It is Wonders of the World weekend at MIRF and I'm wondering.....who will be there?
I've been slacking on my weekend update duties. Busy! Busy! Busy! But anywho.....
Meet and Greets at 11 each day. Not sure of anything else in particular planned for this weekend. Hopefully the weather will be kind to us.
I and my daughter will be in attendance on saturday. Yeah!!!
<--- will be there.. camera in hand.. :)
Right now Weather.com and I are having an argument. It says rain, I say nay. Of course I will be there. Since I am useless at the meetings, just find me on your way to them. I'm in a hole in the wall on Saturday 10:30-12:00. I sing there. It's on the right as you are off to the meet. Right between the first beer and wine stand in the 100's. Easy to find. I'm going to be in Cranberry Saturday and the Blue on Sunday.
We'll be there Sunday. Possibly Saturday, depends if I can get Sandy over her fears of leaving our Little Booger with anyone but my mom for a day. The couple that was with us on Opening Weekend will be there as well, he with camera in hand. Sounds like he's looking forward to taking more pictures of people this time as opposed to the Joust (which he photographed the HECK out of last time), so if you'd like a nice picture of yourself in Garb, kick him in the shin and yell "Hey you! Take my frikkin' picture!" He responds well to polite requests like that! ;) ::) :P
We might try a one day visit this weekend. We are still undecided. My son's girlfriend has really been looking forward to going and finally has a job that doesn't require her to work weekends. She was very disappointed when I told her we weren't planning to return until closing weekend so we'll see what happens.
We are hopefully going to be there one of the two days, the weather get's to decide which one! :'(
The next question is, what to wear???
Quote from: nliedel on September 11, 2008, 07:18:00 AM
Right now Weather.com and I are having an argument. It says rain, I say nay. Of course I will be there. Since I am useless at the meetings, just find me on your way to them. I'm in a hole in the wall on Saturday 10:30-12:00. I sing there. It's on the right as you are off to the meet. Right between the first beer and wine stand in the 100's. Easy to find. I'm going to be in Cranberry Saturday and the Blue on Sunday.
though its most likely gonna be a wet weekend.. i still dont trust weather.com.. i do however trust noaa..
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Holly&state=MI&site=DTX&textField1=42.799&textField2=-83.6226&e=1 (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Holly&state=MI&site=DTX&textField1=42.799&textField2=-83.6226&e=1)
thats the noaa weather report for holly, mi.. maybe i just like how its displayed better or the fact that i have ties to them so i know how they get there forcast.. either way.. theres the quick link for yall to keep updated for this weekend.
We'll be there rain or shine, we don't care about the weather and don't let it decide when we should go, a couple years back if we thought like that we would have been at faire only closing weekend.
The only thing the weather decides for us is what outfits we wear, but we show up rain or shine (unless there are dangerous lightning packed thunderstorms).
I shall be there with my niece. This will be her first time coming to faire, and I wish it wasn't going to be so wet for her sake.
Quote from: Lord Virgil on September 11, 2008, 02:11:35 PM
The only thing the weather decides for us is what outfits we wear, but we show up rain or shine (unless there are dangerous lightning packed thunderstorms).
boo.. but lightning makes for some awesome photos.. like this one below.. one of my favorite photos i have ever taken.
(http://www.taome.net/images/ltg_19apr03_ag2.jpg)
Oooh nice pic.
I agree, I don't let the weather decide if I'll go but rather what I will go in. We have actually had some very wonderful days at faire in the rain and cold. Makes for some fine scottish weather. I love the sunny days with no trace of clouds for miles, but sometimes it's fun to just sit in the rain and laugh with friends.
I'll certainly be there as I'm volunteering for a bit in the afternoon. I will unfortunately be there alone until 2pm though.
I just can't make it this year which really bums me out after all the years I have gone. My carpool buddy had to cancel so it left me Michiganless... I miss seeing everyone too. But, lady Ann is picking me up this years owains stage pass for RESCUE and sending it out. Thanks again
Thus I am leaving for the Des Moines faire in the morning.
Sir Clisto
Quote from: anna*regina on September 11, 2008, 11:05:47 PM
I'll certainly be there as I'm volunteering for a bit in the afternoon. I will unfortunately be there alone until 2pm though.
