{"id":935,"date":"2014-01-27T22:11:22","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T22:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/?p=935"},"modified":"2014-01-28T05:25:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T05:25:36","slug":"gorsedd-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/gorsedd-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Gorsedd Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in January 2013, at the Queen&#8217;s Meadhall in Carolingia, I <del>am starting<\/del> started my<a href=\"http:\/\/www.no-gorsedd.com\/challenge\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Gorsedd Bardic Challenge<\/a>. This is where <del>I&#8217;ll hold<\/del> I held myself accountable.<\/p>\n<p>I completed my challenges at the Marketplace at Birka in Stonemarche in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to perform a set number of pieces in a year, according to the criteria listed below.\u00a0 Pieces may be performed in any venue, be it bardic competition, feast, sitting around with friends at a post-revel, or any other occasion within the SCA.\u00a0The year begins with the first performance.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To achieve Level 1<\/strong>: Perform 5 pieces<br \/>\nAt least one of these must be documented period<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Must include at least<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>one story or monologue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>one song<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-Song-<br \/>\n1. &#8220;I Fight for You&#8221; <\/strong>original song performed (from book) at the Queen&#8217;s Meadhall (Feb 2, 2013)<br \/>\n<strong>2. &#8220;I am of the North&#8221; <\/strong>original song performed at Tourney o&#8217;Love during a break at feast. (Feb 18, 2013)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Period Song-<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3. &#8220;Three Ravens&#8221; <\/strong>performed for Lord Lucien, Queen&#8217;s Champion, at the Queen&#8217;s Meadhall. Documented period piece performed with voice and harp. (Feb 2, 2013)<strong><br \/>\n4. &#8220;I Have a Younge Sister&#8221; <\/strong>performed with harp accompaniment at the Tourney o&#8217; Love. Documented period piece.<strong> <\/strong>(Feb 18, 2013)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-Story-<br \/>\n5. <strong>&#8220;The Tale of Adolphus the Devourer&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong> an extemporaneous story performed at the Mudthaw feast, while Adolphus acted it out around the feast table (March 23, 2013)<strong><strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To achieve Level 2<\/strong>: Perform 7 pieces<\/em><br \/>\n<em> At least two of these must be documented period<\/em><br \/>\n<em> At least one of these must be original<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Must include at least<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>one story or monologue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>one song<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>one poem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">either<\/span> one physical performance (juggling, magic, dance, etc.) or one instrumental piece.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>-Song-<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Follow Me&#8221;<\/strong> an original song performed at Mudthaw at feast for a table of listeners, (March 23, 2013)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-Instrumental &#8211;<strong><br \/>\n8. Multiple pieces<\/strong><\/strong> at the Smithwick End of Summer Gathering with other players playing harp and lute. During one cantiga I played the melody on soprano recorder as my partners played strings. (August 23-25, 2013)<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><em><strong><br \/>\nTo achieve Level 3<\/strong>: Perform 9 pieces<\/em><br \/>\n<em> At least three of these must be documented period<\/em><br \/>\n<em> At least one of these must be original<\/em><br \/>\n<em> At least one of these must be on SCA history<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Must include at least<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>* one story or monologue<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>* one song<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0one poem<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>* one instrumental piece<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>one physical performance (juggling, magic, dance, etc.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8211;Poem&#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8. For Sir Brennan on His Knighting<\/strong> scroll reading at court &#8211; original poem written in the style of Norse verse (November 2, 2013)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>9. Instrumental Jam<\/strong> <\/strong>with Mistress Afie and Baroness Emma at Crown Tournament (November 2, 2013)\u00a0<strong><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;physical performance&#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10. Middle Eastern dance<\/strong> at the Birka Hafla (January 25, 2014)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;period song&#8211;<br \/>\n11. Amarilli Mia Bella<\/strong>, performed at the Birka Bardic (January 26, 2014)<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FINISHED!<br \/>\nTo achieve Level 3: Perform 9 pieces<\/p>\n<p><strong>Period songs:<\/strong> Amirilli Mia Bella, The Herne, I Have a Young Sister, Three Ravens, several cantigas on recorder\/voice\/harp chords<br \/>\n<strong>Original songs:<\/strong> I Fight for You, I Am of the North, Follow Me<br \/>\n<strong>Original story:<\/strong> The Tale of Sir Adolphus the Devourer<br \/>\n<strong>Original poem on SCA History:<\/strong> The Tale of Brennan&#8217;s Knighting<br \/>\n<strong>Physical performance:<\/strong> Middle-eastern bellydance<\/p>\n<p>There were many other performances during the year, of many kinds, but these are the ones I am using for my Gorsedd Challenge. The last, the dancing, was the hardest for me, but a small hafla is like a dance bardic circle and while there may be another person on the floor, the dance is a performance all its own. I enjoyed the challenges and would encourage any other performers to try the challenge for themselves!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in January 2013, at the Queen&#8217;s Meadhall in Carolingia, I am starting started my Gorsedd Bardic Challenge. This is where I&#8217;ll hold I held myself accountable. 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