Rate the acts at mnrf!

[Baron Doune]

Yup. 

Be nice.

Scale of 1 to 5 please.  (1 low, 5 high)

All The Kings Men  4.

Going to be an up and comer in the future.

[Naween]

James? from vil tennis with the puppet on a stick that likes to eat babies. He kept stopping by to act/converse/joke with us. 5 stars from me, and yes, I did buy his vil tennis trading card!

Also 5's: The Band that sung the Highwayman song in one of the taverns near the kids area (forget their names, two ladies and two men, also sing merrymack and were on teh Troubador stage?) because she enjoyed the fact that I was singing along, and were quite friendly and engaged the crowd!

The Queen and the Dancemaster: 6 stars, because they let us learn to dance with them!

Umm... 5 stars to the guys that do the feast of fantasy, for giving us the "R++" rated show we asked for. And to the awesome servingwenches who were friendly. I felt reallybad that I couldnt tip ours because we had to run to make our showtime, and coming straight from the hotel (and Canada) I had NO funds on me.  I wanted to find her later to give her something but never did manage to.

Bellydancers: Except for the returning girl with the pet turtle, I give them a 3. Beautiful movements, but the genuiness of last year didnt quite seem to be there, so I was a bit disappointed. Maybe its because both of the acts I saw seemed to centre around jealousy and such.

[groomporter]

5 for the Wacky Chickens both for their act and the fact that they are one of the few stage acts that is "on" and entertaining the public even when they are not on stage.

[Lord Figaro]

Well for me it has to be the Dregs = 5
Tortuga Twins = 4. Great act. But it's the same basic stuff. They do improv wicked good though.
Vill Tennis = 4 . They'd get a 5er, but if you don't get close enough you miss half the jokes. Not their fault of course.

These are my big one's, but there are so many it's hard to put them all out here.

[Nikita]

5- The Dregs still
5- Drunk and Disorderly
5++ SMOKER!

[Will Gamwell]

Well I won't be cheesy and rate my own group that I am with.  However the group is always interested in feedback.  So for anyone who went to the Feast of Fantasy this year, I would be interested to hear your review of Cigany (the bellydancers).

5 Rating
The Danger Comittee (formerly Dew Drop Jugglers).  Love these guys!
Scratch/Arthur Greenleaf (Gordy's characters)  The man is a guinius
The Royal Jester (Butch) - Wayyyy to funny!
Twig the Fairie - She is just way to talented
Drunken Uglies - No longer together, but were a mainstay at beerbreakfast

4 Rating
Zilch the Torysteller - A brilliant and funny man, show just hasn't changed
Drunk & Disorderly - these guys just rock the house

[Charlotte Rowan]

5 Rating
The Danger Committee
Drunk & Disorderly (even with only 3 members)
Scratch
Twig
Butch
Ratcatcher
Pickle Guy songs
The mime... haven't had a chance to watch him this year, but he was one of my favorite street characters last year
Peasant antics
Shades of Arabia (snake dancers) - love this new (last year) act!
Washing Well Wenches

4 Rating
Vil Ten - hilarious, but every now and then goes just a bit too far for me
Two Children Left Behind


3 Rating
Brother Paul - funny guy, and even has some new bits this year, but a lot of the magic can't be seen well from the back
Morris Dancers - always enjoy them but my attention span is maybe too short for 1/2 hour of jingly dancing
Mud Show (are they around this year?)

2 Rating
Irish Volunteers... mainly for the fact that the Dead Fairies song always gets in my head.... argh!

[MissBubu]

Woohoo! 

Peasants got noticed! And got a five!

I'm so proud of my peeps. (I'm one of the peasant listserv moderators and am on the Peasant Council)

[Charlotte Rowan]

Woohoo! 

Peasants got noticed! And got a five!

I'm so proud of my peeps. (I'm one of the peasant listserv moderators and am on the Peasant Council)

Fabulous. I'm always amused by peasant antics. My favorite thing was a couple years ago, I caught them performing a little number in the Privy using the Privy doors opening and closing as percussion. Good times!

