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I don't know even where to start but as one of the co-planners for the 2010 Rendezvous, I have to say thank you to everyone.

Thank you for giving us a chance to show you our beautiful faire and share all of its wonders with you.
Thank you for your patience when things changed and when we made decisions on the fly.
To Scarby management, for providing an awesome sign we had no idea about beforehand and for letting us take over the tent outside and behind the Cat n' the Fiddle.
To everyone that chipped in for tailgate both mornings, for bringing tables or food, or just joining us.
The man behind the madness each morning, Merlin, there is NO way anyone could top what a kick weed puller job of handling all of it like you did, including making the nametags for everyone.
Joyce- From a hundreds of miles away, you did everything with the Rendezvous pins and did it so easily, in fact, so many people loved them that there are still some people wanting them (I think so?)

Thank you to all the men who withstood Musical Men and to the women that I managed to hip check because if I learned anything from Esc and Wenchie, its ALL about the hip check. ;-)

To those who supported us and to those that cheered us on in spirit from far away- thank you.

I arrived home with Scarby clay caked on my boots, the legendary can of SPAM, and more dear memories than I can begin to count. I cannot begin to express how lucky I felt to have met so many wonderful people and have them come to our faire.

The only thing I can say now is...when ya'll coming back and I'm ready for Rendezvous 2011 already!

Everyone did an awesome job on this event!  I thoroughly enjoyed finally getting to meet everyone from other areas!

Thank you to Blue And Elo for putting on such a great gathering.

Thank you to Merlin for the Tailgating and the name tag pins.

And thank you to Lady Joyce for the pins.

Hope to see everyone next year!

I'd like to add my many thanks to all of those who put in so much time, effort, and their own personal funds to make this weekend such smashing success. 
You even arranged for perfect weather!
I so very much enjoyed your faire.  The cast, the other villagers, and of course all the R/F people were so welcoming and fun.  I would love to come back again next year!

Hugs all around.   ;D :-*

MG, I'll set up the tarps and board the windows for ya...

Thanks to all that made it, and lotsa thanks to my counterparts. I'm so glad we didn't have to kill each other to get stuff done! Much love to everyone, I'm going to climb under a rock and hide for a couple of months LOLOL!

To all who organized, contributed and participated - thank you for an outstanding RenDezvous weekend!  This was a most wonderful experience from start to finish.  It was an awesome time spent with R/F friends, old and new, and magic was definitely in the air!

I'd like to start by saying THANK YOU to Meggers, Blue and Merlin... without you guys, this past weekend couldn't have been as great as it was.  Meeting my fellow R/F'ers, from across the country, was most enjoyable.  You are the best of the best.  I'm glad that my first RenDezvous was also my first trip to Scarby...it made it that more special and to be dubbed "Lord of the Drink" by Queen Bonnie put it over the top.

Scarby was beyond all my expectations... vibrant, colorful and full of energy.  (Some of you may wonder how i managed to remember this considering the fight i had with Rusty Nails but given time, i remember all details from even EPIC drunks. ;D)  Some places are just there and others have a soul/vibe/feel, like a plucked lute string... Scarby is one of those places.

Once again, thank you to everyone involved in this RenDezvous.  I'm quite sure that the tales will become myths and in turn, become legends.  ;)

Legend is what it deserves to become!!!  There are not enough thanks to go around, and I will never forget all the wonderful people, events, sights and laughter that will forever be wrapped in the memories that are RenDezvous...  Special thanks to all of you who organized, all who traveled from far and near to attend, and to each and every one of you who made us feel so very welcome.  We adore you all, and can't wait to be with you, and to hug you all, again!  :)

HUZZAH!!!

A hearty thanks to everyone involved, you worked so hard to make it such a great weekend! Scarby is amazing!

Thank you ALL sooo much for all of your hard work, I had a great time. To host a event of this size is not easy.Your faire is very beautiful and what a great place to get my first faire fix of 2010!

 Hugs and thanks SO much for all who made this a great Renndevous! Elo, Merlin, Blue Lady Joyce Ann. It was perfect!
Fraser of Lovatt- you are now Lord of the Rusty nail! Many thanks! Yummy!
It was wondrous seeing so many friends from the forum! I just wish I had more time to spend with you all!
Guess we will have to do it again! LOL!