Find me and you won't be alone!! I can't squire you around, but as long as I do my job, we can hang. I'm always happy to make new friends.
Nliedel- I will be at the meet & greet on Saturday, if you're not there, I will certainly keep an eye open for you! I'm looking forward to meeting lots or new people this weekend!
I'm gonna try, I swear. I've got nothing planned, assignment wise at that time. In other words, no excuses. I just tend to get involved and the time flies.
Sir Morgan and I were there last weekend. Sadly we had to come back to Des Moines and will not be attending MiRF.
Sir Clisto, hope to see you in Des Moines this weekend.
The faire was canceled until next weekend on the 20/21. I am going to make it then. Hope to see you there
Quote from: max and kate on September 11, 2008, 01:44:17 PM
We'll be there rain or shine, we don't care about the weather and don't let it decide when we should go, a couple years back if we thought like that we would have been at faire only closing weekend.
I wish I didn't have to, but with surgery on the horizon, I have to be very careful not to come down with anything. And I seem to catch a chill really easy. If I get sick, the surgery is delayed even longer and I have been waiting way to long as it is. Hopefully (fingers crossed) we will get to see everyone sometime this weekend.
Quote from: sir clisto on September 13, 2008, 12:17:31 AM
The faire was canceled until next weekend on the 20/21. I am going to make it then. Hope to see you there
Wait does this mean the faire was closed this weekend (due to the rain?)
I doesn't look like we will make it this weekend after all. Everyone here is too broke to pay for the gas to get there. :(
LMAO What a day at fair! It was like the mud show was going on throught out the whole faire. My niece went with me, and we were slipping and sliding all over the place. She wants to try and go tomorrow, but I just can't do it. More of the same weather as it was today. The grounds are a total reck. I didn't get any picture, because it rained all day. Down pour.
~LadyAnn~
Quote from: serenamoonsilver on September 13, 2008, 10:53:53 AM
Quote from: sir clisto on September 13, 2008, 12:17:31 AM
The faire was canceled until next weekend on the 20/21. I am going to make it then. Hope to see you there
Wait does this mean the faire was closed this weekend (due to the rain?)
Sir Clisto was saying the Des Moines faire was postponed this weekend due to the rain.
Yepper... I called Lynn (Queen Catherine) Saturday and she said they got 4 inches of rain that flooded the parking area as well as a few other areas. They made the right decision. I will be going there next weekend instead.
We won't be making it either day this weekend. :(
Sandy will most likely be there next Saturday (20th) with a few friends, but I won't be able to get another weekend off from work.
The rain certainly turned it into a disgusting, soppy mud pit. But I met so many wonderful people, it was a good time anyway. By the time I made it to the meet and greet, everyone had already gone. But many thanks to Ladyfaire for letting me hang around the back of her booth with some of the wonderful folks I met. Everyone I met there and at the pub were so friendly and welcoming. I hope to have the chance to see you all again :)
This weekend was surly one to remember. Complete mud pit both days with Sunday closing early. It is a rare event but the shows at MIRF (at least the ones that still went on) are completely different. Most shows try have have fun when they know no money is going to be made, sort of make the best of the situation scenario. So I saw many acts that went on that would most likely never be repeated. They even did a great job getting all the people, and there was a lot of people, out of the mud in the parking lots. Except for one tow truck they called in which wanted to charge me $125.00 to get pulled through moderate mud. Luckily a jeep came by and afford to do it for free. After they got me out they refused my tip so Kudos to them for alienating vultures. Other then that and accepting the crappy weather this weekend was amazing.
We stayed away from the faire this weekend because of the rain. It was a mess around here so I can only imagine how bad it was there.
I trudged through on Sunday. Wow! In the nearly 30 years since I've been going, I don't remember rain ever being that bad. Had to pack it in and leave around 4 PM because of some flooding that was occurring back at the house.
Kudos for all you players, workers, vendors and the like that still made it an enjoyable day. A few vendors were really grumpy and complaining (a couple so bad you didn't even want to step in their shop), but most were still cheery and a joy to talk to and purchase from despite the weather. I do hope the remaining days of the faire are beautiful and enough is made to recover from this bad weekend.
