Godith Anyon

About 12 years ago a friend from high school invited me to Falling Leaves. Strangely enough that didn't take, but a few months later he dragged me to another event, and I've been hooked ever since. That spring the Instrumental half of the Jongleurs announced they were willing to train beginner recorder players, and I started playing for them. Since then, I've played for dancing for umpty-ump events, including most of the events Carolingia has held for the past 10 years, several Black Rose Balls, and a few paid performances. I have dabbled in directing. Two of the pieces in the Waytes' repertoire were arranged by me, and I have been told that one of those arrangements has been adopted by a professional early music ensemble.

My other musical activities include singing with the Quire on and off for many years. I was also a founding member and later head of the now-defunct Bards Guild. And, like every other would-be bard in the SCA, I have a harp gathering dust in the closet.

About eight years ago I was co-autocrat of a bardic-themed event, Chant au Bois. I have also been head cook for two events. For Heorot I cooked both the dayboard and feast, and for Falling Leaves last year I cooked the dayboard. Last June I was housing coordinator for Known World Dance Symposium.

Unofficially, for the past five years I have run a camp at Pennsic for 18-25 people (Camp Crook'd Cat). This includes a mealplan, which is cooked over a fire and in a brick oven which we build every year. For camp use, I have coordinated the building of a dozen tables and benches, and for my personal comfort I've built beds and chests.

About two and a half years ago I became Magistra of Carolingia. I have been going to every demo I could since my first years in the SCA, as well as dragging my sewing machines and slowly-expanding clue to every beginner's sewfest I could. I have organized some of those sewfests, one for the Via Alta program (an ambitious newcomers' orientation program), and one for Mitgaard. On the teaching front I have also taught several iterations of the recorder school, for beginner players, and a class on chip-carving.

Gregor and Christence thought I was worthy of an Award of Arms about eight years ago. About three years ago I was given the Queen's favor at Pennsic by Gabrielle, for being one of the people who sang to her a song in her honor on what was apparently otherwise a really bad day. At the following Legends of Chivalry I was asked to join the Order of the Moon. And finally, but still the sweetest, a year ago at Falling Leaves I was asked to carry the Felding Favor.


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