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If you've not been able to get a tankard from the last few seasons of MDRF (or perhaps you've -insert gasp- broken yours). . .fear not. . . you can get them at the festival's main website:

http://www.rennfest.com/renstore/293

Or you can use this handy ebay search:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=renaissance+tankard&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=mdf&_osacat=0

Cheers!

The Murder Artist

by John Case

In this gripping work of suspense, a man is pushed to his very limits as he desperately attempts to recover his abducted children. TV news correspondent Alex Callahan has been accused by his estranged wife of putting his work above his family. If he is to get his family back, he is required to prove to her that he can take care of their twin six-year-old sons by himself for a month while continuing to work full-time. But the experiment goes horribly wrong when his sons are kidnapped during an outing to the Maryland Renaissance Faire. Ironically, Alex must then use the talents he honed during his career to save his children. When his investigation reveals a long history of previous twin abductions, he is drawn along a twisting path of voodoo and black magic that eventually leads to a mysterious person known as "The Piper," who has an extremely unpleasant fate planned for Alex's sons.

http://www.alibris.com/booksearch.detail?S=R&bid=9877334146&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-aisbn-_-na

Just for fun, here's the Wikipedia entry for MDRF:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Renaissance_Festival

and our own MDRF wiki is at:
http://friendsofmdrf.org/dokuwiki/doku.php

The vendors' pages at MDRF's Official site have been updated, if you'd like to check them out. There are several new vendors including Something Else Studio, one of the advertisers for Faire Magazine.

Janelle creates some awesome pockets, purses and totes and we should give her a rousing Revel Grove welcome by buying out all her stock! LOL

Drop by her booth on the Valley Meade and tell her Black Fox sent you. . . you might get a good deal or at the very least a beautiful smile in return.

A great MPT interview with our own HRH Henry VIII - Fred Nelson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mi5grC8cp0

*Special Thanx goes out to Eric The Video Guy

This slideshow is made up of photos that Sir Black Fox took at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in 2008 with music from the house band "The Pyrates Royale" backing it up. Dedicated to Ron "Sir Dragon" Santos, a staff member and friend who passed just as the season was ending. Ron is our 2009 Friend of the Year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhKqvzeD7n0

There's a lot of "teasers" at The MDRF Official Site including some info-to-come concerning the special event weekends.

Example:

http://www.rennfest.com/calendar/view_day-179

We've gotten some emails about frustrations over dead links at the official MDRF site. We're asking everyone to lighten up a bit.

http://www.rennfest.com/gallery/ is one of the dead links (currently). . . with the festival open in just a bit over a month, it's our Friends of MDRF suggestion to give the management a BREAK!

They'll have all the kinks worked out of the site by opening day. . .they always do. . . just be patient.

This year's mainstage play on the Globe will be a new stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes famous novel, Don Quixote, Book I. This adaptation is by Mike Field and will be directed by Timothy Shaw. Starring Fred Nelson as Don Quixote and Brian Reynolds as Sancho Panza.

The Shakespeare play will be Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Timothy Shaw. This one hour production will be presented on weekends in October only. Starring Courtney Weber as Beatrice and John Dickson as Benedick.

pulled from the MDRF Official Site: http://www.rennfest.com

By Kim Johnson McCartney

All,

As we gear up for Faire to start, I just thought I would share not only this year's story line, but also my thoughts about this upcoming season (not that most of you probably care, but hey - its my page lol).

This year's story line is of course that our Beloved Majesty King Henry matches up with his last wife, Katherine Parr. I believe that had His Majesty lived long enough, Katherine would have been his last wife regardless as she seemed to keep him the happiest. Or perhaps it was that he was finally settled and wise enough to realize that one woman is truly enough for any man to deal with!

Now onto the important business - THE DRAGON! Last year, we made so many great new friends and were able to share new experiences with our dear old friends. I cannot imagine how this season could be any better, but I do feel like it will be that much more rich and wonderful with all of our friends!! Obviously, John and I will be found at the Dragon at most given times of the day with Diane, Kay, Katie,Traci, Kevin, Dave, Bill, Elaine, Bella and Michael! I think we should post a sign at the entrances to the Dragon that say "Adults only - would you take your kid to a bar anywhere else?!"

