OK so Collette and I didn't dress up, it was too hot and we really don't have the gear, but lots of other people did, as they do every year for this annual event held at Toronto's very own castle.
This year's fair had some of our returning favorites and a few new attractions. One of these were the Brothers Grimm, billed as "twins separated at birth". And like all brothers, they seemed to never agree about anything
What they offered was an energetic and fairly funny stunt show with hand to hand, sword play and even whips, as you'll see in the video at the bottom of this post ... yes, of course there's a video.
A returning favorite was Zoltan, a magician and stunt man. Now, Zoltan is no ordinary magician. He is not Zolan the Magnificent or Zoltan the Incredible .. no, he is Zoltan the Just Adequate
What he had were some card tricks, a little self humiliation, fire eating and a fairly twisted sense of humour ... so yeh, we like Zoltan.
There was a bit of conflict at the Renaissance Fair. The Lords and Ladies of the Castle were in a generous mood, inviting all us commoners to their lovely manse but they took it a bit too far. I mean, really, who's idea was it to invite the Vikings?
At any rate, there were Vikings camped on the lawn. I think they were out of beer. Why else would they have stolen the fair maiden?
Well, the knights of the castle took some exception to this .. in typical medieval fashion as you'll see from Collette's photo's and in the video
Even after the Lady was rescued, the carnage continued as the Vikings began to squabble amongst themselves. I heard something about "lost honour" but frankly, I think they just ran out of beer.
Besides the new shows there was also the familiar, such as gypsy dancers ...
... and the guys from the Barrie Swordplay Association
In the video I just gave a few highlights of their performance but they really do put on a great show. To see more of it, check out the video I did last year, the Assc. is about half way through it
So a day in the sunshine, in and out of this unique urban castle, surrounded by damsels and knights and vikings .. oh my! Seriously, what's not to love
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