Last year I went to Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie, Texas. It was my first time at a Renaissance Faire, and I loved it. It was a perfect day for taking photos: sunny, but not too hot. There were lots of things to take photos from, from kitchy signs to full-on jousting. Then there was an array of carnival food (“Ye Olde Nachos”) and handmade items.There were a lot of things to see and do,but the best part of Scarborough Faire were the people. From the women in sexy medieval corsets to the Trekkies in anachronistic cosplay, I could have spent all day people watching. When it comes to Renaissance Faires, it’s all about the human experience.
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- “We are Spartans!”
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- A little jousting would spice things up.
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- Hand-to-hand combat
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- A pretty redhead jumping rope
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- Here comes the parade. The guy with the Tudor Rose tunic seems nice.
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- A peasant on a pleasant day
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- More combat. This time with balloon targets.
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- Turtle racing. Slow and boring. They need to throw a hare into the mix.
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- This belly dancer was dancing to a medieval rendition of “Kashmir”.
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- A girl with a wooden bunny.
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- A masked carillon player. Note the cowboy hat. This is still Texas.
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- A llama-go-round
If you’ve never been to a Renaissance Faire, I recommend you go. I had always wanted to go to one back in Michigan, but in all of my years of living there, I never quite got around to it. It wasn’t till I had been living in Texas for a few years that I finally got around to it. Now I’m glad I went. So glad, in fact that I went back this year too. For more pictures of Scarborough Faire, check out my 2012 photo collection.
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Mary
March 13, 2012 at 4:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
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Scarborough Faire 2012 Photos — Steve Lovelace
July 25, 2012 at 12:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] an annual Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas, an hour south of Dallas. My friends and I went back in 2011 and had a blast, so when the 2012 festival rolled around, I had no qualms about going back. It was [...]
Graduation Ceremonies — Steve Lovelace
April 19, 2013 at 2:14 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[...] No, what I like is the full academic regalia of the professors on stage. It looks like a damn Renaissance Fair up there. Except that the faculty members are still wearing modern dress clothes. (And by modern, I [...]