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A&S Project
Post-Revel: A&S Project- Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness (MK) 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver
music: Mo Li Hua (Trad)

Post-Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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Coffee Bean
Early Bird Warm Up: Coffee Bean (music: Guillaume de Machaut) - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver
music: Gaudette (Guillaume de Machaut)

Early Bird Warm Up Challenge:
Boot up the braincells and warm up your cuppa tea, coffee, chai, (or other preferred beverage at
whatever temperature ;) ) to join us in the first challenge! Perform something of your choice in
song, story, poem, prose, script, improv, etc... to merrily start the day!

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Death by Sushi
Pass the Tale: Death by Sushi - Dahrien Cordell, Taliesin Wordweaver, Soo Yun, Ezra of the
Cleftlands
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Pass the Tale:
All those who wish to participate signup to tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's
patron will 'conduct' by choosing whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is
time to end. Perhaps even sharing a lesson learned in the story.

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The Fisherman and the Golden Fish
Journey on the Blue Roads: The Fisherman and the Golden Fish - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Journey on the Blue Roads:
Create an original work or relate an existing work (song, story, poem, prose, play script...) where
the river is, or is a part of, the main focus of the work/narrative that is happening.

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Gatorade
Gatorade - Taliesin Wordweaver
Mid-Realm Bardic eCircle - September 4th, 2021

lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien Cordell
music: Gaudete (Anon)

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Gatorade
Post-Revel: Gatorade (Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien Cordell) - Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien
Cordell
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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The Holy Hand Grenade
As I am an Honest Puck: The Holy Hand Grenade - Hilla Stormbringer, Taliesin Wordweaver, & Dahrien
Cordell
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

As I am an Honest Puck:
Present a work telling of a bardic shenanigan or a plot for one.

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Home Calling
Together at Home: Home Calling - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Together at Home:
Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where
togetherness won the day!

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I Only Speak in Ballad Meter Now
Loose Leaves on the Wind: I Only Speak in Ballad Meter Now - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Loose Leaves on the Wind:
"Three rings of bardic things
Have fallen to the ground
Ninety-nine pages by questionable sages
Now scattered all around..."

What happens next?

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I Watch the River
Terza Rima: I Watch the River - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Terza Rima:
Terza rima is an Italian verse form composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings). The end-word
of the second line in one tercet supplies the rhyme for the first and third lines in the following
tercet. Thus, the rhyme scheme (aba, bcb, cdc, ded) continues through to the final stanza or line.
The only time the form changes is at the conclusion of the poem, where an additional single line,
which rhymes with the second line of the final tercet, stands alone; the rhyme scheme at the end of
the poem looks like this: "[...] yzy z". The metre is often iambic pentameter.

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Icelandic Hamlet
Open Stage Shakespeare: Icelandic Hamlet - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Open Stage Shakespeare:
Solo, With a friend or group - share one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, Scenes ~ spoken or
in song! Perhaps try to do all or part of a Shakespeare play in about 5 minutes

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Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.

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Lost in Translation
Post-Revel: Lost in Translation - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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Odin's Offering
Odin's Offering - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.

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Rise and Reach
Bardic Bouquet: Rise and Reach - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Bardic Bouquet:
Throughout many sources, there are references to a, "Language of Flowers", "The Flower of Chivalry",
roses of many colors, weaving and wearing flowers in ones hair, the flower bouquets of May Fests,
etc.

Present to us a piece on posies!

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Strawberry Plant
Stir Fry: Strawberry Plant - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

(With thanks to Dahrien Cordell for this challenge and suggested word list!)
What do strawberries and honey have in common? BEES! Bees can get pollen from strawberries and
make honey with it. Yumm! Use as many words from our list of bee-related words as you can, and
mash them into a song, brief story, poetry, etc. If you choose to use a pre-existing song or other
pre-format (Like Dr. Seuss or Lewis Carol or Edgar Allen Poe poetry), you can give yourself extra
credit if your work's original base also relates to bees!

syrup nectar
mead milk
honeycomb lavender
dearest wax
clover golden
jelly fruit
vine garden
seeds blonde
lemonade cacao (or cocoa or chocolate)
bitter dirt or earth (small *e*)
hybrid duke (or duchess)
birthmark

Bonus words:
oenomel - from an ancient Greek beverage consisting of honey and unfermented grape juice; from Greek
words oinos (wine) and meli (honey)

stolon - in biology, horizontal connections between organisms, also known as runners; from Latin
stolō (branch)

