Online Pennsic-Themed Bardic Event

August 5, 2020 by East Kingdom Gazette

The East Kingdom College of Performers is hosting an online Performing Arts and Bardic night.

All are welcome! All Kingdoms! All places! All experience levels! Just want to listen in? Performers love an audience! August 8th, 6-10pm EDT

Unto the Performers, Bards, Skalds, Scops, Minstrels, Troubadours, Trouveres, Poets, Storytellers, Skomorokhs, Balladeers, and other entertainers of the Knowne World of the SCA (and those who aspire to be such,) greetings.

I am Grim the Skald, Crown Bard of the East Kingdom. We cannot gather this year at Pennsic due to the Plague, and I know that loss is keenly felt by us all. Prince Magnus Tindal, Heir-Sovereign of the East Kingdom, wisely suggested to me that we might have an Etherial Bardic Night where performers may regale the populace with stories, poems, songs, or other performances of Pennsic. To this end, we have assembled the means to have a Bardic Circle from isolation, and invite all performers who can entertain us on this theme. This will be held August 8th, 6-10pm. It is open to all who can perform on the subject, but we ask that you sign up in advance. You can sign up on the following form:

https://forms.gle/anZbJJqVn7rSFkDZ7

We ask that your performance be on the subject of Pennsic, but any aspect of Pennsic (i.e. a poem of a Pennsic battle, a song in praise of the Pennsic workers, a story about a gracious gesture by a Queen at Pennsic, etc.) is fine. All else are welcome to attend, watch, and listen to performances about Pennsic on our over-long Town Run. Performers are nothing without an audience!

In Service to the Society

Grim the Skald

Crown Bard of the East Kingdom

What is this event?

Join us for a Performing Arts and Bardic Tribute to Pennsic! All are invited to join us in sharing performing arts pieces centered around the theme of Pennsic! All kingdoms! All experience levels!

The theme is performances on the subject of Pennsic! We welcome any aspect of Pennsic (i.e. a poem of a Pennsic battle, a song in praise of the Pennsic workers, a story about a gracious gesture by a Queen at Pennsic, etc.)

We welcome pieces in celebration of the SCA and the activities undergone at Pennsic! We encourage folks to wear garb! Mundane clothes are also great! Even an audio only performance is more than welcome! Our goal is to host the event in a way that will let people participate from all over the known world!

How do I participate?

Several ways to participate:

I want to watch!

-At 6pm EDT on August 8th 2020 there will be a live stream of performers that you can watch (it will be recorded).

Live Stream Link – https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/94e11e44-a887-422c-ac4d-28a087fa8209

I want to perform during the live stream!

-Use this form to sign up to perform during the live stream and we’ll send you information on how to join the day of the event (the live stream will be recorded) Sign ups close August 7th.

https://forms.gle/LQxsxZC8rudHR5Hr8

I want to submit a pre-recorded performance!

-Use this form to indicate that you’d like to send in a recorded video of your performance that will be later combined with the recorded live stream as part of a video compilation or playlist for Youtube

Sign ups close August 7th.

https://forms.gle/LQxsxZC8rudHR5Hr8

I want to perform and chat with others, but I don’t want to be recorded!

-Join us in a Social Circle Google Hangouts room while the performance is going on and perform pieces and share memories after the scheduled performances are finished (this will not be live streamed and will not be recorded).

Social Circle Room:

Meeting ID

meet.google.com/ndx-scsv-den

Phone Numbers

(‪US‬)

‪+1 617-675-4444‬

PIN: ‪308 546 200 5688#‬

Schedule for the event:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZYPysGFAv4D2i9Vt2AkEpUtyhvBF0L49i_yRHIQRllc/edit?usp=sharing

I’m going to miss the event! What can I do?

There is an option to submit a pre-recorded performance described above. The live stream will be recorded and posted on Youtube, as well as the pre-recorded performances. They will either be in a single compilation video or a playlist.

Youtube Channel likely to host the videos:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHHyN8uOWoCv-8wAXr5QNcQ

For more questions please contact:

Master Grim the Skald

grimtheskald@gmail.com

EKCoP Chatelaine Lord Douglas Doan

chatelaine@ekcp.eastkingdom.org

Facebook Event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/683698172216740/

Third Thursday of every month we gather online

7-9pm Eastern Time

https://www.facebook.com/events/138797907559734/