ne_rennies

Making my annual plea to the community that if you know of any sword groups that exist/offer training, have updates on any groups, etc-please add them to the comments in this entry:
http://temperlj.livejournal.com/52896.html

I'm primarily adding those of interest in European style since that seems to be the focus at renfaires
By request I've added NY and NJ.

Also, should we add a list of local fire groups as well?

Thanks in advance

I like to remind everyone once or twice a year about my community here on LJ for Renaissance/Fantasy Faire photos at rennies_nphotos.

Doesn't matter which Renaissance Faires or Fantasy-themed Festivals you go to, all are welcome..even LARP'ing events.:)

I recently finished posting my own photos from the Colorado Renaissance Festival of this year and the Great Lakes Medieval Faire from last year, so come on over and check out others' photos and/or post your own. They don't even have to be recent...if you've got photos from Faire lying around from years ago -post those, too!:D

Please spread the word about rennies_nphotos!!
Thank you!!:)

~Sphinx

http://giazz-40.livejournal.com/38037.html let me know if I can re-post here too, thanks

Can anyone tell me where I might find a list of the garb-vendors at the Great Lakes Ren. Faire this past year?

I'm looking for two in particular...
one is a small booth that sells alot of sheer pieces (tops, skirts, etc.) in which the material kind of looks like netting...they also sold some belly dance accessories. There was a lemonade-booth across the lane from them and they were further towards the back of the site.
-(sorry, I've only been there once so I can't recall exactly where everything was and I don't remember what else it was next to.)

The second is a larger booth and it wasn't too far from the jousting-field...this is a perm. structure. The vendor sold a variety of skirts, chemises, bodices, men's doublets, pants, etc. I think the leather boot vendor was a few buildings down to the left of this clothier vendor.

Anyone know the names of these vendors or how I might get in touch with them? I'd like to purchase some of their product soon, and I know I won't be back to that Faire anytime soon.

I tried looking for them at the official Faire website, but there doesn't appear to be a list of vendors, just a link to an application for vending. -Not helpful, unfortunately.:(

Thanks so much in advance!!


And, if it's ok: some shameless self-promotion...
If anyone has any Faire photos (from any year) that they'd like to share, I have a comm. waiting for you: rennies_nphotos
-Thanks!!:)

If you haven't done so yet, this is the final week to vote in the 6th Annual Renaissance Festival Awards. Remind everyone just how awesome your favorite performers, including Paragon Jousting, are.

http://renaissancefestivalmusic.com/awards/

I don't know if this is appropriate to post. Please remove if not.
I'm sorry to report OMG Huge disappointment this year at Ct Ren Fair. No Duelists??? No Cloak and Dagger? No Alchemy? Seems like half the shops and most of the good acts are MIA! If it wasn't for wanting to see the trapeze girl and discovering The Lost Boys - we would have left in the first hour. This is usually our autumn 'thing' with family and coworkers. Not this year. So glad we checked before getting season passes. :(

http://giazz-40.livejournal.com/36583.html Winslowshire Festival Announcement of dates!  Please see the cut!  Please feel free to cross post!

Thanks!

My friend Steven Rosen is quite the fabu photographer, and he headed up to the NY Renfaire to shoot. Thought y'all would enjoy. I THINK this is the right link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marrus/53754388488#!/album.php?aid=18908&id=112857468767755

Who has two thumbs and an 'Official StrowlerCon Performer Coordinatrix' hat?

Me, that's who.

*Gets out cat-herding whip and stompyboots.*

OKAY THEN! This is me, making use of the awesome power that is the Intarwebs. I need performers who can, and WILL be up for performing in the Boston area in the second week of October. Specifically, I need itinerant-style, street style, alt-style performers. I need jugglers. I need magicians. I need comedians. I need acrobats and rope artists. I need firespinners and spitters. I need stiltwalkers and unicyclers, and maybe even a few blockheads and animal performance acts if I can possibly get them. And yes, there's even room for a mime or two.

The important thing is, I need them to be available, and willing to show up and play their hearts out on the weekend of October 8th, and I need them to do it on faith -- this is a startup show, and so payment's on a percentage of door status. Scary for performers who make their rent (or don't some months,) this way, but that's the best we can do until Strowler builds up some foundation in the area.

What I do NOT seem to need, are burlesquettes -- I have a metric buttload of them, between the four Boston area contacts plus the ones I know personally from this area.

I have letters of intro out to Jerkus Circus, Honey Suckle Duvet, and BabesInBoinkland -- assuming Mercury's retrograde hasn't banjaxed the whole thing. (I want it known that it has taken this event to finally FORCE me to get a MySpace account. Dammit. But not even StrowlerCon can force me to USE it.) I also have a holding pattern going with a local magician named Jeffrey Jene, and am currently combing through old correspondence between the event manager and his other acts, in search of more e mail URLs.

And I KNOW this process can only improve through the attentions of my brilliant flist.
And so, my beloved New Englanders, what Strowlers do you know, to whom you need to introduce me? I'd prefer the first rank of contacts to be with people you know, since that's usually the best way to get actual responses out of Flaky Artist Types, but honestly any contacts to such circus-type acts would be helpful at this juncture.

So whatcha got for me then?

Also? PLEASE feel free to cross-link and cross-post this to whomever you believe needs to see it. The more eyes and brains engaged in the hunt, the better the results will be.

So SHILL, BABES, SHILL!

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