Juliana Bird

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Court musician, trobairitz, bard, poet, composer, shenaniganator-in-training
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Resides: Barony of Bakhail
Status: Definitely Active
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Introduction

I have had various brushes with the SCA from the fighter's perspective and was never get interested until my very good friend Dorian de San Kalogero voluntold me to play what music I had at the Bellringers event in Carillion in February 2017. It was at that event that I learned that in addition to fighters, the SCA also had BARDS! And they were all going to gather across the river in Bakhail the next weekend for Winter Nights, so it was HIGHLY suggested that I go and make friends! So I did, and the family that I made that day is one I shall love and cherish for the rest of my life.

Persona

The child of an English noblewoman and an Occitan trobador, Juliana lived as a pious Christian in England until the age of 16 where, instead of following through with marriage to a dullard, she proclaimed herself a pilgrim and travelled to Spain to walk the Camino de Santiago. Upon arriving in Castille and Leon in the mid 1260's she became completely entranced by the music of the area; the Cantigas de Santa Maria were in high popularity, the area was one of the last bastions of the trobadores of the century prior, and there was so much to do! Now she travels around Iberia and abroad learning the music of the people and finding the truth of the Divine through music.

Activities & Interests

Dance music (all periods) Monophonic sacred/secular music of the 12th and 13th c Early winds and brass Cittole/rebec/other drone-y strings Creating English translations of songs Elizabethan Poetry Keh Mukarnis and other clever short poems Voice Heraldry Spinning Sewing Weaving Maybe fencing. Maybe.

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In Case of Court

Surprises are good and wonderful and excellent. Bird has the best faces when surprised.

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Goes by Bird unless you have a shiny hat or it's for court

Juliana Bird (hoo-lee-AH-nuh Bird) (If you can do the Spanish pronunciation that is great, but I won't have a snit if you pronounce it English-ly)

Female pronouns (she/her/hers)