SCA Resume

My name is Lady Scholastica Joycors aka MyLinda Butterworth

Learn about what I have been up to and my accomplishments

A work in progress...always

Activities:

2011

Helped make 200 hand pies for a pie eating contest (1st event)— Night on the Town
Pennsic 40 – Competed in a 2-day — cooking contest (2nd)

2012

Best Dessert and Grand Champion: Winning dish Rice Pudding with Strawberries — Trial by Fire

2013

Best Dessert – Swiss Carrot Cake — Trial by Fire

2014

Became a Kingdom Notable - Royal Bard — Atlantia 12th Night
Bardic Bear Pit – organized and ran — Coronation
Won Kingdom Garb Competition with daughter — Night on the Town — Lochmere
Competed with Tatiana Ivanovna in Garb Wars - Spiaggia Levanthia
Created Facebook Discussion Page – Bards and Performers of Atlantia -unofficial discussion page — Online
Best Dessert - Bee Sting Cake: Best Bacon Dish – Special Category - for Bacon Baklava — Trial by Fire — Lochmere
Created 4 Mini-Bardic Songbooks — Fundraiser Kingdom Travel Funds

2015

Won Bardic Bear Pit – became Baronial Bard Champion — Bright Hills Birthday — Bright Hills
Ran Garb Competition – Made all the winner scrolls — Theme: Saturday Morning Cartoons — War of the Wings
Made 10 Rapier Tabards and silk-screened devices — Barony of Lochmere
Competed with Tatiana Ivanovna in Garb Wars - Spiaggia Levanthia
1st Long Story Competition: hosted & ran —Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Youth Activity – Viking Water Battle — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Youth Activity – Made spikes – Memory Pages for Her Majesty — Fall Coronation
Created multiple new bardic judging forms — Sent to Kingdom MoAS

2016

Youth Activity – Beaded Bubble Wands &Whirligigs — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
2nd Long Story Competition: Hosted & ran — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Youth Activity – Bremen Town Musicians — Night on the Town — Lochmere
Youth Activity – Easter Egg Hunt — Sword and Stitch — Lochmere
Bardic Bear Pit – Organized and Ran — Bright Hills Birthday — Bright Hills
Ran Garb Competition – Made all the winner scrolls — Theme: Star Wars vs Star Trek — War of the Wings
First Atlantia Calendar was created — Fundraiser Kingdom Travel Funds

2017

Co-Autocrat and Youth Activities — Harvest Wars — Bright Hills
Youth Activity – Stained Glass Windows – Water Battle — Coronation
Youth Activity – Paper Hen Puppets — Night on the Tartan — Lochmere
3rd Annual Long Story Competition: Hosted & ran — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Youth Activity – Puppet Stage & characters — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Second Atlantian Calendar — Fundraiser Kingdom Travel Funds

2018

Palio de Atlantia – Best Pony — Atlantia 12th Night
Youth Activity – Sockhead Ponies — Atlantia 12th Night
Won A&S Competition with Torrone — Storvik Novice — Storvik
4th Annual Long Story Competition: Hosted & ran — Battle on the Bay — Lochmere & Storvik
Youth Activity – Easter Egg hunt and Pony Races — Night on the Town — Lochmere & Storvik
Co-Autocrated with Tatiana Ivanovna — Harvest Wars — Bright Hills
Made 12 Tabards with devices for Calontir (Atlantia Secret Project) — Kingdom of Calontir
Third Atlantia Calendar — Fundraiser Kingdom Travel Funds

2019

A&S Champion of Best Culinary Dish for Sesame Candy — Atlantia 12th Night
Judge for Kingdom Bard — Atlantia 12th Night
Judge of Performing Arts — Night at Navarre – Lochmere
Made several pieces of garb for the new Baroness of Ponte Alto
Created Team: Mischief Makers-Won who placed 3rd —Revenge of the Stitch — Spiaggia Levantina
Fourth Atlantia Calendar — Fundraiser Kingdom Travel Funds

