So just out of curiosity, is anyone here going to be at the Ravenshire Rennaisance Faire in Palisade, CO? I was just wondering if there will be anyone there that I could look for?
Myself and Cynthia will be there. I have gone several times before and love the relaxed atmosphere and all the mead samplings.
sadly, not I... infants and 5 hour car rides don't mix too well... perhaps next year when the spawnling is older
I am pretty sure I will be going, on Saturday. I have a friend who lives out there and is working a tarot table, so I may just suck up the drive (and the money) and camp with her. I figure it'll be a good chance to get Fritzie out of the bag before I take her to Santa Fe. A dry run, if you will. ;)
I will be there...when not firing canons on the Highlander's Kiss, I'll probably be doing spinning demos under a shade tree somewhere. Stop and say hello!
when is it?
I wanna go but I gotta see....
August 22 and 23. And is it the Friday also? I keep hearing conflicting things.
I will be there. Not sure what garb I'll be in yet, but will be wearing my R/F pin with whatever it is.
Wow! more people than I thought! cant wait to see everyone, I am such a newbie at this that if anyone wants to help me come up with a character and help refine my outfit it would be so very apriciated. the only people that I think that I have seen last year is adriana and angelhood, though only from a distance. All of you please come and find me and teach me. I have red hair and am wearing a green bodice with a blue skirt and a green one over that, just got some boots, I have a distintive set of keys on my belt. . . like I said please come looking for me because I will be looking for you guys!
Love to come but having a place to sleep is the hard part as funds are tight. Guess we will just have to see.
yea I know the feeling, I really wanted to come to Larkspur this year(never been) but alas other bills come first, and when you dont really know anybody there. . .
AH but you do know peole there. You know us from the forum and we would all treat you like family... which you are, And I don't mean like bad family.
well. . . true, true. The same goes for me
Quote from: LadyFireKissed on August 11, 2009, 08:43:21 PM
yea I know the feeling, I really wanted to come to Larkspur this year(never been) but alas other bills come first, and when you don't really know anybody there. . .
Never been!? It doesn't cost anything- you would have been perfect because we were looking for someone no one knew...
Quote from: Lady de Laney on August 11, 2009, 08:38:14 PM
Love to come but having a place to sleep is the hard part as funds are tight. Guess we will just have to see.
Sleep where hamster sleep... wake when hamster wake...
Quote from: Demetrius on August 12, 2009, 02:26:33 AM
you would have been perfect because we were looking for someone no one knew...
well that fits me pretty well, so when am I going to get to meet you/ you going to meet me ;) :D
A note for those of those that will be there, I am trying my hand at making favors so anyone who wants one is free to have one if they find me and ask, just as long as you let me know what you think of them
Friday, August 21st - fair times are 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Saturday, August 22nd - fair times are 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday, August 23rd - fair times are 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
These are the dates and hours of operation for Ravenshire Renaissance Faire, taken directly from their official site. (No the 10 pm thing is not a typo, it's actually open that late on Saturday.)
Quote from: LadyFireKissed on August 12, 2009, 08:15:48 AM
Quote from: Demetrius on August 12, 2009, 02:26:33 AM
you would have been perfect because we were looking for someone no one knew...
well that fits me pretty well, so when am I going to get to meet you/ you going to meet me ;) :D
I won't be there- but you might get to see my twin brother Dennis and his wife Marge. You might recognize them as the couple who invented foaming hand soap.
For anyone who knows...
As a newbie who has only attended the Faire in Larkspur before, how would you rate the Ravenshire Faire? I know that it's smaller, but I'd kinda like to know a little more about it before I splurge on tickets and the drive up there. I'm already leaning toward going but I just thought that I would check with people who know that Faire first.
Also, is it fairy/dragon/magical-not-really-authentic-renaissance friendly?
to be honest, i am really new at this also, and it's the only one that I have been to. I wanted to go to larkspur but it was here and gone before I knew it. It is small, and they tend to have the same things time and again, but I love it because you get to know everyone, and it is very cozy and homey. Palisaide has two meaderys there in town so you can get some to take home if you wish, plus it is for sale there.
As far as "fairy/dragon/magical-not-really-authentic-renaissance friendly. . ." there is the nobles in the more "authentic" of course, but there are also the gypsys, and the pirates. I dont know why they wouldn't be friendly to that, and besides, you paid your money, come as what you want, have fun! hope this helped?
bye the way, just out of curiosity, what were you thinking of coming as?
Thanks for the review! Us newcomers have to stick together, right?
