Juliana de Luna
Juliana de Luna is a herald and student of dance. She received a Laurel for her heraldic research in 2009; much of her research can be found here:[1]. She is currently Lions Blood Herald for the An Tir College of Heralds (at least until Twelfth Night 2015). She also has the personal heraldic title Siren Herald. She lives in Wealdsmere.
Doña Juliana de Luna is a sixteenth century Spanish courtier, with a small income derived from her father's encomienda in Mexico (he was a conquistador). A woman with her small scholarly gifts entertains (or perhaps amuses) people enough to stay at court. She is quite the humanist, and wants (like Emilia Pia) to have readings from The Courtier on her deathbed rather than readings from the Bible. She is a minor descendant of the prominent de Luna family, who include a prime minister for the father of Isabel la Catolica and an antipope. She bears a (greatly) differenced version of the de Luna arms. Her arms, Gules, six crescents inverted two, two, and two checky argent and sable (red field, six crescents points down colored with checks of white and black,) are derived from the de Luna arms (which have a single white crescent inverted and a white base); all the odd things about it are typical of Spanish arms.
Juliana has held the following heraldic positions: Society Level: Pelican Queen of Arms (chief names herald for the Society): June 2010-January 2014 Palimpsest Herald (Coordinator of Rules Discussions for Laurel) 7/2005-6/2010 Laurel Commenter 10/1999-present (except when I was Pelican) Laurel proofreader 3/2000-present (except when I was Pelican) Drop Dead Deputy for Pelican Queen of Arms 6/2001-6/2008 Chief of staff for Laurel Queen of Arms 6/1999-6/2001
Kingdom Level: Lions Blood Herald: July 2014-present Æstel Herald (Consulting Table Coordinator, An Tir) 9/2007-6/2010 Jambe de Lion Herald (Regional deputy for Inlands) 2/2006-9/2007
Other Heraldic Work: Pennsic Consultation Table Coordinator 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2013 Member of the Academy of Saint Gabriel May 1998 – present Three Oaks Pursuivant (herald for Barony of Wealdsmere) April 2005-March 2007 Garnet Herald (Submissions Herald, Æthelmearc) 10/2001-7/2002 Gage Herald (Regional Herald for Western PA, Æthelmearc) 1/2000-10/2001 Jewel of Æthelmearc Herald (Education deputy, Æthelmearc) 6/2000-10/2001 Consulting Table Coordinator Kingdom of Æthelmearc 1/2000-10/2001 Pursuivant of the College of Cour d’Or 9/1998-1/2000
Other Work and Service: Served on the SCA 2010 Census committee Coordinator for Western Dance at Pennsic War: 2000, 2001 Have run dance activities at many local events Have served as event steward, run bardic circles, organized gaming competitions, cooked lunches at events Have taught a variety of classes on heraldry, dance, and history