On the weekend of September 23rd Liz the Ren Faire Junkie and I attended the Ohio faire for their pirate weekend w/guest artists the Corsairs (go figure). We stayed at the Cedar Hill Bed & Breakfast less than 10 minutes from site. It's a warm and hospitable place that I strongly recommend using. Ohio was humid, muggy, rainy and muddy. Hmmm, sounds like a lot of faires I've been to lately. The faire is relatively young (its 11th season) but has a fairly good size site. It is divided into 3 sections with each part connected by bridges with the joust arena centrally located. Ohio has a respectable mix of entertainment and shops with some interesting bits of flavor that made it an enjoyable experience. As seen below, this weekend can be summed up in three words: Pirates, Parrots and Rain.

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 Ohio Renaissance Festival's Official Website .

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

Those crazed highland dancers the Tartan Terrors	Ian, Piper Dan and Ramasha jammimg	Mother Redempta trying to stop the girls from doing the Highland Swing	Pirate's Treasure
A display on the other side of their booth	The Daring Devilinis	Performers who do stunts both dangerous	And most unusual
Her royal highness, Queen Betty	Wenches 'a Wailing, sweet songbirds of bawdy tunes	A very cool and unique act, Fowl Tales	Ever see a bird do a forward roll?
An atypical gaming booth	And another atypical structure	Ohio has it's own human chess match	The conflict is over the hand of the Queen

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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