Yes, a thousand times, yes, thank you all who made the event so memorable. Thank you especially to the organizers! My wife and I had a wonderful time.

Countless thank-yous to everyone who had some part in RenDevous.  It was truly a spectacular event - and the weekend sped by entirely too fast!

I raise my tankard to all of you ... and to future fun times!

I know we enjoyed ourselves!!!   :-*

Out of curiosity, did anyone ever figure out just how many people were there at RenDezvous?

Or the best estimate?

A hearty thanks to you guys. Excellant faire ... glad to share it with so many outstanding people.

Many thanks to all the friends who made it a great visit.

I realize this is an old thread but the topic title sentiment is exactly how I feel.

Thank you to CORF for hosting a delightful, surprising, thoroughly enjoyable weekend!  You even ordered up picture perfect weather.

It was wonderful to see old friends and get to meet many new ones.

Of course special thanks to Blushing and Capt Spleen for your continued efforts all weekend to keep things moving and people organized-even if some of us attempted to thwart your efforts.   ::)

Many hugs and I look forward to seeing folks at the next gathering.

MG has said it quite elegantly and eloquently, so I'm just going to say, "Yeah, what she said!" Thanks for a GREAT time!

DITTO !!!!   Thanks for Great weekend !!

MG, thank you and everyone else for coming to our Faire. Twas a pleasure meeting everyone. Come back soon. And often.

What else could I add? Nimue and I had a wonderful weekend with all of you. We cannot thank Spleen, Blushing, and Garath enough.  It had its moments for us lowlanders...getting used to the altitude. We made many new friends that we hope to see often!  The new friends, and our old friends, were all instrumental in making the weekend one to remember. Our warmest regards to all of you.

Many smiles this past weekend...I too shall echo the sentiment...hearty and sincere thanks to our hosts! Huzzah! Lets do this again real soon... 8)

Wow, what a weekend!  A truly breathtaking faire (literally and figuratively) My hats are off to Spleen and Blushing for all they did.  I so did not want the weekend to end. 

Old friendships renewed and new ones started
Blushing "blushing" in the parking lot
Escorting an incognito queen about faire
Spleen and Blushings expert cat herding (something to put on your resume guys)
Drill Sergeant MG at the group photo (you're giving me flashbacks woman)
My on stage make-out session at a Crass Roots show (William of Ware has blackmail pics)  ;D

Can't wait to see y'all and do this again, HUZZAH!!!

We also enjoyed ourselves. Hope to meet up again with any or all.

It is friends like you all that make us happy!

Quote from: Sir Ironhead on July 05, 2011, 09:06:07 AM

My on stage make-out session at a Crass Roots show (William of Ware has blackmail pics)  ;D

Seems those to ladies get around. They did the same thing to my Toki with me watching. But the red head did say to the little blonde she best watch out as his woman could kick her arse... :P

The Crass Roots ladies seemed to have been busy this last weekend.

I started my faire day off saying hi to all the acts after getting in the gate and chitchatting. When i got to Crass Roots the blond found out the only thing worn under my kilt was her, yes she went on her back and slid between my legs to check with Jen watching.

Then on sunday i was catching one of there shows and i had the pleasure of my face being sandwiched between thier breasts. I think i lucked out and no one got pictures......i hope.

I'll post this here so when anyone looks back on these, they'll know we're referencing:

Blushing, for all she coordinated thru many trials and tribulations throughout the year leading up to this event. She made assisting her a joyful event to plot and plan. (I even had to keep her in the dark for some of the things I had planned, so that she could enjoy the few surprises everyone else did).
She also got the nametags together.

Sir Garath, he was asked to be the official photographer, because he is so willing to share his pics with everyone. I'm guessing he did so at the sacrifice of getting to play in the many pictures he took.
He also made our RenDezvous Information/souvenir cards, AND crafted the Pub Crawl booklet checklist.

Photogs all, that have shared thier many pics already as well!

Saber (Mr. Bones), he was my ace in the liquor hole ( I was doing a mad last minute alcohol run for the Ren Elephant gift changling, and grabbed the box of mixed alcohol, but zoomed out the door w/o the case of Champagne for tailgate each morning).
When I realized I'd forgot it, I was already on my way with the Mystery Guest from Airport.
Blushing called him as he lives very close to said store, and by coincidence, he was just at that very location just 10 minutes prior. He returned, picked up the goods, and delivered them to Tailgate Saturday morning.
He also played the bones, as the start/stop music to Musical Men.

