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Sir William:
I noticed on the MDRF page that they're looking for performers...any of you interested?  You get a small honorarium for appearances and rehearsal fees paid to you and you get to traipse about in period in character for whatever days you're contracted. 

Y'know...on second thought, that does sound suspiciously like a lot of work.  lol

Sir James A:
Is it this page? http://www.rennfest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29

That does sound like a lot of work. I think I'd prefer to meander about in harness, but I doubt they're willing to pay anyone to do that.

Sir Brian:
Yeah I don’t think I would want to feel the obligation of “working” the faire. I go to the faire to escape work! ;)

Although I wish MDRF would offer some the more dedicated playtrons a quasi-cast status insofar as we get a slight reduction in the cost of our season passes; access to some secluded areas to rest/recoup and allowed to carry weapons which complement our garb. Of course I’d expect to sign and adhere to some stringent yet plausible liability clauses MDRF would most likely wish to impose but I can’t imagine they wouldn’t be anything to difficult or distasteful to endure. :-\

Sir William:
Sir Brian...what you just described would be PERFECT for The Order to do.  We're not cast members per se, but quasi status would work.  I think if we all arrived in our armor we'd make quite a showing, who knows, they may extend that to us as a matter of course.  Probably not, though.

Sir Edward:

Yeah, I don't see MDRF doing this. Rennies fairly frequently come up with similar ideas, and it never happens. The faire has fairly strict policies about their cast, who gets in, and what they get paid. Sir Barchan is the only jouster that gets paid extra to walk around and interact, and most of us are out of period (early 16th century) anyway.

This sort of idea would more easily pass at some of the other faires that aren't as strict about historical accuracy and actor's remuneration and the like. For instance, some of the CA faires are pretty loose and run almost entirely by various guilds.

But this also ties back into one of my desires for the faire circuit-- I want to see more medieval faires, and less emphasis specifically on the renaissance. Most danes don't get the difference anyway, and it would be nice to see more of the relevant history portrayed as well. Most of the jousting troupes seem to do more of a 14th century look (including Medieval Times, but excluding MDRF's Freelancers), since that was the height of the color and pageantry. The unwashed masses would love medieval faires just as much. :)

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