http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/ no-gorsedd Wed, 22 May 2013 13:31:49 GMT Julie Washington http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2627 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2627 Are there going to be fits, or challenges, at BR? If so, what are they? I'd like to be able to prepare, thanks! ... -- Julie E. Washington Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:02 GMT Dennis Kempthorne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2626 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2626 Thanks for getting the word out! Kenrick Wed, 22 May 2013 05:18:10 GMT corrie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2625 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2625 Let those who would gainsay thee speak their mind; I would defend thee in good company. For not just me, (with small authority, Save silver'd head, and steely Tue, 21 May 2013 23:04:36 GMT kateryndraper http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2624 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2624 Yes, Romeo and Juliet is late 16th century and is period. Kateryn Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:34 GMT Heather Lambert http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2623 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2623 Is Romeo and Juliet period? I have been in love with it when my mom read it to me when I was about 10. Then I got to play Juliet in middle school. I have Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:06 GMT Greg Stumbo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2622 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2622 Kateryn - that's a fantastic way to approach story telling! Thanks for sharing that. I'm going to apply that to my stand up routines and I'll let you know Tue, 21 May 2013 13:52:21 GMT Ursula Mortimer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2621 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2621 Thank you, Kateryn! I just moved that post to my Reference fold. Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:31 GMT corrie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2620 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2620 With the oppressive heat of summer peering over the horizon, I'm reminded that I volunteered to coordinate classes for Bardic Roundhouse (June 28-30, Tue, 21 May 2013 05:03:24 GMT kateryndraper http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2619 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2619 Greetings and salutations. The advice given here so far has been excellent. Here are a few random thoughts of mine: On learning and improving storytelling Fri, 10 May 2013 11:02:45 GMT Mark Cipra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2618 Ooooh, that IS fun. (But note, for our purposes, that they reprocessed the input - some of the contractions were expanded to their full form.) Llywelyn Thu, 09 May 2013 21:15:53 GMT corrie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2617 You can have a lot of fun with this tool: Thu, 09 May 2013 21:03:03 GMT Mark Cipra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2616 ... they'll, they're etc. Actually, all of those except "they'll" appear many times in the Shakespearean canon (and elsewhere, of course; it's just easier to Thu, 09 May 2013 13:38:49 GMT Greg Stumbo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2615 Someone really should gather the things brought up here and put them together to post on the website.... great stuff everyone! The only addition that I can Thu, 09 May 2013 13:03:08 GMT corrie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2614 Regarding what Llyw said about speaking forsoothly, I'll summarize what I go over in my class: Yes, absolutely AVOID thee-thou-hath-eth unless you were Thu, 09 May 2013 12:05:27 GMT Mallye http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2613 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/no-gorsedd/message/2613 I admit to not reading everything, forgive me if this has been said. I go to events with Bardic and I watch, then I later emulate. Mahara is a fabulous