I posted this is MN but wanted to add here to my "Bristol family."
So to get thru the winter (and to put in vaca requests) I am already planning my fest season!!!!
I like to try one new fest per year and this year will be KY which will be either a wk+ long trip with KYRF one wkend and Bristol the next or it'll be 2+ wks starting with WIRF (if they're gonna happen?), then KYRF then Bristol. Ahhh, the planning is all I can do to get thru!! Is it Spring yet?? My visitor info should be arriving shortly. If anybody's up for jumping in our renwagon or caravanning along, the more, the merrier!
2009 Festivals
May 23-25 - Iowa Renaissance Festival Amana, IA
June 6 & 7 - Siouxland SD
June 13 & 14 - Olde World Twig, MN
June 27 - WIRF?
Travel to KY on 28th or 2nd
July 4 & 5 - Highland Renaissance Faire KY
Visit family/friends
July 11 & 12 - Bristol Renaissance Faire
August 15 & 16 - Hoghead Festival Proctor, MN
August 22-October 4 - MNRF
I wanted to go to Stronghold Olde English Faire first wkend in October (as recommended by Lady Renee) but now our faire runs longer so not too sure!)
Like I posted in MN, I could do KY leaving on the 2nd, returning Monday to give me time for Bristol opening. Twig would be fun too, I don't camp though, so would probably have to day-trip it. Stronghold is Definitely worth going to.
Gosh, Goody, you're so organized!
Normally we would attend the Amana Colonies Faire, but we wanted to try the St. Louis faire on the Sunday and Monday of Labor Day weekend. I don't know if they are having it again this year, but on the same weekend, the Colonies usually host Cajunfest. We've gone for about 3 years and have always had a great time. The faire is very small, so if Cajunfest is going on, you might want to consider spending 1 day of the weekend there. I'll try to see if I can rustle up a friend and try to go to the faire on the Saturday, but it might be hard since the next morning at 6 a.m., we hope to leave Galena to drive 6 hours to St. Louis, and the Amana Colonies is about 2 hours each way from us.
In any case, we plan to be at Bristol on the first Sunday. I sure hope it's not as hot as it usually is!
I still think you should visit Stronghold. It's small but fantastic!
YES Stronghold is a nice little faire. It's one of those you should visit at least once.
At this point I can't even really say I'll be able to get over to Muskogee this year in May. I really wish Muskogee were longer than a month.
BTW, Labor Day is the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I, so whatever faire you're at, raise on in her honour please.
Lady Renee!!
Mom and I are hoping to make a visit to Galena and the Perry Street Brasserie on our way to KY. Would you be up for the company??!!
Absolutely, and depending on the dates you come, if you don't mind sharing a queen size bed, you are very welcome to stay with us. Our son Tony is coming back to visit us from Boston from June 27th to July 5th. The last time we saw him was August, 2008, so it will be almost a year.
If your visit doesn't coincide with his, we'd love it if you stay with us. In any case, if he's here at the time, we will get together and visit. Looking forward to it! Huzzah!
All RF members,
Friends of Faire has announced the new additions to the staff of the Garden, and Yours Truly is now officially a member of the henches!
Lady Renee, now you have NO Excuse for not joining next year, 'cause if anyone is mean to you they'll have to answer to me ;D
See you opening weekend?
Dayna
Lol, Dayna, I just posted this in your thread "I'm a Hench" since I read that one first!
Great news! And a wonderful person to do it, too. Because of you, we will join FOF for the first time in 13 years of going to Bristol.
Looking forward to seeing you there on the first Sunday.
I am SOOO jealous of you guys! :'( ;) I would LOVE to have Bristol in my backyard. I consider it my home faire since grandma and grandpa were there for 17 years.
Quote from: Dinobabe on February 02, 2009, 08:23:19 PM
I am SOOO jealous of you guys! :'( ;) I would LOVE to have Bristol in my backyard. I consider it my home faire since grandma and grandpa were there for 17 years.
