minstrel: An Idea

[Somers]

As far as the food fights at feasts go, I find that they are lamentable (to
say the least).........We normally have a large amount of entertainment
during our feasts, and unfortunately, it doesn't seem to matter to the food
fighters!!.......We even had a group that gets paid extremely well singing
professionally perform during one of our feasts.  The Lead singer had gotten
married with a period theme, and the group wore wedding clothes to sing in
for us.  This was some of the most gorgeous Elizabethan garb I have seen in
a long time.  They are very popular at bardic, and the majority of our
populace go to see them perform whenever they are playing in
town.........None of this matters!!  They dodged as much food as they could,
and even complained afterwards (discretely!) about the cleaning bills they
were going to have.

I am rethinking my position on performing during feasts!!  Last event we
performed at, several of my dancers slipped on grapes that had been thrown
at people on the other side of the feast hall.  On a fast moving dance, this
could really cause a serious injury to knee and ankle tendons........Is it
worth it?

We all do these performances as a service to the society (at least my group
does).  I am sure we would all rather sit and talk to our friends at feast
and just enjoy ourselves.  We like to perform, but it is still a
SERVICE.....isn't it?

Eliane


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