RUM - Performing Arts and Letters Class List

Performing Arts and Letters

Class Name	Instructor	Description	Student Limit	Age Limit	Class Length	Cost
Irish Myth and Legend 10am	Brendan O Corraidhe	If you’re a fan of things Celtic, you’ve probably heard the names Finn Mac Cumail, Cuchullain, Maeve, Conor Mac Nessa, Nuada of the Silver Hand, Tuatha de Dannan, Tain bo Culaigne, and so forth. This class will string them all together for you in their proper sequence and arrangement. While we’ll cover some supernatural and semi-supernatural figures such as the Morrigan and the Sidhe, this class is not a primer on Celtic gods and goddesses. Rather, it focuses on the intersection of Irish history with Irish hero-tales. Handout	None	No age limit, though not recommended for young children - they may become bored, and some graphic violence is described.	1 hour	$0
Basics of Vocal Production 10am	Lady Ursula the Widow, O.W.	This class is intended for those who have never had a voice lesson. The fundamentals of breathing, support, projection and placement will be covered. These basics are of use to singers, heralds, and anyone who needs to project and be heard. The class is active and will involve standing and singing (or, if you are unable to stand, any upright posture will do). No spectators, please.	12	14 and up	1 hour	$0
Beginning Middle Eastern Dance 11am	Jezebel Shuvani	Jezebel will teach some beginning bellydance moves followed by a short routine using the moves learned. Always lots of fun!!!	None	None	1 hour	$0
Intro to Conjuring 11am	Kuji Kaoni Musashi	This class will teach you the basic skills to take a simple magic trick and turn it in to a wonderful illusion. No experience is needed for this class.	25	None	1 hour	$0
Fretted Instrument Workshop 12pm	Brendan O Corraidhe	If you play (or want to play) guitar, mandolin, cittern, bouzoiki, etc., this workshop will give you essential techniques and music theory that you might otherwise take years to discover on your own. Participants will learn a powerful practice technique, techniques for tuning by ear, and "just enough" music theory - including the Secret of Those Mysterious Modes. Instructor has taught guitar for over thirty years. Participants should bring their instrument, if available. Handout	None	None	1 hour	$5
Midrealm Sing A Long 12pm	Lady Ursula the Widow, O.W.	Bring your singing voices and your martial spirit! These are the songs we sing at post-revels, around the campfires, and marching out to battle! Songsheets will be available and melodies will be taught. No skill required -- fighters can sing these songs with their helms on! Handout	None	All ages welcome, under 12 please bring parent.	1 hour	$1
Round It Goes 1pm	Baroness Catriona nicHugh Mclaey	After a brief history of rounds sung in period, there will be class participation learning 8-10 round of period origin, period themes, and SCA filk. CD and pamphlet	None	Able to learn and sing a tune	1 hour	$3
Street Performing in the SCA 2pm	Kuji Kaoni Musashi	This class teaches the basic skills needed to Busk or to street perform. It will cover a short history of street performing. The am over view of the style of busking and how to deal with some of the pit falls of busking in the SCA.	None	None	1 hour	$0
Using Improvisation to Discover Commedia dell'Arte Characters 3pm	Midair MacCormaic	Commedia players improvise comedy around a previously established scenario. It is therefore important to understand the stock characters in order to best respond to each other and the audience. In this class, we will use improvisation techniques to "discover" traits of the Commedia dell'Arte stock characters. Experience in Commedia preferred, but not required.	12	Teen and Older	2 hours	$0
15th Century Italian Dance 3pm	Master Philip White	Amoroso, Anello, Belfiore, Petit Riense, and Rostiboli Gioioso. Dances taught will be performed in the evening ball. Beginning dancers encouraged and advanced dancers welcome.	None	None	1 hour	$0
Bits + Pieces = Dance 4pm	Adele Desfontaines	Sure, we have lots of dances out there. Tons of choreographies to remember. But what if you don't know a particular dance and are tired of sitting out? Or what if the ball list includes improvisational dances like "a pavanne," "a piva," or "a galliard"? Learn how to take some bits and pieces that you know - or have just learned during the other classes today - and put them together into an improvised dances for the 15th and 16th centuries.	None	None	1 hour	$0