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<DIV>A gentle reminder about the competition coming up next Saturday December the 5th...</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Come ye one and all, Bards from across the land, to compete for the coveted honor of serving as Loch Ruadh’s Titled Bard.</FONT> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">The Titled Bard Competition will be held at Loch Ruadh's Yule at Dragonsfire Tor on Saturday December 5th. For more information on the event please go to <A href="http://yule.lochruadh.org/" rel=nofollow target=_blank><FONT color=#810081>http://yule.lochruadh.org/</FONT></A>. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">The competition will be held in the ‘Musician’s Loft”, an area dedicated for the day to the Bardic Arts. <BR>Come listen to the competitors as they bring forth their best performances. Entertain the populace with your own skills during competition interludes, or join </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">in the fun as carols are sung.</FONT> <FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">The most important thing is that we all have a good time performing in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">The competition will run as follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT></SPAN> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face="bookman old style, new york, times, serif">Lady Brighid :-)<BR>Outgoing Titled Bard of Loch Ruadh</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV><!-- cg7.c203.mail.sp2.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Sun Nov 29 13:34:30 PST 2009 --></div><br>
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