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| | | Dalton Arundel (X) (L'ile du Dragon Dormant) |
| | | CSag 25 Jan 1992 (no other information) |
| == History ==
| | AoA 05 Jan 1991 (no other information) |
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| :While living in Montreal, Dalton was invited to an SCA event in 1989. At that event he met David McDougalls, the Captain General of Archers of the East Kingdom and an archery merchant. Dalton bought a practice plastic bow that day and ordered a longbow at the same time. Upon returning from that event the Shire Captain, Thadeus asked him if he would run the archery program since he was leaving for the summer. Having been in the SCA for all of three days he became the unofficial head of Dragon Dormant's archery program. He started shooting in May of 1989. By November of 1989 he was a Grandmaster Bowman (in 8 months). He was the East Kingdom's first Canadian Grandmaster. He was given his Grand Master Medallion and was made a Lord by Their Majesties Rhys and Elaina at Kingdom Twelfthnight.
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| :Dalton was admitted into the [[East Kingdom]] Order of the Sagittarius in 1992 for his teaching, leadership and excellence in target archery.
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| :He trained with Master David McDougall (OP, ret.) of the East Kingdom who served as that Kingdom's Captain General. David taught Dalton much from equipment tuning, to serving the Crown by mustering and training effective archery companies to teaching archers on a one on one basis. Dalton credits David to this day, even though David is no longer active in the SCA at all. He has never forgotten his teachers and never ceases to give them credit and firmly believes in service. He also swore fealty and service to Master of the [[Chivalry]] Alyn Min Teanga of the East Kingdom, a Fealty Oath which he follows to this day. Dalton feels he serves his master best by teaching and mentoring the people around him, regardless of where he is.
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| :He was active as an archery marshal, teacher and coach in Dragon Dormant for the ten years he was there until he left for Avacal in 1998.
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| When Dalton arrived in Avacal, he met with Master [[Thorvald Grimsson]] who took him to his first event Silver Arrow, coincidentally the longest running archery themed event in [[Avacal]]! The Shire of [[Bitter End]] has always been a 'second home' to Dalton and he is always pleased to travel and teach there.
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| :In October, 2001 Dalton was offered entry into the An Tir Order of the Grey Goose Shaft by King Avaloc and Queen Maliqua. He declined entry into that Order, citing several reasons:
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| :- Dalton had only been in Avacal for less than three years at this point
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| :- As a member of the Sagittarius he considered it a companion order
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| :- He was surprised in court and had no time to call his Master at Arms or reflect on this decision.
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| :Their Majesties were supportive and understanding of Dalton's decision and gifted him with a token of personal meaning from Queen Maliqua, which Dalton continues to treasure.
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| :- He continues to support the Order of the Grey Goose Shaft by corresponding with the Order with his concerns and comments, and many of his students have gone on to become worthy additions to the Order, including [[Malabar Membro Spaccata]], [[Ellias Silver]] and [[Gareth Haydon]].
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| :He was the first to bring Archery to Quad War, often transporting his own personal butts to the site until permanent archery butts were donated. Dalton took the [[Pennsic]] model of how archery is run and implemented the very popular "populace shoot" at Quad War which has evolved into a war point, The populace shoot averages 200 archers over the weekend, many who have never picked up a bow before .
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| :Dalton placed first in the An Tir Top Ten, Longbow class for three consecutive years. He swore he would shoot scores for three years, to honour the members of his family - one year per member. Both his father and sister passed away quite shortly after he arrived in Avacal and this was his tribute to them. After 2001 he rarely shot competitively again, focusing instead on teaching "Eastern style" archery to Avacal and creating a legacy of champions as a result. Since 2001 his teaching has been consistently represented in the An Tir Top Ten.
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| :Beyond teaching future leaders and teachers, Dalton continues to be an active figure in the archery world in Avacal and now Artemesia. At Hidden Treasures in 2005 his students devised a surprise tribute to him. Taking a page directly from "A Beautiful Mind" - specifically the scene where each professor walked by and gave a pen to John Nash as tribute- the Archers of Avacal lined up and spontaneously gave Dalton an arrow. Dalton was left holding a bundle of arrows, speechless and with tears in his eyes. The tribute from his students and friends was one of the most memorable experiences he has had in the SCA to date.
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| :He is an accomplished scribe and an excellent artist. Upon arriving in the Barony of Montengarde, he noted the Champions did not have a Scroll. He devised the championship scrolls for rapier, heavy and archery and inscribed the name of every champion that held the honour prior. Now it is a tradition in the barony that the outgoing champion inscribes his or her name on the scroll and passes it to their successor to cherish for a year. Many champions take a colour copy of the scroll as a keepsake. The addition of these beautiful scrolls is a deeply respected by the recipients. Dalton did not sign these scrolls but donated them anonymously. The name on the back of the scrolls reads "Quillus".
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| == Awards ==
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| ;the following awards have been bestowed on Dalton:
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| :Order of the Sagittarius (East Kingdom)
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| :[[Award of Arms]] (East Kingdom)
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| :Order of the [[Gilded Griffin]] ([[Avacal]] Service)
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| :Order of the [[Golden Link]] (Montengarde Service)
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| :Order of the [[Goutte de Sang]] An Tir Service
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| :Order of the [[Rose Petal]] ([[Montengarde]] Arts and Sciences)
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| He can always be found on any archery range during an event, teaching, shooting and marshalling.
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| [[Category:Avacal]] | | [[Category:Montengarde]][[Category:Tir_Mara]] |
Dalton Arundel (X) (L'ile du Dragon Dormant)
CSag 25 Jan 1992 (no other information)
AoA 05 Jan 1991 (no other information)