MUSIC Illustrations of 15^th Century Tournaments show that music was of central importance in reinforcing the drama of these spectacular events. Piva Eric Moulder’s band Piva will be again be providing the Tournament Shawm Band. They will be playing  throughout each day, as an accompaniment to the Jousting, Tourney and Foot Combat producing music as exciting, as powerful and as aggressive as the combat itself. September 11th & 12th 2010 Wynndebagge A musician, comedian, some would say a medieval minstrel, others a troubadour, some a fool, others a clown,  - actually what it amounts to is all about entertainment. It's not just the music, songs, dances and the instruments that are the show - it's the stories, histories if you like, that go with them that bring the shows to life, with wonderful little glimpses into the way people have lived their lives through the centuries, all wrapped up in moments of entertaining eccentricity. The audience feature heavily in making a show work, largely because they get to play an active part.  So whether they are working as the percussion section in the medieval rock'n'roll band, doing the dance, wassailing an apple tree or joining in the banter, they have a part to play, young or old.   The real fun is making contact with the audience and finding out what they've got to say about what's going on. "Wonderful music, spell-binding humour... the most talented medieval performer in the country"