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Time for something completely different?
Up in Philly area, the East Kingdom of the SCA was having a combined heraldic/bardic event today. They were looking for teachers, and I offered the class coordinator four of mine - pick any one or two. She picked three, but I thought, "Aw, what the heck." Because she also said she'd make sure someone brought me lunch.
First, kudos to the class coordintor, Doucette de Verdun. When I got there, I found that I was comp'ed event admission, since I was teaching. First time that's happened. There was a "supernumerary" ("fancy word for 'go-fer'," he explained) at check-in, to help schlepp my stuff to my classroom. Doucette checked in on me, to see if I had everything I needed, reconfirm that someone was bringing me lunch, and gave me a pretty token as a thank-you for teaching.
Everyone was on SCA time, of course, so no one showed up for Early Period Music Theory until 35 minutes of an hour class were gone. But hey, some people did come (3 ladies, one of whom was just keeping company with her friends, and two gents who were early for the next class), which with a class that egg-headed is never guaranteed. I plowed through the material quickly, maybe too quickly, and wrapped up a few minutes late.
The two gents stayed for "Things I Learned from My Harp Teacher." It's only the second time I've taught that, and the first time to two folks without harps! They were thinking of learning the instrument and I guess wanted a head-start. I'm not sure how useful it was to them - the class is about bad habits self-taught harpers tend to fall into - and I threw in a bit on buying a harp at the end.
No one showed for Improvisation for Melody Instruments, although one lady did stick her head in to say that she would have taken the class, except that she just took it from me this past October! But the Royal Bardic Competition had started at that point so no big surprise. Anyone inclined to take that kind of class was probably in the competition!
But anyway, the recurring small class size is making me think I should drop back ten and punt - do some beginner's classes. I've got some material on how to begin a bardic career in the SCA, how to perform at feast or at a bardic circle, and even some stuff on goal-setting and getting better. (Gosh, some of those essays are old and could use some editing!) I'd be competent to teach a class on Anglo-Saxon poetry, too, and I've noticed that poetry classes are generally well-received.
First, kudos to the class coordintor, Doucette de Verdun. When I got there, I found that I was comp'ed event admission, since I was teaching. First time that's happened. There was a "supernumerary" ("fancy word for 'go-fer'," he explained) at check-in, to help schlepp my stuff to my classroom. Doucette checked in on me, to see if I had everything I needed, reconfirm that someone was bringing me lunch, and gave me a pretty token as a thank-you for teaching.
Everyone was on SCA time, of course, so no one showed up for Early Period Music Theory until 35 minutes of an hour class were gone. But hey, some people did come (3 ladies, one of whom was just keeping company with her friends, and two gents who were early for the next class), which with a class that egg-headed is never guaranteed. I plowed through the material quickly, maybe too quickly, and wrapped up a few minutes late.
The two gents stayed for "Things I Learned from My Harp Teacher." It's only the second time I've taught that, and the first time to two folks without harps! They were thinking of learning the instrument and I guess wanted a head-start. I'm not sure how useful it was to them - the class is about bad habits self-taught harpers tend to fall into - and I threw in a bit on buying a harp at the end.
No one showed for Improvisation for Melody Instruments, although one lady did stick her head in to say that she would have taken the class, except that she just took it from me this past October! But the Royal Bardic Competition had started at that point so no big surprise. Anyone inclined to take that kind of class was probably in the competition!
But anyway, the recurring small class size is making me think I should drop back ten and punt - do some beginner's classes. I've got some material on how to begin a bardic career in the SCA, how to perform at feast or at a bardic circle, and even some stuff on goal-setting and getting better. (Gosh, some of those essays are old and could use some editing!) I'd be competent to teach a class on Anglo-Saxon poetry, too, and I've noticed that poetry classes are generally well-received.