Bardic Bedlam class descriptions

10:30am

Poetry-Writing for Beginners	Lady Ingeborg Ulfsdottir	So you want to write poetry, but don't know where to start? Come learn about form. We'll play with some simple Germanic, English, and French styles, which are fun and impressive. Hands-on class will adapt to student level.


Calontir Campfire Choruses	Lady Hanne Abendschein	Very beginner class on just learning the choruses to our most sung songs around the circle.

Triad/Metaphor/Riddle	Master Owen Alun	Three fundamental tools from the Bardic Toolbox. Where they come from, how they relate to each other, and to the way we think. How to use them in identifying, organizing, and presenting your material. Practicum in identifying, structuring and performing ones that you create yourself.

1:30pm

Chaucerian Poetry Construction	Thomas of Shrewsbury	Learn to understand the mindset of Chaucer’s England by crafting some "Rime Royals" in Middle English. The instructor will provide Middle English writing aids to help you find your inner poet, and he swears it isn’t that hard to write a poem in 14th century English.

How to Write and Sing Harmonies	Honorable Lord Christian d'Hiver	So you want to write poetry, but don't know where to start? Come learn about form. We'll play with some simple Germanic, English, and French styles, which are fun and impressive. Hands-on class will adapt to student level.

The Fine Art of Storytelling	Lady Moira Apthac ingen Neill	Public speaking for a SCAdian audience.

4pm

Poetry Workshop	Lady Ingeborg Ulfsdottir	Bring your works-in-progress for peer (not Peer) review. Having trouble with phrasing in one particular spot? Rhyme or meter giving you problems? Need a test audience? Or maybe you're having difficulty getting started, and want to sound out other poets for ideas. If you've got an open mind and a penchant for word-craft, come play with us!

Voice: Care, Projection & Maintenance	Lord Corwyn MacCamie	Learn all the tricks of the trade to maximize, strengthen and use your voice correctly for singing, storytelling and public speaking.

Bardic Field Guide to Venues and Arenas	Master Owen Alun	A discussion of the different types of venues and arenas for performance, identifying characteristics, typical markings and behaviors, understanding their natural range, perferred habitats, and methods of finding, attracting, encouraging and organizing them, also what types of performances to feed them, and how to successfully interact with them. While this discussion will focus on the bardic arts as a primary topic, we will also discuss similarities and differences of other species of performance.

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