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Issue #7 - March 23, 2001

Happenings for Rennies:

If you know of any "rennie happenings", why haven't you let us know yet?!?
  • Throughout the month, English Country and International Folk Dancing Lessons are offered by the Fairfield Folk Art and Dance Co-op in Fairfield, IA. See their site for specific information.
  • March 22 - A big ATF HUZZAH for the celebration of Keirra (Washer Well Wench)'s birthday!
  • March 23 - A big ATF HUZZAH for the celebration of Brock Wommack (Prez of the Renaissance Foundation)'s birthday!
  • March 25 TV - Conan the Destroyer (1984) on TNT at 9pm.
  • March 25 TV - Masterpiece Theatre: King Lear (Royal National Theatre production) on PBS at 9pm.
  • March 25 TV - Conan the Barbarian (1982) on TNT at 11pm.
  • March 28 TV - Mary, Queen of Scots: Heroine or Harlot? on A&E at 6am.
  • March 30 TV - Marie Antoinette: The Tragic Queen on A&E at 6am.
  • March 30 TV - Robin Hood (1991) on WGN at 7pm.
  • April 2 - Ed Conlow's Traditional Irish at Java Joe's in DSM.
  • April 10 - Traditional Irish Jam at Java Joe's in DSM.
  • April 14 - Wylde Nept at The Mill in Iowa City.
  • April 16 - Ed Conlow's Traditional Irish at Java Joe's in DSM.

Feature: Puzzle Fun! Celebrating the Best

Over the next few issues, we'll be preparing ourselves for the upcoming season by highlighting the best of the best we've come across at faire. Everyone in our puzzles can be found in our Faire Folke section.
  • Hanlon-Lee's Own: Sparky — The best jouster we've ever seen (closely followed by all of the other H-L jousters, frankly). Taken at Wybreg Village Fall 2000
  • Shattock Schoole of Defence The best swishy-pokey group ever! Are there any others? Everyone else merely does live steel combat...SSD takes it a step further! Taken at IRF 2000
  • Ren Faire of the Midlands The best first impression of a festival. We love this castle facade! Taken at RFotM 1999
  • Ethan James — The best hurdy gurdy player we've ever heard. Okay, you got us...we'd never even heard of a hurdy gurdy until Ethan, but he sure makes it sing! (Pictured with one of the Fairfield Players) Taken at Wybreg Spring 2000
  • Willa & John-Paul Okay, okay...I have no idea what we're the best of, but we're certainly one of the happiest rennie couples! Taken at Wybreg Fall 2000

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.

Feature: Developing a Ren Faire Character, Part 3 (Final Installment)

Let’s review what we talked about it last two articles. As we look back, we see that a character is built from a group of attributes that distinguish or set apart. We learned in our first segment that we need a soul to complete our character. We understood that to achieve a quality character, we needed the depth that comes from building a character with more than just what we can don — your accents, behavior and performance. We worked on a character-building exercise as well as an exercise to create attributes. Now it’s time to wrap it up. [more...]

Submitted Article: Sirona's Character Biography

This bio was written in great detail after Deb (Keirra's mother) read Mark Davio's articles on how to develop a ren faire character, Part One and Part Two. Yes, she did all of this just from answering those questions! Of course, not everyone's bio needs to be quite this detailed, but it's amazing how she managed to flow her bio together with Keirra's. Bravo, Deb! Now we just need to get you into that garb! [more...]

News: Upcoming Rennie Movies

This article was inspired by a commercial I saw today on tv for an upcoming movie titled "Just Visiting". I was trying to find out more about this movie and came across these other upcoming movies (oddly enough) at UpcomingMovies.com!

Do you know of any others? Let us know!

We're also currently looking for an official AtTheFaire Movie Reviewer! Do you want the job? E-mail Willa (HINT TO LARISA). [more...]

Review: Willa's Got a New Fan!

No, no, no...an actual feathery fan! Not another male stalker. Silly readers...

It was a strange series of events that lead to this wonderful fan becoming mine. It had to do with an unexpected birthday check paired shortly thereafter with an e-mail from a potential vendor for Wybreg that I *had* to check out. I immediately fell in love with Janie Topp's works of art! (It didn't hurt that she had orange feathers in stock, either.) [more...]

News: RenRadio Wins!

As most of you who read AtTheFaire even every once in a great while know, we are the hosts of RenRadio.com's web site. Because of this, we plugged the hell out of the fact that RR was part of a St. Patrick's Day contest for all Live365 stations that play Irish music. The station with the most sustained listeners was to win $100 and free promotional goodies. [more...]

Article: The Joy of Garb, Part One, Basics & Skirts

I've been an historical costumer for 6 years now, and I've yet to actually ever have enough garb. Why is that? What is this need I have to constantly be making more?...No wench (or lady for that matter) can have enough skirts. And they're very simple to make, which makes it all that much better! I have purchased enough fabric to make two new skirts (as well as a bunch of other stuff, but that's for later columns). [more...]

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.

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!

For past issues of our newsletter, go here. We also accept your faire reviews and articles for our use in future newsletters!
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