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Issue #2 - January 13, 2001
Article: The Two Dimensional World of Rennies
 While
surfing some renaissance festivals sites a few weeks ago I stumbled
across a link to Keepers of the Kingdom, a preview site for
an upcoming documentary film on rennies. On this site they have
a short QuickTime preview movie that shows highlights...During the
short clip, I also noticed something very interesting: I knew everyone
in the video! [more...]
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Feature: Puzzle Fun!
- Road Sign —
Do you feel lost? Let this puzzle point you in the right direction!
Taken at the Wybreg Renaissance Festival, Fall 2000.
- Marco the Magnificent
— pictured at the Iowa Renaissance Festival and
Harvest Faire, 2000. He's since retired from performing, so we
wanted to put this photo up to let him know he'll be severely
missed (Polo, baby...Polo!)
- History of Names
— Willa in front of one of our favourite booths
at the Salisbury Faire in 2000, History of Names.
- Lunch with an Outlaw
— The Hamlet of Slater (now renamed to Hamlet of Mid-Missouri)
gave us the opportunity to hang out with Robin Hood, throw food
at the evil sheriff and consume a feast fit for royalty!
- First Photo —
The first photo ever taken by ATF at the 1997 Iowa Renaissance
Festival and Harvest Faire in Des Moines, Iowa.
Every two weeks we are going to turn five of our
very own photos into a Java-based puzzle for you to solve! If you
have a suggestion as to a photo that would make a good puzzle, let
us know! To see past puzzles, go
here.
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Get Registered with Us
Want to meet other rennies? Want other rennies to be able to meet
you? Go to our Faire Folke: Rennies
section and get registered today! That way, rennies in your area
can find you and send you an e-mail.
Also, if you are a renaissance faire Performer
or Merchant, we'd
like to list your contact information, as well! Quite a few faires
use our database to find quality people for their events!
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Feature: Center Stage to Begin in
Two Weeks on AtTheFaire!
Center Stage will feature articles on topics for the working
renaissance faire performer with contributions from working professional
ren faire performers from all over the US. Our feature writer, Mark
Davio from New York, has been a professional entertainer for over
22 years. Included will be topics such as [more...] |
Review: Book Review by Willa
 Lord
High Executioner (hereby shortened to LHE for this article),
drew me to it by being about one of those subjects that everyone's
interested in, but is afraid to admit it. Just the painting on the
front cover evoked emotion from me, so I had to read it... [more...]
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Coming Soon: Advice from the Wench
 Do
you have a faire-related problem that has been bugging you for months?
Do you need help in the romance department? Are you dying to find
out the meaning of life, the universe and everything? Write
to Willa today and ask her your most pressing questions!
Starting in the next issue, your questions will be answered in our
new column, Ask Willa. Go
ahead...ask anything!
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Feature: Recipe of the Week
Every week we are going to feature a scrumptious recipe from Cariadoc's
Miscellany for you to try! For past recipes we have featured
on our site, go here.
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Faire Review: Metea Park Renaissance Faire
in Ft. Wayne, IN
Submitted by Madeleine
de Saint-Michel m/k/a Krista Powell
The Metea Park Ren Faire in Fort Wayne, Indiana (September 23 &
24, 2000) was an excellent faire. Of course, I may be biased --
that's where I met my husband. [more...]
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