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Post by chris777 on Aug 26, 2008 14:58:46 GMT -5
Does anybody here like Renaissance Faires? I really love Renaissance Faires and anybody who is into Lone Wolf might really like them too since the theme is very similar, medieval fantasy. I do have a youtube video of me at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, the link to which can be found at the Lore Hall of Fire under the message "Me as Lone Wolf"
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Post by Al on Aug 26, 2008 15:59:48 GMT -5
I think a few people here are into that sort of thing, I know on the old board a few of the Brotherhood were, and I think Mearin may be as well.
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Post by Maerin on Aug 26, 2008 16:21:01 GMT -5
Yeah, I have been a Renaissance Faire performer for around 15 years now, so yes, one might indeed say I am "into" that sort of thing.
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Post by chris777 on Aug 26, 2008 20:18:17 GMT -5
Cool, so which faire do you usually attend? The one I like the best that IVe been to would be the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Manhiem, PA, although Ive been to a bunch of other faires as well.
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Post by Maerin on Aug 26, 2008 22:02:47 GMT -5
My regular faire performances are at Greenwood Renaissance Faire in Richland, Washington every June. However, the faire is run by a company that does take various acts "on the road" to various faires and other performance opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, aside from Greenwood, Renaissance Faires do not have a consistantly long lifespan in my part of the country, so I cannot name drop too much about other performance locations.
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Post by Balgin Stondraeg on Aug 27, 2008 8:31:27 GMT -5
What does medieval fantasy have to do with the renaissance? Over here in england we tend to take our reenactment somewhat more seriously.
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Post by Maerin on Aug 27, 2008 13:13:22 GMT -5
A lot depends on the faire, Balgin. Just as there are some faires that are little more than a venue for independent acts and outside vendors, there are faires built around a company of performers (which also typically have independent acts and outside vendors). The former tend to have, and exercise, the least overall control over what and how people are present at the fair (which tends to yield proportionately more fantasy elements, medieval or otherwise). The latter tends to result in a bit more control and historical focus being exercised (particularly within the faire company's own performances). But, in the end, there are no solid rules and that is what tends to make all such faires diverse from one another.
Moreover, it is important to note there are quite a few very strong differences between performance entertainment and re-enactment. Those differences tend to also mark out some very distinctive and contrasting qualities between one faire and another (as well as between renaissance faires and other, only somewhat similar types of events like, say, historical re-enactment events).
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Post by nahuris on Sept 5, 2008 12:32:14 GMT -5
Nightraven and I both used to attend fairs when we lived in Virginia..... As Maerin said, there are not too many of those in Washington.
We have also both been members of the SCA and still have a number of friends who are members... so we tend to do a bit with those events...
Hopefully, we can start getting out more again, and if so, will see if we can put up some pics.
Nahuris
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