Storytelling Academy

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.

Alliterative Verse

Tent 5

Location: A&S Tent 5 Instructor:Justinian Clarus Description: Learn about verse and the difference between free verse, rhyming verse, and alliterative verse.

Norse Poetry Overview

A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Lærifaðir Grim the Skald Description: Learn about Viking-era poetry. Includes forms, metrics, and alliteration and how to write in Norse verse. We'll talk about the ways poetry was used.

Beyond the (Cis) Male: Poets and Songwriters

Location: A&S Tent 1 Instructor:THL Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca Description: Medieval poets, songwriters, and composers who weren't (or at least, may not have been) cisgender men (a brief-ish sampling!).

Beginning Recorder

Location: PARC Instructor:Honorable Lady Elizabeth de Spaldyng Description: Learn to play soprano or tenor recorder and, as needed, basics of music reading. Bring a recorder and music stand.

Recounting History in Song

Location: Northshield Royal - E02 Instructor:THL Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca Description: Demonstration of period examples, then discussion about how to reduce your chosen subject into to a concise, entertaining piece. Then we will write!