Faire Folk at Work

Nov 16 2024 66 ep. 52 mins 2

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People who have lived at Faire and have worked at life tell their tales. Comments, questions and/or want to be interviewed? Contact me thru the contact link here. Thanks!

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Donna Hollander

Nov 16 2024 52 mins

Starting from innocently being drawn into doing Faire at 16, and in turn convincing her parents to to do Faire by those same friends, Donn traces a carreer at Dance, the Ice Booth, and her current interation as an artist selling mosiacs as Faire. A Daughter and a husband as well have flourished at Faire, and Donna credits both the wide range of people who came out to play, as well

Mark Sellin, Simon Spalding, and Shirleigh Brannon talk how to be period and entertaining at the same time

Nov 08 2024 81 mins

The podcast featured speakers Simon Spalding, Shirleigh Brannon, and Mark Sellin discussing how to make historical records from the 1580s entertaining for a modern audience at Renaissance Faires. They emphasized the importance of understanding period music and dance to create an engaging show. The speakers shared insights on incorporating traditional Irish and Scottish music, dance

Darla Hitchcock

Oct 27 2024 56 mins

Darla found a voice of hers out at Faire. After the work/effort matirx made Faire ecomically not sustainable, Darla found another voice when she discovered she was part of the Lanape Tribe. She is currenlty going for her English PhD at the University of South Dakota. In this interview she discusses her work then and now and what connects it together. She also went to parties at the

Marshall Bryer

Oct 11 2024 43 mins

The podcast features speakers host Dan McLaughlin and guest Mashall Bryer reminiscing about their experiences at the Renaissance Faire, discussing their involvement in various booths and activities. The conversation covers the strict period costume requirements, the camaraderie among participants, and the evolution of the event over the years. The speakers highlight memorable chara

Simon Spalding

Oct 08 2024 65 mins

The podcast features a conversation between Simon Spaulding and Dan McLaughlin, discussing Simon's background in theater and music, particularly his experiences with historical reenactment at Renaissance Faires. They talk about Simon's involvement in child acting, learning to play various instruments, and his transition to working in museums. The importance of historical reenactmen

John Young

Sep 30 2024 48 mins

In a thoughful interview conducted within audio range of a murder of crows, John talks about some of favorite street bits, the creative process, and the unity between his creativity at the Faire and his work as a product development engineer. He also talk about the skills acquired about when his daughter when she was taken to Faire at an early age.

Vicky Nebeker

Sep 21 2024 49 mins

You know, I usually don't get all political with this podcast, BUT when a Faire Alum designs the look of a 30 foot giant ballon of a former President wearing a prison suit that was towed arourd San Fransisco Bay on a boat, I just gotta lead with that. Vicky also takes pride in the she was known as the "nice one" in the costume department and was rectruited directly by Phyliss to wo

Doug Walter

Sep 17 2024 58 mins

Doug has danced English and Irish and discusses what he has learned about each and and what lessons he has learned from directors he has had. He talks about how the brains of those in the folk dance community seem to be have been equally adept in the 1970's and 80's to both folk dance music and dance on one hand, and on the other and computer and telecommunication work on the other

Danny Garland

Sep 05 2024 57 mins

Danny Garland gave himself a fancy title years ago and has been creating visual aspects of the faire with or without the fancy tilte for most of his life. He talks about stages and costumes created, lessons learned and people met. He also talks about the Fools Guild. They party.

Tracey Maron

Sep 04 2024 63 mins

For Tracey, the faire was a place where she felt accepted and then used that acceptance to engages in high jinks of the stage and street, many of which she relates here. She, and the ladies she worked with were the Queens of Comedy At Faire.