Re: MR: Barrett & the Beach Boys

[Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>]

Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>

The Ecclectic One wrote:
> 
> > Or a better example (but harder to convey here) is my
> > "Cuccu Bugge" ("Sumer Is Icumen In" in boogy-woogie).
> > How does this sort of thing rate on a scale from negative
> > four to positive three?
> 
> I really want to give this one a +3 (yes, I'm warped & twisted), but
> feel I need to caution you about when & where. At many events it would
> tend to disrupt the mood, but one of my fondest SCA memories was at
> the Performer's Revel in Storvik several years back, when the entire
> room started singing "Deo Gratias Anglia" to the tune of "The Banana
> Boat Song".

Hehehe. One of my favourites. After that huge rant I just posted about
songs at events, I have to explain to the populace outside the Storvik
area who may not have ever been to the Performer's Revel exactly what
it is. It is an Official SCA Event<tm>. It is also, however, much less
formal than most events in that it is always hosted by Mistress Fevronia
and Master Igor at their home. Every year Master Igor proves that cooking
is a performance art, and Mistress Fevronia enchants one and all with
her voice and harp. Part of the price of admission is a performance of
some kind. This can be music, a song, a poem, a recitation from a play.
It can also be non-period, and often downright silly, like the Harry
Belafonte version of the Deo Gratias. This is a small event and Igor
and Fevronia have to cap attendence at around 30 or so, but when it
comes around (which, if I remember from our recent Barony meeting, will
be the end of January), try to get in a reservation. It's loads of
fun.

In service,
Corun

De! Misa-de misa-de misa-de misa-de misa-de-e-e-o
Deo Gratias Anglia

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