I truly hope that Jules and the management staff keep in mind how incredibly unique and awesome Maryland is when (and if) they finally find a new site to have our Faire at. Among the Faires I have been to so far, Maryland is the most like really being back in the Renaissance times with the atmostphere (including the cobblestones and yes, even the MUD! Nothing like a rain day at Faire, right Dave?!) I have been going to MDRF since I was in high school, and there is nothing quite like it. Maybe because I'm a history dork, or just a Rennie but I can't bear the thought of Maryland becoming like PA with their paved walk ways, cheesy clothes and crappy vendors. The only cool thing about PA was being able to wear weapons peace-tied. Seriously - electric guitars at a Renaissance Festival?! PUHLEEZE!!!! Although I have a hard time with "Tudor Speak" as I like to call Old English, (hence my being a Pirate instead of a noble), I appreciate and cherish the fact that our cast, musicians, and even the booth staff are requested to "never step out of character". To me, that completes the experience!

I still would LOVE to see a GARB ONLY day for Pass Holders. It could be the Saturday after Faire ends, or the Saturday before it begins - only about 1/4 of the staff would really need to be there and the stage acts could all use it as a "dress rehearsal" for their shows instead of opening weekend.

Well - enough rambling. HUZZAH! Only 37 days to go!!!!

I shall see thee all anon at the Dragon!

Pulled from Kim's Facebook page with permission: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=106495953555&ref=nf

Mike Hilby just sent me a note saying that he'll be performing at MDRF for only the last three weekends of the run (which doesn't include Oktoberfest Weekend. . .again).

When I talked with him last year when we caught up with him at the Delaware State Faire (which he's at again this year. . .this weekend I think). . . he confided that his schedule fills up really early and by the time MDRF starts putting acts on the entertainment schedule, a lot of his summer and early fall weekends are filled.

Hilby would do every weekend if the folks at MDRF would get to him earlier in the year. . . or at the very least have him scheduled for Oktoberfest weekend! I think if the fest moved Oktoberfest later by a week or two, Hilby would be there . . . he's always there late in the season.

Just a thought!

I still think his is the funniest act at MDRF and I try not to miss a performance.

http://www.hilby.net

The amazing court, village, and other castmembers have been announced on the MDRF website: http://www.rennfest.com/entertainment/whos-who-in-our-in-house-cast

It was my first trip to the Sterling Renaissance Festival up near Syracuse, NY. I had no idea how many acts that I've seen at MDRF performed there and most of them call Sterling "home."

I saw:
Emerys Fleet, Ratcatcher (who is a director and has his own game booth)
Hey Nunnie Nunnie!
Wolgemut
Johnny Fox (who's sporting a new look and gave me an hour of his time to chat)
Danny, Lord of Mischief
The DaVinci Brothers
Daniel, Duke of Danger

The whole weekend was a warmup to MDRF!

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http://www.groople.com/hotels/GroupSpecials/Crownsville-hotels-near-the-Maryland-Renaissance-Festival.aspx

A Brief History of the Rogues

In the late 1980s, Lars Sloan, E.J. Jones, Randy Wothke, and J.W. McCormick formed a band called Clandestine. They played almost exclusively at the Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF), performing mostly traditional pipe and drum music. The last incarnation of the old Clandestine band (1993) was Lars, Thomas Campbell, Randy Wothke and Paul Rendon. (E.J. had left the group to go to college, and J.W. McCormick had left to pursue a career in movie special effects.)

When Lars left the group, also to pursue a career in movie special effects, he took the name "Clandestine" with him. In the summer of 1994, the remaining members, Thomas Campbell, Randy Wothke and Paul Rendon, joined by E.J. Jones, who had recently returned from Carnegie Mellon University, needed a new name. Randy's wife, Sharon, suggested "The Scottish Rogues." The band adopted the name and thus The Scottish Rogues (later known as "The Rogues") were born. During this first year together they did not record any albums. This is also when Bryan Blaylock began to hang out with the group, helping out on the sidelines and carrying the Scottish Flag. Tom Campbell gave him a bodhran and he started to learn to play on his own.

