I have some sympathy for that -- last year, I came into the dead dog and sat down, to discover that the circle was two people past where I was. It went round nearly twice in the next four and a half hours, until someone walked in, said "I'm going to sing now", after which the circle broke up (two places short of getting to me for the second time...)
I've never really figured out the etiquette of joining and leaving bardic circles, mind you. The phenomenon of the ever-shrinking bardic crescent (where everyone sings and then leaves) always seems a little bit rude as well, at least to me, if perfectly explicable!
I wouldn't say that the dead mouse circle was themed as such, but a lot of circles seem to run with a gently mutating thread to them. I actually think that brings something extra; I'd rather listen to a flow of songs instead of a random series of disconnected leaps, but maybe that's just me. (See also "nMC set planning" ;-)
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Date: 2011-02-18 04:46 pm (UTC)I've never really figured out the etiquette of joining and leaving bardic circles, mind you. The phenomenon of the ever-shrinking bardic crescent (where everyone sings and then leaves) always seems a little bit rude as well, at least to me, if perfectly explicable!
I wouldn't say that the dead mouse circle was themed as such, but a lot of circles seem to run with a gently mutating thread to them. I actually think that brings something extra; I'd rather listen to a flow of songs instead of a random series of disconnected leaps, but maybe that's just me. (See also "nMC set planning" ;-)