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2004: This was the 34^th annual Whitman College Renaissance Faire.

1. Puck and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream
2. Hermia, Lysander & Helena in Midsummers
3. Captain Skye, Black Jayne, Elinor in "the fight"

4. King James I at The Fallen Tree Tavern
5. Elinor Pickelmonger pickmongering (with our wonderful renovated pickle cart!)
6. Torvald Williamsen doing blacksmithing demonstrations

7. Entering the maze through our new Jail.
8. Our maze, which was a hit! We love it.

9. Learning to roll hoops in Kids' Area
10. King James knighting the valiant children who "risked their lives to slay the dragon."

From Years of Olde:

How much Faire has changes . . . An e-mail from the 1^st Faire Chair:

4-20-04
My husband, Jack (an early music prof here at the University of Louisville), and Kate Bracher (now retired Whitman astronomer) undertook the music and dance element of the day. Harper Joy scheduled Shakespeare scenes in the amphitheater on Saturday. We held period appropriate games and mock hand-to-hand battles. Dr. King (history) provided a late 15th century church service in the amphitheater the following morning.

Our merchants were underwritten, every last one of them. The goods for the flower seller, the ribbon and basket booth, etc. were purchased by me. The booth sellers were bribed to dress up and sell the goods by offering each the profits. There were trumpeters in Mem tower and a procession to the Faire grounds under the trees in front of the library.

The food service director, Paul Harvey, cooked up frumenty, offered fresh strawberries, cheese, and some other items that now escape my memory serving them from long tables outside of the Prentice dining hall.

Early evening offered a concert in the conservatory lobby where the pillars and balconies were merrily festooned with flowers and ivy. That was capped with a bonfire on the field using the wood from the old shed that we had hauled in for booths.

Thanks for carrying on the tradition.

Ruth