I was going to come as a dragon, which is why I wanted to know about the magic thing. At Larkspur, there's fairies and another dragon so I kinda blend in; I wanted to know how much I was going to stick out especially since I know that some people are really into the whole 'authentic Renaissance' thing.
Quote from: Fireflicker on August 19, 2009, 10:28:00 PM
Thanks for the review! Us newcomers have to stick together, right?
I was going to come as a dragon, which is why I wanted to know about the magic thing. At Larkspur, there's fairies and another dragon so I kinda blend in; I wanted to know how much I was going to stick out especially since I know that some people are really into the whole 'authentic Renaissance' thing.
Hey... which dragon were you? if you were the red one, I think I sold you a mug....??
I was the red one, and you sold me a leather mug with the red dragon on it.
(This probably doesn't really belong here, but I want to know... Why is the wax cracking so much? Is it just supposed to do that?)
Honestly, I just want another excuse to run around and scare small children. This Faire seems like the best thing that I can get to before the costume retires this year. That, and I might be able to find more cool hamster-loving Faire people to talk to!
ok to tell you the truth, as a dragon, yea you might stick out, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, you will have a great time, you just want to be comfortable with people. being a small fair, anybody in am outfit gets drawn in at some point. ya never know, you might have to fight one of the "knights" they would proably like that better than fighting with funnoodles :D
Quote from: Fireflicker on August 18, 2009, 01:43:18 PM
As a newbie who has only attended the Faire in Larkspur before, how would you rate the Ravenshire Faire?
Compared to CRF, Ravenshire is extremely small and there's a lot less going on. You can walk around the grounds in a matter of a few minutes. I think of it as more of a "hang out" kind of faire than something like CRF or AzRF.
Your dragon will likely draw a lot of attention, but that's half the fun, right?
One of the big differences is ITS FLAT ;D
And its in a nice park that is grass. There are several people that just walk barefoot. Last year pktaxwench showed up with her crew in their Pirates of the Caribbean outfits with her husband as Davey Jones. They were an extreme hit.
Odd question, but anyone know if leashed dogs are allowed on the grounds?
well who all was there yeaterday, I looked around but I think that the only person that I might have seen was Avan. If not the pirate that DID have the fake eye was the coolest ever ;D. and I even got a new hat yeaterday, yay!
Quote from: Mischka on August 21, 2009, 04:40:53 PM
Odd question, but anyone know if leashed dogs are allowed on the grounds?
I BELIEVE that they are not but that nobody listens to that in any way shape or form. the bigest thing is just make sure they are well behaved.
Quote from: LadyFireKissed on August 22, 2009, 07:08:55 AM
well who all was there yeaterday
I was around from about 7-7:45 last night, dressed in "casual" rennie style though ;) Just a blue corset, black skirt, black boots.
The faire is definitely much bigger than last year!
Give the gamer boys hell for me! they need a good ribbing!
Adriana, I didn't see you yesterday, maybe I didn't know where to look, come find me if you get a chance. how did everybodys day go yesterday? I had more fun yesterday than I have had in a LONG time. got really burned though, ouch! think that I will try to stay in some shade today. I cant wait until we get to see the picture of all of us yesterday (hint, hint, wink, wink, nudje, nudje). well cant wait to hear from more people!
FireFlicker, you were so cool! Thanks for being there!
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/AngelhoodD/Ravenshire013.jpg)
FireFlicker and Scarborough with Teach (FireFlicker's Little brother.)
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/AngelhoodD/Ravenshire019.jpg)
Thanks for the pic Angel Hood! It was good to meet you. :)
YEAH PICTURES! I was really upset when we got there and I discovered we forgot our camera. The Veiw in teh area was almost as good as the faire and the people!
So it sounds like everyone had fun, It was so much fun to be fireflickers "handler". It would take her an hour to go where anybody else could go in a minute or less, trying to leep her hyderated was a bit of a challenge, but we had a very good friend from the royals let us know that water was always avalible to us. I got burned to a chrispy critter, but it was worth it. I stayed after hours and was able to see some wonderfull stars, and firedancing. the guys with the stilts (fox and fish if I remember right) were very kind in letting a few people try stiltwalking, it was funny to see who fell time after time and who got it right away. I got to see some old faces but I got to make many more friends, many of whom I was able to hand out the favors that I made (I had none left so I will consider that a good sign ;D ). More than anything, I truly did not want it to end, it really makes it a place where you can finally be home and escape your mundane life.
I've posted a bunch of pictures on The Highland Rogues' fan page on Facebook if you'd like to check them out. I'm afraid they are mostly of the ship and crew. I didn't get much of a chance to wander around and snap pictures what with being promoted to captain this weekend.
