Something new for me to look forward too!

Coming up in September and early October, there are two new(er) reenactments that I will be involved in. The first is the Colonial Trade Fair at the Jubilee State Park in Brimfield Il, just outside of Peoria. It is a new event with only two years under its belt, but it seems to be growing and as it is new and not attached to some overall unbrella organization, it can do some things that usually are not or cannot be done as more established re-enactment. It has a much more interactive and educational aspect to it than most events I have been to in the past. As a matter of fact, it was those cut and dried, set peice events that caused me to get burned out on attending Colonial period events. Waiting around for colors, rushing to do two or more battles a day, racing through the sulter areas because you are supposed to be back in time for evening colors, and getting very little time to interact or role-play with the visiting public or fellow re-enactors was not what I was calling fun. As a matter of fact, other than school demos, I have not been to a 18th Century re-enacting event in almost two years other than visiting the Colonial Trade Fair at Jubilee. This year we have been juried in as acceptable and are going to set up a tavern of sorts with fresh apple cider that we will make on site and cool water or lemonade for the particpants. The organizer wants to use our site as a focal point of the market street and use it to plan some skits or senarios for the entertainment of the public and participants. I am really getting kind of excited about this. You can check out the colonial faire website out at www.colonialtradefair.com

The other event is the first weekend of October. It is the Fishers Renaissance Fair in Fishers, Indiana. Their website is http://www.fishersrenfaire.com/ The Order of St.Sebastian will there again this year. This event too is a new one with only two years of being in operation. Last year was our first time there and we drew a very large crowd with out shows. The problem with last year was that a freak heat wave came in and made temps in the afternoon in the mid 90's!!! This year we can only hope that the weather is more October like! We are being given a larger space to perform in and hopefull will draw crowds as well as last year.

I am really looking forward to these events and I will try to post what happens at them!

Later!