minstrel: Bardic symposium

[J. Michael Shew]

On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Martin Hungerford wrote:
> milord Mikal,
>     what in the world is Bardic Costume? I also (like the troupe of Fools)
> cannot attend - but would love to know what this one was about.
> 
> I tend to work the idiot end of the Bardic spectrum and once had to council
> a newcomer not to wear their proposed persons'a costume. They were going to
> be an early-period German fool, and I felt our group was not yet ready for
> nudity, enlivened with excrement!

	Precisely the point!  Bards, jonglures, fooles, magi, rogues, and
even Norse Skalds such as myself often wore specific costumes or
particular details to their clothing in their own periods, (Such as the
traditional 15th century foole, or the Skald appointed for Odin in the
seventh century.)
	Many of our performers want an overview of cultures and how the
Bards dressed in their period.  
	Also, there is the practical side to be considered.  I have seen a
young lady show up in the World's Tightest Corset to sing at a campfire.
She passed out after about three songs....

> 
> will there be a web page? perhaps hosted out of Columbia Missouri, so you
> won't have been all that wrong!
> 
> Martin the Juggler
> martinjongleur at hotmail.com

	OOOOOOH!  Bad Bard!  No Biscut!
	If I can find some nice person who has the time, the skills, and
the machine to do it; FINE!
	This thing I use is hardly capable.  It is more of an abacus with
a keyboard	
	Mikal

____________________________________________________________________________
  Herra-Domr Mikal the Ram; an annoying Bard of no redeeming qualities
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        The Swan-Road is our for the season
        And Sword-wine is all that we spend
        The Gold and the Grain that we gather
        To wander the way of the wind
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