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The Bards Are Bored
As I am an Honest Puck: The Bards Are Bored (Valencia de Clariana) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

As I am an Honest Puck:
Present a work telling of a bardic shenanigan or a plot for one.

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Buccaneers
Blow Someone Else's Horn: Buccaneers (Lorelei Skye) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands

Blow Someone Else's Horn:
Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for matching the theme of the day and/or
choosing something that is not well-known.

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Come and Be Welcome
Come and Be Welcome (Emer nic Aidan) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
recorded at TGS 12th Night 2014

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Come and Be Welcome
Come and Be Welcome (Emer nic Aidan) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Dragonshire Twelfth Night 2019 in the Barony of Ayreton.

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The Efforts of the Bees
Stir Fry: The Efforts of the Bees - Sparrow Hawksdottir
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

(With thanks to Dahrien Cordell for this challenge and suggested word list!)
What do strawberries and honey have in common? BEES! Bees can get pollen from strawberries and
make honey with it. Yumm! Use as many words from our list of bee-related words as you can, and
mash them into a song, brief story, poetry, etc. If you choose to use a pre-existing song or other
pre-format (Like Dr. Seuss or Lewis Carol or Edgar Allen Poe poetry), you can give yourself extra
credit if your work's original base also relates to bees!

syrup nectar
mead milk
honeycomb lavender
dearest wax
clover golden
jelly fruit
vine garden
seeds blonde
lemonade cacao (or cocoa or chocolate)
bitter dirt or earth (small *e*)
hybrid duke (or duchess)
birthmark

Bonus words:
oenomel - from an ancient Greek beverage consisting of honey and unfermented grape juice; from Greek
words oinos (wine) and meli (honey)

stolon - in biology, horizontal connections between organisms, also known as runners; from Latin
stolō (branch)

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The Efforts of the Bees
Bardic Madness Anniversary: The Efforts of the Bees - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Bardic Madness Anniversary:
Comb through your own notes and folios - Perform a work you specifically created at/for any previous
Bardic Madness, 'Ftys of Madness', or Madness related or inspired events (since Bardic Madness has
been 'Franchised' to several other kingdoms in recent years.) Tell us the challenge, if you
remember, as you introduce your piece.

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Feast Song
Blow Someone Else’s Horn - Feast Song (Kenneth MacQuarrie) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Blow Someone Else’s Horn
Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for memorizing and for doing something that
is not well-known.
We’ll have a special chair up front for the author of your piece, if they are in attendance, to be
recognized for their work.

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The Feast Song
The Feast Song (Ken and Lisa Theriot) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Fall Coronation 2019 in the Barony of Illiton.

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Fine Life
Rite of Passage: Fine Life (Sim MacFearchair) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands

Rite of Passage
In the Modern Middle Ages, turning 21 is a milestone marked by being able to legally purchase and
consume "adult beverages." Tell us in song, story, or poem about a milestone event. Examples:
where a person or group transitions from youth to adulthood. A ceremony, anniversary, or event
marking an important stage in life.

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Forever Shall We Fight
Sparrow Hawksdottir (Midrealm) answer the challenge. Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX:
Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

Room for One More (no 2nd fiddles):
Perform a sung or spoken piece accompanied with the addition of instruments and/or in multiple
voices.

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Forever Shall We Fight
Room for One More: Forever Shall We Fight - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Room for One More:
Perform a sung or spoken piece accompanied with the addition of instruments and/or in multiple voices.

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Forever Shall We Fight
Forever Shall We Fight - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016

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Hotspur
Post Revel: Hotspur (Andrew of Lyon of Wolvenwood) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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Hotspur
Hotspur (Andrew of Lyon of Wolvenwood) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016

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Hotspur
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh

Period Piece
Perform a documentably period piece of music, verse, story, or song. 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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If I Was a Blackbird
Here There Be Ravens: If I Was a Blackbird (Trad) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Here There Be Ravens:
3 Ravens, Twa Corbies, 4-and-Twenty-Blackbirds, a Storytelling (or the spookier Murder) of Crows -
these large black birds have been used through the ages as symbols of passage and change of
circumstances, as well as their thieving of shiny things.

