[MR] Jongleurie Class Schedule

[Lady Magy Freyser]

   Time         Class                       
  10:30 AM    Courtly Love Quest
 
  11:00 AM    Courtly Love in the Lais of Marie de France
  11:00 AM    Introduction to English Country Dance 
  11:00 AM    Welsh Poetic Forms                  
 
  11:30 AM    Courtly Love Quest
 
  12:00 PM    FIGHTING BEGINS
  12:00 PM    Henna Painting                       
  12:00 PM    Improvised Story Techniques      
  12:00 PM    Newcomer Orientation
 
  1:00 PM     Soiree
1:00-3:00     Children's Activities     Puppets with Talento!!
  1:00 PM     History of Bagpipes                   
  1:00 PM     Beginning Dance                     
  1:00 PM     Contact Juggling                  
 
  2:00 PM     Singing Period Rounds
  2:00 PM     Bardic Arts 101                 
 
  3:00 PM     Spaniels and Parrots and Deer, OH MY! 
  3:00 PM     Philosophy of Honor in Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
  3:00 PM     Period Croquet  
 
  4:00 PM    Vocal Production for Bards           
  4:00 PM   "Green Knights? Good Knight!" Bardic Circle
  4:00 PM   Dervila does Storytelling           
  
  5:00 PM     COURT
 6:00 PMish   Feast
After Feast    Bocci                     
After Feast    Bardic Circle           
After Feast    Drumming Circle     

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Courtly Love Quest – Mistress Ceridwin ferch Owain
This is an orientation session for a quest being run by Mistress Ceridwen
on the theme of courtly love and the romantic literature of our period. 
Questors will be directed to various individuals around the event to
obtain clues to the solving a riddle.

Beginning Dance – Martine de Romilly and Theodora von Schmetterlingswald
If you can walk or wield a sword, you can DANCE!  Two left feet? No
problem.  Renaissance dance LIKES left feet!  We will be learning the very
basics of French dance and putting them together in a processional pavane
and a flirting bransle (hey you fighters, that’s pronounced “brawl”).

Introduction to English Country Dance – Aine of Buckston
Heart’s Ease, Sellinger’s Round, Jenny Pluck Pear, and Black Nag     No
previous dance experience necessary.

“Green Knights? Good Knight!” Bardic Circle/Discussion – Lady Eleanor
Percy
Come, bards!  Come to share your funniest period stories and songs – show
examples of medieval humor from your country or time period, be it
brilliant or bawdy.  Learn new ones!  If you know geographical or
historical reasons why some jokes, songs, or stories came to be funny,
come prepared to talk about them!  Listeners welcome…  (Be prepared with
an alternative, non-bawdy story if young ones are there.)

Bardic Arts 101 – Lady Anna MacKenzie
Enjoy singing or telling stories, but don’t know where to start?  Afraid
of performing in front of others?  This class will serve as an
introduction to the Bardic Arts as practiced within the Society and
hopefully provides some basic information on sources & bardic courtesy to
get you started.  Newcomers & experienced bards willing to put in their
own 2 pence worth alike are very welcome!  

Improvised Story Techniques – Ruaidhri
Methods for improvising stories which are entertaining and easy.  
Stories, Audience Participation Stories, Trunk Shows

Vocal Production for Bards – Ruaidhri
Methods for increasing volume, clarity, and reducing vocal strain.

Singing Period Rounds – Ysolt la Bretonne
Rounds are for folks who think they can’t sing parts.  Those who *can*
sing parts are welcome, too.  Song book available at cost.  

Henna Party – Kateryn Rous
A brief overview of the use of henna to create temporary ‘tattoos’ in
period.  Materials will be available for participants to apply their own
henna designs, but be aware that the designs will need to be left
basically undisturbed for approximately 6 hours for best results.  

“Spaniels and Parrots and Deer, Oh My!” – Kateryn Rous
A brief look at the lives of companion animals in Tudor England, with
illustrations.

Contact Juggling 101 – Pontius Phaedrus
Learn the basics of one-ball juggling, including basic transfers, where to
get stuff for beginners, and as a special bonus, how not to break every
window in your house!  J

Period Croquet – Princess Padraigan
Learn how to play a period lawn game and challenge the fighters for their
playing field!  No fees.  Handouts available.  A brief introduction to the
history of the game, explanation of period rules and as many rounds played
as time allows.  

History of Bagpipes - Lady Bryn y Pobydd
A history of the bagpipes, all the way back to Rome, as well as some
information about the period music of the bagpipes, and also what you need
to do if you want to get started playing the pipes.

Dervila does Storytelling – Dervila
The name says it all.

Courtly Love in the “Lais of Marie de France” – Adriana la Bretonne
What's a Lai?  Who's Marie de France?  What's courtly love got to do with
a lai?  What would a 12th century female poet have to say about marriage
and other relationships between men and women?  This class will be an
attempt to answer these questions and field others.  I may even tell one
or two of the lais in the process.

The Concept of Honor in “Sir Gawain & the Green Knight” – Adriana la
Bretonne
A look at the philosophy of honour in Arthur's court as presented in the
chivalric romance of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."  We will discuss
select passages and their presentation of chivalric honor in a medieval
court setting.  And, it's a wonderful story!

Welsh Poetic Forms – James of Middle Aston


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Minister of Arts & Sciences
Canton of Elvegast, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia

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