By the end of the 1994 season, Paul Rendon and E.J. Jones had left the group. E.J. and Jennifer Hamill (whom he had met while attending Carnegie Mellon University) got together with Lars and formed a new group using the "Clandestine" name and different instrumentation. The remaining members of The Scottish Rogues, Randy and Tom, invited Jimmy Mitchell and Bryan Blaylock to join their group for the 1995 season. They recorded their first album that August and released it in cassette form at TRF. For the initial run, the band only ordered 500 copies of their self-titled tapes, hoping and praying that they would sell enough to recoup their expenses. If they could sell one or two tapes per show, they reasoned, they would be able to break even by the end of faire. The tape's success was overwhelming. Not only did they break even by the first two weekends, they had to reorder two more times before the faire was over.

In 1996, the band began to expand their appearances, traveling to such venues as Scarborough Faire, The Castle at Muskogee, Dickens on the Strand in Galveston, and Victorian Christmas in Austin. In March, the band made a Compact Disc version of their first album, which was released on St. Patrick's Day in Houston. They quickly discovered that there was a greater demand for CDs than tapes. In the spring of 1996, Jimmy decided to leave the band to pursue his interest in competitive piping. Knowing this, the band invited Lars to join them, thus giving them three pipers for the last couple of weekends of the faire. This allowed for a smoother transition when he left. Lars officially joined the group full-time and was there when the band made their debut at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and Kansas City Renaissance Festival in the fall of '96. The Scottish Rogues recorded their second album that summer, and released Hollerin' for Haggis at TRF that fall.

In early 1997, the band continued to expand its horizons by including Norman Medieval Faire and the USCO Scottish Highland Games in Oklahoma. In June of '97, Tom left the band and moved to Oklahoma, helping to form the 32nd Street Pipe and Drum Corps in Oklahoma City. Jimmy was invited to rejoin the group and only had six weeks to learn all of the band's music before playing their first summer gig. At this time, the guys decided to officially change their name to simply, "The Rogues."

They went on the road that summer to pick up new gigs at Bristol Renaissance Faire, Great Lakes Medieval Faire in Ohio, and the new faire in Ontario, Canada. It was there that they paired up again with the Tartan Terrors, a comedy and dance troupe they originally met at the Maryland Renaissance Festival the previous fall. The Terrors' first Ceilidh show was performed in August of '97 in Burlington, Ontario. The performance was recorded and became the band's third CD, Live in Canada, eh? which debuted that fall at TRF.

Live, which featured some of the best music from both of the first two CDs, plus some new tunes, was filled with all of the energy and passion of their live shows. It received an excellent review from Dirty Linen Magazine in October '99. Because of its traditional bent and lively nature, it remained one of their most popular recordings before it was retired in 2004, on the heels of retiring their first two albums: Scottish Rogues and Hollerin for Haggis the previous two years.

In January, 1999, The Rogues went into the studio once more and recorded their Off Kilter CD, which was scheduled to be released in late March. A preview of the unmixed album was heard by guests of The Rogues' first Caribbean cruise on a ship called the "Enchanted Isle." That trip was also remembered for the turbulent twelve-foot swells while everyone was trying to dance, turning the dance floor of the disco into a mosh pit, but that did not deter anyone from jamming to the upbeat sounds of the new music.

"Off Kilter" was officially released on March 28, 1999 at McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub in Houston. It was the most critically acclaimed album to date. It was put in the Grammy Book two times (having made the second level of nomination) in the categories of "Best New Artist" and "Best Contemporary Folk Album." Since the new CD was self-produced by The Rogues, it did not have enough national exposure to be considered for the official five nominations.

The band personnel remained unchanged throughout the year 2000, as they continued to perform at renaissance festivals and Scottish games around the country.

The Rogues' 5th album, appropriately named V.O (with the Roman numeral "V" for "5"), was released in July 2001 at the Great Lakes Medieval Faire. This album, their most progressive to date, also made the Grammy book in four categories including "Best Contemporary Folk Album," and "Best New Album."

