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MD Renaissance Faire moving to a new venue?
Sir Nate:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2014-02-10, 01:17:30 ---Yeah, they each have their pros and cons. Pittsburgh faire is small, but has some nice charm. I like that part of it is wooded. PARF is huge (though of course not as huge as MDRF), has lots of great acts, etc. But it also suffers from having very little shade, and lots of modern pavement.
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Mdrf has a lot of hills. One really steep one by the kids area.
Parf has hills but but it just feels too, corny. I guess it's too Shakespeare. For me.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2014-02-09, 21:08:22 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-02-09, 20:53:24 ---I sure hope they don't move, the lay out at MDRF is so perfect! Though I get why they would want to. I sure hope they don't become like the PARF.
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Heh, then you should see the Pittsburgh RenFest. As much as I enjoy my "home fest," PARF blows Pittsburgh out of the water then sets fire to the flotsam. ;)
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Aha! There are two "PARF" faires. I was talking with Nate and Aiden's mom about the PA Renn Fest, having never been myself, but seeing pics that it was mostly tents in a field similar to VARF, and she was describing one with permanent structures and modern pavement. This makes a lot more sense now.
Aiden of Oreland:
Don't get me wrong, i'll bleed for my PARF in a battle. Admitting I'm like an hour away being in the Ambler/Fort Washington area. Like Sir Edward said there is a lack of shade and a lot of pavement. PARF is larger by-the-way. I just like the less pirate influence at the MDRF too(even though the pirate ship at PARF is hilarious). PARF definitely has great shows and turkey legs. Douglas we must meet sometime at our home grounds. The joust gets a bit too corny especially when the villain yells "I FIGHT FOR EVIL!!(ps its obvious im not going to win)" unlike at MDRF the show isn't planned. I was talking to Sir Barchan of Dingleberry? Anyway, he told me it was actual jousting and was not planned. It kills me when I am watching the show and someone asks me "are you going to joust?" And I respond "if I want a lance through me, yes" because I am wearing maille not plate.
--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2014-02-10, 04:04:11 ---
--- Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2014-02-09, 21:08:22 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Aiden on 2014-02-09, 20:53:24 ---I sure hope they don't move, the lay out at MDRF is so perfect! Though I get why they would want to. I sure hope they don't become like the PARF.
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Heh, then you should see the Pittsburgh RenFest. As much as I enjoy my "home fest," PARF blows Pittsburgh out of the water then sets fire to the flotsam. ;)
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Aha! There are two "PARF" faires. I was talking with Nate and Aiden's mom about the PA Renn Fest, having never been myself, but seeing pics that it was mostly tents in a field similar to VARF, and she was describing one with permanent structures and modern pavement. This makes a lot more sense now.
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Are you sure? There is a grassy field at the PA renn faire. There is also a section with many tents where the civil war men camp out. No, it is the same fair. Our fair also has a mini camp ground in the very back. The fair grounds are VERY large, bigger than MD renn faire.
Sir Douglas:
--- Quote from: Sir James A on 2014-02-10, 04:04:11 ---
Aha! There are two "PARF" faires. I was talking with Nate and Aiden's mom about the PA Renn Fest, having never been myself, but seeing pics that it was mostly tents in a field similar to VARF, and she was describing one with permanent structures and modern pavement. This makes a lot more sense now.
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Both the Pittsburgh Festival and PARF have permanent structures. PARF is larger and paved and has a lot more "fancy" buildings. That's on the eastern end of PA, near Lancaster. Pittsburgh is a lot smaller and is not paved, but a good chunk of it is nestled in the woods, which is really neat. That one's on the western end of PA near, of course, Pittsburgh. I'm about an hour or so away from it, so it's easy to make a day out of it without having to worry about traveling and motels and such.
Aiden, I'm planning on hitting PARF on the second weekend, I believe, and...another weekend that I can't remember off-hand. :P Maybe we'll be able to meet up this year. :)
Sir Brian:
--- Quote from: DouglasTheYounger on 2014-02-10, 05:20:05 ---Aiden, I'm planning on hitting PARF on the second weekend, I believe, and...another weekend that I can't remember off-hand. :P Maybe we'll be able to meet up this year. :)
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Well that would be cool, however not to throw a monkey wrench into your plans but we are looking into trying to make an appearance at the last day of the Great Lakes Medieval Faire (GLMF) in Geneva, Ohio for a Longsword Demonstration. Even though that faire starts in five months they are accepting applications for the next few weeks and it might be a good opportunity for us to gain more publicity within the renfair circuit since it will be the largest faire we would be doing to date (site is 13 acres with attendance as of 2007 at 45,000). ;)
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