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[oakenguy]

Whoo. Lords & ladies, I was scared and a bit depressed at the end of Saturday, but it looks like we've got ourselves a Faire! Yesterday's scenes worked, the fights clicked and even got ooos and ahhs (and, maybe more importantly, didn't involve blood being drawn or axes flying where they weren't supposed to), the audience (including juliansinger, callunav, akycha, heavenscalyx and asciikitty, yay!!) was into it* and really fun to listen to ("I want to see what the evil witch lady does to you!"), and...just wow, generally. Getting to lie under the drawbridge and listen to four little kids debate exactly how Rob got hit with the arrow ("They used a special one that doesn't have a pointy tip!") is going to be one of the high points of the summer, I know it.

Wow to the point that I'm interested in doing a commedia thing with someone I barely know, just to get some more of this. I'm insane.

Don't get me wrong, Saturday worked...it just felt like, well, you know how a really good group is supposed to operate like "a well-oiled machine"? There wasn't any oil in Gloucester that day. Except maybe under the guards' stocking caps. Don't get me started on my hair after this weekend.

Now it's time to hydrate, scrub my hands until the black leather stains go away and I don't look like I've just been fingerprinted by the cops, go over the lines and choreography, catch up on sleep and get ready for Friday. Oh, and heal. Silly Oaken, slamming into the drawbridge all dramatically...


*Audience member who was maybe a little bit TOO much into it: a patron thought our dungeon was a BDSM-style dungeon and asked to be tied up and whipped. Um, no. But thank you for attending this fine all-ages show.

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[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

soooo much fun...

and hey, at least it wasn't your blood that was drawn...

(i must have missed the axe... when was that?)

good to see you, and will see you next week...

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I still owe you chocolate, for one thing. :)

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

I still owe you chocolate, for one thing

oh! true... wow.. i'd almost forgotten....

*bounce*

[malterre.livejournal.com]

I wonder if that was "Lord Erectus?" A "character"of a patron at many NE reniassance faires.

Yay for you, no body parts scattered on ocean lawn!

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

We were really very excited to see the "Death of Robin Hood" scene. CallunaV excitedly said, "I hope Oaken gets beaten up!" And we were excited to see that you did!

On an intrigued note, I see that the Robin of Sherwood effect hit this fair as well, including the Saracen in it. :)

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

There was some talk about that. What it boiled down to was that they'd experimented with race-blind casting with the King Arthur Faire, and Allen, the actor, got a bit of a gitchy feeling from it. So for this production the character of Akeem was worked out. He's great with it--it's fun to watch his scandalized expressions during the Pub Sing.

[rantarn.livejournal.com]

Although I'm going next weekend, I spent just about every waking minute this last weekend wishing I was there. A squeaky machine might not be as good as a well-oiled one, but still would've liked to have been there.

BTW, is the food setup any better than at KAF?

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Somewhat--three drink vendors instead of one. Still only one booth that sells meals, unfortunately; the other booths sell slushies and candy. So once again I'm being driven nuts by the scent of roasting food I don't have time to stand in line for. :P

[rantarn.livejournal.com]

Any food backstage for you all? I know I get hungry just watching. :)

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Big containers of water, iced tea and lemonade; after that, it's really what everyone brings in and shares out. Cold cuts, rolls, cheeses, some random grapes and orange slices, turkey jerky...it's six hours of quick nibbles, really.

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

two booths with food- there was one with meat and one with not-meat (corn, pretzles, pickeds, cookies.. all the not meat food)

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's better than I thought! Yay, food!

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

and you know, i bet you can find someone nice who will stand in line for you and get one of the yummy roasting meat-things...

(mmm... angus burgers...)

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Ooooo...you think? I would owe that person SO MUCH!

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

i'll be around friday at least...

if i'm standing in line for myself, i might as well get something for others...

[missmelissa.livejournal.com]

You hurt yourself???? bad dikken. Gees I need to get out more...

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[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Just bruises. I didn't even notice them at the time, but getting out of bed this morning, oy! The aches!

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Of course, compared to a certain actress who was near-deaf, feverish and *still* out-projecting almost everyone in the scene, I'm a complete wimp. :)

[missmelissa.livejournal.com]

No your not a wimp I am just very dumb and stubborn.