Melanie de la Tour
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Persona
Melanie de la Tour is an Anglo Saxon minor noblewoman (born c. 1125). While Melanie's family had engaged her to marry a local nobleman, she found his chin weak and visage unpleasing, so she chose to accompany her cousin on Crusade to the Holy Land instead. While she was on pilgrimage in Outremer she married, but they later amicably separated (he now lives with his mistress). With her newly found free time, Melanie supports the arts and other good works.
Interests
Music
- Vocal performances
- Instrumental performances
Period music in the original language
bardic Composition and performance
Religious Life
Liturgy
History in the SCA
I found the SCA in 1980, but left the Midwest shortly afterwards. Consequently, until 2015, although a native of Three Rivers, I had never lived in the Kingdom of Calontir.
Significant Events
Bardic Champion of the Crown Province of Ostgardr, 2008-2009
Champion of the Calontir Bardic College (holder of the Big Damn Stick), 2015-2016
Groups and Affiliations
Apprenticed to Mistress Morgana bro Morganwyg
Brother of the Great Dark Horde[1]
Offices & Positions
Offices
- 1998-2003 - Deputy Seneschal of the Canton of Whyt Whey (NYC--Manhattan)
- 2007-2008 - Canton Chatelaine, Whyt Whey 2008-2009 - Canton MOAS, Whyt Whey
- 2009-2013 - Seneschal of the Canton of Whyt Whey (by Ostgardr bylaws, canton seneschals are deputy provincial seneschals and officers of the Crown Province of Ostgardr)
Staff Positions
- 2009-2010 - Staff, Quartermaster's Office, Pennsic
- 2011-2012 - Deputy Quartermaster, Pennsic 2013 - Staff, Pennsic
- 2009-2013 - Autocrat for SCA Demo at The Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park (NYC)
- a public event co-sponsored by NYC Parks Department and the Medieval Festival Guild of New York, which regularly draws over 40,000 in one day.
Other Relevant Positions
- 1983-4 - Vendor Coordinator for the Medieval Festival Guild of New York 1985
- Co-Coordinator for the Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park
Classes Taught
- 2009-2013 - Walk Like a Phoenician: Belly Dancing in Ancient Sources (Pennsic).
- Originally piloted as a workshop for the Crown Province of Ostgardr in 2006.
- Also taught at Gulf Wars, 2012.
- Powerpoint slides and sources hand-out are available to download.
- 2009-2013 - Arianism: Going Gothic in the Early Middle Ages (Pennsic).
- 2011 - Research 101 (Ostgardr Schola)
- 2016 - Contrafacta: Yes, Filking is Period (Valor).
- Also taught at Pennsic 2017.
- 2017 - Ballads: Stories in Song (Pennsic).
- Originally piloted as an A&S class for the Barony of Three Rivers.
Awards
Where: Pennsic XXXI
When: August, 14, 2002
Awarded By: King Darius and Queen Roxane
Order of the Seahorse[2]
When: April 27, 2013
Awarded By: Barony of Østgarðr
Order of the Calon Swan [3]
When: April 9, 2016
Awarded By: King Matsunaga and Queen Elena
For: Bardic Performance
Where to Find Me
My Bardic Bio
Youtube Channel
Lyrics and documentation for original bardic works:
- Eislinn's War
- (lyrics, music, and documentation)
- Eislinn's War video
- Ode to Duke Ostwald
- Return to Calontir
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