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Rondeau Prime: untitled - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Rondeau Prime:
The rondeau prime is a shorter variation of the rondeau. It too is a French form dating from the
13th century. It contains twelve lines, which tend to be iambic. Ten of them are of similar
length, while the two half-lines restate the opening phrase. The verse is split into two sections -
seven lines in the first and five in the second. Both sections end with the half-line refrain. The
rhyme scheme is as follows: abbaccbR abbaR

A The rondeau prime is an alternate form;
B It has but twelve lines and not fifteen -
B Throughout the verse, iambs are routine.
C Now while the line lengths can be varied,
C They should stay close, like they were married.
B Except the half-line, which restates the theme:
R The rondeau prime

A So to these guidelines please conform,
B And do not let your lines careen,
B Your verse should sweetly sound serene.
A A new piece that you now perform.
R The rondeau prime

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The Wanderer
Concert: The Wanderer - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Concert: If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any
of the criteria - this is the spot for it.

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Were Llama
Meta-Fyt: Were Llama (Cerian Cantwr) - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Meta-Fyt:
Revisiting some of the challenges from earlier in the day, when we had more performers than time.

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Were-Llama
Dances of the Fairy Queen: Were-Llama (Cerian Cantwr) - Taliesin Wordweaver, Tommaso Franceschi,
Tali Essen of the Isles, & Sadb ingen Donnchadha
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Dances of the Fairy Queen:
Present a song or instrumental music fit for a fairy court to dance to.

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Where the Lake Meets the Sky
Blow Someone Else's Horn: Where the Lake Meets the Sky (Hilla Stormbringer) - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm.

Blow Someone Else's Horn:
Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for matching the theme of the day and/or
choosing something that is not well-known.

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Witch's Cottage
Post-Revel: Witch's Cottage - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)

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Wonders Walk
Wonders Walk - Taliesin Wordweaver
Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.

