Schedule

Site & troll open 5pm, Friday, June 26
Closes at noon, Sunday June 28

Thursday

5pm: Site opens to staff

Friday

5pm: Site opens to populace

7:30 Class (possible)

Later (until much later): Bardic circle (but of course!)
Theme: Relaxed. (Filk and out-of-period welcome.)
Challenge 1

Saturday

8am - Troll opens, Breakfast

9am - Marshalls will be present for authorizations in
Thrown Insults, Heavy Metaphor, Siege Mentality...

9:30 Classes

Basics of Vocal Production - Ursula the Widow
Performance Master Class - Tyzes "Zsof" Sofia

11:00 Challenge 2

11:30am - 1:00pm - Lunch Bar Open

12:30pm Classes

Beginning Songwriting - Robin McCauley
How to Rhyme Without Being Annoying - Lyonette Vibert

2:00pm Challenge 3

3:00pm Classes

Bards and Troubadours of Europe - Kateryn Draper
Irish Myth and Legend - THL Brendan O Corraidhe

4:00 PM Afternoon Tea

4:30 Scavenger Hunt / Big Jam / Midrealm Singalong
(any, all or none-of-the-above, details TBD)

6:00 Challenge 4 / Dinner

Dark-thirty (until the birds sing, most likely): Bardic Circle
Theme: The hosts will provide some structure to keep things rolling.
Details TBD.

Sunday

Wake up, rub eyes, break camp.

9:00 Class (possible)

(Anybody know a good pizza joint in Chardon?)

Site closes to populace at noon.

Challenges

A challenge is not a competition - at least, not against others.
Consider it a challenge to your own creativity.

1. Forbidden Lands.
The site for this event is being held on the lovely Lady Juliane's land. Unfortunately, all is not safe here--tell us about the nasties in the "forbidden" part of her property.

2. Riddle Me This
Tell us a riddle. (Remember - nouns lie, adjectives tell the truth.)

3. Horse and Rider
This event is held in a land that is known for not only its valiant warriors, but also for its amazing horses. Tell us a tale of a horse and his rider.

4. Pic-To-Graph
Choose a picture and write a story/song/interpretive dance/whatever.
The pictures will be drawn Friday night (an incentive to come early!)

Bardic Circles

A Bardic Circle provides a chance for everyone who wants to share a performance to do so in a safe and supportive atmosphere. No one is out to "out-do" anyone else. Every performance is applauded, because it takes a certain amount of guts to sing or tell a story or recite poetry in front of strangers.

Especially if you've never done it before.

The Bardic Circles at the Roundhouse will be co-hosted by Robin McCauley and Brendan O Corraidhe. They'll keep things flowing and if necessary fill in the gaps. But it's your show, not theirs.

Lord Robin has hosted the Chalk Man Tavern at Pennsic for a Very Long Time Indeed, and is a working professional musician in the band Tara's Fire.

The Honorable Lord Brendan has been "doing bardic stuff" for Even Longer, If That Can Be Believed: He was a featured performer at the Twenty Year Celebration.

Activities mistress: THL Tyzes (Zsof) Sofia