Quote from: Angelhood on August 24, 2009, 10:07:28 PM
I've posted a bunch of pictures on The Highland Rogues' fan page on Facebook if you'd like to check them out. I'm afraid they are mostly of the ship and crew. I didn't get much of a chance to wander around and snap pictures what with being promoted to captain this weekend.
Congrats, Captain!
and much love to the lass!
It was a blast up there this weekend. It might have been way hot on Saturday but the weather was wonderful on Sunday. It was great to see our Queen Ann having fun and playing with her cousin Queen Cyn. I am in deep appreciation of the hospitality of the Court and both Rogue fleets up there. I enjoy going to this Faire each year and will continue to come again in the future.
Thank you to all the RF people that I got to meet up there this weekend.
Quote from: LadyFireKissed on August 24, 2009, 09:47:03 PM
So it sounds like everyone had fun, It was so much fun to be fireflickers "handler".
Being a spotter, for what is esentially a body puppet can be a rough, demanding job. It's more then being eyes & ears and support. it can also be defense. Even the beloved unicorn at faire has been attacked by durnken arse's more then once. Kudos to you!
Hey, I just wanted to thank everyone for making it such an awesome event! Lady Firekissed, i just wanted to thank you again for all the help that you gave me- I know that sometime it can be hard to be on kid duty for a rawr dragon.
Angelhood- a friend, or a snack? >:)
Hopefully, I'll see you all again next year!
Fireflicker I would do it again in a heartbeat, it was an honor. I cannot wait to see you again and I know that our other friend would say the same. In fact he is really hoping that you will join his guild. It can be a interesting job especially when the dragon decides that it does not talk, lucky dragon (couldn't have possibly been so that she didn't HAVE to talk to people all the time, could it), so you have to communicate to people that she is not, in fact, "a dog". ;D.
It was great to meet all of you, and reaquaint with others.
Another link for pictures, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel has a page where they show all the pictures they took, but didn't print all in the paper...you can purchase copies from them also. All are very good quality.
http://www.gjsentinel.com/ap/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=1761 32
I had a wonderful time seeing old friends and making new ones!
Angelhood, thanks for the link!! You might want to tack the "32" on the end or it brings up some other slideshow. I recognize a lot of faces in the photos - including a number of forum folks!
I do hope Dungeon Spleen is recovering from his conquest of Jacob's Ladder...
Couple of questions
Angelhood- could you post a link for the technologically challenged like myself of the pictures you have on face book??
Fireflicker- could YOU post the link for the guy that took a few pictures of you, he gave you some kind of card??
I don't have any pics of Fireflicker from ravenshire but i do have a few from crf.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hikadaf/RenfaireAug12#5365218774177818290
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hikadaf/RenfaireAug12#5365218774177818290
http://picasaweb.google.com/Hikadaf/RenfaireAug12#5365218774177818290
Now feel free to thumb through my other photos as well http://picasaweb.google.com/hikadaf download any you like and feel free to leave feedback. I do this cause i enjoy it and as a hobby i'm not trying to make money off it.
Take care all hugs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_wadsworth/sets/72157606918233908/
Here's all of his pictures.
Of course it's not because I don't want to talk to people! ::) I just don't want to deal with telling people that I'm not a dog, or a bear, or a raven, or a....
Hi, Fireflicker, it was a joy to have you visit Our Court at Ravenshire this year. And as far as Guild membership is concerned, I am putting the info together that your mother requested. I know that your young friend will be happy about that. You met me as Lady Elysabeth Ashby Valentine, of the Order of the Azure Rose, though I am known as Lady Eriu on these threads. I do hope that you join us again in Ravenshire next year.
what wonderfull pictures everybody! it is so cool to see all the different pictures, especially when yet again. I forgot to take any of my own.
Lady Eriu it was a pleasure to meet you and spend time with the rest of court. Hopefully you will be able to come back to Larkspur next year to enjoy our hospitality.
Well it seema like people are starting to drift away :( so instead of just seeing each other at fair and then dissapering, why dont we start some discussion? Tell about some of your best experiences this year at fair either this one or another.
http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=8709.0
http://www.facebook.com/thehighlandrogues
Try that. It will only work if you already have a facebook account. In fact it may not work because you will have to sign in. The best way I can tell you to find it is to sign into facebook. Then on the top right side where it has the little white box with a magnifying glass next to it, type in The Highland Rogues. That will take you directly to our fan page. The photo albums are on the bottom left of that. One is from the 2009 Ravenshire faire. The other is from various guns shows in the past seven years that we have performed.
I hope this helps.