Pennsic 47 Bardic Symposium

	Pennsic 47 Bardic Symposium

MONDAY:	Introductions and Meet & Greet: Meet your fellow bards. While many of us already know each other, this will give newcomers a chance to match names to faces.
	Credit Where It's Due: Panelists: Mistress Adelaide de Beaumont, Baron Thomas Bordeaux, and THL Emer nic Aidan The first of our old favorites. Whether it's a performance, a lyric sheet in your bardic book, or a blog post; somebody wrote the piece. If that someone was not you, then whoever it is should be mentioned. Inadvertently omitting this has caused unfortunate backlash on numerous occasions. (i.e.: there's a reason the Black Book of Locksley is hard to find these days). Since accreditation is something we want to make sure gets done, what are the best ways of accomplishing it in all the various circumstances a bardic piece may be found?
TUESDAY:	Shall I Play Along?: Panelists: Mistress Lorelei Skye, Efenwealt Wystle, and Mistress Eliane Halevy Accompaniment happens. Sometimes planned, sometimes not. It can be a single drummer or guitarist, a choir in five part harmony, or an entire army. If unexpected, the extra help can throw you. Are there customs about when and where to join in? Are there ways to gently encourage, discourage, or guide enthusiastic accompanists during your piece?
WEDNESDAY:	All the World May Be a Stage, But...: Panelists: Master Owen Alun, Baron Thomas Bordeaux, Mistress Fiana of Clare, and THL Emer nic Aidan There were a number of different venue related topic suggestions this year. Everything from how to schedule new acts on the Pennsic main stage (our new dean would really like some feedback on this), to how to prevent feast from becoming 'hostage dinner theatre,' to finding performance opportunities in the real world. All of these questions involve where and when can a bard perform. They involve matters of venue and/or patronage. It may be time to visit the days of topics past and have a new discussion about how to find and/or create performance venue.
THURSDAY:	That New Fangled Internet Thang: Panelists: Lord Gideon ap Stephen and Mistress Fiana of Clare The web is an ever changing collection of wonder and, in some cases, frustration. It's given us ready access to resources we could only have dreamed of otherwise. There are a number of dedicated SCA bardic sites out there (MidBards, CalonSong, the SCA Bardic Arts Resource Page, PBardic, various social media groups, etc). Each having a different agenda and focus. Are there any major bardic related sites (SCA or mundane) that you think everyone should know about? Are there any specific functions you find most helpful? Is there anything you think is missing? What do you wish you could do or find bardicly on the web that doesn't yet seem to exist? How can we bridge the increasing communications gap between those using the latest tech and those whose tablets are made of stone :-)
FRIDAY:	Making KW Cooks & Bards Actually Happen: Panelists: Master Cerian Cantwr and Master Michael Alewright Its been a reaaaaaally long two years since the last one (2014). What has been the holdup? Finding an appropriate site? A willing hosting group? Someone to run or staff it? Paperwork at Kingdom or Society levels? All of these things and more are potential obstacles. What can we as a community do to help make a biennial Known World Cooks and Bards a regularly occurring event?
	Wrapping Up: What can we improve? What's missing? What classes do we want to see taught that aren't? What topics do we want to discuss? How can we make the bardic arts and its class tracks even better?

Greetings and welcome to the Pennsic Bardic Symposium. This year's schedule and panelists are described below. The Symposium is open to singers, story tellers, and poets of all types, kingdoms, and experience levels. If the Bardic Arts are of interest to you, please come and join us.
The symposium takes place during war week. We are traditionally in AS9, but double check your Pennsic University class schedule to be sure. The sessions are expected to run Monday through Friday from 3-5. Last year, we had to unexpectedly shift Friday's session to 12-2. This may or may not need to happen again this year.
The Pennsic Bardic Symposium currently has several wonderful panelists, but we still need some more. If anyone is interested in being on one of the discussion panels, please contact the provost at cerian@minstrel.com.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1950892435178287/

MONDAY: Introductions and Meet & Greet:
Meet your fellow bards. While many of us already know each other, this will give newcomers a chance to match names to faces.

Credit Where It's Due:
Panelists: Mistress Adelaide de Beaumont, Baron Thomas Bordeaux, and THL Emer nic Aidan
The first of our old favorites. Whether it's a performance, a lyric sheet in your bardic book, or a blog post; somebody wrote the piece. If that someone was not you, then whoever it is should be mentioned. Inadvertently omitting this has caused unfortunate backlash on numerous occasions. (i.e.: there's a reason the Black Book of Locksley is hard to find these days). Since accreditation is something we want to make sure gets done, what are the best ways of accomplishing it in all the various circumstances a bardic piece may be found?

TUESDAY: Shall I Play Along?:
Panelists: Mistress Lorelei Skye, Efenwealt Wystle, and Mistress Eliane Halevy
Accompaniment happens. Sometimes planned, sometimes not. It can be a single drummer or guitarist, a choir in five part harmony, or an entire army. If unexpected, the extra help can throw you. Are there customs about when and where to join in? Are there ways to gently encourage, discourage, or guide enthusiastic accompanists during your piece?

WEDNESDAY: All the World May Be a Stage, But...:
Panelists: Master Owen Alun, Baron Thomas Bordeaux, Mistress Fiana of Clare, and THL Emer nic Aidan
There were a number of different venue related topic suggestions this year. Everything from how to schedule new acts on the Pennsic main stage (our new dean would really like some feedback on this), to how to prevent feast from becoming 'hostage dinner theatre,' to finding performance opportunities in the real world. All of these questions involve where and when can a bard perform. They involve matters of venue and/or patronage. It may be time to visit the days of topics past and have a new discussion about how to find and/or create performance venue.

THURSDAY: That New Fangled Internet Thang:
Panelists: Lord Gideon ap Stephen and Mistress Fiana of Clare
The web is an ever changing collection of wonder and, in some cases, frustration. It's given us ready access to resources we could only have dreamed of otherwise. There are a number of dedicated SCA bardic sites out there (MidBards, CalonSong, the SCA Bardic Arts Resource Page, PBardic, various social media groups, etc). Each having a different agenda and focus. Are there any major bardic related sites (SCA or mundane) that you think everyone should know about? Are there any specific functions you find most helpful? Is there anything you think is missing? What do you wish you could do or find bardicly on the web that doesn't yet seem to exist? How can we bridge the increasing communications gap between those using the latest tech and those whose tablets are made of stone :-)

FRIDAY: Making KW Cooks & Bards Actually Happen:
Panelists: Master Cerian Cantwr and Master Michael Alewright
Its been a reaaaaaally long two years since the last one (2014). What has been the holdup? Finding an appropriate site? A willing hosting group? Someone to run or staff it? Paperwork at Kingdom or Society levels? All of these things and more are potential obstacles. What can we as a community do to help make a biennial Known World Cooks and Bards a regularly occurring event?

Wrapping Up:
What can we improve? What's missing? What classes do we want to see taught that aren't? What topics do we want to discuss? How can we make the bardic arts and its class tracks even better?

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Last updated: 2018-07-30