AEthelmearc College of Bards

Greetings and welcome to the newly renovated on-line home of the Æthelmearc College of Bards! This site is dedicated to the encouragement and support of the bardic arts within the Kingdom of Æthelmearc and the Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA and is meant to function, in part, as a repository of our songs, poems, stories, and other work.

We are made up of bards, troubadors, trouveres, minstrels, minnesingers, jongleurs, singers, storytellers, poets, scops, skalds, fillids, olaves, griots, wordsmiths, and friends of these arts. May you find this site a place to meet, teach, and be inspired. So welcome to one and all. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions; please contact the the webminister, Lady Beatrice de Winter.

If you would like to learn more about the Æthelmearc College of Bards, please come join our Yahoo! group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aebards/.

May you delight in the recordings of some of our Kingdom Songs which have been made available for the populace to listen to and learn.

NEWS:

From Our Current Sylvan Bard:

In the hope that early warning will encourage more bards to prepare
entries, I have already discussed the time and place of the choosing of the Sylvan
Bard for the next reign. Their Highnesses have decided that they will host
the choosing of the next Sylvan Bard in the Royal Encampment at War Practice
on Saturday evening after court. I asked Their Highnesses if they had any
preferred theme or format, and His Highness said no, the only asked that each
bard bring his/her best. I expect that we will simply have a traditional
bard circle with Their Highnesses and such of the populace as may wish
listening.

Yours in the service of the Muses and the Crown,
Count Jehan de la Marche
Sylvan Bard

Our Newest Sylvan Bard:
On the 18th day of September A.S.XLVI

Count Sir Jehan

Check out our PEOPLE page, which has been recently updated and is still in progress! Please contact the webminister if you wish to have your information added to this page.

In Service and in Song,
Lady Beatrice de Winter
Dean, Æthelmearc College of Bards

This is the recognized Web site for the College of Bards, Kingdom of the AEthelmearc (The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.) and is maintained by Lady Beatrice de Winter . This site may contain electronic versions of the group's governing documents. Any discrepancies between the electronic version of any information on this site and the printed version that is available from the originating office will be decided in favor of the printed version.

For information on using photographs, articles, or artwork from this web site, please contact the Webminister at webminister@aebards.org. They will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors.

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