2020

Created Virtual Event in April —Revenge of the Stitch – Plague Addition – A 48-hour online challenge to work on projects which require needles, fibers, or other SCA projects done and posted. Virtual Event– Every six weeks https://www.facebook.com/groups/239114660499122
Vegetable- Bean with Bacon Dessert – Crème Bastard — Virtual Trial by Fire —Bright Hills
Posted daily readings of ‘A Thousand Nights and One Night’ along with Alliterations for the children - Daily — Online www.YouTube.com/totallystories/playlists

2021

Created an original story for the current Majesties for the opening sequence to enter the event: The Forgotten Kingdom - https://youtu.be/tHaWUdne3cA — Virtual Atlantia 12th Night
Continued posting of period stories and alliterations for children. Completed ‘A Thousand Nights and One Night’ Completed: ‘Shahnameh: Persian Book of Kings’ began reading ‘Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece.’ - Daily Online — www.YouTube.com/totallystories/playlists
Changed the name of Revenge of the Stitch -Plague Edition to Needles, Fiber, and More. By end of the year we had completed 16 rounds since we began and had 183 members. Virtual Event – Every six weeks
Competed in Bardic Wars Atlantia/East division in two categories: The Voice and Foolery - which we won — Virtual - Known World.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/239114660499122
Cooking Competition: Won the best bread and best dessert rounds. — Trial by Fire - Virtual — Bright Hills

2022

Created Youth Activity Book — Atlantia 12th Night Virtual
Cooking Competition: Grand Champion: Best Dessert: Pumpkin Tarte & Best Vegetable: Cabbage Soup — Trial by Fire — Bright Hills — Virtual
Needles, Fiber, and More– 48-hour challenge involving anything that uses needles and fiber — Virtual Event – Every six weeks — https://www.facebook.com/groups/239114660499122
Team Mischief Makers competed in a 24-hour sewing competition — Revenge of the Stitch — Spiaggia Levanthia
Contributed 5 sets of Atlantian Songbooks in covers for Kingdom Gift Basket to Ansteora
Record – Create Videos - Post Period Stories — Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece and Norse Myths, Legends, and Folktales - Twice a Week as well as Alliterations and tongue twisters for children - Daily Online www.YouTube.com/totallystories/playlists

2023

Lady of Misrule — Taught class on Storytelling — Henry's Huzzah — Lochmere
Needles, Fiber, and More Challenge – 48 hour challenge involving anything that uses needles and fiber…and more. Virtual Event– Every six weeks — https://www.facebook.com/groups/239114660499122
Record – Create Videos - Post Period Stories — Norse Myths, Legends, and Folktales – twice a week
Alliterations and tongue twisters for children - Daily Online — www.YouTube.com/totallystories/playlists
Bardic Bear Pit – organized and ran — Bright Hills Birthday and Investiture — Bright Hills
Feast — Kitchen Crew — Coronation
Team Mischief Makers competed in a 24-hour sewing competition — Revenge of the Stitch — Spiaggia Levanthia

