On Sunday, 31 August, 1997, Gertherers from the New York City area went on a day trip to the New York State Renaissance Festival, which is held every year in Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, New York. Present on this trip were: Marla Kaye, Toni Spadafina, Lisa ("LB") Burstiner, Yolanda Rivera, and Brenda Bell. Accompanying us were Yolanda's friends Joe and CJ, and Brenda's significant other, Frank.
Front row: Toni, Lisa, Yolanda. Back row: Brenda, Marla.
Joe and Yolanda at the Mimosa stand
Marla
checks the schedule...
The maid Marion is abducted by the Sheriff of Nottingham
Off to the Roselawn for a joust!
LB
thinks this guy is hot! (The rest of us just think she has the hots for him...)
(good guys in red, bad guys in black)
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| "Sir Guy de Brisbane" | "The Sheriff of Nottingham" |
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| "Little John" | "Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe" |
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The joust master was supposed to be a neutral party... but the scores he awarded had *nothing* to do with the relative horsemanship of the four combattants...
All that jousting made us thirsty... and hungry... so it was off to the food court.
Joe,
CJ, Yolanda, LB, and Toni
discuss what they want for lunch.
Medieval food seems awfully modern...
...and anti-vampiric...
The Living Chess tournament, viewed from a hidey-hole...
Toni's hidey-hole...
We stayed after the Living Chess game, and ran to get good seats for the raptor exhibition. Most raptors are endangered species, killed by the effects of environmental pollution. LB was so hep on the raptors that Frank and Brenda suggested she look into the Raptor Trust in New Jersey.
"Ho. Hup! Ho. Hup! "Ho. Hup! Ho. Hup!
(The
falconer's cry...)
Harris Hawks
Edwina
the Vulture
This page created by Brenda F. Bell. View more renfair photos (these without captions).