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The gates to Ohio Renaissance Festival Shire, Willy Nilly on
the Wash....
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'Tis wonderful to be back at faire. Ohio is a great faire, and
the fall weather was perfect!
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Queen Elizabeth calls to open the gates and greets her guests
in her usual cheerful manner.
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We meet up with some old friends...Dirk Perfect.....
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...and Guido Crescendo of the Swordsmen.
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We got to meet Adam Gordon later in the day. What a wonderful
guy! We look forward to spending time with him again in the future. Now
let's all look straight into the sun so we're nice and squinty for this
pic!
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We caught several shows of Craig of Farrington. A wandering
minstrel/lutenist with a heart of gold. Make sure and check out his website...
http://www.craigminstrel.com/
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He's such a funny guy and such a sweetheart. He always does
Mary Mac and Starlover for me :-)
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We met Tullamore
for the first time. They are a great irish folk band. Their musical talents
are as good as their personalities.
L to R:
Mary, Rachel, Mark and Amy
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Mary Hanover has a beautiful alto voice and plays the whistles
along with amazing everyone with her dulcimer. She's one of the sweetest
ladies I've met at faire.
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Amy Weeks was wonderful on the violin. She has a very shy sweet
demeanor, but don't let that fool you...she can really play the fiddle
with passion.
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L to R:
Amy , Rachel and Mark
Bottom:
Amy and Mary play a tune together.
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We met up with Adam again a little later in the day and tried
to get a pic of us NOT staring directly into the sun...I think we may need
help in this endeavor ;)
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Now ladies....the beginnings of the Man in Garb section.
This yummy man was definitley the hottie of faire, but I fear his
seemed arrogance and self obsession took away from the outer package.
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Sir Francis Drake (middle) and Robin the pirate a.k.a. "The
Cute One" (right) are 2 of the finest men in garb of the Ohio Shire.
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But I have to be bias and say He Who is Still Chris wins the
Man in Garb award for the day. ;-)
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I knew my sister was supposed to be there, but it wasn't
until close to the end of the day before we met up with her.
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My sister, Dina, and her son, Gehrid.
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Our friend Suzy with her daughter, Isabella.
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My darling nephew, Gehrid the pirate. Isn't he just the cutest
darn thing!?!?
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I can usually be found watching 8 Hands Round at the maypole...
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I love the dancing and the music.
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More dancing and music...
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Chris enjoys the wenches at the well...especially the wet washer
wenches :-)
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Minstrels and wenches gather on the street for some singing.
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