Closing Weekend and Favorite Memories of 2009

[lilaney]

As always, it is a pleasure to have friends such as ya'll.
Thank you; Thank you to everyone out there who made the concerted effort to bear the rain and humidty and still mustered up the energy to play and be friendly and laugh.
It was a joy as always to meet everyone as I came upon them.
Due to my shows and schedule, I was never able to make it to the meet and greets, but, from what I heard they were well attended. 

::CHEERS:: here's to 2009, and here's to TRF! See ya'll out there!

[Blue66669]

It was great to meet Stitch and Duckie, and to see all the RF people all together!

My fondest memory has to be the RF pic on Saturday. OMG I've never laughed so hard.

[Ryk Rakham]

This year a was a bit different from most other years for me. Not sure why. It seemed I could never make the meet and greets and rarely ran into any my friends from RF. I saw some of you from a distance but never had a chance to stop and chat. I did take some newbies with me almost every weekend (we attended 12 days total, a record for us) and that takes up a lot of time...assuring they see as much as possible, etc. That of course was fun, but Sherry and I agree that we want to let our friends go on their own so we can hook up with some of you guys and get better acquainted.

We will likely make one trip to TRF this year (week after Halloween). We usually have a big event at our house on Halloween and lots of kids would be bitterly disappointed if the big pirate ship (our deck) was not there to visit with "real" pirates and "booty". Anyway, hope to see some of you all at TRF since we missed most of you this year at Scarby. A good year and I looke forward to next...

[Rani Zemirah]

I have never experienced Faire this way before, and it will never be the same for me again, for which I am more thankful than I'm able to express!!!  I now feel like I'm part of something so incredibly expansive and inclusive that I would never want to go back to my anonymous meanderings of the past, and I look forward to getting to know all of you much better in the coming future!!! 

I could never choose just one experience to call favorite... there are so many which stop me in my tracks while I relive the moments at random intervals during my day, and each makes me smile and wish I were there still.  Being knighted into FOKTOP by Queen Bonnie on my last day, meeting both Martin Montgomery and Zaubon, both of whom give great hug, pool party and hilarity at both dinners, hanging at the pub with everyone, walking the lanes (both wet and dry), discovering all the magical little things to see and do around every curve, and camping  and spending the majority of each day with the crew of the Bayou Scoundrel, to name a very few... 

I am so in love with the total event, and I can't wait to do it again!!!  It was bliss-on-a-stick, and I'd eat it up and go back for more...

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

This was  great to meet so many great R/F members, see beautifully dressed patrons, take in the sights and sounds of how Texas puts on a  faire.

Meeting the QUEEN herself, the one and only Queen Bonnie!!! I was humbled in your presence. I shall not forget you or this faire.

[Al-Nimer]

WOW!  What a season!  The last weekend was definitely the best one of all for us 

It was wonderful to get to meet so many new (to us) RF people, as well as greet everyone we had met before.  Hope to see many of you at TRF at least one weekend in October!

As far as a favorite memory, that is dang near impossible to choose there are so many 

[Lady Kett]

We had so much fun at Scarby this year. It was so wonderful to meet several of you - Queen Bonnie, Lady Dona and Don Juan, Var, Element, Chris and Lady Katherine and Lord Phillip (sorry I could not remember your name Lord Phillip...now if I just knew if it was 1 L or 2 L's!).

We hope to be visiting TRF over Thanksgiving weekend and with a little luck we'll be garbed by then!

One weekend my husband let me sleep in and we got there so late we were parked in what we call "the back 40". From that point forward, he made sure I was up and at 'em early so we could get parked in Row 13. I can guarantee we will have FOF passes next year and bring a fully stocked tailgate!

The most fun we had was the day we walked in just after opening cannon during a torrential downpour (late for the opening due to car troubles grrr!) and the guy at the gate asked if we worked there. We said, "No, we're just nuts!".  Never had so much fun in the rain!

Hope to see y'all soon!

Melissa (& Bob)

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Meeting her Royal Majesty of this very wonderful community, QUEEN BONNIE!!!


John


Getting Photo Mugged by Ottheinrich


Last, but not least...The Dona herself, Dona Catalina...Costumer Extraordinaire


Any other R/F members I may have omitted, my sincere apologies. You guys are terrific!!!

