The Pennsic Performing Arts Alliance

Pennsic 42

Introduction

The Pennsic Performing Arts Alliance is an attempt to gather all performing arts information for Pennsic 42 in one place. In the past, Master Michael Alewright has laboriously collected information from various official and unofficial resources and published them as the beloved Bards by Day / Bards by Night books. This year, dramatic changes in the way Pennsic is gathering its information (along with considerable effort on the part of several Responsible Parties) have made it possible to put this information in a handy set of Google Calendars which can be viewed online, downloaded and printed out. (A paper copy of the BBD/BBN books will again be available at Mystic Mail throughout the war.)

We've also included a number of links to activities which have their own websites, to official Pennsic resources, etc. Contact us if you want something added to the list.

DISCLAIMER:

This is a completely unofficial portal (definitely NOT sanctioned by the Pennsic staff!). The creators of the portal take no responsibility for any contents beyond this page.

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Items on this portal page

Useful Links

The Calendars

Performing Arts Venues at Pennsic

Bards-by-Day / Bards-by-Night description

Responsible parties

Credits and (yet another) disclaimer

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Useful Links

An asterisk (*) indicates a link to an official Pennsic web page. A jester (jester bullet) indicates a Pennsic-sanctioned activity which has an unofficial page.

Bards-By-Day/Bards-by-Night Portal

Bards-by-Day/Bards-by-Night portal A set of Google Calendars (see below), data entry forms, etc., which combine the official Performing Arts Tents schedules, the Pennsic University bardic track and official and unofficial activities entered by the performing arts community. At this link you can

  • Add a bardic activity (such as a bardic circle) to the calendars
  • View the calendars online
  • Print and/or download the calendars
  • Print out or download prepared PDFs and ICAL files

If you do not have a Google account, you can still access the prepared PDFs and ICAL files, but some other functionality may not be available.

See the description below (and link provided at the left) for more information.

 

The Google Calendars which make up the BBD/BBN.

Note that some of these have individual web pages of their own. Depending on the venue, this will include performances, performing arts and bardic classes at Pennsic U, rehearsals, auditions, and other activities.

  BBD/BBN - Just unofficial activities User-entered unofficial activities at Pennsic.
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Performing Arts Tent Activities in the Performing Arts Tent - performances, classes, Expos, etc.
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Amphitheater Activities in the Performing Arts Pavilion
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Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent (aka "Loud" Tent) Activities in the Performing Arts Rehearsal Tent
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Pennsic University Bardic Track in AS 9 Classes scheduled into the Bardic Track tent at Pennsic University. Note that some bardic classes are scheduled in other tents.

 

The totally official Pennsic Performing Arts Schedule

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Performing Arts Schedule

The totally official (on the actual Pennsic web site!) listing of recurring rehearsals, open events, auditions, rehearsals, the afternoon performance series, and evening performances in the Performing Arts Tent and Amphitheater for Pennsic Performing Arts.

All of the information on the official Pennsic PA schedule is also duplicated in the unofficial Performing Arts Calendars (and thus also in the Bards by Day/Bards by Night calendars - along with a wealth of information on other bardic activities).

 

Individual Activities' web sites

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Pennsic Bardic Expo

A bardic extravaganza on Monday, July 29, 2-5pm, in the Performing Arts Tent. Come and enjoy an amazing afternoon display featuring a variety of bardic arts and artists from around the known world!

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Known World Bardic Collegium at Pennsic

A series of roundtables, discussions and practicums for bards.

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Bardic Madness at Pennsic

Bardic Madness (aka Bardic Bedlam, aka ...) is a series of challenges to stimulate your imagination in a "bardic safe zone". This link tells you what to expect (and prepare) for the two mini-Madnesses hosted by Cerian Cantwr this year at Pennsic. These will take place from noon to 2pm on

  • Wednesday, July 31 (Performing Arts Tent)
  • Thursday, August 1 (Amphitheater Tent)
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Madrigal Jam Facebook page

You're invited to a jam session - madrigal-style.  Sunday 5-7pm, at the Performing Arts Tent.

"Come One and All who enjoy Madrigal and Polyphony / Part Singing to sing along for an evening of Madrigal and Acapella favorites performed by you - The Audience! Lady Lorelei Skye returns as your host, along with other guest conductors, for an evening of musical variety. Come and make joyful music, or sit and enjoy the harmony of multiple a capella voices!  (Some music will be available to share, or bring your own!) Practices will be held during Peace Week on Thursday 2-3:30pm and Saturday 12:30-2pm. You do not need to attend practice to participate in the Jam.  :)"

(A Facebook account is required to view the link, but not to participate in the Jam!)

 

Pennsic web sites

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Pennsic University Class Schedules

A link to the Pennsic University site. Download the full class schedule (not just performing arts) by clicking the Schedules menu item. You do not need to "sign in or sign up" to see the schedules (see the menu item at the top of the page).

