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Renaissance Festival
Filed Under (Ramblings) by Lizzy D. on 06-02-2010
We made it to the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival on opening day this year. A much better experience for us than when we attended 2 years ago during its final weekend. The crowds were a lot smaller, the people were full of energy, and my son let us enjoy most of it. One of the things I missed was enjoying the musical performances, my son, sadly, doesn’t show much interest in that sort of thing and feels he must express it verbally during the performance. The sacrifices of a mother *sigh* oh well. But with that aside everything else was great! We saw some great juggling and tightrope walking and of course the JOUSTING! We were rooting for the blood thirsty knight – it was pretty awesome!
The villagers were great too, if not a little weird. A man was trying to sell his niece and nephew to us for 2 pence each, I had to turn down his offer as my son is like having 3 children in one, I don’t need more. Not long after that I found myself playing match maker for a young man’s mother…who was a potato. I advised a radish for I thought the potato might find it rather hot! Then there was a fairy, I must admit there was something other worldly about her presence. The children around her (including my son) were just captivated by her mute, innocent gestures and by the music of her two-pipe flute.
The shops were fun to walk through, they gave my husband and I ideas for some costumes that we would like to make and some great ideas for my art. I tried on some feathered hats and a corset that I thought would go well with a costume idea I had. Too bad the prices for those things are outrageously high at the faire’s.
