Fair

Ok so im a little late with this post but I thought i should do it anyways. I actually really enjoyed the fair. Going into it I thought it was going to be alot different and more structured, I guess would be the word to use. I was sortof freaked out when we first got there and everyone was dressed up and trying to get us to go see different shows but after a few minutes i really thought the whole thing was hysterical. All of the people were so outgoing and did such a good job staying in character. They did a really good job of keeping you involved in the fair...my friends and I were asked numerous times to participate in things and it was really funny to interact with those people. A guy who was supposed to be from Ireland asked us to watch him dual a guy from England in throwing daggers. While we were watching them, other people from the fair came to support them and started conversing with us. That was sortof weird to try to talk to them but the two guys who were throwing the daggers were really funny.So all in all, I had a really good time at the fair and I'm glad we went.

I wasn't able to attend the Renaissance Fair, because I was in Italy for the third week of school. I had so... many absences that I decided to stay at school. Instead I am going to talk about the artwork above which is in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. This is a photograph of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangleo. Michelangelo was asked by a king to paint the whole ceiling, and it was at the end of his career. He had to paint with his neck looking up for eight hours a day. When Michelangelo painted the ceiling he used depth and perception which was knew to that time period. He did such a great job of that, that when your in the chapel it looks as if they are tiles. Michelangelo painted each angle nude, which was normal to that time period. After he had died a number of Michelangelo's students were asked to paint over the nude parts of the angels. If anyone has the opprutunity to visit Rome, they have so much art, music, and culture. Rome was an increadable educational experience as well as a fun time.

Renaissance Fair!

Before attending the renaissance fair I was a little skeptical on what to think about it. At first, I didn’t know what to think because all of the people made it kind of overwhelming for me. After about an hour, I got more comfortable and started to really enjoy it! I loved how the people dressed up in costume and played the part of their character. I was surprised as to how nice the people were. I also liked the shows, at one point, one of the comedians literally dragged me to the front and had some stranger put his arm around me. Overall, I really enjoyed this field trip and feel that it tied in with what we are learning very nicely and has made me eager to learn more about the history and so forth of the renaissance time period.

The fair

I actually thought the fair was pretty cool and worth it. I really had no idea what to expect when we went since i'd never been to one. One of my favorite things was the turkey leg. I'm sure everyone that tried them would agree that they were good tasting and well worth the six dollars. I found the stop sign guy to be really funny. Right when we walked in he started giving people tickets for not stopping at it too. Also, the guy that had the business cards that was saying, "Damn you friends with this go to hell card, go to hell, go to hell.....," was really funny. Another cool part was the shows. The sword swallower was really neat along with the guy in the big tent making all the crude jokes. He even flipped me off. Another cool part was that all of the people, including the kids were in character. They were pretty convincing too. Overall, I had a great time and it really exceeded my expectations. I think it was really time well spent.

For the most part I enjoyed the fair. Although I thought it was a little awkward at first with everyone dressed up in costume and doing various activities soon after walking around and exploring the area for a while I became more comfortable.

I watched a few of the preformences which I found fairly interesting. One had been a comedy show of two men dancing and singing while adding jokes about the audience. Although it was a little early in the morning for their dry jokes it was entertaining to see them dance around stage and interact with the audience. Then I had watched a silent show under a large tent near the food section which a few of you have mentioned. This show I thought was very enjoyable. It had been a mime that called upon people from the audience to take part in his performance along with a few more 'adult' centered jokes. There was a drummer in the background to tye the show together. I thought this was the best of the performances I saw all day.

All together I thought the fair was better than I assumed and I had a good time.

Dave's Day At The Droll Fair

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Like my alliteration in the title? Ha, anyway I found the fair to be really funny. It was full of jokes, weird jokes, especially sexual ones but I won't go into that, at least not now. Sense the word droll HA. All kidding aside, I found the sword swallower to be mad cool. He called me up to the stage and I got to make sure it was real. I also wonder how he did the thing with the knives and the cups. There had to have been a button or a light on the knife, there is no way he would have been able to risk his hand. I hope we have a class discussion on the fair where we can all go into more detail on stuff.


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My day at the Renaissance Faire

The Renaissance Faire was so much fun than what I had expected.. It was very strange to see all those people dress up like the people in the Renaissance period.. It kind of scared me when I saw a person dressed up as a cat and act like a cat. We went to play where these 2 men would sing and make the audience sing 'The DUMB song". It was very funny. Then, we started walking around the faire. There were people shooting tiny Marshmallows at us. Cool jewelry and dresses, were sold at the faire, which were very expensive. There were places where you can sword fight. I also saw people selling dragons(tiny lizards) at the faire. The food at the faire was really good. There was also a guy under a tent, near the food area, where he would make fun of people, the jokes were very inappropriate. There was also this pirate comedy show which was also pretty funny to watch. We also saw a jousting competition, where there were 2 contestants who would try to catch rings on their poles, which didn't really make sense.My friends and I actually had lots of fun at the faire, and it wasn't like any other faire that I have ever been to!!

Rennaissance Farie

Well, I guesss its my turn to weite about my evperiences at the faire. I was surprised wheni first got there that there would be so many people there, I thought that it would be a little place where stands and a stage was to tell everyone about what it was like back then. The whole time I thought that we were going to get facts and information drilled in to our heads that whole time at the faire, but that didn't happen at all and I was a little thankful about that. My favorite part of the whole day was the Pirate show at the end, it was wxtremely entertaining and funny. The "brothers" that put on the show were always fighting and making jokes but also telling us in formation about pirate life and some of the things that they did back then. The faire was an awesome experience and it was better than I thought that it would be.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

This is my (Matt Sokol, since my username's stuck on Wlokos right now) renaissance fair post.

Good: Those turkey legs were incredible. Totally worth the $6. They were also fun because they fit the theme of the faire. The only downside is that any future thanksgiving turkeys will pale in comparison. And, yes, I know that it's a bit odd that I'm choosing the food over anything else at the faire - there was tons of good stuff, such as the silent comedy, the music shop I found, and a million other things.

Bad: Bees! If there hadn't been three or four bees flying around me trying to get at the various foods and drinks I consumed throughout the day, it would've been a lot more enjoyable. I actually had to throw out an apple cider thing before I finished it because the bees were all over it and I wasn't in any mood to be stung.

Ugly: Me not getting to see Anthony Josie and Sam Tracy walking around the park in their robot costumes before they decided to get rid of them. 'Twas a sad moment when I saw that they'd lost the outfits.

Overall, the faire was an awesome experience. I was definitely not expecting anything half as large or as authentic feeling as what I ended up seeing. I definitely think I'll return there next year, because it's certainly worth a return trip.

At first, I was very skeptical of the faire which seems to be common. Especially that annoying lady in the parking lot was sending bad vibes. For the first like five minuets i was walking around in complete shock wondering if these people are doing/wearing what I am seeing. Then I watched the show of the sword swallower, this was pretty amazing. When I see this kind of stuff on t.v. i think ohh yeah right its a set up. But it was the real deal, I want to find his website and see it go down threw x-rays. Then I also watched when he would smash the cups hoping there wasn't a sward under each one. This one did not seem as real to me, there had to be some way he would no which one contained the sword. The other thing with this, is did they really do this as an activity back then? I spent the rest of my time at the faire waiting for people to come out of the tarot card reader. Some of the things he said were really scary because they were so true. I couldn't believe that he said some of the things he said, i didn't have time to get mine read but, I basically had a really good time at the faire I just wish we had stayed longer.