Rhiannon Redwulf
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 Argent, a wolf's pawprint gules, a bordure embattled purpure. |
Her Excellency, Mistress Rhiannon Redwulf, OL
Nickname(s):
Previously Known As:
Pronouns:
Other Registered Heraldry
The following badge associated with this name was registered in September of 2001 (via Ansteorra): Argent, in bend two pawprints gules.
Offices:
- Local Offices Held
- Hospitaler of the Shire of Mooneschadowe, May 1994 - November 1994, August 1996 - October 1997, January 1998.
- Minister of Arts & Sciences, 2003 - 2004
- Webminister of of Mooneschadowe, 2008
Persona History:
Interests:
- Bookbinding
- Songwriting
- Playing the Harp
- Calligraphy and quill pen making
- Spinning flax
- Gregorian chant
- Carols
- Medieval daily life
- Plant-based dyes
- Soapmaking
- Reading knowledge of Latin
Timeline of Activity:
Prior Groups
Populace Provided Information:
Trivia
- The Baronial coronet that Rhiannon wears was gifted to her by Master Lucais du Belier. It was made by Master Aethelstan Aethelmearson.
Wiki Contributions
Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:
- 22nd Queen of Grace and Wisdom of the Province of Mooneschadowe
Performance
- Mooneschadowe Minstrel: August, 1993
- Bard of The Wastelands: March, 1995
- Bard of Northkeep: May, 1995
- Northern Regional Artisan, 1998
- Bard of Gnomen Vale: November, 1995
- Artisan of The Wastelands, 2000
- Blood of Heroes Artisan, 2002
- Gulf Wars Competitor (both as part of a trio, and as one of the Merry Musicians of Mooneschadowe), 2004
- Bard of Wiesenfeuer: September, 2005
- Gulf War presenter (both for book binding in static arts and for singing while playing an Anglo-Saxon Hearpa in performance arts, 2006
SCA Classes Taught
- Rural Life
- Singing Rounds
- Shoe Making
- Bookbinding
- Drop Spindle Spinning
- Making juggling bags
- Making T-Tunics
- Fibers in Period
Academic Medieval Conference Presentations
- "Arming Arthur: The Middle English Inheritance of Arming Scenes from Classical Epics." Mid-American Medieval Association Conference. 2005. (Winner of the Jim Falls Paper Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper at the Conference.)
- "Bold Bawdry: Malory's blend of Christianity and pragmatism in his treatment of sexual infidelity." International Congress on Medieval Studies. 2006.
Major Projects
- Developed and for two years autocratted the Mooneschadowe Valentine’s Day Fundraiser
- Organized fundraising to pay off a substantial debt the previous SCA student group had incurred with the OSU Bursar’s office, and this year assisted in restarting the Medieval Studies Group on campus.
- Each year organizes and manages a Rogation Day event to inventory and repair the shire’s possessions.
- Has organized countless campus and community demos. Regularly gives talks on spinning, music, and medieval life for local schools. Organizes SCA demos for the regional end-of-year Boy Scout dinners.
- Organized SCA lobbying efforts to prevent the city government from closing the Stillwater Community Center. The campaign was successful, and both Mooneschadowe and Northkeep use the center for events.
- Assisted in locating new event sites, most notably the Will Rogers Boy Scout Camp in Cleveland, OK, which is used multiple times a year by Mooneschadowe, Northkeep, and Chemin Noir.
- Organized a “trencher making day” for the shire’s kitchen gear, and with the making and maintenance of pavilions by the shire.
- Obtained 5 fleeces and organized volunteers to pick, wash and card the wool; then taught all the volunteers how to spin.
- Designed, cut out and organized volunteers to make and embroider Gunhilda’s Pelicaning clothes.
- Since 1994 has compiled and updated the “Red Wolf Songbook,” a collection of period and SCA songs that are in the oral tradition within Northern Ansteorra; and has collected documentation for most of the songs. Has recently been recording MP3s of the songs to help people learn the tunes.
- Assisted with recording dance music for Kingdom Dance event hosted by Mooneschadowe.
- Organized and ran Merry Musicians as a regional dance music group off and on from 1995 to 2000. Continues to provide a meeting space and organization as needed for the last five years.
- Has written several broadside ballads about Ansteorrans, including Sir Mahadi, Sir Sheridan, Baron Pepin, Baron Frederick, King Kein, Mistress Gunhilda, and others. These are available on her website.
- Currently teaching the populace of Mooneschadowe to read modern chant notation in order to do period Gregorian chants, as was done at Crown Tourney and the feast at Guardian.
Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions
- Award of the Province's Honor, 2007 (Mooneschadowe)
Affiliations:
Mundane Information:
Personal website: http://www.redwulf.info/
In Case of Court
Special Needs
Note: The majority of the content on this page was culled from Rhiannon's personal website with her permission. The original gathering of data was performed by Dunstana Talana the Violet.