Share a work about these fascinating birds!

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Jack the Tinker
Post Revel: Jack the Tinker (Moonwulf Starkaaderson) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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One of Us
Let Us Not Forget: One of Us (Marian of Heatherdale) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Let Us Not Forget
In honor of a figure from history, either Historical or Modern Middle Ages, create and perform a
piece (song, story, or poem) to remind us of them, their qualities, and/or the deeds they have done.
Or perhaps perform a work composed by an SCA bardic artist who has passed, yet their work lives on
in all who continue to carry it forward.

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One of Us performed by Sparrow Hawksdotter
One of Us (Marian of Heatherdale) performed by Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Simple Day 2013

My regular camera was in the shop this weekend - using a much older machine instead. Sadly, audio
and video quality suffered greatly.

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Outsider
Dances of the Fairy Queen: Outsider (Valencia de Clariana) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Dances of the Fairy Queen:
Present a song or instrumental music fit for a fairy court to dance to.

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The Recruiter
Chance Encounter: The Recruiter (Sim MacFearchair) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands

Chance Encounter:
What do you think this challenge calls for? Let's all see what we bump into in this Chance
Encounter!

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The River Song
The River Song (Hector of Black Height) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016

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Sonnet 8
Open Stage Shakespeare: Sonnet 8 (William Shakespeare) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Open Stage Shakespeare:
Solo, With a friend or group - share one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, Scenes ~ spoken or
in song! Perhaps try to do all or part of a Shakespeare play in about 5 minutes

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Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm
Post Revel: Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm
Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Fall Coronation 2019 in the Barony of Illiton.

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Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm
Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Simple Day 2019 in the Barony of Sternfeld.

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Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm
Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.

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Tell Us More
Sparrow Hawksdottir (Middle) sang this original song that she says is still in progress for me
during my wanderings through the A&S exhibit one day.

Recorded at the SCA 50 Year Celebration, held at the Hendricks County Fairground, Danville, IN, 17-
26 June 2016.

Please support independent musicians by buying their music whenever possible, listening attentively,
and enjoying their talents.

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That's What All the Bards Say
Once Upon a Dragon: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Once Upon a Dragon
Present a piece - musical, poetry, storytelling - which commemorates, in some way, the history of the Middle Kingdom.

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That's What All the Bards Say
Post-Revel: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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That's What All the Bards Say
Concert: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

Concert:
If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the criteria - this is the spot for it.

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That's What All the Bards Say (music: Lange, Heath, & Daniel)
That's What All the Bards Say (music: Lange, Heath, & Daniel) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Baroness Wars 2023 in the Shire of Swordcliff.

lyrics: Sparrow Hawksdotter
music: That's What Uncle Remus Said (Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, & Eliot Daniel)

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Three Jolly Coachmen
Follow the Leader: Flowing Bowl (Trad) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Follow the Leader:
Sing along with Snorri. Perform a work containing a chorus or refrain that will have the whole room singing merrily along.

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Three Jolly Coachmen
Sparrow Hawksdottir (Midrealm) answers the challenge with this British traditional song. Recorded
at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

Follow the Leader:
Sing along with Snorri. Perform a work containing a chorus or refrain that will have the whole room
singing merrily along.

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White Rose
Blow Someone Else’s Horn: White Rose (Marian of Heatherdale) - Sparrow Hawksdotter
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

Blow Someone Else's Horn:
Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for memorizing and for doing something that is not well-known.
We’ll have a special chair up front for the author of your piece, if they are in attendance, to be recognized for their work.