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Pennsic web site

The official Pennsic web site.

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Pennsic A&S Display registrations

New in 2013 - The Pennsic A&S Display on Sunday, July 28 is accepting registrations for Performers to present their works in the Performing Arts Tent from 1-5pm. 

Note: this is NOT associated with the Pennsic Bardic Arts Exposition on Monday

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Pennsic Artisans Row schedule

(As of early May, the schedule is not complete, but expect a Musician's Day.)

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Pennsic Artisans Row registration

Registration for participation in Artisans Row

 

And Another Thing ...

Pennsic party planner and information page

Pennsic.net is a totally UNofficial fount of information about Pennsic, including the famed Pennsic Party Planner. Many performing arts activities are listed on the Planner, particularly those happening at (duh!) parties. We have encouraged people who list on Pennsic.net to duplicate the entry for the Bards by Day/Bards by Night calendars, but there may be some items there which are not found elsewhere. Maintained by Alexander the Lost.

 

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The Calendars

Every performing arts activity we have heard of is included on a set of Google Calendars created lovingly by Lorelei Skye. This is an online embodiment of the Bards by Day/Bards by Night books.

  • Three of them are a guide to all activities scheduled by the Performing Arts Dean into the three PA tents. This includes performances, Pennsic University classes, rehearsals, and other activities.
  • Another is a listing of all Pennsic University classes scheduled in "The Bardic Track" (including some music classes) which take place in AS9. Note that due to space and time limitations and other considerations, some performing arts classes will take place in the various PA tents and occasionally in other PU classrooms.
  • And finally, there is a calendar of bardic activities most of which are not sponsored by any official Pennsic body. These officially unsponsored activities will be entered by you, dear reader. Although this is called the "Unsponsored calendar", it may include some official Pennsic activities, such as classes of interest which are not taking place in AS9 or the PA tents.

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The Performing Arts Venues of Pennsic 42

There have been many changes in the venues for officially sanctioned performing arts activities for Pennsic 42.

The Performing Arts Tent (PAT) - the familiar large pavilion used for evening performances, the PA afternoon series, and PA classes. This was previously located in the Pennsic University block at the corner of Kurdson and Chandlers. For Pennsic 42, it will move across the street into Block N03, near the same intersection.

The Rehearsal and Loud Tent (PAR) - This will be used for recurring rehearsals and many "loud" classes and activities (e.g., drumming). Not-so-loud activities have also been scheduled into this tent, as needed. The location is a bit blurry at the moment, but it will be somewhere between the PAT and the Amphitheater.

Amphiteater Rehearsal Area - The amphitheater area (behind the bath house/laundry building) will host a number of activities this year, including most of the Commedia, juggling and physical theater classes, along with public performances. Here's hoping we get an actual tent at this location!

Pennsic University Bardic Track (AS9) - The majority of official Pennsic University music and bardic classes will take place in AS 9 on the PU campus. The specific location on campus has not yet been designated.

NOTE: This is the first attempt at setting the location of these tents, so be prepared for changes as reality sets in.

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Bards-by-day / Bards-by-night

Each year there is a compilation of all bardic activities (most often done by Master Michael Alewright) printed in two parts (daytime and evening) and known as "Bards-by-Day" and "Bards-by-Night". This year, since over half of these activities are in either the Performing Arts tents or the Pennsic University bardic track (and are therefore already on our Google Calendar), we are attempting to get all the unofficial activities onto a Google Calendar as well so that the BBD/BBN books will be accessible online before Pennsic, and also available at Pennsic in multiple formats. We've provided a form to enter these, and multiple ways to print or download the resulting calendars. You can find all this at:

Google Calendar of Performing Arts Activities

In other words:

Use the Calendar page to view the multiple calendars. In "Agenda" form, you can print out the calendars to have your own copy of the BBD/BBN books (but remember, people will probably be entering new activities until the last second)

You can download the calendars in iCal format to use within your own electronic calendar program.

If you don't have a Google account, we have a couple mechanisms to help you.

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Responsible parties

No, not THAT kind of party. This is a list of the folks responsible for the Pennsic Performing Arts Alliance effort

Performing Arts Czar (Dean of Performing Arts) Lorelei Skye
Performing Arts Czarina (Deputy Dean of PA), Artisans Row Musicans Day Juliane Bechaumpe
Bardic Track Coordinator, Collegium Provost, PPAA webmaster Llywelyn Glyndyverdwy (Mark Cipra)
Bards-by-Day/Bards-by-Night Curator Michael Alewright

 

If you know of other folks responsible for components of Pennsic's performing arts environment, we'd love to list them here. Contact the Czar, the Czarina, or the webmaster.

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Credits and Disclaimer

Except for the items visible on this page, all links are external to this portal and the creators of this portal take no responsibility for their content.

The "Betley Fool" image in the header is used courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The acrobat-and-musicians image, from the British Library, is in the public domain.

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