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Bardic Party at Abbaye St. Arnou

location: E15 down Howard’s Fenway off Brewer’s Rd start time: o dark thirty Come join us for a bardic party fully of songs, stories and spirits! This is a relaxed and casual gathering -...

*Janissary* Band

Location Loud 1 Instructor:Master Osman Description: Learn the authentic music and march of the 16th-century Ottoman *Janissary* Band.

Harp for Absolute Beginners I

Location Duprey Creations Merchant Booth Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Come learn the very basics of playing harp! Please bring a harp if you have one and a chair if you need one. Prior...

Storytelling Academy

Minerva's Spindle

Location: Minerva's Spindle Instructor:Gabrielle d'Auvergne Description: Students will participate in a cumulative 9-day class which encompasses the basics of becoming a storyteller.

Known World Choir Rehearsals

PARC

Location: PARC Instructor: THL Siri Toivosdotter Description: Join the oldest Pennsic Choir as we rehearse in preparation for a concert on Thursday of War Week.

Uke Can Do It! Beginner Ukulele Class

Teen U

Location: Teen U Instructor:Baroness Hugoline the Delicate Description: Bring your uke and/or your singing voice, and learn some fun period songs and songs of the Current Middle Ages.

Guitars Are Awesome

Location: House Raeburn : N16 Instructor:THL Dunstan Bramblette Description: Bring your guitar! We'll go through the things you wish to learn.

Frame Drumming 101

Location: Middle Eastern Instructor:Tommaso Franceschi Description: *Tar, bendir, lag-na, Patayani thappu* ... Frame drums: built and played every where/when we study. A hands-on intro to hand drumming.

Why Poets Should Use the English Style

Tent 1

Location: A&S Tent 1 Instructor:Magistra Fiana of Clare Description: Learn why the poetry of English elegies and epics is superior for composition in our common tongue, and learn its elements and techniques.

Children’s Choir

Location: PARC Instructor:Pia Maletesta d'Rimini Description: For children 13 and younger. Sing music in a period style. Meets daily. Performance on Thursday of War Week!

The Pennsic Mightier: Improv Workshop

Amphitheater

Location: Amphitheater Instructor:Mistress Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh Description: Improv workshop for experienced performers: address higher level improv skills, create character, build scenes leading to a performance. **Age limit**

Telling Stories as Your Persona

Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Master Cariadoc Description: How to tell stories in a way that creates the illusion of a period story being told to a period audience, along with a discussion of sources.

Music to Pass the Time

Location: PARC Instructor:Mistress Deonna von Aachen Description: What could be better than to break into song? Here is a collection of songs that are easy and fun to sing. Music will be provided.

Pre-16th-Century Musical Modal Improvisation

Location: Cafe Merhaba Instructor:Master Albrecht Catsprey Description: This is a practical application class for musicians to learn improvisational skills that were practiced in the Middle Ages. **College level.**

Ukrainian Folk Singing Workshop

Location: PARC Instructor:Lady Crimson Kate McPhee Description: Learn to sing four Ukrainian folk songs, including lyrics, pronunciation, melodies, and harmonies. No knowledge of Ukrainian is necessary.

KWP: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Audition

Amphitheater

Location: Amphitheater Instructor:Jayme Hume of Berwyk Description: One of Shakespeare's more famous comedies; looking for players of all levels, novice to expert!

Top Tunes of 1501

Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Aaron Drummond Description: What were people singing and listening to in the year 1501? We'll explore several popular songs set by many different composers.

Come Play With Us: *Gabrielli*

Location PARC Instructor:Mistress Rebecca da Firenze Description: Come play through some of the works of Andrea Gabrielli with us! Bring an instrument, plus stand if you have one.

Songs of the Women *Trouveres*

Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:THL Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca Description: Discussion of the works of women poet-composers, or *trouvères*, in northern France in the 12th-13th centuries, with ideas for performance/rewriting.

Warm Up Hafla!!

Middle Eastern

Location: Middle Eastern Instructor:Ziggy Description: Live music and dance! Please come to the Middle Eastern tent for playing music and dancing! All instruments and dancers are invited.

Raunch and Romance – CCt

Courtesan College - B03

Location: Courtesan College - B03 Instructor:Baronessa Ginevra Fiammetta di Silvestri Description: Take turns reading period & Scadian romantic & erotic poetry. We will provide some options to pick from, or feel free to bring...

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Chocolate Bardic

N06 McGuire's Marauders

Come enjoy a well attended bardic and enjoy selections from our Known World Famous Chocolate Library! McGuire’s is next to Ansteorra Royal.