Angharat Goch verch Gwenhover
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Bonesig Angharat Goch verch Gwenhover, bard, costumer, herald and artisan. Website: http://angharatgoch.com/
Originally from the Barony of Bergental in the Kingdom of the East, where she was active in the Society from the age of 12, Angharat has lived in Lyondemere since the winter of 2011.
Persona
Born on Ynys Mon (Isle of Anglesey, Northern Wales) in 1387, Angharat is the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landed knight. She grew up entranced by the legends and lore of her people - most especially the Arthurian myth cycles and the ancient British mythology collection known as the Mabinogion. Blessed to be born with an unusually educated grandmother and doting grandfather, Angharat is literate in Welsh and fluent in both French and English, as well as her native tongue.
She was fostered by her aunt and uncle in Eryri (Snowdonia, mountainous North Wales), where her greatest joys included reading, singing and other bardic pursuits, as well riding her pony, Gwynn. Angharat is a proud patriot and early supporter of Owain Glyn Dwr, who during her lifetime has lead the Welsh to freedom from Norman oppression. When not at Glyn Dwr's court at Harlech or visiting family on Ynys Mon, she resides on her aunt's mountanous estates in the Snowdonian mountains, near Lake Glaslyn.
Associates
- Former member of Concentus, a mixed voices early music choir based in Bergental in the East Kingdom.
- Member of Serenissima, a women's voices performance trio based in Lyondemere.
- Apprenticed to Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour of Cliar Cu Buidhe for performance.
- Deputy to Coral Pursuivant, Lady Avicia de Na Baiona (Territorial herald of Lyondemere).
- Member of Palazzo di Millefiori, an A&S household.
- Active in the Right Noble Company of Clothiers, Lyondemere Fiber Arts Guild, Lyondemere Bardic Guild, Circle of Bards, and Caidan College of Heralds.
Offices & Positions
- Lady in Waiting to HRH Cassandra Zoë Paganel, Lady Caid, 2013-present
- Deputy Herald of Lyondemere, 2012-present
- Bard of Angels, 2012-present
- Lady in waiting to Eva filia Edeneweyn, 6th Baroness Lyondemere 2011-present
- Lyon Bard, 2011-2012
Arts & Sciences
2013
- Team Pentathlon - Team Lyondemere - 1st place
- Pentathlon - Performance, vocal (Journeyman) - 1st place
- Pentathlon - Composition, song (Journeyman) - 1st place
- Pentathlon - Performance, instrumental (Apprentice) - 1st place
- Pentathlon - Heraldic Display, painting (Apprentice) - 1st place
- Lyondemere A&S Champion Competition - competed
- Robin Hood Tourney People's Choice A&S - 'Hunt' themed entries - 1st place
2012
- Lyondemere A&S Champion Competition - competed
- Lyondemere Cast Iron Chef - Team "Delizie della Rossa" - competed
- Altavia Legends and Lore Competition - Group - 1st place (with Ladies Avicia de Na Baiona and Cecilia Lightfoot)
- Angels Bardic Champion Competition - winner
2011
- Cast Iron Chef 2011 - Team "Gracie Spoon Inn" - 2nd place
- Angels People's Choice Bardic - 1st place (with Ladies Avicia de Na Baiona and Cecilia Lightfoot)
- Lyon Bard Competition - winner
Classes Taught
- Introduction to Alliterative Verse - Collegium 2012 & GWW 2012
- Rounds to Roundelays: A Survey of Period Music, with Cecilia Lightfoot, Collegium Caidis 2013
Awards
- Award of Arms, 2011
- Order of the Sanderling, 2012
- L'Honneur de la Chanson, 2013
