This past weekend we worked at the Silver Kingdom’s Renaissance Faire

 First, this is a LARP-based faire so people were shouting and running back and forth in costumes carrying boffer weapons. But we had some renfaire staples there; Merry Mischief Diabolis In Musica , Rufus the Beggar and Ed the Wizard .  The weather was hot on Saturday (but nothing compared to NJ last week) and it was misty on Sunday and that’s *my* ideal weather.  Diabolis had great news-that they will be working every other weekend for King Richard's Faire

 We were especially lucky this weekend for our website because one member’s girlfriend is a professional photographer and she got some nice shots. For now you have to settle for mine..LOL

Gallery for Silver Kingdoms.

 We had some people express interest in joining but we are leery of martial artists and LARPers because they are trained TO hit (that’s true of Historical people as well) so we’ll see how that shakes out.

 I was happy to see Crystal and she came and kept us company. Her Mom cracked me up with all her shopping, then a drive-by to leave off bags and start again. :)

 I made arrangements with Storied Threads to rework a bodice and make a new one. My husband left a deposit to have a custom gambeson made and various Phoenix people bought items!

 We were at the back of the faire (by request) and it turned out to be one of the best places to be. We got to see the culmination of all the action and the storyline (the LARP) We look forward to seeing the big battle and it was just and fun and raucous as we expected with dozens of monsters, healers and warriors battling!

This weekend we worked the NJ Family Medieval and Fantasy Festival  in the now-legendary heat wave in the Northeast.  Fortunately it isn’t the first time we’ve worked an unexpectedly hot show so our assistant manager bought 2 cases of Gatorade and Fenix took care of water and ice.  I am Very Glad that we brought our tent as we knew it was going to be a scorcher and there was very little shade onsite that was not provided by the stage tent or the trees at the edges of the grounds. 

We were reluctant to be too close to that since one member found a tick and the deer were so fearless we had to wait for them to cross our path in order to get in and out of the faire site.

We premiered the new bec de corbin and sickle bits but did no new stage acts. Mostly because members looked piteously at me and I couldn’t bring myself to make them wear bodices or extra costuming in the heat. The historical show is still a lot of work but at least we *all* get to suffer for that ;-)

The organizer has also asked us to be available for a new faire next fall so I have it on the schedule. Details are still secret…

More a more in-depth description: My Journal
More photos see the gallery or the Phoenix Gallery
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