> Most bardic competitions in Ansteorra are categorized into "Song, Story &
> Poetry" ... many of us are also trying to add new categories ... such as
> "Instrumental" and "Other".  The "Other" category, albiet broad, encompasses
> anything from juggling, to dramatic interpretation, to interpretive dance
> (any style - from the bellydance to the highland fling).  Should these
> things be included?  I don't know that "Bardic" is the appropriate umbrella,
> but right now it seems to be the only umbrella that fits.

You could save Bardic (with a big B) to mean those activities carried
on by people who called themselves big-B Bards in period, and call the
general entertainment activity "minstrel". I'm not a bard (or a Bard),
yet people keep on inviting me to these "Bardic competitions"...

Gregory Blount


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