Schedule
This schedule is subject to change without notice, so please pay attention to the heralds on site.
9:00 am Site opens
9:45-10:45 Fyt the first
11:00-noon First class period
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:00 Fyt the second
2:15-3:15 Second class period
3:15-4:15 Fyt the third
4:30-6:00 Meeting of the Northshield Bardic College,
and Court at Their Majesties' pleasure
6:15-9:00 Fyt the fourth and feast
10:00 pm Event is officially over; please join us for
the post-revel, also held on site.
Challenges
Here are twelve challenges to pique the interest of the most experienced bard, as well as the
newest performer! All bardic activities are welcome as reponses to the challenges: song, story,
poetry, mime, juggling, instrumental or choral music, drama, artistic or dance, etc. Sign up
for challenges on the day of the event. Challenges are not competitions; everyone who takes
part can consider themselves a winner. Even if you don't perform, come to support your friends
with applause, and stay for the great feast, classes, and performances.
The rules:
- Challenges are not competitions. You win by entering.
- Please limit each individual performance to 5-7 minutes maximum, to be fair to others.
- There will be a maximum of 15 spaces (sometimes fewer) on each challenge sign-up sheet.
When they are filled, you are out of luck.
- Only one piece per performer per challenge.
- This is a family show; if you have a bawdy piece to perform, it might be better received at the post-revel.
- This is a bardic safe space. Take chances, be creative, put your heart into it, and have fun!
Patron Alternates: Ladies Ysolt Pais du Cuer and Alienor Hathaway.
Fyt the first, 9:45-10:45:
Ensemble Tale: The Journey as I Saw It
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end,
with the patron 'conducting' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the
tale, and deciding when it is time to end. The title of the story is "Deep in the Forest".
You might get pointed at multiple times, so be ready! Patron: Dahrien Cordell
Moose, moose, I like a...
There is a huge orange moose on the property of our event site. How could this possibly
have come to be? Tell a tale, in any format, of how the orange moose came to live in this
remote corner of Shattered Oak. Originator: Kudrun the Pilegrim; Patron: Countess
Guenievre du Dragon Vert
Bring your Axe (let's hear your chops)
Bring any instrument, and accompany yourself as you perform a spoken or sung piece.
Stretch yourself! Originator: Will Douglas; Patron: Mistress Rose Marian
Fyt the second, 1-2 pm:
Authenticity's Delight
Perform an original piece (yours or someone else's) in a period style, or perform a
piece documentable to SCA period. Plan to briefly introduce the piece by saying what
style it is in, and from when/where.
Originator: Ysolt Pais du Cuer; Patron: Baroness Eithni ingen Talorgan
Dialogue of the Animals
Medieval literature is full of examples of discussions taking place between animals.
Have two animals debate or discuss different positions on a topic, in song, riddle,
poem, story, subtlety or interpretive dance (or any other bardic form you an think of).
