The Light From the South

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, On The Road, Shows, Swordswallowers In General by Alexander

Huntsville, AL ~
Years ago I used to have a long and successful route of reenactments where I entertained every weekend from labor day till thanksgiving. It extended over several states and locales, and I met and was seen by thousands and thousands of people. I even regularly traveled into Ontario. I even had stalkers!
In [...]

Follow your dreams, if you want to be pilloried ….

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, Props & Tools, Shows, The Swordswallowers by Charon

Below is the context for the post that follows. Watch and be amused. Or unamused, as the case may be ….

There are so many things I could say about this particular advert, and the related one with our heroes singing about working in a pirate themed restaurant. I suppose I should begin by saying that [...]

Hello out there!

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, On The Road, Shows by Charon

Hello? *taptaptap* Is this thing on?
Well HELLO! It’s been WAY too long since we’ve given an update here at the Swordswallowers corner of the Internet.
We are alive and well and happily working at the Greater Saint Louis Renaissance Faire, one of a tiny handful of Renaissance events we do on a regular basis. It is [...]

Swords + Fire + Dickens

Filed under: Comrades in Arms, Shows by Charon

Centreville, VA-
I had the extreme pleasure of working with Kate Guntermann (aka Sensoriel, aka “The Kate”) for the City of Roanoke’s Dickens of a Christmas Street Fair, held annually the first three Fridays in December in the historical district. Kate’s work with fire is astonishingly beautiful and her grace of movement stops people in the [...]

Dog Days in Alabama

Filed under: On The Road, Shows by Charon

Mobile, AL -
We’re hooked up here at the Fairgrounds in Mobile, AL. The Mobile Renaissance Faire is being set up around us and the fence is decorated with flags and shields, the universal sign for “there is a Ren Fair being held here”.
There is also a Dog Show being held here. We drove in past [...]

 

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