Great Lakes Medieval Faire 2008

[Quiet One]

Faire website:  

http://www.medievalfaire.com

2008 Dates:  

Weekends July 5th through to August 10th, 2008.
Open 10am - 7pm, rain or shine!

Weekend Themes:

July   5-6  - A Mid-Summer Knight's Dream:
Her Majesty Princess' Sweet 16th Birthday Bash

July 12-13 - A Medieval Fantasy:
Fairies, Unicorns, and Men of Steel!

July 19-20 - Pipes, Drums, and Shenanigans:
Music, Ales, Kilts and Highland Games

July 26-27 - Pirate Invasion:
Pirates, Vikings, & Warlords! Oh My!

August 2-3 - Roman Holiday:
Wine, Romans, and Togas, Togas, Togas!

August 9-10 - Barbarian Beer Blast:
Ruckus and Beer

Hope to See You There!                             Hope to See You There!

[Athena]

Two more months! 

[DuCoeur]

I'm bAaaack.  Glmf in two months...can't wait.

[Lady Donna]

Yea!!   Home faire is finally back up on the board!  Thanks for posting something Quiet One.
See everyone at the pub in a couple short months!!!  HUZZAH

[Capt. Morgan]

52 Days, 1 hour, 29 minutes and 51, 50, 49, 48 seconds till.....

[Old Tinker]

52 Days, 1 hour, 29 minutes and 51, 50, 49, 48 seconds till.....

till..........
this Old Tinker and his Belle visit for first time GLMF, HUZZAH
GLMF is our new faire this year, and we can not wait.
Captain, Oh My Captain Morgan, go day to thee,
we are mark'n thee days off until we meet again.
take care all,
i be the Old Tinker and his Belle...

[Scotsman]

I love your faire! We can't wait to see everyone again this year. I promise to stay sober at least until gate this year ... well, I'll try at least. It is Scarlet and Morwyn's fault ... they kept filling my tankard in the parking lot.

[DuCoeur]

Scarlet and Morwyn  are notorious for impromptu Pre- gate  debauchery (ie drinking excessive amounts of champagne).  Bad influence those two...And oh how I adore them for it.

I am hoping to park right next to them so that between their tailgate, and mine we will  have  a circle of drinking unprecedented by years past. 

Non, mon Ami Scotsman, you will not remain sober I am afraid.  We will all have to enter en masse in order to hold ourselves up as we enter the Gate.

Ah I love Faire....

[Scotsman]

Well ... at least I talk a good game ... you win!

Actually I can't completely blame the lassies ... Mehan & Ewan had a cooler of Guinness and you with your flask and Lady Guinness with her flask .... I am surprised I made it to the gate now that I think of it

[Drake Starsong]

I feel kind of stupid, I'm 2 hours away and never knew this faire existed   , Its the same time as SRF so I will have to do some switching off

[trevor ylisaari]

For those tha are interested.
Here is the cast for the 2008 season.
http://www.tylisaari.com/medieval/glmf08/thecast.htm
Using previous season photos of returning cast members, as well as some pics that wer emailed to me from some of the new cast members.

[trevor ylisaari]

Here is the list of entertainment as posted by Scott (the Entertainment Director)

Ahoy!
Here is another entertainment update. This list is nearing completion, although there are certainly a few more additions expected. It looks like we are going to have a ton of entertainment this year with a great Joust as well as a great Chess Match!
We are also planning the Highland Pipes Competition to occur on the 3rd weekend (the Celtic weekend). $500 Grand Prize! Details to come. If you know of any groups that would be interested, let them know and steer them to this site when the details are posted.
Also, the auditions went well and it looks like we are going to have a real fleshed out village with a lot of memorable characters!
Finally, be aware that not all the acts will be here for the full run. For instance: Owen will be here for the final weekend only. This means there will be new acts coming in each weekend giving everyone even more reasons to come back again and again!

Barret Taylor
Broon
Rio Blue
Silent Lion
Gibbon the Troubadour
Axel the Sot
Menagerie
Johnny Phoenix
Thom of Bedlam
Michael Mandarin
Maidens IV
Elysium
Washing Well Wenches
Mud Show - (Cir de Soil)
Fool Hardy
Porter and Stout
Zoltan the Adequate
Judy Plester
Owen Phyfe
The Joust - (EmoMojo / Eric Michael director) You may have seen them in Michigan last year
WonderFool (Joel Newlon)
Giacomo the Jester - (his solo show as well as 1/2 of Empty Hats music show)
Loony Lucy - (in the lanes as well as 1/2 of Empty Hats music show)
Mijoon Belly Dancers
Combat Chess Match
Larry Rabin - King Arthur / Fight Director
Lady Ophelia (Courtly Dancing) Jeanette Walmsley
Dragon Tails (Fairy Forest)
The Frog Prince (Fairy Forest Children's Stage Play)
Story Teller (Fairy Forest)
The Royal Feast
Zoppe Circus (5th weekend)
Weekly Themed Contests
Forsythe Special (John Hoyes Irish band)
Terry Griffith

[Capt. Morgan]

And here's the "unoffical" GLMF Rennies Theme Song (insert beverage name of choice when applicable)

http://www.rathergood.com/beer/

[DuCoeur]

Sounds like it could easily become the "official" song easily.  I love it!!

Morgan, I am glad your time at work is so well spent...ROFL.

[Capt. Morgan]

*sniffs defensively*

What can I say? I'm a fantastic "Multi-Tasker"....

I see you're "monitoring" Financial Web Sites while YOU'RE at work, my good DuCouer...