I have a 3 hour drive each way, so not quite "backyard" for me, and Unilady drives each weekend from Minnesota.
The only faires in my backyard are the Dubuque Renaissance Festival (30 minutes) and Four Kingdoms in the Quad Cities (an hour and a half).
Renee is right, I'm 1/2 an hour from the MNRF site, but after 25 years, I needed a break and now there's hardly anyone there I know anymore. So Bristol became my new home faire in 2004, I drive 400 miles, 6 hours one way, and now I have to do it all 9 weekends of the run. :(
Uh huh, uh huh, I'm cryin'... I'm lyin, I'm Lovin' It! ;D
Good thing my house is paid off, and I've already got someone lined up to share a hotel room with me, don't have to worry about finding a babysitter, so I might actually come out ahead for 9 weekends as opposed to paying full cost myself for 6 weekends. Not to mention saving the $200 it costs for Friends of Faire membership/parking and a season pass.
I think I'll survive.
Hoping that with a new boss in the store that things will be managed better, meaning more time for Nyte and I to visit faires, specifically Bristol again.
DB, Steve and I would love to see the both of you again! As the time draws nearer, when you set your dates, let me know! ;D
Quote from: Lady Renee Buchanan on February 04, 2009, 05:50:06 AM
DB, Steve and I would love to see the both of you again! As the time draws nearer, when you set your dates, let me know! ;D
Well, of course we'd let you know. ;D
When you're there, please consider visiting the Friends of Faire garden. For the small sum of $5 for the weekend, you'll have all the free Gatorade and cold water you can drink, tables and benches for sitting, an opportunity for pleasant conversation and perhaps a class, and cubby holes where you can store purchases so that you don't have to schlep them around all day and/or remember to run around picking them up before you leave.
Dayna Thomas
Bristol Hench 2009
Quote from: Dinobabe on February 02, 2009, 08:23:19 PM
I am SOOO jealous of you guys! :'( ;) I would LOVE to have Bristol in my backyard. I consider it my home faire since grandma and grandpa were there for 17 years.
I hear ya Dinobabae. I consider it my home faire too even being in Arkansas. In some cases I stay in contact with more Bristol Rennies than anyone else other than family. I was only 25 minutes away from Bristol When I lived up there, and walked through at least twice a month in the off season.
I am going to be there as I have been each weekend since 1977. But not until I finish performing up north, which overlaps it by 2 weeks the last 2 years. So, most likely the weekend after July 18/19.
I just discoverd that my cousin lives 45 minutes from Bristol so I might just have to make the trip this year. Have been wanting to visit this much talked about village.
Perhaps we'll have to sort out a MN invasion.
would be nice to meet you.
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 01:44:13 AM
would be nice to meet you.
Sir Clisto, I've spoken to you at WIRF (Chippewa Falls) the last 2 years. Apparently I'm quite forgettable. :-\
Oh, Do Come visit!!! After all, it's only 300 miles further than WIRF. If I can do it every weekend, you can do it once :D
Dayna
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on March 16, 2009, 07:56:15 AM
I just discoverd that my cousin lives 45 minutes from Bristol so I might just have to make the trip this year. Have been wanting to visit this much talked about village.
Perhaps we'll have to sort out a MN invasion.
That would be awesome. Please let me know what weekend (and hopefully, not July 18-19, because I'll be in NJ for a wedding!).
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on March 17, 2009, 03:40:54 PM
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 01:44:13 AM
would be nice to meet you.
Sir Clisto, I've spoken to you at WIRF (Chippewa Falls) the last 2 years. Apparently I'm quite forgettable. :-\
Marietta Graziella,
I do apologize in that I see so many people each year and names are so bad with me. I feel like a fool. Please forgive my stupidity. If I saw a bigger pic of you I would probably remember. Send one to my e-mail addy. Faces I do but names not for a while. Really am sorry. At least I will be able to make it up to you if you are at Bristol when I am. I will buy you and ale, or whatever beverage you like.
