TabithaAnne

Hey Diego...did you know that this is a fundraiser for a catholic charity? Hmmm, pirates and catholism (sp?).... My group will be there in about half our glory....nice encampment I just don't think we'll have too many people out there.

Yup, still the same Captain. It seems like we are getting new members left and right. I'm sure it has to do with the upswing of pirates. Vegas was fun.....

Diego, I'll be sure to stop by the gate. And if you come by the Port just ask for Pandora Foxx.

Christine, This is actually my first year with Port, but for some reason I have been elected head wench....not sure if I like that title but I get to sit in my own chair and tell people what to do (nicely of course) so if you pop by you'll be able to pick me out and of course you already know Dagger IF you remember him (of course he thinks everyone does) ....hehehehehehe. He's such a silly man.....

I'll be there next weekend. I'll be with Port of the Black Sail if anyone wants to come by and say hi! I'm sure I'll see you there Christine, right?

Well, I went and saw Flogging Molly at the house of blues the 16th. And can I say they were incredible! And to make my experience even better....my best friend went and saw them in Anaheim and got a T-shirt autographed for me. I definately recommend seeing them live.

I agree with Ace. The old show was much better. If I remember correctly it was pirates on the "Sirens" ship and then the English on the other ship that came around the front of the building. It was truly a sight to see. Oh and there was no singing if my memory serves me.

This was posted on another site I am on. Red Barn Productions February 8th, 2005 (Shrove Tuesday, time to party!) Dear Faire Participants, We have some important and exciting news to report as well as the schedule for our 2005 season! Introducing Red Barn Productions, the new home of The Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faires and The Great Dickens Christmas Fair! All assets of As You Like It Productions are being purchased by Red Barn Productions, a new special events company based in Novato California. Red Barn Productions was founded by Mark Solum, a 20 year Faire veteran, with additional financial support from investors who have long standing relationships with the Faire. Red Barn will now be the Production Company behind the Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faires, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair and other spirited, high quality events in development. The first of these events may be a new multi-weekend Renaissance Faire in Oregon this fall, (see below)! Red Barn Productions will be offering seasonal positions in all areas of event management, performing arts, and production to experienced individuals. Kevin and Leslie Patterson have already been hired to provide key management duties. As You Like It Productions was forced to close its doors after 5 years due to mounting financial difficulties resulting from the huge costs of restarting the Renaissance and Dickens Fairs followed by the lack of attendance at its Santa Barbara Renaissance Faire and the steady decline of the corporate special events market in the post dot-com/911 era. Red Barn will now continue what As You Like It began. With the purchase of As You Like It's physical and intellectual property, Red Barn will focus on successful events such as Marin, Tahoe and Dickens, and unfortunately, drop Santa Barbara while possibly picking up a great market opportunity in Oregon. Here are the specifics as of this Shrove Tuesday (party on): Announcing the 2005 season of celebration! The Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire at Camp Richardson in Tahoe Two jam-packed weekends of fun in the forest! June 4 & 5, 11 & 12 The Heart of the Forest Renaissance Faire at Stafford Lake Park in Novato Six glorious weekends of "wildly authentic revelry" July 9 & 10, 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 30 & 31, August 6 & 7, 13 & 14 AndŠ.we are in negotiations for, but have not signed agreements for The Renaissance Pleasure Faire ® in Oregon (yes, we own the tradename) Location: Just off Hwy. 5, (between Eugene and Portland) Four weekends, including Labor Day August 27 & 28, September 3 & 4 & 5, 10 & 11, 17 & 18 The Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace, Daly City Five Weekends for our fifth year (Yes Virginia, we can open before Thanksgiving)! Nov 19 & 20, 26 & 27, December 3 & 4, 10 & 11, 17 & 18 VENDORS: Applications for all of our California events will be going out later this month and will include a short questionnaire for those interested in the possible Oregon Renaissance Faire. Once the Oregon Faire is confirmed, we will send applications to all interested parties. If you participated as a vendor in 2004, you will automatically receive an application package. Please fill it out completely and return it ASAP along with your application fees. * We will jury for all of the eves in early March and mail acceptance packages with contracts by March 15th. * 50% of the fees for the Tahoe event will be due upon receipt of the contract, so if you are applying for the Tahoe Faire please be prepared to make this payment in March. ENTERTAINERS: * A call for entertainment proposals for the 2005 season will go out in mid March. The As You Like It Productions office is now closed. Please direct your communications to: Red Barn Productions PO Box 1768 Novato, CA 94948 Phone (800) 510-1558 Fax (415) 892-4039 You may contact the Red Barn team at the following email addresses: General Info- office@R... Vendors- vendors@R... The websites have not been updated yet, please be patient, we will get to them soon. Here's to a great new, new year! Mark Solum Kevin Patterson Leslie Patterson Cat Taylor Kathy Kingman Cat Taylor Missive Maven Director of Entertainment for the Dickens Christmas Fair Finance Director Emeritus for As You Like It Productions http://www.themeevents.com/ http://www.forestfaire.com http://www.dickensfair.com This was the response that was given..... Speaking as one who works for the Pattersons and has been with AYLI since its inception: there is probably no need for excitement over this. Mark Solum and Kathy Kingman have been on staff for some time, as Head of Ops/Security and Costume Mistress, respectively. The Patterson are part of the staff of Red Barn. And the proposed schedule for 2005 is what we were expecting already. The name of the new company is also suggestive of tradition, for veterans of Black Point.

