Teleri Barod

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Information
Resides: Barony of Storvik, Atlantia Status: Active Awards: Order of Precedence Entry
Heraldry
Per pale azure and sable, a compass star, in chief two harps argent.

Persona

I was initially interested in early Welsh history and culture and picked my name based on that. Then I got extremely into 5th-11th century English arts and culture, with an emphasis on ~7th century Kent. Most of my art and garb is focused on this area.

Offices & Positions

• Exchequer, Barony of Storvik. 2007-2012ish?
• Chronicler, Barony of Storvik. 2013ish - 2018
• Pretty sure I was a deputy KMoAS for performing arts? But the office didn't require much.
• About to step up as Storvik's seneschal.
• Poeta Atlantiae in maybe 2008 or so.
• Baronial Bard a bunch of times.

I am not interested in being recommended to any service Orders.

Projects & Publications

I keep a blog called Mi Contra Fa. It has links to my original bardic works, many of my class handouts, and articles on other arts I have tried, organized by tags.

Heraldry

I picked "Teleri" from a list of names in the Mabinogion. I did not pick "the Well-Prepared." I was at a camping event in college, and all around me my college buddies were asking for things they had forgotten: can opener, garbage bag, matches, and so on. And I always said, "Here you go," and passed them the relevant item. "Teleri, you're so well-prepared!" one said. They all looked at each other, then looked at me and smiled, and I knew my byname had been chosen.

Mistress Tangwystll (mka Heather Rose Jones, aka The Welsh Goddess) was on duty at the Heraldry tent at Pennsic when I bumbled in and helped me with my name and device, which are handily shown in the sidebar. She and I agreed that a Welsh name with an English byname wasn't likely to fly, so she suggested "Barod," which means "Ready."

It's pronounced tell-AIR-ee buh-ROAD. (I had to use Google to check "Barod," which I often say "BAH-rod." I'm not fussed about how you say it.)

My primary charge is a compass star, which represented my interests exploding out in all directions. The two harps in chief because I play harp, and the star suggested a bisection (rather than have three charges, which is very typical). The divided field because I couldn't decide if I liked the blue or the black better.

Awards and Achievements

Awards

I resigned a Laurel so BOY HOWDY DO I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.

Classes Taught

Poetry, Music, and Performance

• Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Poetry
• Anglo-Saxon Poetry and Performance
• Practical ap Huw: Welsh Harp Music
• This Is Gonna Be Epic (Performing oral epic poetry)
• HIP to Be Square (Intro to Historically Informed Performance)
• Run the Gamut (How physics defines the diatonic scale)
• A La Mode (Modal scales for medieval music)
• Early Period Music Theory
• A Guided Tour of Medieval Music
• Writing Poetry That Matters
• Improvisation for Musical Instruments
• How to Play a Germanic Lyre
• Bardic Performances at Feast
• Bardic 101: Breaking into Performance

Research and Documentation

• Gallery Texts: Your A&S in 100 words or less
• Research and Documentation for the Performing Arts
• How To Do Research
• Writing a Research Paper

Camping

• SCA Camping 101
• Beginning Camp Cookery
• Easy Day Shades

Other Classes

• The Dolphin's Pearly Tooth: What are all these awards?
• Robber Barons and Rheinischer Bund
• Legends of the Rhine
• Motivation: Getting Stuff Done
• Constructive Criticism: Dishing It Out and Taking It