Alabama Renaissance Faire – Faire Fun for October 23-29, 2008
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The time has arrived, Lords and Ladies, to descend upon Fountain on the Green (aka Wilson Park) in Florence for the annual Alabama Renaissance Faire.
The Faire is the culmination of a month’s worth of Renaissance events ranging from a Medieval Film Festival to a costume workshop to last week’s annual Renaissance Feast.
Jennifer Crossley’s article on the TimesDaily.com site “Hear, hear” explained some of the events of the past month this way: | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL
… Commoners and royalty are invited to the feast on Oct. 18. More than 100 of the 200 tickets available have been sold, said Billy Warren, who founded the faire in 1987. …In between events, Roundtable members will go to area schools dressed in their heavy skirts, leather boots and tights to educate students about medieval customs, lifestyle and dance. Students expressed their Renaissance voice in art and sonnet contests to be exhibited at the Richards Center in Florence. That’s the point of the Renaissance Festival. “I started the festival in order to tie it to the curriculum,” said Warren, curriculum director for Florence city schools. “That’s our real reason for being is education.”
It’s a free event with plenty of entertainment and shopping, so get out there and have a great day at Faire!
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