Two years ago I was hired by the Disney Channel to appear in an episode
of Andi Mack. In the episode the stars go to a big Ren Faire and they
needed a lute player. I was a featured extra so I had my own dressing
room. I brought 2 lutes (a six course and a 15 course attiorbatto). Not
I'd say my Ren-faire experience was a mixed bag. I performed at Ren-Faires in
Texas and South Louisiana from 1981-1994; served as music director at one for a
while; and through that time used the experience to not starve, while working
on my undergraduate and graduate degrees. While there was
Guy,
Thanks for the mention in the Minnesota renaissance festival. I played at it in
the late 70’s, but discontinued it as it got to be too much.
Ed
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> On Sep 26, 2019, at 6:07 PM, guy_and_liz Smith wrote:
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> One of the Minnesota Ren Faire's that I went to when I lived
One of the Minnesota Ren Faire's that I went to when I lived there in the early
eighties included a booth for Dan Larson, who must have been just starting his
business. I nearly ordered one of his six course instruments to replace my old
German heavy lute (Steiner), and I wish I had. Apart from
A few years ago I went to the Great Lakes Medieval Fair with my kids with zero
expectation of seeing anything remotely historically lutenistic. Sure enough,
in the distance I saw someone playing a lute. As I got closer I saw that it had
real tied gut frets. Closer still and the performer was
I have been to a few "Renaissance" festivals in the United States, and
seriously, did you think that the country that elected donald trump
really has enough people interested in Renaissance music to support
these fairs? What I saw was mostly people getting dressed up in pirate
I went to one of the first Renaissance fairs in the SF Bay Area,
sometime in the late 70's.
I brought my Harwood lute and settled myself by the side of the path to
play, but I doubt anyone could really hear me, as it was outside and
noisy. Still, I suppose the visual was good...
--Sarge
On
One of those "Ye Olde Renaissance Fayres" once made me some easy money.
I attended with a friend who was a classical guitarist. I was going
just for the fun of it with no expectation of historical accuracy. My
friend said, "I'll bet YOU'RE super excited to be here." I asked why he
I suppose that most people aren't quite interested in roleplaying
devout catholics (or protestants, for that matter). I think Civil War
live-action roleplaying, also known by the acronym LARPing or simply as
reenactment is particularly popular among americans because the events
it
Tristan:
interesting observation. I think that 'renaissance fairs' in the US,
from my experience, are most commonly full of an anachronistic mix of
European medieval AND renaissance stuff, and Viking, and fantasy.
Oddly, None of the fairs that I have attended (I haven't been to
"Lucky America: having looked through musical performances at Renaissance
Fairs, we see many ensembles actually performing appropriate songs and dances."
This may be a bit too generous. Some make/made real efforts (for example,
spanning two or three decades, Ohio State University [OSU] held a
So here's something different for a change.
Why is it that in the US there are "Renfairs", all dedicated to mainly
the 16th century (and some really stretching it by allowing some fantasy
elements), while in Germany we only have "Mittelaltermärkte" (Medieval
Fairs).
What I don't like about the
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