At the end of 2001, Bryan Blaylock left the group, and our current front man and bad boy, Nelson Stewart, was brought onboard. Nelson is a resident of Ontario, Canada, and plays several instruments. The band took advantage of this when they recorded and filmed their show at McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub at the end of 2002, which became their sixth album, and their first DVD.

That release, Made in Texas, debuted in April, 2003 at Scarborough Faire, followed by the release of the DVD of the same name the last weekend. The double CD set is a collection of some of their best music from their previous five albums, presented in a fresh new way with musical guest appearances from E.J. Jones (formerly of Clandestine and The Willow Band), Brian Thomas (second horn with the Houston Symphony), Wolf Loescher (Jiggernaut), Carrie Carter (Molly and The Ringwolds), and Emily Vacek (vocalist on Cullen Anderson).

In the spring of 2004, Lars decided to pursue other projects, and chose to move from full time piper to guest appearances. To fill in the gap, E.J. Jones came on board as the new full time member. Lars continued to join the Rogues throughout the summer, then decided it was time for a more permanent hiatus from the band.

When the Rogues returned to Texas, they needed a piper to fill in for E.J. on a couple of their gigs. It was suggested that they contact Jeremy Freeman, a highly acclaimed open class piper, who had placed second in the Silver Medal competition at the Northern Meeting in Inverness, Scotland -- a significant achievement -- in 2004. Jeremy, who teaches piping with his former mentor, Gold Medalist Mike Cusack, at the renowned St. Thomas Episcopal School (four-time World Juvenile Champions), learned the entire anthology of Rogues music well enough to perform in November and December.

When Jimmy Mitchell resigned in the beginning of 2005, the band was left with an open spot for a new piper. Having seen the tremendous job that Jeremy had done for the band as a substitute (with very little time to learn the music), The Rogues offered him the new position. Jeremy was a natural fit for the band, contributing his excellent playing skills, winning personality, and original music. Everything fell into place effortlessly; it was as if Jeremy had been with them all along.

As of this writing in January, 2005, the band is preparing to go into the recording studio in February to record their seventh CD. It will have all new music, which will include a lot of original tunes from the band members. Stay tuned for Roguetrip!

pulled from: http://www.therogues.com/band/history/

This season the Maryland Renaissance Festival will be scheduling wedding ceremonies only. Weddings will take place at 11:00 am in front of the Chapel (just up the hill from the Fortune Stage). The Festival is open rain or shine. Please be advised that this area is an outdoor space and exposed to the elements. Sorry, no decorations or flowers are allowed.

Weddings can be scheduled from September 12th through October 25th. Please call 1-800-296-7304 to check on date availability.

The cost to secure the stage for a wedding is a non-refundable $100. Scheduling is on a first-come, first-served basis. The wedding party and guests must pay for their own tickets for entry. Ticket rates can be found under our general ticket information. Discounts are available for parties of 20 or more.

It is required that the wedding party be properly costumed. While this is ultimately the wedding party's sole responsibility, the faire does have costumes available for rental. Costumes are optional (but encouraged!) for wedding guests. If you wish to purchase a costume, the Festival can help by providing a list of craftspeople from the festival who design and create costumes.

Please note that the wedding party should arrange to be in costume before their arrival at the Festival. We have no public facilities on the festival grounds for changing other than the public privies.

If you wish, for an additional fee you can have an appropriately attired cleric to officiate at your wedding - Cardinal Sinnius Vice! Sinnius is Tony Guida, who is an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. He is licensed to perform weddings in Maryland, and can be reached at (301) 229-0307, or by email at tony@sinniusvice.com. All fee and scheduling arrangements must be made through Tony, so please contact him directly for this information.

If you are interested in having harpsichord accompaniment for your ceremony, please contact Gary Schwartz directly at info@musicbythemaster.com. Other festival musicians may be available to play your wedding. Contracts are made between the musicians and the wedding party. A listing of available musicians can be gotten AFTER July 1st by contacting Artistic Director, Carolyn Spedden at carolyn@rennfest.com.

