The first three weekends in September, starting Labor Day Weekend-10 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine!
September 1-3
September 8-9
September 15-16
Weekend themes will be announced soon.
http://www.dmrenfaire.com/index.shtml
I shall be there with the Royal Court as always.
Lord Clisto, Lord Chancellor and Duke of York
I hope my group will be there.
If you go to the Iowa State Fair-visit the DMRF (Sleepy Hollow Sports Park) booth in the Varied Industries building, and grab coupons for $2.00 off the gate price.
Enter the drawing to win free tickets!
*Edited for correct building name.
I sure hope to meet some of my internet friends there this year !!
David and I plan to be there for the opening weekend 1-3rd.
Hopefully we can get up there on the 9th (I have to work Saturday)
The 15-16th is the same as the Quad City Celtic Games in Davenport (Clans Cochrane and Davidson tents) so we will miss closing weekend again.
I have the annual garland offering for the fairy tree memorial, and I need to see about an idea for favors..gotta dig through the craft stuff. Hubby still needs sleeves (mine are done).
Who will be there?
Opening weekend in 10 days!
count on me, been going since the first one
I've been going just since the move to Sleepy Hollow.
Hubby has been going since the waterworks park days, since this is/was his 'home faire'. We live in Omaha, but would never miss going to at least one weekend each year. I just love watching it get a little bigger each year!
I have been going since the days of the Iowa State fairgrounds ,up on the hill.
I'll be there! Look for a girl in bright yellow, and it'll probably be me. :) And I've been going ever since... last year. But I had a very good time!
We'll look for you! Do you go by 'Sunshine' or 'Hey You in the Yellow?'
We are Patty and David, aka ;Lord and lady Davidson'
I just hope it's cool enough for the noble garb. I put a lot of work into it!
Either one works, or you can call me Lisa. :)
I will be heading out around noon today. Hope the weekend isnt a lot of rain as they are predicting.
Lord Clisto
Quote from: Lord Clisto of York on August 31, 2012, 04:19:14 AM
I will be heading out around noon today. Hope the weekend isnt a lot of rain as they are predicting.
Lord Clisto
The weather I see is very small chance of rain, but plenty of heat (upper 80's - great for the noble garb). Since I am the mayor, can I wear shorts? ::)
Quote from: Gauwyn of Bracknell on August 31, 2012, 05:17:49 AM
Quote from: Lord Clisto of York on August 31, 2012, 04:19:14 AM
I will be heading out around noon today. Hope the weekend isnt a lot of rain as they are predicting.
Lord Clisto
The weather I see is very small chance of rain, but plenty of heat (upper 80's - great for the noble garb). Since I am the mayor, can I wear shorts? ::)
Do slops and fishnets qualify as shorts?
Does anyone have a recent picture of the grounds this year? Hopefully all the lovely flowers made it through the drought.
I made it out yesterday and the flowers didn't look as good as last year,but the ornamental grass looked really good.But all in all I would say it's coming along just fine.
Spent the afternoon out there today. Everything is looking great,will be ready for tomorrow. be sure to look for the new gargoyles?
We will be out tomorrow (Sunday). By the time we finished up here on Friday night it was just too late and we were too tired to make the drive out tot he hotel. We will be leaving here shortly.
Quote from: Baron Frederick on August 31, 2012, 09:19:31 PM
Spent the afternoon out there today. Everything is looking great,will be ready for tomorrow. be sure to look for the new gargoyles?
It was good finally meeting you. Will see you today.
It was a fun weekend (well the two days we were there). We enjoyed being Mayor and Hostess and interacting much more with the patrons and cast.
Glad to finally connect the dots with Rowan and also great meeting Sunshine.
The weather was also great 9I thought it was supposed to be hot :P )
Good to see you and your Lady again too, though some how we missed Sunshine.
It was too hot for what I was wearing! We lasted 4 hours, then were outta there. Next weekend is Celtic and I can dress in much cooler clothing....
Hail everyone, I just finished putting up all my Des Moines Renaissance Faire pictures for the first weekend 9/1-2/2012. To see them just follow the link below and then click on the Des Moines link -
http://www.sirclisto.com/51main.html
I will be going back to perform there in the court the last two weekends as well. Hope to see everyone there.
Lord Clisto
Had a lot of fun at the faire. Hope to see everyone next week.
Freaking amazing weather at the faire yesterday! Much cooler, sunny, and huge crowds. Standing room only at all the shows.
We met sunshine, (Thanks for the adorable favor), Lord Clisto, Have Court, will Travel, 3 pints gone, The Mccrakken brother's Mad Scots, and many others...
Haggis chips, frozen cheesecake, crepes and porkchops on a stick. Seriously wonderful day. Looks to be the same weather today!
We showed up about 11:30 and it was 6:00 before we knew it, and the Closing show was in full swing. One more day of Celts, and the Pirates take over next weekend.