From what I know the pants had a large stipe horizontal across the leg but nothing or no one I have talked to or read says anything about the black and white vertical striped pants. I have NO idea where pirates and stripes came....wish I did know though. I think it's just another one of those faire things like bells and fox tails.

I too have heard that they were to keep bugs off you.

Ok, so since this is a serious discussion on the high quality of porn flicks and Jenna......no one mentioned Dreamquest.....now that's a funny one! Knights in chain mail and helmets but somehow lost their pants.

Well, I usually don't put things like this up on ebay but it was a shirt I originally made for a friend and it was too big on him. So up on ebay it went.......

Well, the shirt didn't sell. So if someone is interested make me an offer. Nothing absurd please. The shirt took me about 6 hours to make. It's just taking up room that I really don't have.

Oh! Just think of the fun! It would be very nice if faire was put somewhere a bit more pleasant with regards to the weather. I know probably most of you have driven quite a bit farther for faires but spending 2 months out of the year driving 4 hours every weekend got really old really fast.

As I was watching VH1 this morning Gwen Stefani's newest video came on and it totally pirate themed! I love her! I just sat and watched with a grin on my face.

Rumba, I feel the same way you do..... Heres something from the L.A. Times LA TIMES: Renaissance Faire Won't Return to Devore San Bernardino County and event operators end lease for festival at Glen Helen Regional Park. By Hugo Martín, Times Staff Writer The Renaissance Pleasure Faire, a popular Old World festival that has drawn thousands to watch jousting knights, jesters and Shakespearean plays, will not return to a regional park in Devore this year, San Bernardino County officials say. The oldest Renaissance festival in the country was started in 1963 in North Hollywood by a teacher who had hoped it would teach participants about life in 16th century England. It eventually moved to Agoura and then to Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore. San Bernardino County, which operates the park, has reached an agreement with faire operators to end a 10-year lease that would have kept the faire at the park until 2010 and generated about $5 million for the county in rents and improvements, according to county officials. Faire officials could not live up to a requirement in the lease that the faire provide $500,000 in park improvements each year for four years, according to county officials and lease documents. The lease also required the faire to pay annual rents of between $224,500 and $449,500, depending on the year and attendance records. The lease agreement approved by the county in June 2000 called on the faire to install new buildings, infrastructure and landscaping to make the regional park the faire's permanent site. Faire crews typically install and dismantle tents and other temporary buildings before and after the event. County spokesman David Wert declined to provide details of what led to the decision to end the lease, but he said the Renaissance Pleasure Faire could not make the improvements as required. The faire is owned by Renaissance Entertainment Corp., a Colorado company that operates similar festivals in Northern California, New York and Wisconsin. A spokesperson for the corporation declined to comment Wednesday. The faire has operated from the regional park in Devore since the late 1980s. The festivals were held eight weekends each spring. The festival has drawn up to 200,000 visitors a year, according to faire officials. County convention and visitors bureau officials have estimated that the festival pumps about $10 million annually into the local economy as fairegoers visit area restaurants, hotels and stores. Wert said the county had not decided what attraction would replace the faire, but he said the county might consider using the site for extra parking for the adjacent Hyundai Pavilion. Hmmmm, 20%? That doesn't seem like very much for a big corporation like REC. And why didn't they mention that the faire changed hands? Another posting I read on another site mentioned that calls to Zepeda's office weren't being returned. As much as I hate to say it that's typical REC. What kills me is that people are trying to save Southern when most of the time it was a miserable hot faire but yet Santa Barbara faire which was beautiful and also a lot of fun has been cancelled without anyone saying anything. Ok, I'll step off my soap box now.

