"Watch your habits
for they become your character,
Watch your character
for it becomes your destiny."
~ Atrrib to Lao Tzu
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny,
but in ourselves."
~ William Shakespeare, rephrased;
Julius Caesar Act 1
Greetings and Welcome are bid to all Bards,
and Friends of the Bardic and other Performing Arts!
Is a fate written in the stars, determined by chance, or in one's own control? These questions have been pondered throughout the ages,
and in November this year at:
Midrealm Bardic Madness XXI ~ Il Destino
November 2nd, 2019
Hosted by: The Barony of Cleftlands.
With many thanks to the Baron and Baroness, officers,
and populace for their hospitality and hosting the bardic community this year!
Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1242567309258799/
Day Event & Post-Revel Site:
West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church
20401 Hilliard Boulevard
Rocky River, OH 44116
Site open to the populace at 9am, First Challenge will start at 10am
Event will be followed by the Bardic post-revel, onsite.
Other Site information, Fees:
Adult (non-member): $15
Adult (member): $10
Youth (17 and under): Free
Feast: $10
There will be a lunch tavern, $5 payable on site.
Pre-Registration
Online:
Deadline for onling registration is October 28th, 2019.
**Click here, opens form to e-pay your preregistration and feast online today!**
Ground Mail:
Deadline for postal-mail registration is October 25, 2019.
Please make checks out to "SCA Inc - Barony of the Cleftlands" and send to:
SCA Barony of the Cleftlands,
c/o Bardic Madness registration
P.O. Box 21201
South Euclid, OH 44121-0201**
(**be sure to include the full ZIP+4 or the letter may be misdirected!)
And include the following information along with the check:
Real name(s), and if feast is included with pre-registrations
Additional information to send for members:
SCA name, membership card number, and membership expiration date
for everyone included in the pre-registration.
Other Site Notes:
* West Shore runs a food drive and would appreciate non-perishable items; canned goods preferred *
* The site is fully handicapped-accessible
* The site is discretely damp (beer, mead and wine only)
Images used:
Master Jean de Mauléon - Playing Dice - Walters W4492V - Circa 1524 Wikimedia Image:
3 fates, Flemish Tapestry circa 1510-152 - Wikimedia Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fates_tapestry_-460755563.jpg
Are you interested in hosting Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XXII or XXIII?
Please, visit our Event Bid Page For Details!
SCA Bards and Bardic Arts, (in general):
Those who perform created, or selected, works with a focus around a narrative/story/idea from SCA historical eras and cultures, as well inspired by the 'Modern Middle Ages.'
Covering multiple performance types *(see footnote) with material drawn, or recreated, from the wide array of SCA Corpora historical eras and cultures, inspired by historical events, period legends and heroes. Encouraging of original creations and arrangements. As well as drawing inspiration and creating works from the events, experiences, traditions, people, as well as those reinforcing the culture, values, and ideals, from the 'Modern Middle Ages.'
With performance styles analogous to descriptions of what/how/where such works were presented in pre 17th C settings. And oral historical experiences passed down through the ages. Sharing these with one another, and audiences, in a variety of settings ranging from highly formal and solemn occasions, all the way to entirely casual; preserving and honoring the 'oral tradition' while entertaining all and sundry. Bringing together what and how this provides an authentic experience for the performer and audience.
*Footnote: Multiple Bardic Performing Arts Types - including, and not limited to:
Poets, singers, singer-songwriters, storytellers, wordsmiths; minstrels, musicians, instrumentalists; Bards, Fillids, Griots, Jongleurs, Minnesingers, Meistersingers, Olaves, Scops, Skalds, Troubadours, Trouvères...
(...And Welcoming to All Friends of/within the wider Performing Arts Community including: Actors, Commedia Arts, Fools, Improvisational Artists, Jesters, Jugglers, Mimes, Movement Arts, Mummers, Musicians and Instrumentalists from other areas of focus, Physical Theater, Players, Stage Magicians, Theatrical Arts, and more!)
(From the SCA Bardic Arts Resource Page: https://sites.google.com/site/scabardic/)