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.

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

Round 1 at the Capulat Ball	Round 2: The Balcony Scene	Things get a little ugly	A body foul may have been committed
Round 3 is the Death Scenes	A lot of death scenes	Michael & Master Tallus	The Pyrates' Molly Stubbs
A Nelvis-in-training	Marjan and the Shantyman join in for a Lilt	The lovely Amethyst in her new pirate garb	The Renaissance Man hawking his infamous witch trial show
Fight School doing their Reloaded show. They demostrate different styles of combat	This show includes atypical styles.	Demonstrating cutlasses, pirate style	Displaying the japanese katana

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