Let The Countdown Begin!

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

 

[Trillium]

A little FYI for non-facebookers (like myself)...i saw a post today that there will be another one day ticket sale like last year. Sounds like May 2 is the day to mark on the calendar.  Hopefully Terry will give us more info when the time is right!  Woot!  Huzzah for tax returns!

[LadyJessica]

Yes it is May 2nd. Be Ready!

[Sir Martin]

The one day special promotion sale is the best!  Don't miss it.

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

MAY 2nd!!
WOOT!

[KeeperoftheBar]

And today, we are six months from opening.
Unless we surprise them and storm the gates early...

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

And today, we are six months from opening.
Unless we surprise them and storm the gates early...

That deserves a WOOT WOOT!

[Sir Martin]

And today, we are six months from opening.
Unless we surprise them and storm the gates early...

So that means it is less than 3 months till Fraser starts his countdown?   

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Right around the July 4th weekend...

[Rani Zemirah]

Time, she flies... like that witch on her broom!  What was her name, again? 


We are trying to get ready for OKRF, up here... otherwise known as the Castle of Muskogee.  Still waiting for some of you folks from the Southern Realms to make the trek up here for it!  Opening weekend is May 2-3, and there may be more familiar faces (or names, at any rate) in attendance than any of you realize... 

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

Time, she flies... like that witch on her broom!  What was her name, again? 


We are trying to get ready for OKRF, up here... otherwise known as the Castle of Muskogee.  Still waiting for some of you folks from the Southern Realms to make the trek up here for it!  Opening weekend is May 2-3, and there may be more familiar faces (or names, at any rate) in attendance than any of you realize...

Nasty told me he made the Norman faire...and won't be going back. 

[Sir Martin]

Time, she flies... like that witch on her broom!  What was her name, again? 


We are trying to get ready for OKRF, up here... otherwise known as the Castle of Muskogee.  Still waiting for some of you folks from the Southern Realms to make the trek up here for it!  Opening weekend is May 2-3, and there may be more familiar faces (or names, at any rate) in attendance than any of you realize...

Nasty told me he made the Norman faire...and won't be going back. 

I've never been to that one.   What didn't he like about it?

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

It's DRY first of all...and it's so small, he had to step out into the parking lot to change his mind. 

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

I just got word on my full Physical Inventory for this year...



It's the weekend BEFORE AHE!  YEAH BABY!! 

[Rani Zemirah]

Fraser... just because they don't SELL any booze doesn't mean you can't bring it with you.  It's a FREE Faire (and has been since 1977)... there aren't even any gates or fences, and no one stopping anyone anywhere to ask what's in their tankard or flask!  No one would even say anything at all if you walked around dragging a cooler behind you in your little red wagon!  You just have to be low key about it, and not carry cans or bottles in plain sight.  No one would dream of stopping anyone and asking what's in the cooler, because it's not against the rules to bring your own food and drink for the day. 

It IS fairly small... but it's a soft site, so tents only, and it completely disappears at the end of the third day, and turns back into a city park.  It's got some of the best shopping in the country, though, and there are vendors that skip 8 week venues to vend at this one weekend event, because it gets roughly 400,000 visitors through the grounds over the 3 day weekend, and everyone makes money there.  Some really great prices on just about everything, also.  This year there were over 200 vendors, and their wares have to be handcrafted items, with nothing manufactured allowed unless it fits the European Medieval theme, and all vending is juried in, so it's not just a bunch of cheap junk from China. 

It has a small budget, so it also has a small cast.  Most of the money it brings in goes to pay the entertainment, with continuous performances on 7 stages, and roving performers, as well.  They also allow local buskers to come out and perform, and pass the hat, as long as they don't interrupt anyone else's show.  Unfortunately, there aren't as many people up here who are willing to dress in garb, so there are always way more 'danes around than rennies, but that just means that it's easier to find each other.  They do have one of the largest single SCA encampments in the country, though, and a light armor joust and human combat chess match, as well. 

I'm not sure if it was just the lack of alcohol that put Nasty off, but there is plenty to recommend the Norman Medieval Fair if someone is willing to give it a chance, and doesn't insist on comparing it to huge businesses like TRF.  It's not a profit generating business in itself... but it IS an event that generates a LOT of profit for local business owners as well as local and traveling vendors... although it's only made possible through help from the Norman Arts Council Hotel Tax Grant Program and the City of Norman, as well as several other local sponsors.