Hello everyone! Wow, I just looked back on the blog, and realized that it has literally been months since I last updated this thing, and while my life has been all sorts of crazy and busy, I still feel bad for neglecting it for so long… Anyways! I’m back now, and eager to catch you all up on the things that have been going on. You’ll have to excuse some of these next few posts, because I’m going to try to catch up on some of the events from the past few months before I delve into the new things. And then when I’m all done playing catch up, we can get into the good stuff of what I’m actually up to now!
Ok, so everyone take a jump to the left, and then a step to the right… and we’ll time warp right back to where we left off! We’ve got Sherwood to wrap up, a mini vacation in Minnesota to cover, and shows in Oklahoma, Nebraska and South Dakota. Here we go!
Abe really wanted to eat Pixie the Owl!
Sherwood! Most of you know this fair is special to me and I always enjoy my time here. While I was not jousting at all, I did get to start getting back into the swing of things here, and really got to work on my riding and technique. Doing the gaming shows was always fun, and I really enjoyed getting to work with Abe, Marcus, Indy, and Daisy. Each horse gave me a completely different ride and all of them helped me to grow as a rider, of which I am very thankful. I got to practice my squiring techniques too, and soon was able to help get the guys armed up and ready to go in record time. All of the guys did spectacular, and I’m very proud to see all of them coming along so well. Dave eve won the Sherwood Forest Faire Mid-Season Tournament (which I know is old news by now, but still an accomplishment, so yey Dave!) Anyways, after Sherwood we were off to our next little weekend event!
Abraham and I riding in the Games together
My sister in the Lyst, Dame Eden!
Onto Norman, Oklahoma for the Norman Renaissance Fair! Whew, thankfully this was only a quick drive up from Texas, and we were only there for a 3-day weekend, but what a busy weekend it was. Colin and Mark put on some killer shows, and I had fun riding in the gaming shows with my favorite senior, Marcus. We did so well one day, we had an absolute perfect ride; managing to win the cabbage slice, spear all the apples, and then get all 3 rings! So proud of how well he did! As an added bonus, my good friend Amy and her family were able to make it out to see me perform, and it was great to have her cheering me on.
The team at practice Friday before the show
Time to zip on up to Bellevue, Nebraska for the Renaissance Festival of Nebraska! Once again, we were only up in this neck of the woods for a weekend, but what a fun weekend it was! We’d never performed at this fair before, so it was a completely new experience for everyone. Although the fair was on a very small location, and it rained one of the days, we still had a great time and met some great people. One of the best things about this show, was that I got to preside as Knight Marshall over the field! It was a super great experience, and although I thought I would totally flub up and forget my lines or make a fool out of myself, I actually did a great job! I think I was born to be in front of a crowd. The only down side was that there was no sound system, so I had to learn how to project without killing my vocal cords, something which is not easy to do! Tara did an excellent job for me too, and she only had one “OH SHIT” moment. It was a great compliment afterwards when the Queen came up after the show and told me what a good job I had done. 🙂
Myself and the terrific Tara serving as Marshall
Sir Mathew Colinsworth and the Lady Riders
After Nebraska, we stopped in Duluth, MN for a mini vacation, (that which I shall cover in the next post otherwise this will end up being 16 pages long…) we hit the road and found ourselves in Sioux Falls, South Dakota the first weekend of June for the Siouxland Renaissance Festival. Again, this was only a weekend show, but filled with wonderful memories and people. Plus as an added bonus, there was an indoor arena with a wonderful speaker system that was at our disposal! Anybody who is a horse person will understand how wonderful indoor arenas are, especially when it’s raining outside. I’d been working a lot with Tara, and was really proud of how well we were coming along. This was especially important to me because Tara was the one that I had my accident with, so me getting back on her and working with her was a huge milestone for me. I ended up getting to Marshall the shows here as well, which once again turned out to be a wonderful experience. The crowd was wonderful, and even when I made a mistake, they would laugh it off with me. Of course, I got a bit more ribbing from the team after the shows, but at least we were all able to laugh about it together! After the show, I actually had the Entertainment Director come up and tell me what a wonderful job I had done, which really was the icing on the cake. A great way to to wrap up my time in Sioux Falls!
Sir Mathew on Daisy, Sir Marcus on Penelope, Sir Jacob on Marcus, and the Lovely Dame Elizabeth on Tara
Well, aside from the month long vacation we took in May, I think I’ve pretty much caught you up with the past few months! And as a bonus, look at all the pictures you got to see! Anyways, I’ll try to get my last catch up post done this week, so we can move onto the new stuff!
Thanks everyone! Much love!
Lady of the Knight 
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