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<div>Yes, It truly was a pleasure to have the opportunity to compete to be the first Bard for the new Baron and Baroness of Bryn Gwlad. The competitors were amazing! We had lovely stories from her Grace, Duchess Willow, Alliterative tongue twisters wonderfully written by Lady Bianca of Weisenfurer, Dona Antonia's beautiful sonnet, Charles's Ja you betcha Viking voyage, Goldwerd's powerful song, Padraic's saga and was blessed again by a rendition of Darius's For just one time performed by Adelina.</div>
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<div>I know that I had an amazing time and enjoyed an afternoon spent with such wonderful company.</div>
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<div>Amata - I am humbled by your words, and I can promise you that I will be happy to perform whenever their Excellencies Bryn Gwlad or Her people ask.</div>
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<div>With gratitude, </div>
<div>Mea</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:49:26 -0800 (PST)<br>From: Martha Schreffler <<a href="mailto:mot@swbell.net">mot@swbell.net</a>><br>
Subject: [Bards] New Bard of Bryn Gwlad<br>To: <a href="mailto:bards@lists.ansteorra.org">bards@lists.ansteorra.org</a><br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:578787.68310.qm@web82210.mail.mud.yahoo.com">578787.68310.qm@web82210.mail.mud.yahoo.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>Many congratulations to Mea Passavanti, newest bard of Bryn Gwlad. I did not see the earlier part of the competition but enjoyed the final round during the feast where Mea Passavanti, Charles McKinnon and Dona Antonia competed. I hope this means Bryn Gwlad will get to enjoy the "golden throat" on a more frequent basis!<br>
<br><br> - Amata Amati d'Arezzo</blockquote></div>