfod event, we should make it a regioanl" event on paper, so it doesn't cost some branch one of its events for the year, per the kingdom laws about event scheduling.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7. We must commit. We must commit. We must commit.</FONT> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay
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