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Arizona Renaissance Festival--Day 1
March 8, 2008
Here I am at the Arizona Renaissance Festival in the shadow
of the Superstition Mountains. This is a fabulous
festival—20 years old and very large. I was very happy to
be able to do a weekend of signings here. Many of my
friends from the Carolina Renaissance Festival—both
performers and cast members—are also at the AZ festival.
My hunch proved right that Renaissance Festival folks are
also often fantasy readers. We went through more than half
of the weekend’s stock of books on the first day, and I was
thrilled to run into a number of people who had already
read The Summoner and were looking for The Blood King.
In between signings, I got the chance to explore. I almost
got lost the first day—it’s that big! Check out my photos
for some great shots of me with some of my friends. If
you’ve never been to a Renaissance Festival before, it’s
really something to consider, especially if you really like
medieval fantasy. It’s a very comfortable, tolerant and
creative atmosphere, with a lot of cheeky fun. I had the
chance to reconnect with some of my friends—Riki (Raphael)
with the Tortuga Twins (www.tortugatwins.com), Terry Foy
(Zilch the Torysteller—torysteller.com, Ruth Thompson
(Tarnished Images.com) and make some new friends. All of
these folks tour with the festivals all year long
throughout the U.S., and Ruth is a DragonCon vendor, so
please check out their performances and Ruth’s artwork.
The costumes are always a highlight at a festival—not just
the amazing costumes from the cast and performers, but the
elaborate and theatre-quality costumes created over time by
dedicated festival-goers. It’s what DragonCon would have
been had it been held 400 years ago! Then there’s the
food—decadent and plentiful. Most of all, it’s the high
spirits and the humor that really make it fun.
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