Have them come to some harmonious conclusion or agreement in the end on what they have
discussed. Originator and Patron: Master Owen Alun
Mazacroca
Given several texts to chose from in foreign languages, "translate" one of them and
explain what it "really" means. Patron: Rochl bas Chaim Sternenkiker
Fyt the third, 3:15-4:15 pm:
Just Duet, Part Deux: Three is better than Two
The Just Duet challenge from Bardic Madness XIV encouraged performers to pair up and
show how two voices can be better than one. This year, Just Duet is expanding: put
together a group of THREE people and perform a work in any format. For musical works,
harmony is encouraged. Patron: THL Madeleine Bynorthweye
Consonant Capers
Draw a consonant from a hat, and write a poem or song of at least 8 lines using as
few words as possible that do NOT begin with that consonant. Alliteration is the
key here. Extra applause for rhyming, tongue-twisting, and for involving the day's
theme of Nature/Animals. Originator: THL Charissa de la Sirra; Patron: Don Mateo
Montero de Madrid
Ou sont les neiges d'antan? Or, And now for the weather
People in SCA period, having no air conditioning or central heating, had to live more
intimately with the weather than we are used to doing. Tell us of unusual, inconvenient,
or astonishing weather, in period or in the SCA, true or fabricated, in poetry or in
song (no stories for this one). Patron: Mistress Margaret Malise de Kyrkyntolaghe
Feast/Fyt the third, 6:15-9pm:
Bard Scribe Illuminator
Given a subject in the morning, compose, calligraph, and illuminate a text on that subject. This
may be done individually or as a team. Paron: THL Aleksandre Vasilevych Lev of Volynia
Royal Challenge: What the Animals Said about Northshield
This was the theme of the Bard/Scribe/Illuminator Challenge from Bardic Madness I, but tonight
we will use this theme as a regular challenge: in song, poetry, story, dance, music, drama, or
any other format appropriate for Feast, tell us what an animal/animals said/are saying about
Northshield. Patrons: Their Majesties of the Northshield, Siegfried and Bridei
Blow Someone Else's Horn
Perform the work of some other SCA person. Extra applause for memorizing, and for doing something
that is not well-known. Originators: Ysolt Pais du Cuer and Dahrien Cordell; Patron: Lord Ingus Moen
Class schedule
Class period 1 (11 am-noon)
| Oasis Room |
Timberland Room |
Main Hall |
Main Hall |
Ingus:
Writing Edda-ically |
Arianna:
Happy Harping |
Sabina:
Finding your Inner Animal |
Wyndreth:
Writers' Block |
Class period 2 (2:15-3:15 pm)
| Oasis Room |
Timberland Room |
Main Hall |
Main Hall |
Wyndreth:
Performance 101 |
Josceline:
Period Music Appreciation |
Sabina:
Zarjal Poetry |
Kudrun:
Tweaking the Tunes |
Class descriptions
Performance 101 (or "What To Do When You Want to Throw Up, Your Venue Sucks,
and/or You Forget Your Words.")
Teacher: Mistress Wyndreth Berginsdottir
Overview of techniques, mindsets, and practical, realistic assessment of circumstances
to make performing as effective and pain-free as possible for everyone involved.
Writers' Block and How to Kill It
Teacher: Mistress Wyndreth Berginsdottir
Lecture with workshop of techniques for breaking through or letting go of writer's block.
Please bring paper and writing implement.
Writing Edda-ically
Teacher: Lord Ingus Moen
A first time look at the form of the Poetic edda, it's basic structure, vocal patterns,
and direction. After a quick glancing at the foundation, we'll attempt to write a short
edda about an event. Limit ten attendees. Please bring paper and writing implement.
Tweaking the Tunes
Teacher: Lady Kudrun the Pilegrim
Meter, rhyme, scansion -- these basic tools of poetics can make or break a song. How can
we improve our works by careful attention to the details? Please bring a writing implement.
Finding Your Inner Animal
Teacher: Lady Sabina de Almeria
Persian poetry forms often have a human and an animal symbol in them. This class will help
you to use your body and emotion to transition rapidly from human to animal form. Intended for ages 3-100.
Zarjal Poetry
Teacher: Lady Sabina de Almeria
Zarjal is a traditional Andalusian style in which you create an informal Persian poem on the
fly on whatever topic the audience chooses. If you are stumped or break form, you sit down
and the next person starts. This should be a VERY fun class. Intended for ages 3-100.
Period Music Appreciation
Teacher: Dame Josceline Levesque
An overview of Western European music from the 12th - 16th centuries. We will listen to
recorded examples, so there is no need to play an instrument or read music.
Happy Harping
Teacher: Lady Arianna the Harper
See both single and double-strung harps, hear the tinkling of strings, touch a harp string.
Basic level information on harps and harp playing will be offered. More advanced harpers
are welcome to come share their music and experience. Class material to be based on the
skill level of the attendees.
We now have all the teachers we need for this year's Bardic Madness. A big thank you
to those who will be teaching!
This part of the Bardic Madness XV webpage was
maintained by THL Eliane Halevy. It was last changed on 2/26/05.
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