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I agree with the comment that we usually (or at least in the last four cons) switch from bardic to chaos when a several people return from dinner, sit in random locations and double the size of the circle. 'Another time around' could then still upset people who arrived in the subsequent 90 minutes it took to get around the circle and didn't realise they'd chosen the wrong spot...
I personally think it's good practice when suggesting the circle goes from bardic to chaos to direct it to the next five or six people rather than the room in general and phrase it as 'I think this circle's getting a bit too big, perhaps we should consider going chaos soon, have any of you got anything prepared before we switch?'.
Although personally I like a really big bardic circle with lots of harmonising and singing along, we tend to get to hear more people who rarely perform and I can enjoy the performances without thinking about if I have 'followers'. It becomes more intimidating once it goes chaos.
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Date: 2011-02-23 08:21 pm (UTC)I agree with the comment that we usually (or at least in the last four cons) switch from bardic to chaos when a several people return from dinner, sit in random locations and double the size of the circle. 'Another time around' could then still upset people who arrived in the subsequent 90 minutes it took to get around the circle and didn't realise they'd chosen the wrong spot...
I personally think it's good practice when suggesting the circle goes from bardic to chaos to direct it to the next five or six people rather than the room in general and phrase it as 'I think this circle's getting a bit too big, perhaps we should consider going chaos soon, have any of you got anything prepared before we switch?'.
Although personally I like a really big bardic circle with lots of harmonising and singing along, we tend to get to hear more people who rarely perform and I can enjoy the performances without thinking about if I have 'followers'. It becomes more intimidating once it goes chaos.