minstrel: re: Maintaining a bardic circle over a move

[Monica Hultin]

Also, some groups will hold one or two bardic circles as part of their
meeting activities during the year.  When I lived in Eoforwic, (Toronto),
we held one every end of October.  We would garb up.  Our meeting site was a
mansion on campus and we could use the fireplace. 

While in Jaravellir, (Madison, Wisconsin) we held a few circles throughout
the year.

It real depends on how the group operates.  Would it work well once a week
or monthly?  Does your group hold short meetings followed by activities and
could it fit in there?

Got to get back to fussy baby..

Monika 


>Depending on where you are moving, there may be local constraints on what
>people will be available for, and what they will be willing to do or used
>to doing.  For example, Rowen's idea of having them Friday nights may work
>great for her area, but in the Northshield most groups are between 3 and 9
>hours away from each other, so Friday night is usually driving time for the
>event the next day.  (We drive a LOT in the Northshield.  Just because
>something isn't local is no reason not to go.)  Regular Friday night bardic
>circles would probably not work here.
>
>Also, keep in mind that not all areas have the tradition of regular bardic
>circles as a local activity separate from events.  Most bardic circles in
>Northshield take place after or as part of an actual event, because hey,
>that's when we're together.  I had not heard of the bardic circle as a
>separate weekly meeting, until a bard from elsewhere moved into our
>Principality and asked on the listserv where the nearest bardic circle was.
> To most of us, this was a nonsense question.  "Uh, I don't know, it moves
>around depending on what events you feel like going to...!"
>
>This is not to say that the locals wouldn't be willing to try it out.  I
>think it would be fun.  Maybe it depends on the size of the local group.  I
>tend to think it wouldn't work in my shire (about 9-12 members, though
>there are three active bards).
>
>Eliane
>who was up until 4 last night at a fabulous bardic circle after Northshield
>Coronet
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