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Spring has Sprung! Where my Rennies at?
Passover and Easter have brought us beautiful, sunny, and warm weather that heralds something far more important: Spring is finally here!
This is a big time in the historical re-enactment (or whatever you’d call it) geek world. The renaissance fairs won’t hit the northeast until summer, but they’re already in full swing down south and out west; the convention machine is slowly starting to churn to life, preparing for the summer rush; those LARPs that shut down for the winter return in full force around this time, if they haven’t already; even Knight Realms, who’s one concession to the cold weather is to move to a winter encampment in New Jersey, has abandoned that to return to the (probably still freezing) mountains of Pennsylvania.
This year is going to be pretty cool for me, because for the first time I hope to be able to take Calimacil on the road and work some of the tri-state area renaissance fairs. Growing up in Rockland County as I did, the Tuxedo, NY Ren Fair was the main one I’ve attended my whole life. Sure, I’ve gotten to check out Ohio, and one or two little rinky-dink ones in New Jersey, but that’s about it. I’ve heard legends of the Maryland and Pennsylvania events, so I hope I’ll get to see those this year…
The benefits of a large, well-known Fair aside, there’s something to be said for the tiny, local affairs some towns host, like the (admittedly not particularly tiny) Celt Festival out in…. ok I forgot the name of the town, but it’s in… uh… either PA or NJ. Just off Rt 80? C’mon, someones gotta know this one.
Anyway, the point I was getting at is, if your town has some sort of event like that, or you know of one, give a gal a heads up! Post in the comment section, or send an email to jenna@calimacil.com. Not that I’ll necessarily be vending there of course, but it’s a heck of a way to kill an afternoon.
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