Golden Swan Tournament
Golden Swan Tournament is held annually on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in Appledore.
Golden Swan is a persona development challenge for female personas. The purpose of Golden Swan is to foster knowledge of the lives of women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The equivalent challenge for male personas is Scholars of St. Thomas Aquinas
A successful Golden Swan has acquired a level and depth of understanding of what a woman's life was like in a given time period that may be unequalled even in the highest academic circles.
Each year the candidates enter 12 categories. Eight are mandatory: Persona Development, Skills and Technologies, Costuming, Needlework, Calligraphy, Everyday Life, Courtesy and Etiquette, and Inspirational Behaviour. The candidate must also choose 4 out of 6 of the following: Games and Pastimes, Bardic, Dance, Survival Skills, Habitat, Food.
Please note that all categories are open to anyone as individual contests.
Golden Swans
XIX/1984
- Kyrsteen ap Sennann du Saone
- Thyri Eriksdottir (Kelinda Garrett)
- Elspeth Aylena of Alnwick
- Gyelle Spence
XX/1985
- Janet Marie nic Alaster McBain
- Eileen Falconer
XXI/1986
- (none)
XXIV/1987
- Madelein de Vos (Gudrun)
XXIII/1988
- (none)
XXIV/1989
- Mother Abbess Megan
- Anthea de Northeton
XXV/1990
- Ilana Cordonero di Firenze (Aelana Cordovera)
- Helene von Gruner
XXVI/1991
- Adriana Juliet Francesca Maria della Cassa della Sangomano
XXVII/1992
XXVIII/1993
- (none)
XXIX/1994
- (none)
XXX/1995
- Aloise de Pont du Fosse
XXXII/1996
- (none)
XXXII/1997
- Eloise de Montagne
XXXIII/1998
- Vigdis Bjornsdottir
XXXIV/1999
- Osorgarow the Dredful
- Nadjeszka
XXXV/2000
- (none)
XXXVI/2001
- Walburga of Liege
- Agnes Cresewyck & Meryell Kennet (dual entry as sisters)
XXXVII/2002
XXXVIII/2003
- Alis Talairan de Perigord
XXXIX/2004
XL/2005
- Julia Aurelia
- Lucy Pogge
XLI/2006