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Scott Vaughan

After Sanderson, I went to NCSU School of Design and completed my Architecture degree. Since I was just a second-rate architect I decided instead to accept an Asst Manager postition at Waldenbooks (at Cameron Village) where I worked for the next couple years. I also met and married my wife, Kirsten Wienand, with whom I'd gone to State and been involved in a medieval re-enactment group (visit elvegast.org)

Around 1995 I started a job at Glaxo, as administrative support in the Respiratory Clincial Research group. I was quite good at that stuff so I stuck with it and advanced. When GlaxoWellcome became GlaxoSmithKline, I became a Project Manager in the new company's Patient Recruitment Services group. This was a particularly cool job with a cool boss. I got to make TV/Radio commercials, print advertising, write lots of copy, travel to neat place, play with databases, give presentattions to 100s of doctors and nurses, network with people all over the industry, and basically felt very important.

In 2001 our son Aiden was born, and in 2003 our son Liam was born. They are way cool kids - and have my twisted sense of humor. Aiden is smart as a whip and quite a character. Liam is a bit of a whiner but has a great imagination.

In 2005 I was laid off from GSK, and used my severance package to get certified as a web designer. I then took another Clinical Patient Recruitment job at a place called PPD. That job basically sucked. Not quite a year later I got totally fed up with it, quit. When I realized there wasn't really any job out there that I actually wanted, my wife and I decided to open the store we'd always dreamt of.

In October 2006 we opened Camelot Treasures (camelot-treasures.com) in Cary. We think of it as "a gift store with a Renaissance flair." We sell everything from pirate hats, to dragons, faeries, shakespear puppets, mermaids, medieval clothing, celtic jewelry, music, medievally themed toys and games and home decor. It is a way cool place that I LOVE to go to every day.

So now, I am a small business owner. I've also independantly recorded and produced several CD collections of my medievally-inspired (often comical) music. I sing at Renaissance Faires and SCA events. Now and then we play coffee house gigs, or perform music at our store. We also do living-history programs for schools, libraries, and home-school groups. I collect medieval/renaissance music and instruments, and know more about 12th century Anglo/Norman life and culture than almost anyone I know.

Yes, I own armour. Yes I can shoot a bow and arrow. Yes, I've even done some fencing and swashbukling. Yes, sometimes I even get paid to do these things. Nyah. So there.

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