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	Title: Description:	The Bards Are Bored As I am an Honest Puck: The Bards Are Bored (Valencia de Clariana) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. As I am an Honest Puck: Present a work telling of a bardic shenanigan or a plot for one.
	Title: Description:	Buccaneers Blow Someone Else's Horn: Buccaneers (Lorelei Skye) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands Blow Someone Else's Horn: Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for matching the theme of the day and/or choosing something that is not well-known.
	Title: Description:	Come and Be Welcome Come and Be Welcome (Emer nic Aidan) - Sparrow Hawksdotter recorded at TGS 12th Night 2014
	Title: Description:	Come and Be Welcome Come and Be Welcome (Emer nic Aidan) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Dragonshire Twelfth Night 2019 in the Barony of Ayreton.
	Title: Description:	The Efforts of the Bees Stir Fry: The Efforts of the Bees - Sparrow Hawksdottir Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. (With thanks to Dahrien Cordell for this challenge and suggested word list!) What do strawberries and honey have in common? BEES! Bees can get pollen from strawberries and make honey with it. Yumm! Use as many words from our list of bee-related words as you can, and mash them into a song, brief story, poetry, etc. If you choose to use a pre-existing song or other pre-format (Like Dr. Seuss or Lewis Carol or Edgar Allen Poe poetry), you can give yourself extra credit if your work's original base also relates to bees! syrup nectar mead milk honeycomb lavender dearest wax clover golden jelly fruit vine garden seeds blonde lemonade cacao (or cocoa or chocolate) bitter dirt or earth (small e) hybrid duke (or duchess) birthmark Bonus words: oenomel - from an ancient Greek beverage consisting of honey and unfermented grape juice; from Greek words oinos (wine) and meli (honey) stolon - in biology, horizontal connections between organisms, also known as runners; from Latin stolō (branch)
	Title: Description:	The Efforts of the Bees Bardic Madness Anniversary: The Efforts of the Bees - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. Bardic Madness Anniversary: Comb through your own notes and folios - Perform a work you specifically created at/for any previous Bardic Madness, 'Ftys of Madness', or Madness related or inspired events (since Bardic Madness has been 'Franchised' to several other kingdoms in recent years.) Tell us the challenge, if you remember, as you introduce your piece.
	Title: Description:	Feast Song Blow Someone Else’s Horn - Feast Song (Kenneth MacQuarrie) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar. Blow Someone Else’s Horn Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for memorizing and for doing something that is not well-known. We’ll have a special chair up front for the author of your piece, if they are in attendance, to be recognized for their work.
	Title: Description:	The Feast Song The Feast Song (Ken and Lisa Theriot) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Fall Coronation 2019 in the Barony of Illiton.
	Title: Description:	Fine Life Rite of Passage: Fine Life (Sim MacFearchair) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands Rite of Passage In the Modern Middle Ages, turning 21 is a milestone marked by being able to legally purchase and consume "adult beverages." Tell us in song, story, or poem about a milestone event. Examples: where a person or group transitions from youth to adulthood. A ceremony, anniversary, or event marking an important stage in life.
	Title: Description:	Forever Shall We Fight Sparrow Hawksdottir (Midrealm) answer the challenge. Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017. Room for One More (no 2nd fiddles): Perform a sung or spoken piece accompanied with the addition of instruments and/or in multiple voices.
	Title: Description:	Forever Shall We Fight Room for One More: Forever Shall We Fight - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar. Room for One More: Perform a sung or spoken piece accompanied with the addition of instruments and/or in multiple voices.
	Title: Description:	Forever Shall We Fight Forever Shall We Fight - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016
	Title: Description:	Hotspur Post Revel: Hotspur (Andrew of Lyon of Wolvenwood) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	Hotspur Hotspur (Andrew of Lyon of Wolvenwood) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016
	Title: Description:	Hotspur Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh Period Piece Perform a documentably period piece of music, verse, story, or song. 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.
	Title: Description:	If I Was a Blackbird Here There Be Ravens: If I Was a Blackbird (Trad) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Here There Be Ravens: 3 Ravens, Twa Corbies, 4-and-Twenty-Blackbirds, a Storytelling (or the spookier Murder) of Crows - these large black birds have been used through the ages as symbols of passage and change of circumstances, as well as their thieving of shiny things. Share a work about these fascinating birds!
