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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am new to the SCA and the Bards List but I love
Bardic competitions and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>performances. I'd like to try it myself
although I am a very average singer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I probably could learn to tell stories. I
don't have much fear of public performance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and speaking because, although I am now a stay at
home mom, in mundane life</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was an attorney for 15 years (and I'm still
licensed). If you can do appellate </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>argument or argument in a courtroom when real money
is at stake you can </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>probably do Bardic (although not necessarily
well!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At any rate,one of my questions relates to
Filking. If I Filk a melody, is it supposed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to be a period melody with SCA related words/theme
or a non period melody with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SCA related words/theme? Or a period melody on any
theme?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I'm performing at a Bardic competition and my
persona is still being</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>developed, do I have to stay in persona? For
example, if I compete at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Springfaire, and my persona is 1315, can I do
anything in period or am I</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>supposed to limit myself to what would have been
heard in Scotland in 1315 (if</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>anyone even knows what would have been
heard!) Can I just be kind of a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>generalized performer and do things in period from
any time frame?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What happens if I do something that is out of
period (but not obviously</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also I am very familiar with repetoire from
Scarborough Faire because I've been</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>going for 20 plus years and I have a lot of
recordings. However these songs are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not always in period. For example, the words
to Scotland the Brave, while</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>lovely, were actually written in the 20th century,
and yet this song is performed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at Scarby. Is it appropriate to perform at a
Bardic competition or not?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas on how I find out what is in period and
what</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>isn't for the Scarby or any other
repetoire,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and what WOULD be appropriate at a Bardic
competition and what</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wouldn't? I have a nice piece I am
trying to prepare for Springfaire but I</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>don't know how to find out if it is period, other
than just trying to do some</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>searches on the Internet about it to see what I can
find out.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice to a new Bard, who is taking herself way
too</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>seriously, would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Christianna (hope they won't laugh at
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