These links were originally posted on the PaRenFaire-dot-Netters Forum
1987 Promo Reel Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nV2DuPpl6c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nV2DuPpl6c)
1987 Promo Reel Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkD9Fizz7k&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkD9Fizz7k&feature=related)
1987 Promo Reel Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj8bJuWVpsc&NR=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj8bJuWVpsc&NR=1)
Felix, these are great! It's amazing to see how the faire has changed over the last 25 years!
Here's a video from 1989... no wooden gate, no gazebo, and no buildings on the left side of Guildsman Way...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXwqTEEBOs&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXwqTEEBOs&feature=related)
I can't get over how different the chessboard area looks. And the jousting arena! Crazy! Makes me wish I would have been around back then to have experienced it myself :)
Goody, you're right. I totally missed that. I thought the steps looked familiar :)
If you stand on the steps at the end of the maze, you can still see some of the remnants of the old joust list. Kinda spooky, actually.