[Sca-List] OT: not period, but...

[Robin Lagro]

Sounds like a lot of fun :-)


Perryn


--- Michelle Mead <rowenna at q.com> wrote:

> This spring Alexandre has decided to participate in
> our homeschool group's
> Young Chautauquans program.  In case you are not
> familiar with this, the
> Chautauquans is a national organization that teaches
> history through living
> history :-)  Generally, they are engaged as speakers
> at events and portray a
> particular person, telling stories and answering
> questions as their persona.
> Some examples of this are an upcoming CU Museum
> event featuring Marie Curie
> (the performer of whom is actually our group's
> coach) and the characters you
> run into at the Titanic exhibit.  The Young
> Chautauquans is the same thing,
> only with kids ages 9-18.  Their program involves
> four months of personal
> research on a chosen character and group meetings to
> help develop a 5-20
> minute monologue in character, to be delivered to an
> audience with a
> consecutive question and answer period.  This final
> performance will happen
> sometime in May (the date will be determined in
> February).  The scholar is
> strongly encouraged to hold at least two practice
> performances for the
> public before this performance.
> 
>  
> 
> This is kind of where Caer Galen comes in.  I was
> hoping that I could plead
> for Alexandre to perform for the barony, perhaps at
> a fighter practice,
> sometime in late April.  He is very comfortable
> around all of you, and this
> is a great leap for him as he generally suffers from
> the same horrible
> shyness his mother does.  It's not period, though
> only slightly not so: his
> chosen character is Ludwig Van Beethoven.  You may
> or may not also be
> subjected to my less-than-shy daughter pandering
> about as Mrs. Claus.  She's
> not old enough to participate in the program, but
> we're doing a "junior
> Chautauquan" thing to appease the younger set and
> apparently she has decided
> to be Mrs. Claus.although honestly that could change
> come January when the
> program actually starts.  Either way, I'd expect she
> would want to get up
> and parade herself around in front of everyone if
> her brother gets to do it.
> 
>  
> 
> In closing, I was also wondering if anyone had any
> good references for
> Alexandre to study in his pursuit of becoming
> Beethoven.  It appears our
> homeschool library is sorely lacking in the area of
> great composers :P
> Resources can be either films (please do not suggest
> _Immortal Beloved_ as I
> think it contains some themes a bit too mature for
> him), books, websites, or
> any particular pieces you find particularly moving
> (we have #9 covered).as
> long as it's all a proper resource.  NOT wiki.
> 
>  
> 
> Much thanks.  Bonus points for anyone who can point
> me to French heels for
> men (for purchase, as the performances are done in
> costume as well as
> character).
> 
>  
> 
> Rowenna
> 
>  
> 
> "This body holding me reminds me of my own
> mortality.
> Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal."
> 
> -MJK
> 
>  
> 
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