Twitter/FB Status Updates: Celebratory beverages!

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Casey loves how people keep filling her mug with celebratory beverages. :o)"

Twitter/FB Status Updates: 2 hours left!

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Casey has 2 hours of Bristol left for the season! making last purchases & debating whether or not one last cheesecake-on-a-stick will kill me."

Twitter/FB Status Updates: A Tasty Way to Start the Morning

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Casey found candy in her inbox & was just given a homemade scone by 1 of the performers signing in. 9th weekend is shaping up to be a tasty one!"

Twitter/FB Status Updates: Rampaging Raccoons...

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"The raccoon living in the ceiling of the Globe just charged Heath. Hehehe..."

FB Status Update: Last Weekend '09

Text from Facebook status update:

"Casey is packing up for her last Faire weekend!"

FB Status Update: Me & Crumpet on the Road

Text from Facebook status update:

"Casey is going to travel the circuit with a cat named Crumpet. anyone want to hire me for whatever faire's up next?"

FB Status Update: Days Without Bed

Text from Facebook status update:

"Casey always finds it difficult to get out of bed on Friday mornings, knowing that she won't see a real bed again until Monday night!"

Twitter/FB Status Update: Bubbles' Revenge

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Bubble Faery just bopped someone on the head with a long stick he gave her. Hehe..."

FB Status Update: The "Grey" Zombie?

Text from Facebook status update:

"Casey wishes she could dress up as Lady Jane Grey for zombie weekend @ Faire. :o)"

FB Status Update: Basil the Troll!

Text from Facebook status update:

"Casey loves it that her 600th friend on Facebook is a troll named Basil. :o)"

Bristol Renaissance Faire conjures up all kinds of fun

Another fun article about Faire that I found in The Daily Herald: Suburban Chicago's Entertainment Information Source:

Bristol Renaissance Faire conjures up all kinds of fun

I was amused to find the following early on in the article: 

"Just grab a seat on a bench and you might be approached by a "scientist" on the run from the town sheriff, who wants to demonstrate his skill with lighting things on fire with a magnifying glass."

Someone blowing things up and lighting things on fire with a magnifying glass?  Now who could that be??

*innocent face*

Return to the Renaissance

Here's an article about Faire that's actually kind of neat - being immersed in everything from the inside, I don't get to hear the personal stories of many people who attend just for fun.  This article, from the Lake County News-Sun, has a little video clip attached & talks about what the Faire can mean for a self-described playtron.  I think it's kind of nice for those of us who work there to remember what a positive impact what we do can have on people, especially after a tough weekend... :o)

Third Saturday's a Doozy...

Well so what if the only flush toilets on site were out (yes, again! Oh, but this time water to the entire site was out!) and I had to stand in front of the restrooms for two hours explaining the situation to angry and inebriated patrons?  My cast is awesome, and they came to the rescue!

We had a song!

And a dance!

We had a conciliatory troll!

And even if Arne wouldn't admit fault....

...Maxx did!

(I suspect that RenQuest's Water Element may also have had something to do with it... See?  This is not our fault, guys!  What are we supposed to do if the Elements are being peevish? (But tell that to someone who has just threatened to pee on your shoe.))

It was just one of those days... oh my goodness, and I am exhausted.  The fact that I got a radio call every time I was about to sit down actually got to be a running joke today: Everything was going splendidly until after the parade, which is when I usually take a short break.  I went backstage to sit down and the moment I did I got a radio call (oh! We have our ear piece converters this weekend, by the way! That's something that went right!) about something I had to go and fix.  This happened two or three time in a row, culminating in me having to escort one of our actors to security with a bleeding face... ::sigh::

Then the privy thing...

By the time we hit Dead Parade and I realized halfway through that one of the Dead was wearing pink socks, I didn't even have the energy to shake my head at it (though I will be doing a sock check from now on.)

Finally, at the end of the day, after I had been forced to send some less than pleasant instructions out on the radio in order to get everyone down to front gate in the proper order, I got everyone lined up and where they needed to be and everyone went silent and awaited their music cue just as the military arrived on the scene, just as they are supposed to do, and.... shite.  Where's our music cue?  Turns out Dan (who directs the end of day songs) was rushing down the road after a prolonged encore at his last pub stage set, but again, the incredible Bristol cast was not to be phased.  It took only the briefest pause before I hissed to the street cast: "make noise until Dan gets here!" and the road erupted into laughter and snippets of song.  These guys amaze me every day with their versatility and energy... and then Dan ran in, out of breath, got everything rolling, and the rest went off without a hitch!  Afterwards he came up to me and said, "You know, the song they were singing when I got there actually leads into the closing gate sequence really well!  We should do this every day!"

Oh dear... Let's not?

There were things going on today that weren't injuries, accidents, or mishaps, of course... Cute piles of faeries stretching during morning meeting, a service monkey (!) who came to visit today, an incredibly adorable interaction that I caught between Johnathan & Maia, Jimmy ripping his pants aga- wait, that was a mishap... Ahh, the Angel of Death falling down during the Dead Par- ooh, wait, no - also a mishap.  Hm.

At least Bubbles knows how to unwind after a long day:

Aaaaaand that's all I've got.  Rest of the photos here.  Here's hoping that tomorrow, at least, will be calm.

Twitter/FB Status Updates: Lost: 1 Monkey!!

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Casey lost a very small monkey on a string & she's very upset!!"

Twitter/FB Status Updates: Apparently I have a "Bodacious Bodice"?

Text from Twitter/Facebook status update:

"Casey isn't sure what the "Bodacious Bodice Award" is, but is honored to have won it despite the fact that she only ever wears peasant blouses on site."