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| Page revised Saturday, November 7, 2009 | About The Bulletin |
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Our Beloved Printer, Sully, passed on in 2008. He, and his printing demonstrations, were a fixture at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire and The Great Dickens Christmas Fair for a quarter-century. It was his fond wish that we should continue his legacy of muckraking, yellow journalism at the Dickens Fair. We will do our best to continue this tradition of amusing our fellow Fair-folk, and improving the entertainment environment for our audience. --The Staff of The Elite Printing Company |
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ACTORS' CALLING CARDSContact: faireprinter@yahoo.com (include phone#)
Sharon Sullivan, daughter of Sully the Printer, will be carrying on her father's nearly four-decade tradition of printing demonstrations at the Dickens' Christmas Fair. Sharon will be printing actors' calling cards for the kind donation of $15 for 150, paid at pick-up time, as always, should she find herself unable to complete them. To minimize lost orders, turn in to Sharon Sullivan or Don Cox, or email faireprinter@yahoo.com. Color or backgrounds requires multiple set-up, so negotiate with Sharon for such work. Deadline is second weekend of Fair. THE ELITE PRINTING COMPANYThis demonstration of 19th century printing has been a mainstay of the Dickens' Christmas Fair for nearly three decades under the Barbados-Demon-Rum-palsied hands of one . Although he is no longer with us, his legacy shall live on. The name is taken from an actual printing company that inspired him in his youth to the art and craft. It was good fortune that led to an encounter with the children of the original establishment's proprieter (Walter von Konsky) decades later at the Dickens Fair. During its august and infamous history he printed The Bulletin with two new articles (hand-set) each week, and printed poetry, entertaining handbills such as "Drink Barbados Demon Rum", and the institutional calling cards we all continue to look forward to, demonstrating the craft to all and sundry. With his retirement from the industry, he enjoyed the historical side of the printing trade, having commissioned the Roaring Dragon Press (a demonstration booth at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire for many years), a replica of the Franklin Press, a 19th century Ostrander-Seymour cast iron flat-bed press, and an enormous collection of old equipment which he used, moved, and bought and sold in the best horse-trader tradition. THE DICKENS' CHRISTMAS FAIRUnder the wing of Red Barn Productions, the same family that started the first Renaissance fair in the country many years ago continues their efforts, the fair has struggled to survive in the delicate balancing act between the needs of a tighter economy in producing a visible and accessible public venue, filled with unique handcraft artisans, and the improvisational, immersive, historical, interactive street theatre which sets it apart from a shopping mall and the reason most people return here each year. Hundreds of volunteers contribute their time, money, and effort to help create an ambience of Christmas eve in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", along with many other historical and literary figures of the Victorian era. OTHER PRINTING EFFORTSPOSTERS & HANDBILLS: I have done several advertising handbills and a number of character posters. LONDON MAP: Occassional prints of 19th century London maps. |
SUBMIT TO THE BULLETIN!Contact: doncox@earthlink.net
Bulletin Terrorizes London!This editor, recently escaped from Bethleham Hospital and having recovered from last year's Bulletin, will happily accept correspondence and work with you to see your gig published. There are few limitations to printed theatre, so conflicts can easily be channelled into ever more outrageously excellent theatre by making up characters and tossing a gig back and forth among the players. The Victorians loved their scandal-rags. This is yellow journalism at its finest! I URGE you to:
"Just wait till my next edition!" shouted Sully, summarily ejected years ago from Mad Sal's Dockside Alehouse as an undesireable. In 2001 he sold Justin Case the newspaper and fled disclaiming any and all responsibility for the publishing of The Bulletin, "largely composed of the ravings of the current editor, Justin Case", each weekend of the Dickens' Christmas Fair. Once again, I, Don Cox, in the guise of Justin Case, will prowl the London fogs in search of Dickens' Fair 2009 PUBLISHING SCHEDULEWe will have a total of four issues, one each weekend of the Dickens' Christmas Fair, which runs from Friday, November 27 (a three-day weekend) through December 20th, 2005. The paper usually hits the streets Saturday mornings. Submission deadlines for 2005 is nominally Wednesday night to give me a day to compose the issue and a day to print it. TO MY CORRESPONDENTSThanks in advance for taking the paper in so many new directions no single individual could have conceived of. I look forward to inspiring and being inspired by you in the coming year! I will be pestering some you via email early (I know where you live in cyberspace--MUWAHAHAHAA!!) THANKS FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORTThe Bulletin wishes to extend its deepest gratitude to the many individuals who donated monies to help keep the newspaper afloat during the 2004 season. Once again, you have helped us squeak by another fair while having a great deal of fun. Let's do it again! |
VENDOR ADVERTISEMENTSContact: doncox@earthlink.net
The Bulletin is seen by thousands of people each year at the Dickens' Fair, and now even more online! The articles in the newspaper are entirely new each weekend of the Fair, providing an entertaining setting for your advertisement. Because of the quality, quantity, and relevance of the content, every issue has become highly coveted. Ad space may be purchased by anyone The Bulletin editor deems appropriate. Ads in the newspaper body (online and hardcopy) will be black & white in the line-drawing or etching Victorian style. The ad price at Dickens' Fair is:
For example: A 1-column, 3-inch-high ad, running all 4 or 5 Fair weekends = 1 x 3 x $20 = $60. I will compose an ad for you with available fonts and dingbats or you may submit something reasonably consonant with the Victorian style. A simple black & white graphic such as a logo is very effective. If emailing, send text plain; pictures may be in any common format (png or jpeg are best) of high enough resolution to allow use at 300dpi in the hardcopy version of the newspaper if you wish the finest detail. VICTORIAN RESEARCH LINKSGeneral:
Victorian money: Friesian, Clayton, Collins Maps: Snow's, Greenwood's, & Booth's Literature:
Theatre: Galanty So Social environment:
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