[DonaCatalina]

Lady Kathleen is far too kind. 

[angusmacinnes]

We enjoyed the final day.  Got a rough start this season.  Funny how Real Life will get in the way.  But over all we had a great time at Scarby and are looking forward to next year. 

[Grov]

There ya go Martin, making my face leak again.  Folding those flags was a very emotional experience for me.  Glad the process came back to me.  It'd been ages since I was gifted with such an honor.  Not since boot camp perhaps.  We never did a lot of flag work on my submarine. Go figure.

I would like to thank everyone that went, whether I found ya or not, for being part of my first trip to Scarby.  Even with the rain and resulting mudslides, I can definitely see me attending Scarby in seasons to come.  If I can manage it, I might hold off on celebrating my birthday for a week or so until that weekend next year.  Get all the hoorah piled in together, ya know.

Twig in person is magnitudes cooler than mere 2d images of her.  Hope she can ply her craft from faire to faire to faire as long as she desires.  Entirely missed the German Twins.  Saw the dry half of a Doktor Kaboom show.  Heard Noobler crooning from the otuside of the crowd.  Great time at faire.

[cowgrrl]

-My DDs interactions with Twig.  Always a joy.
-Sitting at the FoF area with a plate of fish & chips watching Doktor Kaboom.
-Taking my parents to Faire for the first time. (They loved it but I need to plan more time for shopping next year!)
-Getting to buy stuff from Grichels.  I really, really, really hope they are going to be back next season. 
-Wine & Alchemy.  Thought we'd have to wait until TRF to see them again.  As with Grichels, I hope they'll be back next year.
-DS getting to enjoy a bit more 'Faire Freedom'.  He's not wandering the Faire alone just yet but he is getting a bit more freedom every year.
-Overcoming my akwardness & insecurities at meeting new people & actually, well, meeting new people.  Its still a bit difficult but I'm working on it. 

[dragonslayer808]

Closing weekend to me is rather bitter sweet.  It had been a long 2 months without any days off so I will welcome the rest.  But I hate to see it end, feel kinda lost without it.

[Ryk Rakham]

Woke up yesterday morning and missed something. Scarborough Faire, where was it. I had been there for the past 8 weekends, most every Saturday and a couple of Sundays, a Monday there at the end. Garb, laundered and folded still lies on a bench, reluctant to go to its closet. Black leather boots (with a bit of Scarby mud that must be wiped off...I guess) and a sword lie next to my bed, must I put them away. A new longbow leans in the corner next to the door, purchased on the weekend of the Highland games. Have the wondrous and enticing aromas of incense, cinnamon nuts and turkey legs faded from the air now that the gates have closed. Could one sit in pecan grove and close their eyes and hear pipes and drums, flutes and sweet songs drifting through the branches of the trees, or laughter from Iris and Rose trickle down the hill, children (even us older children)- is their laughter still echoing from the buildings and tree trunks and do magical creatures move from the creeks, fields and forests to live there while we are away. What a wonderful time our Faire is, a fantastic escape from this other world. Here is to all of you magical and wondrous and fantastical people who believe in magic and fantasy and are not afraid to play and keep fun as part of our lives. Here's to Scarborough Faire (as it always has been and always shall be to me) and the real magic that lives there!

See you next year at opening gate 2010, I think I'll leave off cleaning the boots for a bit....

[Blue66669]

There ya go Martin, making my face leak again.  Folding those flags was a very emotional experience for me.  Glad the process came back to me.  It'd been ages since I was gifted with such an honor.  Not since boot camp perhaps.  We never did a lot of flag work on my submarine. Go figure.

I would like to thank everyone that went, whether I found ya or not, for being part of my first trip to Scarby.  Even with the rain and resulting mudslides, I can definitely see me attending Scarby in seasons to come.  If I can manage it, I might hold off on celebrating my birthday for a week or so until that weekend next year.  Get all the hoorah piled in together, ya know.

Twig in person is magnitudes cooler than mere 2d images of her.  Hope she can ply her craft from faire to faire to faire as long as she desires.  Entirely missed the German Twins.  Saw the dry half of a Doktor Kaboom show.  Heard Noobler crooning from the otuside of the crowd.  Great time at faire.

Or, you could celebrate a couple of weeks earlier and get in on the epic late April "birthday weekend" with the rest of us!