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…

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