minstrel: Weekend

[Mike C. Baker]

>Okay ye Bards, Minstrels, Trouveres, Troubador, Minnesingers, etc.
>it is now time for ye illustrious ones to shares with your fellow
>entertainers what you did over the weekend.

Herr Wilhelm, et al., let it be noted that there are functions of the 
traditional bard which lie outside the direct description of 
"entertainment".  I was in attendance at the Ansteorran "Red Tape" 
Event for a number of reasons, but several of those reasons 
fulfill obligations I have placed upon myself in keeping with 
ancient tradition (as best I understand it).

A short list of those functions I place here as reminder, and for 
provocation of additional thought & inspirations. As bard & Bard, 
on Saturday I carried out aspects including but not limited to:
Observer to power, speaker to power for the (relatively) powerless, 
witness to history, linguistic resource, comic relief, news reporter, 
news commentator, and otherwise general gadfly

Secondarily, yet remotely related, I also carried out a matter of 
more private nature through which I endeavor to also serve 
the Society: sold a blade (at reduced rate) for use as a prize 
at an upcoming special tournament...

Not everyone might agree with my enumeration, or 
characterization of what my presence accomplished. 
So be it -- I make no claim of speaking for all, and no 
specific claim of being authorized to speak for any 
other specific individual. I do take my responsibilities 
seriously, however, and do what I can along the Way, 
and to enable others to find, and each in their own 
style to serve & enjoy, their own Dream(s).

Amra, a.k.a. the Dreamsinger Bard (of the lineage of the Whyte Bard)

Mike C. Baker
SCA: Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra
"Other": Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)
My opinions are my own -- who else would want them?
e-mail: kihe at ticnet.com OR kihe at rocketmail.com


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