If you have additional questions about booking weddings at the faire please forward them by email to the MDRF Office.

pulled from: http://www.rennfest.com/general-info/wedding-information

August 29 – 30, 2009
Trese MacKay – rhagdolls – art is imagination – imagination is art - www.rhagdolls.com
Daniel Stuart – The Artistry of Daniel A Stuart, Iron Angler Forge, Forged Steel www.ironantlerforge.com

September 5 – September 7, 2009
Trese MacKay – rhagdolls – art is imagination – imagination is art - www.rhagdolls.com
Daniel Stuart – The Artistry of Daniel A Stuart, Iron Angler Forge, Forged Steel www.ironantlerforge.com

September 12 – 13, 2009
Kathy Boyland – K. Boyland Designs, Impressions in Clay www.KBoylandDesigns.com
Michael Tobey – Oxford Calligraphy www.oxfordcalligraphy.com

September 19 – 20, 2009
Kathy Boyland – K. Boyland Designs, Impressions in Clay www.KBoylandDesigns.com
Antoine Birdsong – Faeries From The Swamp – One of a kind figurines, faeries www.ant-1.net

September 26 – 27, 2009
Nute Scott – Armour Gnomes – Hand Crafted Medieval and Renaissance Armor Pieces
Antoine Birdsong – Faeries From The Swamp – One of a kind figurines, faeries www.ant-1.net

October 3 – 4, 2009
Nute Scott – Armour Gnomes – Hand Crafted Medieval and Renaissance Armor Pieces
Ed Kidera – Kidera Design Associates – Bells, Birdbaths, Furniture, Mailboxes, Creatures… made out of steel - www.kiderafineart.com

October 10 – 11, 2009
Gwen McLaughlin – Rowensea Glass – Originally designed stained glass
Buddy Klausner – Best of Times Art Glass – Stained Glass Panels & Suncatchers

October 17 – 18, 2009
Buddy Klausner – Best of Times Art Glass – Stained Glass Panels & Suncatchers
Dan & Sandra Hissig – Hand sculptured Wax Figures

October 24 – 25, 2009
Ed Kidera – Kidera Design Associates – Bells, Birdbaths, Furniture, Mailboxes, Creatures… made out of steel - www.kiderafineart.com
Dan & Sandra Hissig – Hand sculptured Wax Figures

pulled from: http://www.rennfest.com/food-and-shops

If you haven't gotten your MDRF brochure in the mail yet, don't forget you have to sign up at the faire's website in order to get a copy.

I finished up both the history and current season pages to the website which concludes all I can do at the moment. Until the entertainment schedules and cast information goes up at www.rennfest.com , our site is as complete as it can be.

In fact, it's more complete than it ever has been!

I still have some FriendsofMDRF photos to upload to the gallery and to the archives, but I plan to do all of that over time, so each time you visit, there will be something new.

There are two points of interest on the site that I'm very pleased with. . .one is the interactive map of Revel Grove and the other is the javascript which loads a random "MDRF information nugget" every time you load the home page in your browser. These are simple bits of coding, but provide just the right touches to the site.

Revel Grove, Oxfordshire, England

The Revenant

Definition:

1. One that returns after a lengthy absence.

2. One who returns after death.

-source American Heritage Dictionary.

The year is 1543. Henry VIII and his Royal Court have fled London for the fresh and healthsome air of the countryside. "The Great Pestilence" has returned to England and many in London have died. Hans Holbein, the great artist, would perish from the plague. Henry, always fearful of illness, has stated that no one who has been in London may come within 7 miles of his country estate.

While the times have been turbulent, the King has now gotten over his grief from the betrayal of the young Katherine Howard, his fifth queen, and is looking to wed.

Gossip is rife in the Court surrounding possible brides. There are some - including the lady herself - who feel that the King may take back his divorced 4th wife, Anna of Cleves. He has summoned Anna to meet with him in Revel Grove for a private conference. Anna is thrilled - is it possible that she will once again be Queen of England?

In July, Parliament has passed the 'Succession to the Crown Act 1543', which returns Henry's two daughters Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession behind Prince Edward, any potential children of his, and any potential children by a future wife. After a season of sadness and pain, the daughters of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are at last welcomed back to Court.

