The Colorado Festival is a very enjoyable faire with a good mix of crafters and entertainers, albeit the cast was smaller than I expected. There are enough unique aspects to the place to give it it's own individual personality. I kept pretty busy with my camera. First and foremost are the surrounding mountains that create a breathtaking backdrop for the faire. Incidentally the site is a respectable sized one and reasonably laid out in spite of the mountain terrain it is built on. There are a wide variety of crafters including such major vendors as Fellowship Foundry, Dragons Wings, Ruth Thompson and Noblisse Oblige whose owner, Leslie Harris, my friends and I had the pleasure of meeting. There were also some tents and booths that surprised me a little including the Adopt-a-Greyhound center. There seemed to be a higher number of bawdier acts or at least bawdy humor than I've seen at the majority of faires such as Ded Bob, the Naughty Nymphs and Puke & Snot (the oldest ren act on the circuit I believe). One performer, Dextre Tripp had a show that really went off with a bang and was a nice change of pace from the typical balancing/acrobatic act. The faire has it's share of theme weekends with this one emphasizing music with guest musical acts including a highland dance school, a pipe band and a fiddler's contest.

The previous description and all these wonderful images are brought to you by Frank Hui. Because of his devotion, I have nothing to add. --Robyn Sotherby

For information regarding the faire, check out the Colorado Renaissance Festivals's Official Website .

As Always... click on the image for a larger view...

Outside the faire gate to the shire of Larkspurshire	Friends Larry, Rick and Roxanne	A lively group The Bringers perform at pre-gate	Percussionist Finn
Anita the Gypsy	Dingo, the Didgeridude	The local madrigal group Vivace	Local persons of Larkspurshire
Professor Loquacious Apcymry	The mayor feels it's too early for him to open the gates	The mayor might open the gate if he thinks it's raining. Robin suggest a means to make it so	The Marquiche ponders other avenues
Queen Anne and Kynge Henry	A regal puppet. This faire has several unusual puppets	Lessons from the Rocky Mountain Raptor program>	Pity this eagle cannot survive in the wild

The pictures on this page were initially captured at a resolution of 2048 x 1536. Though they are presented by Robyn's Roost at a maximum of 640 x 480, the larger image files can be supplied for prints (does a great job at 8x10 and larger) or other things. For those I have captured a picture of, I'd be happy to supply prints via mail or other exchange for the cost of materials (printed off of an HP-970Cse). This service, of course, is intended to supply a copy of the images to the subject of the picture. Distribution for any other use (in any media format), common sense dictates, will need to be okayed by faire management and/or the subject(s) of the picture.

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