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.
XX/1985
- Kyrsteen ap Sennann du Saone
- Thiere Eriksdottir (Kelinda Garrett)
- Elspeth Aylena of Alnwick
- Gayelle Spence
XXI/1986
- Janet Marie nic Alaster McBain
- Eileen Falconer
XXIV/1987
- (none)
XXIII/1988
- Madelein de Vos (Gudrun)
XXIV/1989
- Mother Abbess Megan
- Anthea de Northeton
XXV/1990
- Aelana Maria Magdalena d'Firenza (Aelana Cordovera)
- Helene von Gruner
XXVI/1991
- Adriana Juliet Francesca Maria della Cassa della Sangomano
XXVII/1992
XXVIII/1993
XXIX/1994
XXX/1995
XXXII/1996
- (none)
XXXII/1997
- Eloise de Montagne
XXXIII/1998
- Vigdis Bjornsdottir
XXXIV/1999
- Osorgarow the Dredful
- Nadjeszka
XXXV/2000
XXXVI/2001
XXXVII/2002
XXXVIII/2003
XXXIX/2004
XL/2005
- Julia Aurelia, born in Uriconium (now Wroxeter) Britannia and now resident in Rome
- Lucy Pogge, born in Clee, Lincolnshire and now living in London
XLI/2006