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From: "Gwyndlyn" <gwyndlyn@dave-world.net>
Subject: Bardic class at Coronation
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 98 18:59:09 PDT
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Hi Alexander!

How was life at the Ren Faire?  Are you ready for a heavy fall here in th=
e
(ugh) Midlands?  I will get a letter/article to you by the 10th, I promis=
e.
 I'm waiting for some information before I can write what I want to inclu=
de
this time.

I do have a question for you and anyone else you can think of to pass thi=
s
on to.  I am not terribly well-connected in bardic circles :D but am real=
ly
in need of a teacher or team of teachers for a special class at Coronatio=
n
(Sep. 19)  By now you've probably seen my post about the A&S activities f=
or
that day, and you know what your fellow apprentice is up to.  The autocra=
t
is an old-time bardic circler (hey, this word-play could be fun!) who has
fielded several complaints from people who are afraid to participate
because they feel that they don't know the "standards."  The basic few
songs/tunes that everyone "should" know.  Since I'm really new to the wor=
ld
of things bardic, I can understand this feeling.  I rcall a conversation
between Broom and Maire at Jubilee that assumed that I intimately knew th=
e
tunes they were referring to.

I am looking for a class which could cover bardic "basics" such as standa=
rd
tunes (with handouts), the different ways a circle might be "run",
performance ettiquette, etc.

Please consider this request, and forward it to anyone who might be
interested.  I think that this would be a way to break through to those w=
ho
_want_ to participate, but need a little direction and encouragement. 
Thanks!

Gwyn


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