Performing in the SCA

1. Introduction
   1. Personal credentials of the teacher
2. What is a bardic performance?
   1. Solo performance
   2. Circle
      1. The 3 P’s: Pass, Perform, or Please
      2. How not to be a Rhino-Bard
      3. When the Moose Song is appropriate and when it is not
   3. Feast and other entertainment
   4. Court
   5. Care and feeding of the Bard
3. What is performed at a bardic circle
   1. Instrumental pieces
   2. Songs
      1. Traditional songs and ballads
      2. Original songs and ballads
      3. Filks
      4. Group / Audience participation
      5. Modern songs adapted for the SCA
   3. Poetry
      1. Traditional
      2. Original works
      3. Modern poems adapted for the SCA
   4. Stories
      1. Modern stories adapted for the SCA
      2. Historical stories
      3. Traditional stories
      4. Stories from period literature
      5. "No *&%$, there I was!"
      6. SCA "urban legends"
      7. Amusing stories / jokes