SCA curriculum vitae, Jehan du Lac

First Carolingian event: The Quest for the Bridal Gown, 1988.

Became a Guardsman of the Carolingian Rapier Company in 1989.

Hiatus for grad school during 1991-93.

Held the first Poulet Gauche in December of 1994. There were Poulet Gauche events every year through 1997, including summer appearances at Boredom War. I am particularly proud of this project because I believe that it got a lot of people involved in having fun with authenticity on many levels and started a trend for in-depth period specific events. It was also a good nurturing place for many new people. The web site at http://www.lepg.org badly needs updating, but is still a useful late period resource.

Queen's Guard, reign of Bjorn and Morgan (1996). Wore Byzantine garb to please Her Majesty, went to a majority of the RPs in that reign, and ran the EK messenger service at Pennsic.

Cadet to Don Fergus MacRae, 1996.

A founding member of the Eastern Cavalier Phalanx, a spear unit composed entirely of fencers that fought at Pennsic in 1997.

Squired to Master Kobiyashi Yutaka in 1997.

Carolingian Marshall of Fence, 1995-1998. I stepped down from this position due to a period of protracted illness that lasted several years. The last operation seems to have worked, and I returned to teaching fencing on regular basis in the fall of 2000. I developed the syllabus that we use in our introductory fencing class. I also keep the web site, http://www.latourdulac.com/fencing.

Co-Chronicler of Carolingia (with Eleanor Catlynge), 1996-1998. Together we made many improvements in the Minuscule, including a substantial A & S issue.

Some other interests and activities include:

organizing and training people for period table service (see http://www.latourdulac.com/livery for the 30th anniversary table service project)
promoting period manners (see http://www.latourdulac.com/manners, a work still in progress)
military history classes
learning and teaching how to make the perfect Elizabethan peascod doublet
translating a period French cookbook, "Ouverture de Cuisine" by Lancelot de Casteau (soon to be on the web at www.latourdulac.com)
serving as assistant cook to Master Luke Knowlton at Simplefaire in Fennbrycg (Barony Beyond the Mountain)
sharing whatever I know about history through painless means like email
trying to be a 16th century Frenchman and proving that persona can be fun
Currently autocrating the Feste =E0 la Tour du Lac (http://www.latourdulac.com/Feast)

Carolingian honors:

Order of the Perseus, 1995
Order of the Moon, 1996
Order of the Daystar, 1998

Kingdom Honors:

AoA 1995
King's Order of Excellence, 1996
Order of the Manche, 1998

Borough Honors:

Order of the Gingersnap, 1998. Given to people who were particularly supportive and helpful to the borough of Fenmere.

Out-barony Honors:

Order of the Sun and Soil, Barony Beyond the Mountain, 2000, for non-resident service to BBM.

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