[Artemisia] BARD Competitions in general, and Bards

[Elaine]

Greetings, all:
Here's a question:
Do those who compete in these Bard of Artemisia and other Bardic
competitions have information they could share on the original use of the
word "bard" and the concept and possible duties of the bard as they existed
in the culture to which they originally belonged?

Interesting information to consider!!
Thanks!
Caryn