	Title: Description:	Jack the Tinker Post Revel: Jack the Tinker (Moonwulf Starkaaderson) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	One of Us Let Us Not Forget: One of Us (Marian of Heatherdale) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles. Let Us Not Forget In honor of a figure from history, either Historical or Modern Middle Ages, create and perform a piece (song, story, or poem) to remind us of them, their qualities, and/or the deeds they have done. Or perhaps perform a work composed by an SCA bardic artist who has passed, yet their work lives on in all who continue to carry it forward.
	Title: Description:	One of Us performed by Sparrow Hawksdotter One of Us (Marian of Heatherdale) performed by Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Simple Day 2013 My regular camera was in the shop this weekend - using a much older machine instead. Sadly, audio and video quality suffered greatly.
	Title: Description:	Outsider Dances of the Fairy Queen: Outsider (Valencia de Clariana) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. Dances of the Fairy Queen: Present a song or instrumental music fit for a fairy court to dance to.
	Title: Description:	The Recruiter Chance Encounter: The Recruiter (Sim MacFearchair) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands Chance Encounter: What do you think this challenge calls for? Let's all see what we bump into in this Chance Encounter!
	Title: Description:	The River Song The River Song (Hector of Black Height) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Illiton's Rites of Spring 2016
	Title: Description:	Sonnet 8 Open Stage Shakespeare: Sonnet 8 (William Shakespeare) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. Open Stage Shakespeare: Solo, With a friend or group - share one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, Scenes ~ spoken or in song! Perhaps try to do all or part of a Shakespeare play in about 5 minutes
	Title: Description:	Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm Post Revel: Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Fall Coronation 2019 in the Barony of Illiton.
	Title: Description:	Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm Spread Your WIngs Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Simple Day 2019 in the Barony of Sternfeld.
	Title: Description:	Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm Spread Your Wings Over the Mid-Realm - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.
	Title: Description:	Tell Us More Sparrow Hawksdottir (Middle) sang this original song that she says is still in progress for me during my wanderings through the A&S exhibit one day. Recorded at the SCA 50 Year Celebration, held at the Hendricks County Fairground, Danville, IN, 17- 26 June 2016. Please support independent musicians by buying their music whenever possible, listening attentively, and enjoying their talents.
	Title: Description:	That's What All the Bards Say Once Upon a Dragon: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles. Once Upon a Dragon Present a piece - musical, poetry, storytelling - which commemorates, in some way, the history of the Middle Kingdom.
	Title: Description:	That's What All the Bards Say Post-Revel: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	That's What All the Bards Say Concert: That's What All the Bards Say - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton. Concert: If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the criteria - this is the spot for it.
	Title: Description:	That's What All the Bards Say (music: Lange, Heath, & Daniel) That's What All the Bards Say (music: Lange, Heath, & Daniel) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Baroness Wars 2023 in the Shire of Swordcliff. lyrics: Sparrow Hawksdotter music: That's What Uncle Remus Said (Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, & Eliot Daniel)
	Title: Description:	Three Jolly Coachmen Follow the Leader: Flowing Bowl (Trad) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar. Follow the Leader: Sing along with Snorri. Perform a work containing a chorus or refrain that will have the whole room singing merrily along.
	Title: Description:	Three Jolly Coachmen Sparrow Hawksdottir (Midrealm) answers the challenge with this British traditional song. Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017. Follow the Leader: Sing along with Snorri. Perform a work containing a chorus or refrain that will have the whole room singing merrily along.
	Title: Description:	White Rose Blow Someone Else’s Horn: White Rose (Marian of Heatherdale) - Sparrow Hawksdotter Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton. Blow Someone Else's Horn: Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for memorizing and for doing something that is not well-known. We’ll have a special chair up front for the author of your piece, if they are in attendance, to be recognized for their work.