I've been having a wonderful time at the faire so far! It's been lovely meeting everyone (I think it's impossible for you guys to get any nicer, really I do), and I'll have to post some pictures once I manage to get them all sorted out.
Planning to go pirate this weekend (that is, switch out the flowers in my hair for the red bandana and wear stripey socks) and soak in the ambiance. :)
Well, barring any special test issues from the Doctor Thursday, I shall be back for the last weekend with the court as well. I look forward to seeing everyone once again. It is always a pleasure Rowen..
Lord Clisto
David and I plan to stop in on closing day, on our way back from the Quad cities Celtic games in Davenport. Don't know if we will dress pirate or Celt again...depends on how hard it will be to assemble the garb.
Edit: Weather is going to be great again this weekend-sunny and 70's both days!
That sounds fantastic. It is going to be nice finishing up in cool weather.. Looking forward to it.
Lord clisto
Hi All, I just finished putting up all my Week 2 pictures from the Des Moines Renaissance Faire 9/8-9/2012. To see them just follow the link below, go to the bottom of Week 1 and click on the Week 2 button -
http://www.sirclisto.com/desmoines/we.html
I will be going back this last weekend once again. Hope to see everyone there.
Lord Clisto
David and I will still be there Sunday, but we are doing the 'civvy' Patron thing. No room in the car to pack garb!
Isn't his kilt his civvies anyway? LOl
He wore it all day at the Games. We won best Clan tent ^_^ and a bottle of 12 year old single malt.
We were in jeans yesterday. We didn't even make it to the gate before the first "Why aren't you in uniform?" was yelled.
We attended the 'breeching' ceremony for a young Lord....I forgetz. We had mead and cake, that I remember.
If you need a witness to the kidnapping of the King-I can name names now that I'm not looking down the barrel of a flintlock.. Danged pirates.
We had a good run this year! Can't wait 'till 2013!
LOL... was great seeing you guys again. Not that I had a lot of time to talk.
Lord Clisto
Yah,but I missed them,sniff sniff sob!!
I am slowly working on my pictures from last weekend. I will post when they are up.
I gather from the Book of Faces, that we had a vandal attack at the site last night. Sometimes the local performers wait till the following weekend after closing to clear out all their stuff, and some food vendors and Children's area equipment was tore up, thrown around, and some items were stolen.
Looked to be kids who wanted to destroy things.
Hopefully they left the fairy tree memorial alone this time. I didn't hear that they left grafitti.
Sucks.
I just finished putting up all my Week 3 pictures from the Des Moines Renaissance Faire 9/15-16/2012. This was their final weekend for the season. Great weather and fantastic time and crowds. To see them just follow the link below, go to the bottom of Week 1 and click on the Week 3 button -
http://www.sirclisto.com/desmoines/we.html
Lord Clisto
I'm experimenting with Mejuba, and uploaded a bunch of pictures there. Could someone tell me if this works for them?
http://www.mejuba.com/albums/PirateSunshine/123933/1
Quote from: Rowen MacD on September 20, 2012, 10:57:27 AM
I gather from the Book of Faces, that we had a vandal attack at the site last night. Sometimes the local performers wait till the following weekend after closing to clear out all their stuff, and some food vendors and Children's area equipment was tore up, thrown around, and some items were stolen.
That's
awful. I don't get why anyone would want to destroy things like that.
Worked
Nice pics too.
Quote from: Sunshine on September 21, 2012, 12:55:04 AM
I'm experimenting with Mejuba, and uploaded a bunch of pictures there. Could someone tell me if this works for them?
http://www.mejuba.com/albums/PirateSunshine/123933/1
Wonderful pictures! The pirates were 'walking the Plank' most of the day. I suggested they bring baggies next time...there were wood chips
everywhere.
The Haggis Chips were interesting- Definitely an odd variation on BBQ..
Well I went out this afternoon just to check on things myself and to talk to someone who really knew what went on. Seems as though someone broke in to four of the food establishments and stole equipment out of them and left in the field in back.They think they have recovered most if not all of it. I guess it could have been worse.
The Forking Queen had some if her things opened, and scattered and some of her smaller props are missing. She only had a few items left to remove, and some of the food from the vendors was mixed in with her props. She is local, so she wasn't in a hurry to finish packing up after faire, and the stuff she had left behind wasn't valuable or irreplaceable. It's the first time this has happened to her in the entire time she has been with DMRF so she won't leave her stuff behind anymore.
I'm glad to hear that the Fairy Tree was left alone.
Sleepy Hollow is very close to the Iowa Fairgrounds and within easy reach of some of the older neighborhoods.
Hey, look what I just found! Remember last year's final closing gate, which had not only a number of excellent musical acts but also the dramatic return of the pirated king? Video has been uploaded to Youtube! Lord Clisto, you better watch out. :P
The King's Return (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xg6qfeEsqo#ws)
I will have to watch as soon as I get home from work. Thanks for the warning.
Lord Clisto