From: dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu (Darryl Burgdorf)
Subject: Bardic Newsletter
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 06:26:24 GMT


 
Unto the good gentles of the Rialto do come greetings from Lord Elwyn of
Thornbury, and wishes for a happy and safe Holiday Season!
 
 
Some two months ago, I announced that, at long last, the Bardic College of
Calontir had a newsletter:  "The Baldric Purpure".  The second issue of that
newsletter is now available, and I thought I would take this opportunity to
mention it once again.
 
(Fear not, I shall not be advertising every issue; indeed, this shall be
the last mention I make of the newsletter in this forum.  But it's still
rather new, and frankly, Lord Aindries and I are taking every opportunity
to make sure it gets successfully "off the ground"!)
 
Each issue is 24 pages (plus the cover, of course) of songs, poems, stories,
articles and information.  The first two issues have included some twenty
original works (by authors including Gunnar Redbeard, Mathurin Kerbusso,
Alisaudre Muir, Elwyn of Vatavia, Robert Fitzmorgan, Bertram of Bearington,
and Cormac mac Cumail), a couple of traditional English ballads (the first in
a series of "featured ballads"), the first two parts of a three-part article
on traditional English and Scottish balladry, several other miscellaneous
articles and essays, a brief overview of Calontir history, and the charter
of the Royal Calontir College of Bards.  The third issue will include, along
with much else, the oldest extant English-language ballad text, more original
work by various and sundry authors, and a look by Master Ioseph of Locksley at
the historical definition and role of a bard.
 
The primary purpose of the "Baldric" (the name, incidentally, comes from the
purple baldric which serves as the badge of membership in the Calontir Bardic
College) is to serve as a forum for both the creative and research work of the
bardic community.  While it is mainly oriented toward the bards of Calontir,
*all* who have an interest in the bardic arts are welcome to subscribe or to
submit their own work.
 
The cost of a subscription is a mere $5 for one year or six issues (whichever
comes first).  "The Baldric Purpure" is currently being published every other
month, with issue #3 due to come out in mid-February.  We'll probably be going
to a monthly schedule by late spring or summer, though, and when we do, the
"per issue" price will probably rise a bit.  So order now!
 
There are still a few copies of the first issue available, so if you subscribe
soon, you may still be able to get in "on the ground floor".  
 
Subscription requests should be sent to the Dean of the Bardic College, Lord
Aindries ap Daffyd (Andrew Cookson), at 1632 West 22nd Street #510, Wichita KS
67204.  (Please make checks payable to "Andrew Cookson" rather than to his
persona or to the Bardic College.)
 
Submissions should be sent to me either by US Postal Snail (4619 Cass Street,
Omaha NE 68132), or to the Internet address given below.  Artwork submissions
are also welcome!
 
Thank you for your time!
 
 
	In service to Calontir, the Society, and the Dream,
 
		Ld Elwyn of Thornbury
 
 
	(Darryl C. Burgdorf; dburgdor@cwis.unomaha.edu)