[MR] A&S at Ymir

[Anne Ramey]

Ymir is less than a week away.  There is a bounty of A&S scheduled for Ymir.  If you are not planning on participating, please stop by and admire the fruits of the labors of others.  

   Static A&S Competitions:
   
   Things Viking
   Anything Viking. Please provide documentation for    each entry. Also, try to plan to be with your item during judging.     
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   Where have all the Vikings gone?
    Scandinavian / Icelandic items from after the    'Viking' age.

Bardic Competition
   Noon - 2 PM In the Feast Hall.  Noble skalds pay head!     As so many of our warriors test their arms on the tourney field this    day, so does it please Father Odin, our mighty patron, to test our    skills, dull from the winter’s chill. The winds, while still strong, die    down and soon the season will warm for us to go a-Viking.  As we    prepare to plunder the shores of many a Saxon lord, come test your word-smithing    and skills of song ‘gainst others of your ilk that you may better    prepare to inspire our warriors to greater victory in the days to come!
   
   The competition’s premise is “All things Viking,” documentation    appropriate but not required; original compositions welcome. Please be    sure to keep all pieces reasonable. We have the hall from the noon hour    until 2 hours hence. Every minute over 10 will dock you a point in    performance. Also, there will be a bardic circle after feast so prepare    to brave the cold that you may hear tell of glorious battles and heroes    of old in many a silver-spun Norn’s tale!  Questions?  Contact    Lord     Dunstan LeHeryngmongere at    RangerNealson at aol.com.   
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   Poetry Competition
   Noon - 3 PM in the Feast Hall - Greetings to All the Great and    Glorious Wordsmiths of Atlantia!  
   
   Do you revel in the righteous writing of rigorous poetry but defer the    detestable, dastardly duty of rhyming words that poets so prodigiously    produce? I, the Poeta Atlantia, am sponsoring a poetry competition at    Ymir. This is a Viking event, and the competition will be open to any    and all forms of Viking verse. (Hey, that means that you can practice    your alliteration and leave the rhyming dictionary at home, for the most    part). 
   
   Subject matter and specific style are wide open.  Documentation is    strongly encouraged but not required. Because this is a last minute    announcement, poetry that has been entered in previous competitions is    welcome. Bring your best work, as I would love to see it. Prizes will be    given out to the winners.
   
   And if you are a person who loves to read their poetry aloud, please    also consider entering it in the 'All Things Viking' Bardic competition    as well. (Taking place from Noon - 2 PM in the Feast Hall). The same    piece can be entered in both, as long as you are willing to perform it    for the Performing one and . . . well, put it down for awhile for mine!
   
   I will be taking entries to this competition in the main hall starting    at noon and ending at 3. At that point judging will take place. The    winner of the competition will be announced at Afternoon court or feast.    If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
   
   In service,
   Dunstan leHeryngmongere
   Poeta Atlantiae
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   A&S Class:
   
   Double Face/Double Turn Card Weaving - by Freiherrin    Susanna von Schweissguth, OL
   2 - 3 PM   In the Feast Hall - Come learn how to weave    words, pictures, patterns into your card woven bands, after putting on a    speedy Continuous Warp.  We will make bookmarks for Her Excellency    of Windmasters Hill. Bring your inkle loom and 30 cards. I will bring    string, scissors and handouts. 

Jehanette de Provins