House Bayard Members - Ursula von Bremen

Lady Ursula von Bremen
(our fearless leader's lady &
and House Bayard Websmith)

Arms: Quarterly gules and pean, an armored arm fesswise embowed maintaining a rose argent slipped and leaved vert (Nov 2000).

Email: ThatUrsula@aol.com
Persona: 15th Century German
In the SCA Since: Sept 1989
First Event: Harvest Tourney Oct 1989
First Pennsic: XIX (1990) (photo)
Local Group: Barony of Windmasters' Hill

SCA Interests:
Costuming, Dances of Renaissance England, France and Italy, Teaching, Creating "period ambience", Writing (newsletters), SCA-related websites, Heraldic Design, Songs, Plotting, Planning... More about me and the SCA

Real Name: Jerome Quillen
Sign: Taurus (May 6)
Day Job: Accountrix
Modern Interests: Web design, decent Goth/industrial/darkwave music and clubbing, Carolina Rollergirls, billiards, stage combat, event management, blogging...

Shameless Plug:
Our Isaac's jewelry & metalworking site

Sinking a shot at Fast Eddie's

What I'm listening to now:
Concrete Blonde "My Tornado at Rest"

Awards:
Ursula's Order of Precedence listing
Order of the Boreas (Windmasters' Hill Feb 02/09/08)
Companion of the Golden Dolphin (Atlantia 02/10/07)
Baronial Award of Excellence (Windmasters' Hill Feb 11, 2006)
Order of Don Quixote (Windmasters' Hill Feb 14, 2004)
Baronial Award of Excellence (Windmasters' Hill Feb 14, 2004)
Order of the Kittyhawk (Windmasters' Hill June 1996)
Award of Arms (Atlantia Feb 1992)

Offices:
Seneschal (Windmasters' Hill - since Dec 2007)
Calendar Page Websmith (Windmasters' Hill - since Sept 2004)
NC Regional Deputy Exchequer over 19 local groups (Atlantia 1992 - 1997)
Exchequer (Kappellenberg 1992-1997)
Chronicler (The Tower Rampant - Kappellenberg Jun 1994 - Aug 1995)
Dance Director (held regular workshops in Kappellenberg Jan 1993 - Mar 1995)
Deputy Seneschal (Kappellenberg 1992-1994 - filed Seneschals' reports and assisted transition to his successor)

Projects, Articles, Classes & Web Sites:
Kappellenberg's Sunshade (project 1992-1993)
Kappellenberg's Banner (project 1992)
Tips for the SCA Chronicler (article - Dec 1994)
Tips on Preparing for an Outdoor Demo (article - Mar 1995)
Participating in an SCA Demo for the Public (article - Sep 1994)
Mask Making Tips and Ideas (article - Nov 2000)
Bayard Household Banners - 12 finished & counting! (Oct 2000)
Making Heraldic Banners (class - Kappellenberg 2000)
Renaissance Dance Links (MS Excel file with links to steps, sound & sheet music files)
Dance Candle Holders (article - 25 Nov 2001)
Establishing a Dance Practice (article- 4 Dec 2001)
Garb for Dance Performances (article - 10 Dec 2001)
House Bayard Web Page (since Oct 2001)
Aldwin Longwalker Memorial Web Page (since Sep 2001)
Tricks for Beginning & Intermediate Costumers (Kappellenberg - Jan 2002)
Barony of Windmasters' Hill Calendar (since Sep 2004)
Atlantian Linked Events Calendar (since Sep 2004)
Tourney of Ymir Web Site (since Nov 2004)
Autocrat and Event Staff Links Page (Jan 2006)
Newcomer's Info Page (Since Jan 2005)
Keeping Warm at Ymir Page (Since Jan 2005)

Event Service:
Co-Autocrat and Head Troll (Cerberus Tourney Sep 1993)
Autocrat (Pre-Pennsic Camping Collegium Sep 1994)
Co-Autocrat (Windmasters: The Gathering Apr 1995)
Dance Leader (Seven Trials of Love May 1999)
Dance Leader (Ymir Feb 2001)
Dance Leader (Ymir Feb 2002)
Co-Autocrat (Ymir Feb 2004)
Co-Autocrat & Websmith (Ymir Feb 2004)
Hall Decorations Coordinator (Coronation of Janos & Rachel Sept 2004)
Websmith & Staff Listgroup (Ymir Feb 2005)
Websmith & Staff Listgroup (Ymir Feb 2006)
Co-Autocrat, Websmith & Staff Listgroup (Ymir Feb 2007)
Websmith & Staff Listgroup (Ymir Feb 2008)
Clean-up, serving and prep cook, set-up and tear-down on various occasions.

Demo Service:
Coordinated/ran seven demos - two at Apple Chill, two at Festifall, one at the theater opening of Evil Dead II, and two at Emerson Waldorf’s Medieval Faire - (1992-1996)
Info Booth & Dance (UNC Campus Sep 1994)
UNC-TV Phone-a-thon (Kapppellenberg/Windmasters' Hill - Mar 1995)
Contributed garb Raleigh Renfaire photo booth (May 1995 & 1996, & 2002-2004)
Contributed garb & worked NC Renfaire photo booth (May 2001)
Dance Coordinator - International Festival (Attillium Sep 2001)
Co-Autocrat & Websmith (Carolina Club Demo Jan 2004)

Other Service:
* Sewed the Kappellenberg sunshade and its 36 different heraldic dags depicting heraldry of past and present canton members, badges of office and peerage and of the canton itself. (1993 - see projects)
* Made Kappellenberg's Canton Banner (1993)
* Ran the Exchequer meeting at Unevent for three years (1995-1997).
* Designed and embroidered the Windmasters' Hill 1990 victory patch for the Giant's Dance Banner (1991).
* Coordinated a Winter Dance & Dessert Revel (Kappellenberg Dec 1994)
* Tooled 5 leather belts as prizes for the Cerberus Tourney Quest (Sep 1993).
* Sewed the seats to the baronial thrones (Feb 1998).
* Sewed 6 Baronial Archer Tabards (1991)
* Sewed 2 Queen's Guard Tabards (1993)
* Loaned personal garb to newcomers on numerous occasions (since 1992).
* Helped newcomers make garb (since 1991).
* Found site/completed paperwork for heavy fighter and rapier practices (Kappellenberg 1994-1995)
* Helped build Baronial wall/gate (Jul-Aug 1999)
* Hosted February 2008 Buckston meetings when regular meeting site was under renovation.

Arts:
* First Prize - Best Representation of a Saint - a clove-studded wax carving of St. Clovis (Dead Saints Tourney Oct 1990)
* First Prize - Embroidery - a densely embroidered favor embroidered with a Celtic tree of life (Academie of the Rapier Oct 1993)