Officers of Lionsdale

 

Seneschal

Hleafdige Thora Golvik / Chrisine Foulger

The Seneschal is analogous to the president of our group and presides over the Shire’s monthly council meeting where the modern business side of the Shire is run. All members are encouraged to attend council to keep in tune with what is going on in the Shire.
   

Chronicler

Lady Danika / Tamara Young
   

The Chronicler is one of the Seneschal’s deputies and is responsible for taking minutes at council and producing Shire newsletters and other publication.
   

Webminister

Mistress Shirin al Hasana / Leanne Foulger
   

This deputy of the Seneschal is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the Shire’s e-prescence, (web page, forums etc)
   

Gold Key


Open
    The Office of Gold Key maintains a collection of clothing on hand to loan to guests and new members. New members are encouraged to make or acquire their own garb as soon as possible rather than borrowing from Gold Key indefinitely. The Gold Key officer is in charge of maintaining this collection; making sure it gets to and from events where it will be needed
   

Chatelaine


Open
    The Chatelaine provides assistance to new people, helping them to find the people, times & places where they can interact with others who share similar interests.
   

Pied Piper


Wulfstan Ravnsson / Rick Kimberly
    Pied Pipers within the SCA provide a venue where children may safely play with their parents using medieval toys, playing medieval games and doing crafts. The Pied Piper is not a babysitting service, if you leave your child with the Pied Piper, please help and return the service by later spending some time watching children with the Pied Piper.

 

Exchequer

Viscount Ieuan Gower / Quentin Baker
 

The Exchequer is analogous to the treasurer of our group. The Exchequer is responsible for maintaining the financial records of the Barony and for compiling both quarterly and yearly financial reports and submitting them to the Principality.

     

Chamberlin

Donatello / Don Giacomazzi
    The chamberlain is an officer reporting to the Exchequer, and who takes care of the equipment and supplies owned by the shire and maintains an inventory of these items.
 

Master of Stables

Lordship William Arwemakere / Bill Tait
 

The Master of Stables, (MoS), is responsible for all aspects of martial pursuits in the Shire. The MoS oversees such things as fighter authorizations and marshalling in the Shire and runs the Shire’s weekly practice.
     

Master of Blades

Sleet Avery /
   

The Master of Blades a deputy of the Master of Stables, as such they are responsible for helping promote rapier play in the Shire of Lionsdale. This includes arranging practices and helping new people get equipped with proper rapier gear.
     

Master of Archery


Open
   

The Master of Archery is a deputy of the Master of Stables, as such they are responsible for helping promote archery in the Shire of Lionsdale. This includes arranging practices and helping new people learn how to use their gear.
   

Minister of Lists

Open

   

The Minister of Lists is a deputy of the Master of Stables and coordinates all tournaments held within the Shire. In conjunction with the Master of Stables and the Herald they work to ensure that tournaments run smoothly.
 

Minister of Arts & Sciences

Honor Welsea /

 

The Society for Creative Anachronism strives to recreate the Middle Ages. The majority of what we strive to recreate is visible: armour, pavilions, woodwork, metalsmithing, etc. To recreate requires that we must learn not only the skill but also investigate the mindset of the period artisans we are emulating. We can use modern techniques to do this or we can actually use the techniques and the tools as they would have been in the Middle Ages.

The minister of Arts and Sciences helps promote the Arts and the Sciences in the Shire. The arts and sciences include, but are not limited to: weaving, costuming, music, scribal endeavors, dance brewing, cooking and so on.
     

Dance Minister

Lady Azzah Lazanice / Alanna Stewart
   

The Minister of Dance is responsible for promoting and teaching dance within the Shire. A wide variety of dances are taught at weekly practices and the Minster of Dance maintains both music and choreography for these.

 

Herald

Lady Komatsu no Ayame / Haley
 

The herald’s office is responsible for a number of aspects in our society including: creation and submission of heraldic devices, researching names, making public announcements, announcing business at court and heralding fighters upon the field.