Louisiana It’s all about celebrating our troops at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival this weekend as they honor our Veterans and Scouts. All current military ID card holders (both active duty and dependents) save 50% on their tickets purchased onsite at the festival this weekend! And they’re offering the same discount to all Scouts that come [...]
Louisiana It’s Faire Time in the bayou as the Louisiana Renaissance Festival opens the gates in Hammond. They’ve got multiple ways to save if you buy multiple day tickets and, if you can find a Faire brochure, grab one for the $1 coupon on the back. All the details on tickets can be found at [...]
Louisiana If you’re within driving distance of Hammond and have ever wondered what it’s like to work at the Faire, now’s the time to find out. Work at the Louisiana Renaissance Festival! Join in the fun by working weekends at the best event in history, the Louisiana Renaissance Festival. Earn extra money just in time [...]
I received the following from Rick Hight, General Manager of the Louisiana Renaissance Festival, this morning: Greetings! We had two trees that are down, but they were not near any structures. There are limbs scattered around, but nothing that can’t be cleaned up pretty quickly. We have a couple fences that blew over, but they [...]
The Louisiana Renaissance Festival’s newsletter came out this morning with lots of information about what they’re planning for the season. One item caught my eye and I wanted to share it with any of you who are interested in applying to vend at a faire: A reminder that the final deadline for merchant applications is [...]
California The Long Beach Pirate Invasion added a bit of excitement to a 10k Marathon Swim being held at the same time. To start the event, the Pirate chased the swimmers in to the surf with cutlasses waving and many a shout and snarl. Jeff Gritchen of the Press-Telegraph posted some great pictures of the [...]
The Louisiana Renaissance Festival Newsletter included several items that I thought you might be interested in. If you’ll need tickets, they’ve got their online advance ticket ordering system setup and ready to go. They’re offering Friends of Faire Memberships, Season Passes and regular tickets for the 2008 season at an early bird savings of 15% [...]
The Louisiana Renaissance Festival holds workshops over the summer for those who might be interested in joining their cast. Their first workshop in March included a number of newcomers and it sounds like everyone had a great time. The April 12th workshop, 9:45am until 5:00pm at the festival site, is again open to anyone who [...]
The Louisiana Renaissance Festival presents workshops throughout the summer for those who might be interested in joining their cast. There were quite a few newcomers at the March workshop and it sounds like they had a good time. The next workshop is April 12th at the festival site from 9:45am until 5:00pm. Since each workshop [...]
The sharp cries of the hunting cast overhead silence the watching crowd as the falconer, swinging a lure at the end of a line, explains what is happening. With a sudden change to the angle of the wings, one of the Harris’ hawks begins the rapid descent known as a stoop, catches the target in mid-air, and lands, mantling the prize quickly. The falconer waits a moment, allowing the hawk to break in, before calling it to the gauntlet and rewarding it with a tidbit. Moving to the edge of the field, she fists the hawk to the perch and attaches the jesses to the anklet before turning to call the other members of the cast in. The vast array of knowledge and skill needed to not only care for, but also teach about, these and other wonderful birds takes a special person. Let me introduce you to Karen “Kitty” Tolson Carroll. [...]
