excited about 2011

[rengypsy]

i am so excited about our second year of sherwood.  i miss yall so much.  many improvements and additions.  much larger parking lot.  still sand and gravel.  new stage.  doubled the size of the joust.  more seating around joust and falcon show.  more clan and general camping.  showers. restrooms.

next gathering on december 4th.  plan on being there.

rengypsy

[Queen Bonnie]

 I wish you could hear all the very positive comments about Sherwood from folks at TRF. I am happily spreading the good vibrations and letting folks who don't know what a wonderful Faire Sherwood is!!
Can't wait for next season!

[DonaCatalina]

I'm looking forward to it.
Some random mundane stranger came up to me at Middlefaire and spent 30 minutes telling me how great Sherwood was and how I really should go and see it.
So there are a lot of fans out there already. 

[Sir Martin]

I'm not sure any faire has ever opened with as much planning and success as Sherwood.  The blood, sweat and tears poured into SFF surely resulted in magic.  Looking forward to seeing you all again next season.

[dfloyd888]

Truer words can't be said.  Sherwood saved my sanity this past year.

[ThreeAcreRanch Soaps]

I had several people talk to me about Sherwood at the Hogeye in Elgin Saturday.  I was also telling them about the extra days and everyone seemed excited.

[rengypsy]

the success of sherwood has been and will continue to be the result of it being a collaborative effort between the patrons and participants and management.  we wholly respect our various and diverse roles...and realize the paramount significance of each.

we so love yall and appreciate your willingness to make sherwood better and better.

rengypsy

[mpullen]

Let me add some humorous events from this past weekend at TRF Patron campgrounds.

On two separate occassions we had an individual wander through the Drunken Gnome/The Claw encampment. In each case there were about 12 of us gathered around the firepit.

Opening comment from each person was something like " I just heard about Sherwood Faire, is it any good?".

Well, being the helpful folks that we are, we spent about 20 minutes telling the person about how bad Sherwood Forest Faire was. I stated that the campgrounds manager was a real a$$hole and that no body had any fun and that it was a real dull faire. Just after we saw the persons jaw drop, I opened up my cloak and showed the SWFF T-shirt and stated that I was that a$$hole and that SWFF was better on opening year than other faires were after 5 years. We described the faire layout and all the performers and vendors with hard booths.

Things are getting better, such as flush toilets (not the trailers) and showers (with hot water (gasp)). New performers, new vendors, additional parking area, expanded campgrounds.

SWFF is here to stay.

[DonaCatalina]

Flushies!

[Merlin the Elder]

This faire is a long way for us, but it sounds like it would be well worth it. We don't go to TRF anymore for a number of reasons. We don't have family in Houston anymore; it's a long trip; the couple of times we went, it was SO hot; it is also too big for us!

While the first two reasons would still hold, the last two do not, and it would be fun to go to a faire that is in its early years. I may just have to add this to our 2011 list!

[Queen Bonnie]

 do come out Merlin! We always need more wizards! SFF is a fantastic faire! The cooler weather is a treat!

[KiltedPrivateer]

For those who can't tolerate the south Texas heat, Sherwood is definitely the faire to attend.  So long as you are tolerable of potentially freezing weather (o:

SWFF is a definite "Must Attend" faire.  We live in the Southwest Houston area but have decided to make Sherwood our home faire.  It has a much more personal feel.  I suppose it may have something to do with actually shedding sweat, blood and tears for it, but that aside, it doesn't feel like a medieval mall like TRF does. 

I personally feel like I've just walked into the house of a close beloved relative when I come through the gate.  Welcoming, cozy, entertaining and very friendly.

I highly recommend making the trip if you can.  And if you are a camping kinda person there are plenty of us on this forum who have plenty of room to throw up a tent.

(o:

[Blackbead]

I wish that I could be there but I sail for the East on December 3rd . . .

Next year!

[Merlin the Elder]

KP, you make it sound so inviting! ...and freezing weather bothers me not, even if I'm camping! We're trying to pack an awful lot into next year, but maybe we can add this.

[beckgam462]

KP, you make it sound so inviting! ...and freezing weather bothers me not, even if I'm camping! We're trying to pack an awful lot into next year, but maybe we can add this.

KP is telling the truth;
as him this is my home faire it is still 2 hours away because of austin traffic.
I do not tent camp any more ( 21 years army tent camping)
We use a T/T;  we had to stay at the state park about 15 miles away last season.  we went during the november2009, - January 2010 time frame when fair was in construction mode with lots of cold wet weather,  it truyly seemed more family than TRf fair.
  now that I can set up T/t in the parking lot
i will stay on the grounds.   It is a fair not to miss