Gauwyn of Bracknell, for he was a good sport at Meet N Greet, as it "Started on a Musical Note".
I still owe you a drink on that one Sir!

Amras Elfwine, for his daily adventure blog! Gives me more reasons to explore this state i've resided in for almost 10 years now.

Lord High Sheriff, from cast (Not an RF member), for I renamed his game from Romance Wars, to Romanceteers Ball. And I'd say he showed us how to really play the game.  He was our Guest Mystery Cast member. (some had said they wanted something "Colorado" for RenDezvous that had never been done before. So i thought this game would suffice).

Syrilla, she accepted to be the out of town Mystery Guest.
She put up with all my rambling forgetfulness, (my mind was in a galleon of places the week prior) making her wait in the car for over 10 minutes before being revealed, and was a wonderful house guest too!

Tanda, for offering and employing her crafty skills at a "hit" person for Romanceteers Ball.

Scotsman, and Lady Guinness, from them I learned to do a great tailgate via they're undying giving at past RenDevous' and Ettes N Teers gatherings and invasions. (not that I even came close, to what they'd done in the past)

Madge Estes, from BARF, whom invented/started the Musical Men game. A RenDezvous staple if you ask me!
Whether you play, watch, take pictures, or look at the pics later, You can't not have fun with this.

Melissa my sweetgirl, she invited me to my first White Elephant party in the past year.
Mama Spleen, who has always been an inspirational hostess as long as I can remember.
Because of them, Together, I came up with the Ren Elephant gift changling idea for Meet N Greet.
Another RenDezvous first!

Also:

Demetrius, Holier Than Thou, and Zoe, for assisting in the beginning discussions for thier ideas and contributions.

Hey Aren't You, for being our Liaison to Faire management, and discussions and ideas. 

Lastly but not leastly, all the wonderful people that attended this event from afar and locally.
You ren friends were the best, AND without any drama!

If I missed anyone or anything that anyone else noted, feel free to add to the list....

Thank-you all for gathering at this event!  The CO RF was fantastic!  The acts were great, the cast was quite friendly, and the RF'ers in attendence were most cordial!

Thank-you, CO locals, for hosting this event!  Everything went quite smoothly, and everything felt comfortable; nothing was forced.  I really enjoyed talking with everyone!  It was also very nice stalking...er I mean running into Kett all weekend!  Cap'n Spleen and Blushing did a FANTASTIC job!  So good to finally meet Aramis Elfwine and Genevive.  Always great to see Gauwyn and his entourage!  The Baron, while mostly busy this weekend, was very good to catch-up with!  Ms Trish and MG were quite the standouts from the Great White North!  So very nice to see them!  Lady DeLaney and Toki were very welcoming!

I know I'm leaving a whole bunch out!  So nice to see everyone!  What a great experience!

I would like to add my gratefulness to everyone for their welcome.  It was wonderful getting to know everyone, a few of you for the first time not as the Queen.  It was a great adventure visiting the festival and playing games.  I can not list everyone who made it special, but a few:

Spleen/Dan, Who made it all possible for me... A place to stay ( a wonderful host), transportation, and a rose to boot!  The perfect gentle-man!
Toki... my dance partner!  What a thoughtful gift.  A bodice chiller with a yellow rose!  It was well used those days! Thank you so much!
Sir Ironhead... Thank you for the escort on Sunday.  Sorry you had to put up with me.  :D
To the gentlemen that offered a knee in the name of the game.... Thank you! It has been a long time since I've gotten to play faire games, and all of you made it so much FUN!  Even ending up rolling on the ground!

A big thanks to the photographers.  As I did not take a single picture... mostly because I kept forgetting my camera (which had died anyway).

I am sorry that I did not get to interact with the cast, but I do know how busy they are!  It was fun meeting the sheriff.  Who reminds me of someone.... but I don't know who.

Ditto-ing all the thanks. We had a great time seeing old friends & meeting new ones.

On a slightly serious note, certain non-Faire related events these past few weeks have reminded me that family is not just DNA or who legal paperwork says we're related to. We feel really blessed to have such great faire-mily. Bless you all!!