Staff

Note: * means a person who could commit to this role in our November bid, but who has not yet been able to confirm their availability for May 2015. We're not concerned that these roles won't be filled.

Stewards

William de Cameron (David Robb) and Katherina Weyssin (Katherine Davies)

William and Katherina are both experienced stewards. Both are Pelicans, William is also a Don and Katherina also a laurel. They're both past seneschals of Ildhafn. Both have been intimately involved in the stewarding teams for:

• Ildhafn Baronial Investiture in 2008
• Ildhafn Midwinter Coronation in 2010
• St Catherine's Faire (Ildhafn's annual 3-day camping event) in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, etc
• Bloth: Ildhafn 10th Anniversary 2013 (a 3-day camping event at the proposed site for May Crown Tournament)

and numerous other events.

Division of labour

We almost always work as a team, whether or not that's how it looks "on paper": hence our preference for running this as co-stewards. Our local group certainly treat any event either of us run as if it's being run by both!

Some things one of us will have primary responsibility for, some we'll share. The list below is preliminary: we'll share out other duties as they come up.

Contact: crownstewards@ildhafn.lochac.sca.org will reach all of the stewards, as will CrownStewards@gmail.com.

Membership: both stewards are SCANZ members. William's expires in November 2014, Katherine's in January 2015, so both will need to renew membership.

Deputy: Anna de Wilde

William, Katherina and Anna can all plausibly take on each other's roles, and will be sufficiently well-informed to do so. Any two of them could handle the weekend. If necessary, any one could, though it'd be stressful.

All three will recieve emails to the crown steward's account, and have access to all bookings information.

Kitchen Manager, deputy steward

Anna de Wilde (Angela Wells)

Anna de Wilde is another experienced steward, and past Ildhafn seneschal. She was co-steward for St Catherine's Faire in 2008 (with Caterine de Vantier, now known as Vettoria), steward for Midwinter Coronation in 2010, and deputy steward for Ildhafn 10th Anniversary in 2013, as well as an integral part of the stewarding team for numerous other Ildhafn events.

She's also an experienced cook and kitchen-manager.

She has cooked a meal for the Canterbury Faire meal-plan (usually dinner for about 150 people) each year for the last five years or more. She and Vettoria managed the menu-planning, budgeting and food-buying the the St Catherine's they ran in 2008.

Anna has a history of producing tasty meals, working well with a wide-range of people, coming in under budget herself, and making sure that others do likewise.

We have no doubt that, in the case of emergency, she could take over the entire event from William and Katherina; delegating her other roles as necessary. She'll also act as day-steward on Sunday, while William and Katherina are in meetings.

Feast cook

Vettoria di Giovanni da Verona (formerly Caterine de Vantier)(Shannon Wanty)

Vettoria is an experienced feast cook. Her specialty is mid-late 16thC Italian feasts, drawing on multiple sources, but primarily Scappi, Messisbugo, and Romoli.

Her first feast was in 2008, in Ildhafn. Since then, she's provided the feasts for Midwinter Coronation in 2010, Canterbury Faire in 2011, the Bloth (Ildhafn midwinter event) in 2012, and the Bloth (Ildhafn 10th Anniversary event) in 2013.

She's also managed the Canterbury Faire meal plan, and the St John's meal plan (3-day camping event in the Canton of Cluain), as well as cooking a meal for the Canterbury Faire meal plan every year for the last five or more years.

She has a history of producing tasty, scrupulously-researched feasts, from a hard-working but happy kitchen, and coming in right on her budget.

Feast staff

• Anna de Wilde - plating, with Katherine of Glastonbury
• Katherina Weyssin and William de Cameron - service and front of house
• Emrys Twdr - Maitre d'

Drop-dead deputies:

• Vettoria -> *Androu le Grene
• William and Katherina -> Anna de Wilde
• Anna -> Katherine of Glastonbury

Androu le Grene is an experienced feast-cook and good at winging it on the day. Vettoria is typically scrupulous is preparing menus, budgets, recipes and quantities - all the information required for someone else to take over her kitchen in an emergency.

Anna, Katherine, Katherina and William can all reasonably perform each other's roles. We could lose any two and still have the feast run fairly smoothly. Emrys' role is not crucial, and could be either dropped or filled by someone roped in at short notice.

Other Cooks

Friday dinner - Ludwig von Regensburg (Patrick Bowman)

Ludwig has cooked for numerous smaller Ildhafn events, and often cooks Friday dinners for our larger events (to popular acclaim). He's the current Ildhafn Seneschal.

Breakfast and lunch cooks

We will also need two breakfast, two lunch cooks and deputies for all. Many are capable of taking those roles, so we'll fill them closer to the event.

Marshal in Charge

William de Cameron (David Robb)

With a three-person stewarding team (Katherina, William, Anna), William is confident he can manage being Marshal in Charge too. He will invite a number of marshals to assist over the weekend (and he'll definitely find a deputy marshal, in case he's indisposed).

William is a senior marshal for both armoured combat and fencing. He's served as Earl Marshal of Lochac, and Kingdom Rapier Marshal. He's also experienced in archery.

Herald

Ludwig von Regensburg (Patrick Bowman)

Drop-dead deputy: *Benedict of Askerig

Ludwig and Benedict have both served as Blue Lymphad Herald. Both have much experience with Royal Courts, including including peerage ceremonies, Baronial Investitures, Coronations, and other notable occasions.

Our Baronial Herald, Vettoria, is the feast cook, so cannot be event herald.

Ludwig will manage a team of heralds over the weekend, so that no one person has too much to do.

Chores Roster

Eleanor Hall

As is traditional in the Crescent Isles, we'll ask everyone at the event to do a couple of chores.

Eleanor will manage this: assign chores, publish the roster, deal with schedule conflicts, make sure people know where they need to be and what they're supposed to do.

Eleanor has been intimately involved in many of Ildhafn's events over the last several years, with roles including marshal, deputy steward, and lunch-cook. She managed the chores-roster for St Catherine's Faire in 2012 (another large, weekend-long event).

Drop-dead deputy: the stewards

William, Katherina and Anna can reasonably absorb Eleanor's role if they need to.

Chamberlaine, head Lady-in-Waiting

Ginevra Isabella di Serafino Visconti (Beth Kent)

Ginevra is an experienced lady in waiting, and has assisted Barons and Baronesses of both Southron Gaard and Ildhafn, as well as several visiting Royal Couples.

She'll correspond with Their Majesties' Chamberlaine in advance, and manage the ladies and gentlemen in waiting over the weekend, to see that the Crown are always well attended. (Of course, the degree to which this is managed locally, or by the Crown's own retinue, is a matter for the Crown and Their Chamberlaine.)

Drop-dead deputy: *Katherine Xavier (Margaret MacGonagle)

Katherine is an experienced lady-in-waiting and chamberlaine, and extremely well-organised.

Arts and Sciences Coordinator

Isabel Winter (Vanessa Robb)

Edward Braythewayte (David Whitby), as Laurel advisor and assistant

Isabel is a past kingdom officer as well as an excellent artisan, so she's well equipped to manage the organisational side of the role - coordinating with the Kingdom A&S minister, advertising competitions, receiving emailed entries, etc.

It's useful to have a laurel help to find judges, if only so as to have access to the orders' email-list. Ed will also be available on the day, as another pair of hands and another friendly face.

Drop-dead deputy:

Either Ed or Isabel could take on the whole job, if required. If Ed isn't available, Katherina Weyssin can help Isabel with anything that requires a laurel.