Elaisse de Garrigues

Honorable Lady Elaisse de Garrigues

Pronunciation guide: Eh-LACE duh Gair-EEG

Persona:

• 14th-century French
• Gules, on a chevron sable fimbriated five fleurs-de-lys palewise Or.
• Name registered June 2002, device registered June 2004.
• http://wimble.outlandsheralds.org/individual_record.php?PersonID=892

History in the SCA:

Timeline:

• (I’m including a lot of details here mostly to help me remember and keep track. Please pardon the list of every little achievement.)
• I first heard about the SCA in the 1980s, but started playing in 2001 in the Outlands.
• Award of Arms 2002
• Gilded Leaf of Caerthe (Baronial A&S award) 2003
• Argent Hart (Outlands AoA-level A&S award) 2003
• Windhover Bard, Outlands Kingdom Bardic Champion 2004
• Served as an archery marshal and achieved the rank of Forester in the Outlands
• 2005-2015 only attended a few events. Busy with divorce, remarriage, moving home to Missouri and making babies.
• Valor/Bardic Bedlam 2016--return to the SCA. Named royal skald to TRM Logan and Ylva.
• Golden Calon Swan, April 2017
• “Calontir, le vrai Pays de mon Couer”, the three-part 14th-century rondeau with French lyrics that I composed for Kingdom A&S was performed by a choir during the coronation of Damien II and Isabell, at Her Majesty’s request, July 2017
• Queen’s Yeoman, June 2018
• Boga-Fyrd, September 2018
• Calontir Arts & Sciences Champion 2019
• Was awarded the prize for the allied kingdoms in the 2019 Gulf Wars A&S Champions Battle for my series of musical compositions exploring the development of polyphony in western Europe
• Recruited Calontir bards for The Knowne World Bardcast’s Season 5: Episode 5B: The Calontir Episode: Part Two: The Heart, The Land featuring solo performances including my song “We’re Calontir”
• Ran Bardic Bedlam, May 2019
• Calontir Royal Brewer, June 2019
• Champion of the Calontir Bardic College, aka holder of the Big Damn Stick, June 2019
• I’ve won a number of other bardic contests over the years, some of which I remember best by the prizes I still have around: a cup from the annual Most Depressing Song Contest, a puzzle chair, handwoven trim, a ceramic bottle that came with mead in it, a couple of leather journals, a leather case with writing utensils, a canvas utensil holder with rustic pencils, jewelry, several books, a couple of scrolls, and a copy of the Knowne World Songbook with a hand-carved leather cover. “The Phoenix” won a populace choice in April, 2018. I wrote the song “Lady of the Rose” for an In Praise contest, which it won.
• My song “The Phoenix” was included in Season 4: Episode 8B: Powerful Women Volume III of the Knowne World Bardcast, June 27, 2019
• Archery Champion for the Shire of Oakheart, September 2019
• Calon Lily, December 2019
• 2020-2021 was active in the virtual interkingdom bardic community
• Featured as the elf queen in Drake Oranwood’s video of his song Tam Lin of the Elves, October 2021.
• Performed on the video blog Live From Caid March 2021
• Part of the Journeyman Concert at the First Bardic War, May 2021
• Calontir General for the First Bardic War, May 2021
• Archery Champion again for the Shire of Oakheart, October 2021
• Valor Bardic Champion, May 2022
• Won Boga Fyrd Captain Tournament, June 2022
• Calontir Arts & Sciences Champion, July 2022. Entries 15th-Century Motet with four-part contrapuntal harmony and Latin lyrics, 15th-century arrows that I forged bodkin points for, and Costume Design with research and patterns for a three-layer 15th-century French noblewoman’s outfit with shoes and accessories.
• Performed my first concert of original songs at Pennsic, August 2022
• Order of the Torse, March 2023

Groups and Affiliations:

• Apprentice to Countess Conna ingen Ui Chearbhaill
• Bardic College of Calontir
• The Shire of Oakheart
• The Baronies of Caerthe and Caer Galen and the Canton of Hawks Hollow in the Outlands
• Former archery student of Larke the Fletcher

Offices:

• Boga Fyrd Captain 2022-2023
• A&S Minister, Shire of Oakheart 2021-
• Dean of the Bardic College 2019-
• Calontir Bardic War General 2021
• Calontir Bardic College Champion 2019-2022
• Youth Minister, Shire of Oakheart 2018-2021
• Royal Skald 2021
• Windhover Bard of the Outlands 2004-2005

Other Information

https://www.facebook.com/sharon.k.davis

https://youtube.com/channel/UCQt-IewUWs2CTxS92WOrhfQ

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Gules, on a chevron sable fimbriated five fleurs-de-lys palewise Or.