KINGDOM of ATLANTIA SPECIFIC

2014-2015 Created & Sold 4 mini bardic songbooks Kingdom Travel Fundraiser

2016 Created & Sold Atlantia Calendars Kingdom Travel Fundraiser

2017 Created & Sold Atlantia Calendars Kingdom Travel Fundraiser

2018 Created & Sold Atlantia Calendars Kingdom Travel Fundraiser

2019 Created & Sold Atlantia Calendars Kingdom Travel Fundraiser

2019-2022 Member of the Royal Players Atlantia Performing Arts

Made Scrolls for Barony and Kingdom

OFFICES HELD

2014-2015 Royal Bard Kingdom of Atlantia

2015-2016 Baronial Bard Barony of Bright Hills

2015 -2017 Baronial Bard Barony of Lochmere

2015-2018 Youth Minister Barony of Lochmere

2018-2019 Deputy Youth Minister Barony of Lochmere

2015- 2023 Chronicler Barony of Bright Hills

2021-2023 Baronial Bard Barony of Bright Hills

SOCIETY SERVICE

2013 Pennsic Performing Arts 40 — Bardic Deputy

2014 Pennsic Performing Arts 41 — Bardic Deputy and Thing Whisperer

2015 Pennsic Performing Arts 42 — Bardic Deputy and Thing Whisperer

2016 Pennsic Performing Arts 43 — Assistant Dean (officially became Dean the second week due to illness)

2017 Pennsic Performing Arts 44 — Dean of Performing Arts

2018 Pennsic Performing Arts 45 — Dean of Performing Arts

2019 Pennsic Performing Arts 46 — Dean of Performing Arts

2020 Pennsic Performing Arts 47 — Dean of Performing Arts (Covid Year – Still prepared and did scheduling)

2021 Pennsic Performing Arts 48 — Dean of Performing Arts (Covid Year – Still prepared and did scheduling)

2022 Pennsic Performing Arts 49 — Dean of Performing Arts

2023 Pennsic Performing Arts 50 — Dean of Performing Arts

SOCIETY AWARDS

Black Fox Award 2017 (A.S. 51) Nominated for Best Layout and Design

Black Fox Award 2018 (A.S. 52) Nominated for Best Overall Newsletter

Commendation for Best Layout and Design

Nominated for Best Regular Feature Lore from the Larder

Black Fox Award 2019 (A.S. 53) Nominated for Best Special Issue – Special Edition

Nominated for Best Article — The Bard’s Corner:

‘Amaterasu and the Cave’” by Scholastica Joycors

Black Fox Award 2020 (A.S. 54) Nominated for Best Layout and Design

WINNER for Best Regular Feature Lore from the Larder

Black Fox Award 2021 (A.S. 55) Nominated for Best Layout and Design

Black Fox Award 2022 (A.S. 56) Nominated for Best Artwork throughout

WINNER for Best Regular Feature The Bards Corner

AWARDS

Date Award Event Royalty

1/11/2014 Award of Arms (Atlantia) Twelfth Night Ragnarr IV & Lynette I

10/4/2014 Companion of the Shell Fall Coronation Kollack and Rebecca

and Crescent (Bright Hills)

1/10/2015 Companion of the Opal Atlantian 12th Night Michael X & Seonaid VIII

1/31/2015 Companion of the Blasted Oak Feast of Saint Brigid

(Lochmere) (Midwinter’s Revel) Gabrell and Avice

6/13/2015 Companion of the Coral Branch Atlantian Summer University Logan VII and Esa II

4/15/2017 Companion of the Eagle’s Feather Night of the Tartan Gabrell and Avice

(Lochmere)

9/23/2017 Companion of the Pearl (Atlantia) Battle on the Bay Cuan VII and Signy I

& Lochmere Investiture

1/13/2018 Award of the Fountain (Atlantia) Atlantian 12th Night Amos II and Kara II

– Palio de Atlantia

4/7/2018 Companion of the Golden Dolphin Fall Crown Tournament Ragnarr V and Lynette II

2/9/2019 Baronial Award of Excellence Bright Hills 25th Kollack and Rebecca

(Bright Hills) Baronial Anniversary

10/12/2019 Onore del Ponte d’Argeto The Wild Hunt Naran and Marie Therese

(Ponte Alto)

2/8/2020 Companion of Job Bright Hills 26th Godaii and Wanda

(Atlantia) (Bright Hills) Baronial Anniversary

1/9/2021 Augmentation of Arms Catlan court at Anton V and Luned IV

(Atlantia) a narwhal haurient Castell de Cardona

5/23/2021 Award of the Cloistered Crab Virtual Night on the Line Linhart and Letia

(Atlantia) (Lochmere)

6/26/2021 King’s Award of Excellence Coronation Eckehard I and Jane I

(Atlantia)

8/8/2022 Augmentation of Arms (Atlantia) Pennsic War XLIX Cuan IX and Adelhait III

Aethelmearc

9/10/2022 Baronial Award of Excellence Trial by Fire (Bright Hills) Godai and Wanda

(Atlantia) (Bright Hills)

DEGREES EARNED

Bachelor’s Degree: UA91 - 9/19/2015

Fellowship: UA97 - 9/16/2017

Master’s Degree: UA100 - 2/2/2019

CLASSES TAUGHT

The Quest for Story

Dressing the Bones – Storytelling 101

The Well Told Story

What Me Perform Poetry? Who Are You Kidding?

