<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Attention, all Bards, Minstrels, Troubadours, Jongleurs, Gleemen, Skalds, Scops, Rhapsodes, Musicians, Poets, Storytellers, and... well, you get the idea.<br><br><span>Come and vie to become the next Titled Bard of the Shire of Loch Ruadh at the Shannon River Raid, 22-24 October, at the Middlefaire Renaissance and Medieval Festival site in Hillsdale, TX. Click here <a target="_blank" href="http://ninja-code.net/shannonriverraid/">http://ninja-code.net/shannonriverraid/</a> for more information on the event, and for directions to the site.</span><br><br>Our current Titled Bard has not yet announce the competition's format, but it's safe to say that you should come prepared with your best bardic pieces for what is sure to be a grand competition.<br><br>Be the next to wear the
coveted black and scarlet cloak, the silver harp pendant, and to bear the amazing three-legged staff!<br><br>Padraig Ruadh O'Maolagain<br>Seneschal of the Shire of Loch Ruadh<br></div><br>
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