This past Labor Day weekend I ventured to a new faire. I along with several folk from Scarborough were guests of the long running Minnesota Ren Festival. About 30-40 minutes from the Twin cities, the show was an interesting mix of plentiful shops, amusingly oddball street characters and bawdy stage acts. In fact I would say this faire had a noticeably higher number of bawdy and racy acts than the typical faire. These were good acts but they would definitely raise an eyebrow or two. The weekend itself was quite the radical excursion.Friday had temperatures comparable to Texas, followed by nasty thunderstorms in the night that left 90% humidity the next day. By Monday the weather was quite ideal, cool and accomodating even the heaviest of garb. Despite the extreme weather I had a very enjoyable time.

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For information regarding this faire, check out: Minnesota Festival's Official Site

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Not to mention the Queen	Hmm...there's always a critic	Her Revelers close out with a parting song	These fellows are toying with Dragon's eggs
Seems someone's found a treasure	Prince Henry charmingly engages this lady	As well as this feisty lad	This lass making friends
So is my pal Rick	Sorry, but this is so wrong	The Prince has a very diligent manservant	Gregory & Oregano Spicer, Baron & Baroness of Worcestershire
Don't ask where those marshsmellows have been or where they're going.	All part of the R rated performance of Johnny Phoenix	These volunteers helping him	with a very kin-, uh, twisted escape stunt
hmm..okay	He's actually a	talented escape artist	Immediately following is the drunk show of the Tortuga Twins

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