Bardic Shenanigans

How to Run Performing Arts Competitions and Non-Competitive Activities in the SCA

Performing Arts Roundtable (with Sophia the Orange)

Alliteration in Period

Story Quest – Improvisational Storytelling

The Story Tree (Pages Academy)

Vocal Pyrotechnics – How to use your voice

Paper is for more than just scrolls – Kirigami – Papercutting Art

Being A Cut-up: Enhancing Your Stories with Magic Scissors™

Stepping Up Your Spoken Word Performances with Music

WRITTEN MATERIALS BY SCHOLASTICA JOYCORS

All Editions of The Yeoman can be found on the Barony of Bright Hills website below or just click the document link:

https://brighthills.atlantia.sca.org/?page_id=33

Skal: This Reigns Cheer — The Yeoman – May 2016

A Visit to the Office of the Dead —The Yeoman – October 2016

Make We Myrth — A Brief History of Christmas Music — The Yeoman – December 2016

Twelve Days of Feasts and Fun — The Yeoman – January 2017

Twenty Love Stories in History and Literature —The Yeoman – February 2017

Four Thieves Vinegar – History and a Recipe — The Yeoman – May 2017

The Humble Strawberry — The Yeoman – July 2017

Odin the First Father Christmas? — The Yeoman – December 2017

The Deeds of Saint Patrick — The Yeoman – March 2018

Here There Be Dragons – The Legend of Saint George — The Yeoman – April 2018

The Lusty Month of May — The Yeoman – May 2018

Amaterasu and the Cave – A Japanese Creation Myth – as told by Lady Scholastica — Nominated for a Black Fox Award for Best Article — The Yeoman – June 2018

Weather it Rain or Whether it Won’t Tales of St. Swithun — The Yeoman – July 2018

Lammas Day – Festival of the Wheat — The Yeoman - August 2018

The Beginning of New Year’s Celebrations — The Yeoman – January 2019

The Legend of Nian – Traditional Legend as told by Lady Scholastica —The Yeoman – January 2019

Ravioli – A History and Recipe — The Yeoman – September 2019

Here There Be Dragons — The Yeoman – September 2019

Das Narrenschiff; The Ship of Fools — The Yeoman – October 2019

Poudre Forte — The Yeoman – November 2019

A Wise or Cunning Cat — The Yeoman – November 2019

Strawberries – Food of the Gods — The Yeoman – February 2020

Irish Soda Bread — The Yeoman – March 2020

Here There Be Hedgehogs — The Yeoman – April 2020

Secrets From the Enchanted Pear Tree — The Yeoman – May 2020

Birbal – The Ninth Jewel — The Yeoman – June 2020

Humpty Dumpty – Truth or Myth — The Yeoman – September 2020

Panforte – An Italian Christmas Tradition — The Yeoman – December 2020

Nucato (Spiced Honey Nut Crunch) — The Yeoman – January 2021

The Legend of the Snow Maiden – A Russian folktale as told by Scholastica — The Yeoman – January 2021

Aargauer Rüeblitorte – Carrot Cake — The Yeoman – February 2021

The Forgotten Reign – A story written by request of their Majesties for 2021 Kingdom 12th Night – it was also recorded to be played upon entrance to the event - https://youtu.be/tHaWUdne3cA — The Yeoman – February 2021

The Greek Mermaid Thessaloniki: Her History & Legend Revealed — The Yeoman – August 2021

Tamr Mulawwa (Stuffed Dates) — The Yeoman – October 2021

Mullah Nasreddin and the Feast – A Middle Eastern Tale as told by Scholastica Joycors — The Yeoman – November 2021

Nürnberger Lebkuchen — The Yeoman – December 2021

There’s Food in my Story – A Historical Tidbit — The Yeoman – December 2021

Panettone — The Yeoman – January 2022

There’s Food in My Story - Panettone — The Yeoman – January 2022

Apollo and Cyrene – written by Scholastica based on the works of the 9th Pindarian Ode — The Yeoman – September 2022

A Torte of Domestic Pumpkin without a Shell or Crustless Pumpkin Cheese Torte — The Yeoman – October 2022

Irish Folklore – Jack o’Lantern — The Yeoman – October 2022

Cabbages in Pottage or Cabbage Soup — The Yeoman – November 2022

Mistletoe Lore — The Yeoman – December 2022