Congratulations...
Feb. 25th, 2007 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
minstrlmummrto hotspurreand scaharp, new Kings' and Queens' Bardic Champions!
Round One started with eleven competitors (including a singer all of eight years old!!), whittled down to seven, then the Final Four (alsot_bardand Frau Baumhecker 8). Performances took place in the sanctuary of the church where the event was held, and I didn't see/hear a bad performance in the lot. Frau B in particular impressed me this day--she chose two pieces with which she was sufficiently comfortable to give a relaxed appearance onstage, and it made all the difference in the world! I saw a number of entrants using pieces they knew well enough to take the performance to that next level--it definitely works, as well as being more professional artistically! (also more like what an entertainer's persona would have done...) I have heard sad things about the state of the performing art in other kingdoms, and I'm never more proud to be an Easterner than when I see this competition.
I got to do both the pieces I had prepared. I also got to see two of the performers who'd come with me entertain at feast (concert got cancelled because everything else ran late...big surprise) and receive praises and largesse. I hope they both compete locally and at Kingdom 8)
Full disclosure--I didn't have My Best Day. Performing at feast helped to restore equilibrium a little (took my own advice and did the Dead Jester again). I have much to ponder.
hotspurreand scaharp, new Kings' and Queens' Bardic Champions!Round One started with eleven competitors (including a singer all of eight years old!!), whittled down to seven, then the Final Four (also
t_bardand Frau Baumhecker 8). Performances took place in the sanctuary of the church where the event was held, and I didn't see/hear a bad performance in the lot. Frau B in particular impressed me this day--she chose two pieces with which she was sufficiently comfortable to give a relaxed appearance onstage, and it made all the difference in the world! I saw a number of entrants using pieces they knew well enough to take the performance to that next level--it definitely works, as well as being more professional artistically! (also more like what an entertainer's persona would have done...) I have heard sad things about the state of the performing art in other kingdoms, and I'm never more proud to be an Easterner than when I see this competition.I got to do both the pieces I had prepared. I also got to see two of the performers who'd come with me entertain at feast (concert got cancelled because everything else ran late...big surprise) and receive praises and largesse. I hope they both compete locally and at Kingdom 8)
Full disclosure--I didn't have My Best Day. Performing at feast helped to restore equilibrium a little (took my own advice and did the Dead Jester again). I have much to ponder.
