First and foresmost...Congratulations. Bring the honor to the role that it brings to you.
Second. We all have critics. I can at times leave 500 people on the floor laughing, and the next time out have dead air and stares... Or when singing, can captivate or have them waiting for the next thing.
Enjoy what goes well, tune up what does not, and never set your worth at the feet of critics, for likely they feel good only when stomping others.
Thank you. It means a lot coming from one of your bardic stature and fame.
Your comments are all valid. I don't know how it took me this long to figure it out. There is also a world of difference between constuctive criticism (such as the woman for whom I sang, who used to run the canton choir, telling me that confidence would help me because getting nervous affects pitch) and the general complaining we do (I don't know how s/he got to be a laurel/kingdom bard/baronial bard.) I can work on the former. The latter is now going straight into the "it's a free country and you are entitled to your opinion" file.
Next time, I promise to have a more period story ready! I had only planned to recite AElfwyn's piece and you got me totally flustered by asking for another, despite having been doing entertainment off and on since I first joined the SCA (as a jester, musician and storyteller). I'm very pleased you have been asked to be Baronial Bard. I can't think of anyone more deserving.
I hadn't got to do my course on encouraging story telling, so I was trying to get anyone to participate. I had asked two other people and finally I honed in on you as a safe bet. I knew you had stories, even if they weren't medieval. The two Hare stories were great. People laughed and had fun. That's a big part of the point of doing story telling.
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Second. We all have critics. I can at times leave 500 people on the floor laughing, and the next time out have dead air and stares... Or when singing, can captivate or have them waiting for the next thing.
Enjoy what goes well, tune up what does not, and never set your worth at the feet of critics, for likely they feel good only when stomping others.
faheud's tuppence.
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Your comments are all valid. I don't know how it took me this long to figure it out. There is also a world of difference between constuctive criticism (such as the woman for whom I sang, who used to run the canton choir, telling me that confidence would help me because getting nervous affects pitch) and the general complaining we do (I don't know how s/he got to be a laurel/kingdom bard/baronial bard.) I can work on the former. The latter is now going straight into the "it's a free country and you are entitled to your opinion" file.
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I want you to hear my newest poem. I promise I will quest this year to find the elusive Camp de Taahe and seek you out.
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I hadn't got to do my course on encouraging story telling, so I was trying to get anyone to participate. I had asked two other people and finally I honed in on you as a safe bet. I knew you had stories, even if they weren't medieval. The two Hare stories were great. People laughed and had fun. That's a big part of the point of doing story telling.
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