Well, I have a shirt up on ebay if anyone is interested..... Stuff on ebay.

Here's news from Gerald.... Dear Faire Performers: Each year we go through a permit process and also must meet many county requirements before we are cleared to open. The recent newspaper article reporting that we would not be returning to the Glen Helen site was premature. Rikki Kipple assures me that despite the usual concerns associated with operating the Faire at its current county site, nothing has as yet been absolutely finalized. If circumstances require that we must move, we will be prepared to do so. Alternate sites, of a very promising nature, are available. Rest assured that we will have a 2005 REC Southern California Faire. Please advise your fellow performers that they should expect a Faire very much as usual. Contracts and other items will be going out soon. I have, understandably, been flooded with inquiries and have not been able to address each one individually. Please let this serve to provide you with reliable information that you may pass on to other performers. As regards the rumor that I am not currently working for REC, I assure you that I am indeed working as entertainment director. If for any reason this were to change, you would be notified. Please continue to do your part in terminating all negative rumors. As more info becomes available, we will provide it to you. I will update and advise as frequently as possible. In the event we do have to move, we will make every effort to provide you with plenty of notice and the ability to transfer your items from the site. Your Director or Guildmaster has the current e-Mail address. Please do not flood the REC office with phone calls or e-Mails. Thank you very much. Gerald Zepeda Director of Entertainment REC California I'm not sure who this is but I can only guess it's one of the high muckey-mucks....we'll just have to wait and see how much truth there is to it. From: Rikki Kipple <rikki@recfair.com> Date: January 6, 2005 4:49:02 PM PSTSubject: Renaissance Pleasure Faire Today is Thursday January sixth 2 0 0 5 Dear Participant, As you probably know, the Renaissance Pleasure Faire will no longer be held at Glen Helen Park in San Bernardino County. We are keenly aware that this news will come as a great surprise to all of you and will, in many cases, present a great hardship. We have been diligently trying to meet the counties' CUP requirements since last summer. Our efforts have included the preparation and filing for plan check of infrastructure development plans, obtaining bids on the required work and offering to escrow funds with the County to ensure that infrastructure development was performed. Since last summer, we have sincerely done everything in our power to resolve outstanding issues with the County. Shortly before Christmas, it became clear that the County would not support a 2005 Faire at Glen Helen Park. We are currently in negotiations to acquire an alternate site to operate our Renaissance Pleasure Faire for 7 weekends beginning mid April, 2005. The location we are seeking has beautiful trees and lakes and is closer to our audience base. We know that the lack of information at this time presents a great uncertainty. We, therefore, will be communicating with you on a continuing basis as to the progress of these negotiations. Please accept our sincerest apologies for this unfortunate situation. Pete Leavell Stanley Gilbert Rikki Kipple

Just to let you know. They are still in negotiations to try to keep the faire. The rumour is that there is a "Plan B". So we will have to wait and see what happens.

So we are coming up to Dicken's this weekend.....the long 6 hour trek....is anyone going to be there? I'd love to meet some of you guys! If so come up and say hello! I'll be in my wonderfully horrid blue/red/purple plaid Victorian Montrosity ....well at least that's what my friends say it is. I love it though! Hope everyone has a good weekend. -Stacy

What people don't like paying $25.00 to walk around in 125 degree weather all day? Seems to me that they are hard up for attendance....oh big surprise......

I AM! I AM! I could probably recruit a few others as well! I'm out of Ventura County so San Pedro is only an hour from me.... Let me know if I can be of any help.....don't know much about sailing but am willing to learn everything!

I got the hi-top ones with pink with black and white checkers! I love them!!!!

Ack! Where was this info a year ago when I was fumbling to find all the little details in making the coat?!?!! Although on the up side I've realized that the coat I made isn't that far off of the real thing. Of course the 6 times I went and saw the movie in the theater might have helped...... Thanks for posting this RumbaRue it's GREAT info!

I had problems with the sleeves too. They were too big for the arm holes. It seems that a lot of the commercial patterns are that way.