Again I was able to return to the Maryland Festival in Crownsville for their Pirate Weekend. However this trip was in the aftermath of the evil Hurricane Isabel. Fortunately the damge was not too bad the weather eventually became nice with only Saturday's attendance being affected. In spite of the weather, the festival still put on a good show with its wide variety of acts and performers. I got to experience some new acts like Swami Yomahmi and revisit ones I missed last season including Shakespeare's Skum. I still somehow ended up with a crowded agenda but I made sure to make room for all my favorite piratical acts. After all what would have been the point of coming.

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 Maryland Renaissance Festival's Official Website.

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He does some standard acrobatics	...but he's an entertaining fellow	Get-together at the White Hart	The Crimsons at the Gatehouse Stage Sunday morning
They're a fun group	and they're versatile	Singing Strike the Bell	Performing Red is the Rose
Classical guitar by Gregory of Carrollton	One of the fine plays put on by the festival	The Fair Maid of the West	A tale of pure-hearted Bess separated from her true love Spencer
Spencer trying to intervene in a dispute	It results in a mortal wound. He instructs his friend to search out Bess. If she remained true then give her an inheritence	He is miraculously saved. His grave is used for another man named Spencer who died	Bess hears the news of his death

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