On (not) attending K&Q Bardic
Feb. 7th, 2011 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eveglassFor those of my friends not in the East Kingdom of the SCA, this weekend was an event to select who will be King's and Queen's bard for the next year. Two of my good friends were serving this past year, but I don't know either of the two people who were selected for the year to come. The event was in Maine, a 6-hour drive away, and I didn't go.
It's funny: I've been in the SCA for 12 years, and heavily into bardic for 8 of them, and I've never been to a K&Q Bardic Competition. Usually it's because they're too far away, though sometimes it's been from scheduling conflicts.
I think I've come to a realization. Despite loving bardic (and my next two months will probably be *extremely* bardic-intensive), I have no real desire to be a royal bard. Oh, it would be cool. But I don't think I'd be able to fulfill my office properly. Being a royal bard means going to royal progress events, and most of our recent royalty have been from the Southern or at best Central region. Which means most of the events I'd be going to would be a 6-7 hour drive away. I just can't do that every weekend, even with the free time I have from only working one day a week at present. (Hopefully I'll soon be working more days per week.)
One day, it might be fun to be royal bard. I think if I put some more period and period-oid pieces into my repertoire, I'd have a chance of winning. But the day I compete "for real" is a long way off. First, I'll hope that the event is held close enough that I can make it.
It's funny: I've been in the SCA for 12 years, and heavily into bardic for 8 of them, and I've never been to a K&Q Bardic Competition. Usually it's because they're too far away, though sometimes it's been from scheduling conflicts.
I think I've come to a realization. Despite loving bardic (and my next two months will probably be *extremely* bardic-intensive), I have no real desire to be a royal bard. Oh, it would be cool. But I don't think I'd be able to fulfill my office properly. Being a royal bard means going to royal progress events, and most of our recent royalty have been from the Southern or at best Central region. Which means most of the events I'd be going to would be a 6-7 hour drive away. I just can't do that every weekend, even with the free time I have from only working one day a week at present. (Hopefully I'll soon be working more days per week.)
One day, it might be fun to be royal bard. I think if I put some more period and period-oid pieces into my repertoire, I'd have a chance of winning. But the day I compete "for real" is a long way off. First, I'll hope that the event is held close enough that I can make it.
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Date: 2011-02-07 06:49 pm (UTC)