No photos, unfortunately. It was just too bad for me to risk the camera.
Will be returning for the closing weekend. The way it looks now, I'm planning on Sunday the 28th.
soon after you left.. i was wondering if those 4 tow trucks i saw were charging or if the faire called them in and paid them to pull people out.. i did get to see a group of about 8 guys or so running around like a football team helping push people that was cool.. but hell almost had my truck get stuck the instant i inched forward.. but i luckily did not.. however there is not a extremely big rut caose my rear wheels dug a trench that was just about to the axle.. lol
but i did take my camera :)
this photo below is just before they closed, near the front gate area it was 3 times worse.. the performer that is usualy at the stage you see to the upperleft was sitting on a chair and doing the talking part of his show to no one.. just the pickle sellers.. lol. started doing bits from the other acts show that uses that stage too.. was quite funny. so i brought him a beer since he is always asking for one during his show..
(http://www.taome.net/images/fun1.jpg)
in this next picture.. there is usually no water in this little stream..
(http://www.taome.net/images/fun2.jpg)
Cool pix. Good for you for braving the elements with your camera.
its a canon powershot s45 from 2003.. lol.. so my theory is if it breaks i get to get a new one sooner :)
photos of the weekend are being uploaded as i type this.. estimated time about 8:30 they will be done.. link is in my profile or the little globe under my name.
We were there Saturday, but not Sunday. I barely got out of the parking lot on Saturday, so I can only imagine what it looked like on Sunday. The fact that the film crew that never showed up took the entire NE parking lot on Saturday made things worse. My Grand Prix is not a car to go mud bogging in, that's for sure. We had fun at the pub, but there was no way we were going to try and brave both days. We will be there this coming Sunday (I have to work Saturday).
Duke Fairfax told me they closed at 4:30. I, and several other cast members, were sent home right after opening. I'm still fighting double pneumonia and got some much needed rest in the afternoon. Should be some interesting little hills and dales this week, as we are open Friday-Sunday.
I laughed and laughed slogging through on Saturday. I loved talking to the brave people who came out and the cheers from the shows was loud and raucous. Everyone that went certainly were rewarded for their courage and once you give up and just decide it's going to be a great day, no matter what, it is!
Now I get to start washing most of Hollygrove out of my gowns.
Just consider it a free European mud treatment!
Great photos of RENstock, Cyron!
lol thanks.. i have no idea how i ended up with sunday having the most single day photos i have taken yet though at 185.. lol
the morning of sunday started out ok.. then teh rain.. what i thougth was funny was when the sun peaked out for about 3 minutes and the show performers actually stopped to say wow the sun.. lol
Sunday was pretty fun for me, actually.
I have to give Bocca major props for putting on a show in the rain and the goo.. It was probably their best show ever.. They probably wouldn't have gotten away with some of the stuff they did if it were a normal day...
All things considered.. For all us folks that didn't have to work that day due to the rain, it was pretty fun to tromp through the mud.
I'd also like to thank Ladyfair for her hospitality; they were dearly needed on the monsoon days and it was so nice having a place to sit that wasn't completely soaked or caked in mud. Plus that pie was AWESOME.
Cyron ~ I saw you driving in on Saturday when I was leaving.
Nice pictures! I can't believe the little brook at Things from Rings was over flowing so bad. I see you captured a picture of my cousin standing in the the brook. LOL
I wish I had taken more pictures. The boyfriend and I had such a good time jumping in the mud and playing in the rain.
My boyfriend would find a small piece of ground that was surrounded by a puddle and would claim it as his island!! LOL!! We ran around all day on Saturday doing that.
Left extra tips to performers for performing in that kind of weather!!
Quote from: Celtic Lady on September 13, 2008, 07:37:48 PM
Quote from: serenamoonsilver on September 13, 2008, 10:53:53 AM
Quote from: sir clisto on September 13, 2008, 12:17:31 AM
The faire was canceled until next weekend on the 20/21. I am going to make it then. Hope to see you there
Wait does this mean the faire was closed this weekend (due to the rain?)