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	Title: Description:	A&S Project Post-Revel: A&S Project- Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness (MK) 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver music: Mo Li Hua (Trad) Post-Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	Coffee Bean Early Bird Warm Up: Coffee Bean (music: Guillaume de Machaut) - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver music: Gaudette (Guillaume de Machaut) Early Bird Warm Up Challenge: Boot up the braincells and warm up your cuppa tea, coffee, chai, (or other preferred beverage at whatever temperature ;) ) to join us in the first challenge! Perform something of your choice in song, story, poem, prose, script, improv, etc... to merrily start the day!
	Title: Description:	Death by Sushi Pass the Tale: Death by Sushi - Dahrien Cordell, Taliesin Wordweaver, Soo Yun, Ezra of the Cleftlands Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Pass the Tale: All those who wish to participate signup to tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's patron will 'conduct' by choosing whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is time to end. Perhaps even sharing a lesson learned in the story.
	Title: Description:	The Fisherman and the Golden Fish Journey on the Blue Roads: The Fisherman and the Golden Fish - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Journey on the Blue Roads: Create an original work or relate an existing work (song, story, poem, prose, play script...) where the river is, or is a part of, the main focus of the work/narrative that is happening.
	Title: Description:	Gatorade Gatorade - Taliesin Wordweaver Mid-Realm Bardic eCircle - September 4th, 2021 lyrics: Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien Cordell music: Gaudete (Anon)
	Title: Description:	Gatorade Post-Revel: Gatorade (Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien Cordell) - Taliesin Wordweaver & Dahrien Cordell Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	The Holy Hand Grenade As I am an Honest Puck: The Holy Hand Grenade - Hilla Stormbringer, Taliesin Wordweaver, & Dahrien Cordell Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. As I am an Honest Puck: Present a work telling of a bardic shenanigan or a plot for one.
	Title: Description:	Home Calling Together at Home: Home Calling - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Together at Home: Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where togetherness won the day!
	Title: Description:	I Only Speak in Ballad Meter Now Loose Leaves on the Wind: I Only Speak in Ballad Meter Now - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Loose Leaves on the Wind: "Three rings of bardic things Have fallen to the ground Ninety-nine pages by questionable sages Now scattered all around..." What happens next?
	Title: Description:	I Watch the River Terza Rima: I Watch the River - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Terza Rima: Terza rima is an Italian verse form composed of iambic tercets (three-line groupings). The end-word of the second line in one tercet supplies the rhyme for the first and third lines in the following tercet. Thus, the rhyme scheme (aba, bcb, cdc, ded) continues through to the final stanza or line. The only time the form changes is at the conclusion of the poem, where an additional single line, which rhymes with the second line of the final tercet, stands alone; the rhyme scheme at the end of the poem looks like this: "[...] yzy z". The metre is often iambic pentameter.
	Title: Description:	Icelandic Hamlet Open Stage Shakespeare: Icelandic Hamlet - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. Open Stage Shakespeare: Solo, With a friend or group - share one of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, Scenes ~ spoken or in song! Perhaps try to do all or part of a Shakespeare play in about 5 minutes
	Title: Description:	Lost in Translation Lost in Translation - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.
	Title: Description:	Lost in Translation Post-Revel: Lost in Translation - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	Odin's Offering Odin's Offering - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.
	Title: Description:	Rise and Reach Bardic Bouquet: Rise and Reach - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Bardic Bouquet: Throughout many sources, there are references to a, "Language of Flowers", "The Flower of Chivalry", roses of many colors, weaving and wearing flowers in ones hair, the flower bouquets of May Fests, etc. Present to us a piece on posies!
	Title: Description:	Strawberry Plant Stir Fry: Strawberry Plant - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. (With thanks to Dahrien Cordell for this challenge and suggested word list!) What do strawberries and honey have in common? BEES! Bees can get pollen from strawberries and make honey with it. Yumm! Use as many words from our list of bee-related words as you can, and mash them into a song, brief story, poetry, etc. If you choose to use a pre-existing song or other pre-format (Like Dr. Seuss or Lewis Carol or Edgar Allen Poe poetry), you can give yourself extra credit if your work's original base also relates to bees! syrup nectar mead milk honeycomb lavender dearest wax clover golden jelly fruit vine garden seeds blonde lemonade cacao (or cocoa or chocolate) bitter dirt or earth (small e) hybrid duke (or duchess) birthmark Bonus words: oenomel - from an ancient Greek beverage consisting of honey and unfermented grape juice; from Greek words oinos (wine) and meli (honey) stolon - in biology, horizontal connections between organisms, also known as runners; from Latin stolō (branch)
	Title: Description:	untitled Rondeau Prime: untitled - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Rondeau Prime: The rondeau prime is a shorter variation of the rondeau. It too is a French form dating from the 13th century. It contains twelve lines, which tend to be iambic. Ten of them are of similar length, while the two half-lines restate the opening phrase. The verse is split into two sections - seven lines in the first and five in the second. Both sections end with the half-line refrain. The rhyme scheme is as follows: abbaccbR abbaR A The rondeau prime is an alternate form; B It has but twelve lines and not fifteen - B Throughout the verse, iambs are routine. C Now while the line lengths can be varied, C They should stay close, like they were married. B Except the half-line, which restates the theme: R The rondeau prime A So to these guidelines please conform, B And do not let your lines careen, B Your verse should sweetly sound serene. A A new piece that you now perform. R The rondeau prime
	Title: Description:	The Wanderer Concert: The Wanderer - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Concert: If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the criteria - this is the spot for it.
	Title: Description:	Were Llama Meta-Fyt: Were Llama (Cerian Cantwr) - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Meta-Fyt: Revisiting some of the challenges from earlier in the day, when we had more performers than time.
	Title: Description:	Were-Llama Dances of the Fairy Queen: Were-Llama (Cerian Cantwr) - Taliesin Wordweaver, Tommaso Franceschi, Tali Essen of the Isles, & Sadb ingen Donnchadha Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental. Dances of the Fairy Queen: Present a song or instrumental music fit for a fairy court to dance to.
	Title: Description:	Where the Lake Meets the Sky Blow Someone Else's Horn: Where the Lake Meets the Sky (Hilla Stormbringer) - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2021 in the ethereal realm. Blow Someone Else's Horn: Perform the work of some other SCAdian. Extra applause for matching the theme of the day and/or choosing something that is not well-known.
	Title: Description:	Witch's Cottage Post-Revel: Witch's Cottage - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Bardic Madness 2022 in the Shire of the Ravenslake. Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
	Title: Description:	Wonders Walk Wonders Walk - Taliesin Wordweaver Recorded at Simple Day 2023 in the Barony of Sternfeld.