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    Escondido Renaissance Faire

    in April

    Posted

    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..... :huh:

    Flogging Molly goes PIRATE!

    in Music & Shanties

    Posted

    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.

    The Sirens of TI

    in Pyrate Pop

    Posted

    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.

    Another uprooted faire?

    in June

    Posted

    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.

    earings, sashes.... now STRIPEY Trousers?

    in Captain Twill

    Posted

    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.

    S. Cal Faire needs to find New Home

    in Event Discussions

    Posted

    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. :ph34r: 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.

    S. Cal Faire needs to find New Home

    in Event Discussions

    Posted

    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

    The Cow Palace

    in December

    Posted

    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 :ph34r: ....well at least that's what my friends say it is. I love it though! :ph34r:

    Hope everyone has a good weekend.

    -Stacy

    Jack Sparrow costuming

    in Thieves Market

    Posted

    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!

    Flogging Molly goes PIRATE!

    in Pyrate Pop

    Posted

    I've had the CD for about a week, and it's all I have been listening too. I love it!

    If you like bagpipes I would recommend Wicked Tinkers. Very different sounding music but great nonetheless. The have a snare drum, a base drum, the bagpipes and a digeridoo.

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