Sir Clisto was saying the Des Moines faire was postponed this weekend due to the rain.
Ah..turns out it doesn't matter anyway, me and the little one came down with the flu this weekend. Next weekend is a maybe for us, but we will defintely be back for the last weekend.
Man it looks like we didn't miss too much fun. But to be honest, I think I would have enjoyed being there just so I could have seen the mess...
This coming weekend will be the weekend though. I'll be in rare form snapping countless pictures of everyone in hopes of finding a keeper for the photography contest. So be warned, if you are camera shy, start running now! ;)
Jon.
what photography contest.. wont win but oh well.. still would like to know.
The creativity this weekend was wonderful. It was amazing how everyone stepped up to the plate. The patrons, the acts, the cast. It was just something I'm thrilled I was a part of, till I was sent home early on Sunday. I was really sad about that, but no sense in making a sick person sicker :)
Quote from: nliedel on September 16, 2008, 07:04:16 AM
*snip* but no sense in making a sick person sicker :) *snip*
I'm sorry to say that going home early on Sunday did nothing whatsoever to cure the stinkiness of my sister.
We'll have to try again this week. Maybe this Saturday she'll get another bath for Drench a Wench.
...OH! You mean
YOU were sick!
Never mind then. Hope you're feeling better though! ;D
I just looked through Cyron's pics of the weekend (great pics, btw)...I must say, I'm impressed at how everyone managed to have so much fun despite the rain and muck. :)
We're not sure yet if we'll make it back for either of the last 2 weekends (if we do, it'll be on one of the 2 Sundays as hubby has to work both Saturdays).
Quote from: Katie Bookwench on September 16, 2008, 08:19:03 AM
Quote from: nliedel on September 16, 2008, 07:04:16 AM
*snip* but no sense in making a sick person sicker :) *snip*
I'm sorry to say that going home early on Sunday did nothing whatsoever to cure the stinkiness of my sister.
We'll have to try again this week. Maybe this Saturday she'll get another bath for Drench a Wench.
...OH! You mean YOU were sick!
Never mind then. Hope you're feeling better though! ;D
Double pneumonia, but I'm MUCH better now. Thank goodness.
Quote from: AnyuBoo on September 16, 2008, 08:58:17 AM
I just looked through Cyron's pics of the weekend (great pics, btw)...I must say, I'm impressed at how everyone managed to have so much fun despite the rain and muck. :)
We're not sure yet if we'll make it back for either of the last 2 weekends (if we do, it'll be on one of the 2 Sundays as hubby has to work both Saturdays).
thanks.. yup. once you got over the oh no i am gettign muddy it was pretty fun.
I agree. Lots of fun! Despite the fact that I couldn't move all Sunday after my romping on Saturday. Still, I quite enjoyed myself, and how I turned into a blue smurf... still a bit dyed by that...LOL.
I agree with the "Sunday After" effects of a day in the rain on Saturday. It's times like that that remind me I'm now over 40 and can't do the silly stuff I used to without consequences. I have been seriously thinking of getting a "rainy day outfit" so I can go romp and be an idiot in the mud without ruining my nice stuff, but I don't know if my body can withstand the punishment anymore.
Me too, Lord Virgil. Aside from the fact that my gown was all but ruined when I got home, my legs were really sore on Sunday. As much fun as I had, I don't think I'll be going out on a day like that again anytime soon.
BTW, it was a pleasure meeting you and your lovely wife!
Same here Anna*Regina. I hope your beautiful dress comes clean. You are every bit as lovely and pleasant in person as you are on here, a pleasure to make your acquaintence.
This was the first time I have let weather beat me at faire. We left at 1 on Saturday, going back to our hotel to "refresh" before heading out for "Plan B." Walking though the hotel lobby covered in mud, soaking wet, wilted flowers plastered into my hair, mud soaked cape dragging behind me, the hotel clerk nearly called security.
Quote from: Cyron on September 15, 2008, 11:10:46 PM
what photography contest.. wont win but oh well.. still would like to know.
Go to the MichRenFest site, they have the photography contest listed on the front page. I think it's more for the fun of a contest than anything else.
Jon.