Please join the Tavern Troupe for an outdoor concert at Town Green Southeast in Crossing, between the anlaen of Tamsine’s Toil and Revelfae, in the seventh month of Moliko the Balance in the year of the Silver Unicorn, 392. (March 8, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. eastern). The theme of this month’s concert will be flame and Tamsine, the Hearth-Keeper. Should the weather be inclement, we will move the concert indoors to the Order’s Headquarters – Crossings Room, out of respect to our instrumentalists. A signup list will be available at the Concert on the Green and the performances will be limited to the theme of the evening. Pre-registration is encouraged. Please contact Dulcinie or Deslah through the Tavern Troupe website at www.taverntroupe.net with your questions and pre-registration.

Contest: All performances must be fitting for a family-friendly realm and must be your original creation and no more than 10 minutes in length. Winning performances may be used for a future performance to be announced. The following is judging criteria:

Songs:
Length – 8 - 10 minutes from the opening verse to the bow at the end
Presentation - Use of voice, gestures, props
Structure – Rhythm, rhyme, and meter - not all songs must rhyme, but flow is important.
Content - In genre lyrics
Originality - Must be your original work
*Audience reaction - in case of tie, audience reaction will be deciding factor.

Stories:
Length – 8 - 10 minutes
Content - clear beginning, middle, end
Presentation - Use of props, voices, audience
Structure - Flow of story (does it keep us interested)
Originality - Is it a story we've all heard before or something new?
*Audience reaction will decide in case of tie

Other Length criteria:
Poems/Monologue - same as song