[MissBubu]

If you're interested, the peasants usually try to do some country dancing at 2:00 in the Peasant Green. (green space across from the Legend stage) A group of them can sometimes be found at the Irish Cottage at 3:00 for spudball.

[unknownpoet78]

Hmm...  I'll try not to play favorites.

5's
Irish Volunteers
Zilch the Torysteller
Misplaced
Vilification Tennis (needs mics in the WORST way!)
Peasants (the imagination of this group is fantastic)
Twig

4's
MOST SHOPKEEPERS!  Seriously stop in and have a conversation with any of them.  Engaging, and interesting!
Tortuga Twins (needs to have their mics turned DOWN!)
The Unicorn
The PLAYTRONS!

Yup, that's all I've got for now!
Carly
aka Maisie

[LJ DaGuerre]

I give a 5 to:
The Danger Committee (new stuff, and tighter act this year).
Puke and Snot "Jr." (well done under difficult circumstances).
Washing Well Wenches (they are always very polished, some of the more expressive entertainers).
Jester, Twig and Antonia (excellent solo personalities).

I give a 3 to:
Riders of the New Age (now that I've seen other joust troupes, this one is middle of the road).
Sisters of the Sahara (love their dance performances, but they gotta get a new hook to their act).
Opening Gate Act (Please, we need new material here).

I give a 1 to:
Festival Mgmt. (shame, shame for not improving the infrastructure, setting up a Polaris demo area, and locking people in to watch the longbow competition).

p.s. Last year the Mud Show only came for the last four weeks, so I would guess if they're coming we will see them this weekend or not at all. (Again, shame to management for not making use of a stage area).

[atysmee01]

I give a 3 to:

Opening Gate Act (Please, we need new material here).

There were plans to write a new show for this season, but there had been miscommunication about who would write the show, so it never went forward.  This is the 3rd season we've performed this particular "script" (and I do use that term lightly...as would most folks who've seen it this year especially!).

[kaykin]

Tortuga Twins (needs to have their mics turned DOWN!)

Quite often it is hard to tell how loud they (their mics) are especially on windy days - but they are very good about turning them down a bit when someone says something

If you aren't able to find one of them to ask, than talk to one of the merchandise cart minions - they will be sure the message is passed on right away!

[Oldarcher]

The Beggar(?)
High marks, "the rats ate me leg" !!!
Didnt see him the first Sunday though.

[groomporter]

Mud Show (are they around this year?)

They were back this weekend, I don't know what the conflict or contractual problem was, but I was a little annoyed they didn't schedule something for that stage since it changed the traffic flow for our neighborhood when it was built.

[Ethel]

Vilification Tennis (needs mics in the WORST way!)

We are not planning on adding mics to this show.  As it stands right now, those in the audience who are there for the show can hear us (mostly -- I know that sometimes the wind or a hoarse voice makes the sound carry less) but the families passing by with strollers can't, and that's the way we want to keep it.  Right now it's opt in...if we were miced, the way the Bare Stage is set up, I'm betting we'd lose the show for sure due to complaints.

Laurie/Ethel

[Charlotte Rowan]

Vilification Tennis (needs mics in the WORST way!)

We are not planning on adding mics to this show.  As it stands right now, those in the audience who are there for the show can hear us (mostly -- I know that sometimes the wind or a hoarse voice makes the sound carry less) but the families passing by with strollers can't, and that's the way we want to keep it.  Right now it's opt in...if we were miced, the way the Bare Stage is set up, I'm betting we'd lose the show for sure due to complaints.

Laurie/Ethel

that makes good sense

[Kiss-me-Kate]

Yes, Ethel for the love of all that is holy, do NOT mic yourselves.  We don't want to lose you guys to whiners.

[Lord Figaro]

Here here, those PC people would go up in arms if they heard what goes on up there. There goes a great show down the flusher.

[Will Gamwell]

Giving guys like Butch (the jester) and Mark (Fitz) would not be a good thing.

Then again someone gave Carr (entertainment director/ aka The Ratcatcher) a bullhorn last year at Trail of Terror!!!