In The Village:

The people of Revel Grove greatly anticipate the visit of the King and his Court to their annual Harvest Festival. The long-suffering Justice of the Peace, Sir Richard Southwell, has been appointed as Mayor -much to his dismay. Ever hopeful, he anticipates this visit will gain him a post back to his rightful place at the Inns of Court. So word that the plague has infected the nearby village of Tiddington has him quite concerned. He knows of the King's great fear of illness and is determined that nothing will get in the way of the King's visit and a successful Court appointment.

Traveling this day is the Scottish poet and diplomat, Sir David Lyndsay. Sir David is astonished when he sees a familiar face in the crowd. It is a young woman he recognizes from many years ago during a diplomatic mission to France. His great lost love, Francoise de Foix. But this is impossible! She looks as young as she did when he was last in France, twenty-three years ago. And he had word that Francoise was dead!

The young woman insists her name is Angelique Saville, a singer who is traveling with a band of entertainers. Surely it is just the confusion in the mind of an old man. But is it?

Strange things have been occurring since this French woman has come to England. The plague is claiming many victims and the pandemic has people searching for any explanation and cure. The peasants know that spirits can be a cause of the plague and spread illness. In times of great anxiety, the search for answers can lead down many unwise paths. A look at the 16th century perspective on the plague and country folklore.

Taken from: http://www.rennfest.com/entertainment/this-years-story-line

According to the KING himself: "First rehearsal for MDRF this morning. Thus begins 8 weeks of a brutal period combining rehearsals and multiple "summer rush" work projects. But I am 30 lbs. lighter, feeling healthy and optimistic. BRING IT!"

Fred's FaceBook

Spent the day yesterday updated our Friends of The Maryland Renaissance Festival site. It'll soon have a chat feature, it's own blog, updated wikipedia, a photo gallery, and a lot more (they're all working but not tested).

It's been over a year since I've done anything to the site and the basic design - which I still like - has been set since 2006. . .just needs to be re-layed out in CSS instead of regular HTML.

Check out the interactive map!

We are the Friends of the Maryland Renaissance Festival and you've found our online blog. Our main website is at http://www.friendsofmdrf.org.

Our Ongoing Mission to . . . .
. . . have fun. That's pretty much our only purpose in existing. Our organization is in place to have a good time as lovers of The Maryland Renaissance Festival (MDRF). Our membership contains a wide variety of people who have just as wide a range of Renaissance Festival experience but we all have one thing in common. . . . MDRF is our favorite faire and we all consider it our "home" festival. MDRF is an experience that brings us together in a group to socialize, regardless of age, politics, social status, or income bracket.

In short, that's all we are. . . a group of people who share a love and devotion to MDRF. You might think of us a MDRF "Trekkies" of a sort.

Once part of our membership, you'll discover that we all try to get together outside of MDRF and meet socially at various functions throughout the year. We also, as a group, attend other Renaissance Festivals and Faires as well as attend Celtic or Scottish events. We also support the entertainers of MDRF attending many of their appearances. As a group we've fell upon The O'Danny Girls, The Pyrates Royale, Hilby, Shakespeare's Skum, The Rogues, Hack and Slash, and several of the actors in roles outside of MDRF.

We also support new folks to the Renaissance Enthusiast hobby, helping folks with every aspect of how to enjoy our home of Revel Grove.

Please note that Friends of The Maryland Renaissance Festival is not associated with The Maryland Renaissance Festival or its owners, International Renaissance Festivals, Ltd.

The pages within this site and the supplemental forum are all unofficial "fan" pages and are not authorized or supported by The Maryland Renaissance Festival or its owners.

All Rights Are Reserved by the owners and all information is subject to change without notice. No infringements are in any way intended and neither the Maryland Renaissance Festival, International Renaissance Festivals, Ltd, Black Fox Designs, LLC or Friends of the Maryland Renaissance Festival are to be held in any way responsible for the accuracy of the information contained herein.

All graphics, content, design, layout, code and supplemental information are copyright 2002-2009 by Black Fox Designs, LLC.

For Official MDRF information, please go to the Maryland Renaissance Festival's website at http://www.rennfest.com.