ST - Scarborough Faire

[Travis W. Jennings]

I am a member of the SCA today because the SCA has a booth at the Texas Renaissance Festival in Houston. (And I live in the DFW metroplex)  If the SCA had a booth at Scarborough Faire I may have become one sooner.  At TRF the SCA has a very large booth.  It has a front area with counters to get basic information on the SCA.  Behind that is an area with benches for people to meet and greet and people performing their crafts.  Behind that is a gravel area for dueling and dancing.  And behind that is a stage.  It is like a small village inside the Ren. Faire.  In front of the booth is a very large mound were fighters and rapiers demo every couple of hours.

If getting new members is any priority at all I think it should be looked into again.  Maybe we could coordinate with a neighboring region to assist with Memorial Day weekend.  Many people travel from all over the Southern USA to visit Scarborough Faire that weekend any way, especially with that weekend being the National Jousting Championship.

In Service,
Lughaidh Mac Sheóinín (fka Travis the New)
Virtus basis vitae.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Glen Wilkerson 
  To: steppes at ansteorra.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:15 PM
  Subject: Re: ST - Scarborough Faire


  In addition to which, I always heard that there were some elements that wanted us gone because we were taking crowds away from those "professional renfaire" performers and merchants who were there to make money.  Also, they wanted to bring in the formal Medieval Times style "jousting" shows.  Aside from that, I always felt the separation was amicable - witness the fact that we used the Scarfaire site for several events after we ceased formal participation in demos.  It's been over ten, maybe fifteen years since the last event there, though, and I think it was either a liability insurance issue, or maybe the cost of the site itself, that was the cause.

  Don Alaric 
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Glenn McFarland <glennmc at ti.com>
    To: steppes at ansteorra.org <steppes at ansteorra.org>
    Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 10:16 AM
    Subject: Re: ST - Scarborough Faire


    Basically, Scarborough Faire wanted consistent participation throughout 
    the run of the faire. We were unable to provide that consistent participation 
    in the demos....especially since our largest event (Warlord) occurs during 
    the faire's run...and so we eventually went our separate ways. 
    Regards, 
    Thorkel 

    Carol Ross wrote: 

      As I wasn't around when the SCA stopped doing demos at Scarborough Faire 
      I can't answer your question fully. All I know is that there was a 
      falling out and both parties (the faire people and the SCA) have just 
      moved beyond it. 
      Genevieve de Courtanvaux 
      -----Original Message----- 
      From: Taya Fitzphilip [mailto:my_lady_comtesse at yahoo.com] 
      Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:54 AM 
      To: elfsea at ansteorra.org; steppes at ansteorra.org 
      Subject: ST - Scarborough Faire 

      Just out of curiosity, why does the SCA not demo at Scarborough 
      Faire? 
      Lady Taya Fitzphilip 

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