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Bardic Madness South III Challenges |
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Bardic Madness South III Challenges |
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Your response to the various challenges may be in many different forms. Song or story are the most obvious choices; however juggling, magic, instrumental, or dance can also express an idea or tell a tale. All of these could be used to answer a given challenge (though perhaps not all at the same time :-). Our desire here is to be inclusive rather than exclusive. If you have something to share that doesn't quite fit or that stretches the definitions a little, then fire away.
It is our wish to create a "bardic safe zone" - a friendly place where you may feel free to experiment and try new things. If you've never performed before, now's your chance. You'll be hard pressed to find a friendlier and more supportive audience. We would be delighted to see lots of first time performers.
Please remember, in order to make sure as many gentles get a chance to
perform as possible, we ask that you limit your performances so that
they run less than five minutes.
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| Quod Libet | Pull three topics and two tunes out of a hat. Using one tune and at least two of the topics, compose two verses and a chorus. |
| The King Has Called and I Must Go | Throughout the middle ages, both ancient and modern, the crown will periodically issue a call for its' populace to muster and march to war. Tell us of such a call. What did it mean to you? How did it make you feel? Did you wish to go? What consequences did answering (or ignoring) such a call have for you and your family? |
| Period Piece | Perform a documentably period piece of music, story, or song (poetry, prose, and so forth are good too). Dig out those reference books, blow off the dust (try not to sneeze), and see what wonderful and magical treasures you can find in them. There is a staggering amount of fantastic material out there. Find something, be it silly or sublime, and amaze us with it. |
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| Boasting | Given a pair of random partners, boast about the each other's honor, prowess, nobility, and so forth. Participants will have five minutes or so to learn about each other in advance of the challenge. |
| Hungary | Hungarian history is replete with trials and tribulations. Since its
founding in the ninth century, it has had military altercations with,
among others, Byzantium, the Holy Roman Empire, the Mongols, and the
Turks. Surely, such a land must have some fascinating stories and
songs all its' own. Share one with us.
For those wishing to investigate Hungarian history, the following web links should help get you started:
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| Bread and Roses | St Elizabeth is perhaps best know for her devotion to caring for the sick and impoverished. According to legend, she was on a secret errand of mercy when she was surprised by the presence of her husband. Suddenly, the bread she was attempting to conceal within her cloak was turned into roses. Since by all accounts her husband was a saintly man himself, the reason (not to mention utility) for such a transformation is questionable - of such stuff are myths made. In honor of this most peculiar of miracles, tell us a tale (song, story, subtlety, etc) that somehow involves both bread and roses. |
| Fyt the Third: | |
| Stir Fry | Given a list of words, do something artistic with them. |
| Goulash | The revered scholar, Allan Sherman, tells us that Hungarian goulash is a conglomeration of a vast number of other dishes; ranging all the way from enchiladas and kangaroo souffle to lobster Cantonese and pumpernickel. Since we wouldn't for the world doubt so sagacious a sage, let's assume this to be the case. In honor of this national cuisine that mixes together so eclectic a variety of other things, present a performance that somehow combines multiple arts. Song and dance, story and magic, instrumental and juggling, perhaps even a poetic presentation of pewter casting. Any or all of these could happen. Use your imagination and surprise us. |
| My Mother, the Saint | Several relations of St Elizabeth were also canonized. Both her aunt and great-niece (St Hedwig and St Elizabeth of Portugal respectively) also went on to achieve sainthood. Imagine what it must have been like to grow up in such a family. "You never do as well as your sister, she's such a saint." Can anyone hear their own mother making such a statement? Tell us what it might have been like growing up with a saint somewhere in the family. |
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| Argue For or Against | Given a topic chosen out of a hat (or thought of by the audience) and five to fifteen minutes to prepare, present an argument for or against that topic. This can be done in prose or verse, with or without props or music. The topics will likely be creative, as they will come from the participants. |
| Bakers | St Elizabeth was, among many other things, the patron saint of bakers. Perform a piece that somehow involves bakers or baking (I sense the possibility of a subtlety at this point :-). For the truly masochistic: St Elizabeth is also the patroness of countesses, death of children, falsely accused, homeless, nursing services, tetiaries, widows, and young brides. See how many of these subjects you can also work in. |
| All Together Now | Get together a group of singers, story tellers, musicians, players, or other performers. Combine everyone together and perform some sort of ensemble piece for us. Emphasis should focus on how having more than one person performing enriches the piece. |
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