Greetings Sir Matthew I didn't know that in addition to your prowess at arms and woodworking you were also a songsmith. Perhaps you would be willing to grace our Summer Tourney with a song or two? Also, I'm hoping to start learning some medieval music and would really appreciate any assistance you might give. I've recently joined the Yahoo group for SCA bards - are you a member of that?
Your servant Winifred --- julian wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Anna, > whether or not this will be of any use to you, I > don't know. > However, a few year's back, the noted English Folk > Singer and Song Writer Peter Bellamy wrote a highly- > praised Folk Opera "The Transports" which contained > 18 songs in traditional "folksong style" of the > Times; - about the very first voyage to set up the > Penal Colony in Botany Bay. Particularly, it has > been much-performed and much-praised in Australia,as > one might expect. > The music & songs of this Folk Opera might be of > interest to your Producer/Director. > There is are several CD's, if you are interested. > Topic Records TSCD 459 (CD, UK, 1992) is the version > I have, but another CD Company produced a 25rg > Anniversary Boxed set in 2004. > > Yours in Service > Julian Wilson, > [aka in the SCA as Matthew Baker] > 50 years a traditional Folk Singer. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Anna Zola Piggie Rethie > Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [h-cost] Our Country's Good > > > Hullo all! This is my first time posting anything to > the list, though I've > been lurking quite a while. > I'm designing the costumes for my high school's > production of Our Country's > Good, by Timberlake Wertenbaker. If you don't know > it--it's about the > British convicts and soldiers sent to found a penal > colony in Australia in > 1789. There are several marines in the play--from > rank of 2nd lieutenant to > major, a navy midshipman, and the navy captain > governor, an aborigine (not > sure yet if this character will be played by a man > or woman, which is a pain > for designing the costume), several convict men, and > five convict women. I > was wondering if anybody here knew of any resources > for researching the > clothes of any of these sorts of people, or just > happened to know stuff > themselves. > Much thanks! > Cheerio, > Anna > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." Julian of Norwich ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
