My parents, my brother, and my best friend, Michael, came with me.
It was a ton of fun!
Michael bought me an italien ice.
That was very nice of him.
Brandt, Mike, and I also shared a funnel cake.
That cake was huge!
There was also a lot of burgers and fries and other fair food for sale.
There were many stalls around.
Some were fortune tellers.
Others were weapons or armour shops.
There were also shops selling leather goods,
homemade paper, masks, clothes, jewelry-
all sorts of things were there!
I really wanted to get one of those cool medieval cloaks,
or even a dress, but unfortunately I only brought a twenty.
It would have been really cool to have a medieval dress,
complete with corset, cloak, and those long leather boots!
Instead, I bought a flower crown and a necklace.
The necklace depicted a dragon on a sword.
There were also many fortune shops.
I bought a rune chart and a pendulum.
I'm really interested in divination.
I can do I-ching, Runes, Palmistry,
Numerology, Tarot, and I know some astrology.
Pendulums and Crystals, however, I don't know much about.
So, I'll learn! I already own a set of crystals and now a pendulum.
I love divination... I think, when I'm older and have practiced at it more,
I'll start up a shop as a side job, and do readings.
There was also a place where they were doing shows all day long.
There was a magician, someone doing fire tricks,
gypsy dancers, and many other things!
Another highlight was the medieval sports and stuff.
There were knights sword fighting with each other,
people showing how to use medieval longbows and crossbows,
ax-throwing, and, of course, jousting.
Jousting definitely was the highlight of the fair.
The jousters came in all the way from Canada to do the show.
Actually, it technically wasn't a show- the competition was very real.
First, they each chose a "princess" from the audience, and crowned her.
Next, they speared rings and then threw the spears at a target.
Then, they used swords to cut a head of cabbage.
Finally, they did some actually jousting!
Sir William and Sir Theodore were the two jousters.
My side of the crowd had to support Sir William.
He wasn't very good, but it was still fun to watch him.
Finally, Sir Theodore jousted against the champion-
Sir Iforgotwhathisnameis. <__<
Anyway, The champion won by a long shot.
Here's a video of it:
http://s126.photobucket.com/albums/p91/KikyoKat7/Videos/?action=view¤t=jousting.flv
Yes, my day was definately awesome!
And I'll definately have a great time, too,
with my birthday and an anime festival coming up!
Anyway, here are a few more pictures from the Renassance Faire:
Knights Fighting:
Joust Announcer:
Joust Helpers:
Jouster Mounting a Horse:
Sir Theodore:
Sir William:
Sir William Crowning a Princess:
The Champion:
I. Cannot. Begin. To. Explain. How. Incredibly. Jealous. I. Am. I. Don't. Think. That. Words Go. That. High.
ReplyDeleteomg. where was the faire?
The Faire was in Pine Park, Lakewood.
ReplyDeleteThey have it every year;
the Lions club runs it,
and anyone can come.
I think it can be found in the newspaper,
around the week it's happening.
I've been there twice so far;
once the other day, of course,
and the other when I was 7.
It was a ton of fun, both times.
If you enjoy things like that,
You should check it out! ^__^