On Sep 27, 2019, at 6:36 AM, Frank A. Gerbode, M.D. <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 goodÂ… That would have been the Renaissance Pleasure Fayre in Black Point at the top of San Francisco Bay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_fair One of the first, as you say, and prided themselves as being one of the most authentic. I played there a few times with Nancy Carlin and others in the mid 70s. Angene Feves made me a costume. In 1991 I went again when I was visiting from Japan. Things had evolved quite a lot by then. I had to audition and get a new costume and go to many workshops. I think the workshops were over 2 weekends or so and involved about 12 classes. That was probably why there were so few musicians. The ones I remember were a classical guitarist playing Bach on a lutar who I think was there because he was there every year and a hammer dulcimer player who seemed to be doing quite well. With busking, it is the same as real estate: location, location, location. It was not a money maker for me, but I actually enjoyed the workshops and the performing somewhat. It was also nice to get a look behind the scenes when all the customers had gone. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