Sir Clisto
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 11:02:18 PM
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on March 17, 2009, 03:40:54 PM
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 01:44:13 AM
would be nice to meet you.
Sir Clisto, I've spoken to you at WIRF (Chippewa Falls) the last 2 years. Apparently I'm quite forgettable. :-\
Marietta Graziella,
I do apologize in that I see so many people each year and names are so bad with me. I feel like a fool. Please forgive my stupidity. If I saw a bigger pic of you I would probably remember. Send one to my e-mail addy. Faces I do but names not for a while. Really am sorry. At least I will be able to make it up to you if you are at Bristol when I am. I will buy you and ale, or whatever beverage you like.
Sir Clisto
No need for a de-hurtful retraction, Sir Clisto. Reading your posts on this forum the past couple of years I know you are chivalrous and meant no insult with your comment. My retort was more of a good natured "elbow to the ribs", if you will, since we have indeed already met and spoken on several occasions.
I'll still take that ale, though. ;) ;D
MG
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on March 19, 2009, 06:34:59 AM
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 11:02:18 PM
Quote from: Marietta Graziella on March 17, 2009, 03:40:54 PM
Quote from: sir clisto on March 17, 2009, 01:44:13 AM
would be nice to meet you.
Sir Clisto, I've spoken to you at WIRF (Chippewa Falls) the last 2 years. Apparently I'm quite forgettable. :-\
Marietta Graziella,
I do apologize in that I see so many people each year and names are so bad with me. I feel like a fool. Please forgive my stupidity. If I saw a bigger pic of you I would probably remember. Send one to my e-mail addy. Faces I do but names not for a while. Really am sorry. At least I will be able to make it up to you if you are at Bristol when I am. I will buy you and ale, or whatever beverage you like.
Sir Clisto
No need for a de-hurtful retraction, Sir Clisto. Reading your posts on this forum the past couple of years I know you are chivalrous and meant no insult with your comment. My retort was more of a good natured "elbow to the ribs", if you will, since we have indeed already met and spoken on several occasions.
I'll still take that ale, though. ;) ;D
MG
And I still offer it. Now...to bandage that rib... LOL
Yeah!!!! We will be visiting Bristol this year. Didn't make it out last year and can't wait to come out this year!!!! But we have our campsite reserved and tickets purchased so it official!!! weeeeeeee!!!!
Quote from: flidais on May 17, 2009, 09:28:37 AM
Yeah!!!! We will be visiting Bristol this year. Didn't make it out last year and can't wait to come out this year!!!! But we have our campsite reserved and tickets purchased so it official!!! weeeeeeee!!!!
Where do you camp?
Quote from: Goody on May 17, 2009, 05:00:47 PM
Quote from: flidais on May 17, 2009, 09:28:37 AM
Yeah!!!! We will be visiting Bristol this year. Didn't make it out last year and can't wait to come out this year!!!! But we have our campsite reserved and tickets purchased so it official!!! weeeeeeee!!!!
Where do you camp?
We camp at the Bong Rec Area. We've stayed there in the past and have liked it. Kinda a little drive, but the price is perfect, the showers are nice.
Quote from: flidais on May 17, 2009, 08:43:09 PM
Quote from: Goody on May 17, 2009, 05:00:47 PM
Quote from: flidais on May 17, 2009, 09:28:37 AM
Yeah!!!! We will be visiting Bristol this year. Didn't make it out last year and can't wait to come out this year!!!! But we have our campsite reserved and tickets purchased so it official!!! weeeeeeee!!!!
Where do you camp?
We camp at the Bong Rec Area. We've stayed there in the past and have liked it. Kinda a little drive, but the price is perfect, the showers are nice.
Have been curious about staying there but have been at Happy Acres last 3 yrs and like having pool etc. Maybe some yr I'll try something new. (Res are already made for this yr)
Finally finished pix!!
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=1571471
Goody, they won't let me view them because I'm not a member. Could you post some of them here? ;D