minstrel: Apropos (was Old English Songs

[Rex Deaver]

At 09:37 PM 8/25/98 -0500, J. Michael Shew wrote:

>	The only trouble I have is with the word "grating".

Ayup.  That was the one that triggered my targeting computer.  

>am sometimes "troubled" by the performances of the new kids on the circle.
>("Suicide is Painless" between two very fine works by others.  You know
>Mathrin, you were there...)  

Please, I have tried very hard to forget :-(   You weren't there at Valor
Tourney 2 (?) years ago, when a lovely young woman told a just slightly too
precious tale...and told it, and told it, and told it, and told it,
and...Another night to forget. 

>But my response was to send him a hearty,
>"you had guts to perform...May I offer you some really good material?"

Exactly.  OOP material is a hazard of letting beginners and part timers
participate. 

>	Oh, and I asked for dancers again...

That was a Good Thing(tm)  Why don't you describe that evening for the
folks...a shining example of how compromise can be alot more fun than
conflict.

Mathurin

--
"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune."
	 -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)


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