Rhiannon Redwulf

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Registered Name: Rhiannon Redwulf
Resides: Mooneschadowe
Status: Semi-Active
Joined SCA: 1992
Order of Precedence
Rhiannon Redwulf
Heraldry

Argent, a wolf's pawprint gules, a bordure embattled purpure.

Her Excellency, Mistress Rhiannon Redwulf, OL

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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

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Photo by Sir Burke

Trivia


Wiki Contributions


Notable Contributions or Accomplishments:


1993: In Procession for the Laureling Ceremony of Dunstana Talana the Violet

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.


Receiving entry into the Order of the Laurel. Northkeep Castellan, 2007

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.
Kingdom Arts & Sciences, 2008


Non-Armigerous Awards and Recognitions

  • Award of the Province's Honor, 2007 (Mooneschadowe)


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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.