I found these notes recently in a random file and decided to share them.
Goal: Create a culture of group singing in the East. Create and encourage singing opportunities, informal group-sing, and a positive feeling for singing in the SCA for people of all kinds.
DESIRES
- people want to sing
- group fun singing
- informal singing
BARRIERS
- geography
- conflicting activities
- unfamiliarity with SCA songs
- different versions of songs
- focus often on individual bards/performers
- diverse feelings of competency
- little time for practice
- knowing when to sing / SCA-appropriate material
- maybe language barriers
- inability to read sheet music
- some physical barriers / comfort barriers
SOLUTIONS
INCREASE ACCESS
- website with songs and sheet music
- youtube vids of people singing
- CD of common SCA songs
- book of lyrics / sheet music
INCREASE OPPORTUNITY
- more music-themed events
- more choirs (formal/informal)
- more open performing (“the call”)
THE PLAN
Kingdom Plan
- collect sheet music of easy period stuff and rounds
- collect “SCA” song lyrics
- have music and lyrics available
- offer to teach when it’s convenient for others
- be approachable, offer often
- facilitate informal learning situations that aren’t intimidating
- encourage casual singing
- give out lyrics/music if possible
- encourage people who do not consider themselves to be singers to join in
- stress that there’s no commitment or expectation
- stress that “talent” is not nearly as important as participation
Local Plan
- collect sheet music of easy period stuff and rounds
- collect “SCA” song lyrics
- get my shire “sing thing” to learn a bunch of stuff new to them
- get the sing thing to let me video the stuff they DO know
- put it on a youtube channel with lyrics on the videos
- add the link to lyric/music
SONGS SUGGESTED BY PEOPLE
- Wyndrith Berginsdottir songs
- Rimini
- Bow to the Crown
- March of Campbreath
- Mariah’s song
- Peasant Knight
- Shieldwall
- Forsaking all others
- A white belt is foerever
- The Standing Stones
- Byrd – non nobie
- L’homme arme
- Song of the sheldwall
- Born on the Listfield
- Light of the East
- Ave Tigris
- Eastern Tyger’s Roar
- Regnum Oriantalis
- Oriens Victoriousus
- Welcome Home
- Crusader’s Song
- Lamas Night
- The Quest
- Cold Iron
- The Pict Song
- Boreal Star
- Fires of Endwearde
- The Feast Song
- Dona nobis
- Gaudatae
- Siuil a Run
- River Run Red
- I Am of the North