Editing Melanie de la Tour

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=Lady Melanie de la Tour= 
Feel free to call me Melanie (MEL-ah-nee)

=Persona:= 
* 12th century Anglo-Norman minor noblewoman
* Born in Yorkshire, c. 1125
* Melanie was being groomed to be married to a local nobleman, but she chose to accompany a cousin on crusade to the Holy Land instead (he had a weak chin).
* She married while on pilgrimage in Outremer, but is now amicably separated from her husband (who lives with his mistress). She now concentrates on supporting the arts and good works.
* Interests include: music (vocal and instrumental performance), period music in original languages, bardic composition and performance, religious life and liturgy.
* Link to Calontir Armorial - http://armorial.calontir.org/Pages/MelaTour.htm
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=History in the SCA:= 
* Timeline:
''' 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.
''' AoA (East) in 2002 from Darius and Roxane
''' Name and device registered (via East) in 2008
''' Seahorse (East--Ostgardr) in 2013
''' Golden Swan (Calontir) in 2016 from Matsunaga and Elena

''' Significant events since then (competitions, championships, tourneys, first event, etc.)
'''* Bardic Champion of the Crown Province of Ostgardr, 2008-2009
'''* Champion of the Calontir Bardic College (holder of the Big Damn Stick), 2015-2016
'''* Link to Calontir OP - [[http://op.calontir.org/persona.php?p=4458]]

* Groups and Affiliations:
''' Current Group: Barony of Three Rivers
''' Previous Groups: Crown Province of Ostgardr (greater NYC)
''' Apprenticed to Mistress Morgana Bro Morganwg
''' Guilds, Households, etc: Brother of the Great Dark Horde (<span style="background-color: #eef3f6; color: #222222; font-family: Courier New;">[[http://www.greatdarkhorde.org/]]</span>)

* 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)

* Other service:
''' 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.

* Related Experience
''' 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. [[:File:Walk Like a Phoenician.pdf|Powerpoint slides]] and [[:File:Walk Like a Phoenician 2015 Handout.pdf|sources hand-out]] are available to download.
''' 2009-2013 - [[:File:Arianism Hand-Out (1).pdf|Arianism: Going Gothic in the Early Middle Ages]] (Pennsic).
''' 2011 - Research 101 (Ostgardr Schola)
''' 2016 - [[:File:Contrafacta Vocabulary Handout.docx|Contrafacta: Yes, Filking is Period]] (Valor). Also taught at Pennsic 2017.
''' 2017 - [[:File:Ballad Handout.pdf|Ballads: Stories in Song]] (Pennsic). Originally piloted as an A&S class for the Barony of Three Rivers.

=Other Information= 
* My bardic bio is located at: http://tilted-windmill.com/midbards/bards.html#115
* My bardic YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrSuS3kGILqrBnuOyTX-eg/featured?view_as=subscriber
* Lyrics and documentation for original bardic works:
''' Eislinn's War (lyrics, music, and documentation): http://tilted-windmill.com/uploads/115-lyric-Eislinns_War.pdf
''' Eislinn's War video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8TSbtdHAE
''' [[:File:Ode to Duke Ostwald.docx|Ode to Duke Ostwald]]
''' [[:File:Return to Calontir.docx|Return to Calontir]]


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