Our first RenFaire

Happened over last weekend. I wanted to go see one for some time, and here it was – only about 10 miles from us. So I decided to brave my driving and go with D.
It was a very small affair – all done in a small park of a small town, but we liked it a lot – and D. was, and still is quite ecstatic. It was inexpensive, and the atmosphere was very happy, friendly and relaxed - a group of friends were having fun and invited us to join in.
We were there for only two hours, but in that time D. managed to:
1) to defeat a knight
2) to get enchanted by fairies
3) to listen to minstrels and revelers (he missed the dancing while hanging with fairies)
4) to win a prize at the archery
5) watch King Arthur and Queen Guinevere playing a game of living chess. I had the most fun watching it myself – on a green park lawn there was a chess board drawn, and the chess figures were sitting or standing on their squares, and their moves were combined with the some action – sword-fight, musical duel, witty dialog. Overall, it was a smart and funny play, interesting for kids (sword-fights) and adults (jokes) alike. One funny moment that stuck was when in the course of verbal sparring the white figures sang the Empire theme from Star wars. It was well placed and well executed moment.
There were many more entertainments that we missed, since D got tired, but the experience left us with very happy feeling. Now D. wants to go there and fight the knights again. But now he wants to dress up, too.

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