Medieval Living

We don’t have July and August planned out yet, but we do have an activity for Septermber! The Santa Fe Renaissance Fair will run September 18 and 19 at the El Rancho de las Golondrinas living history museum in Santa Fe. We have just made arrangements to have a booth at the fair. Activities will include many of the things we are doing already, such as playing the pennywhistle, nine men morris and so on . . . but we hope to add many more fun activities for everyone to enjoy.
This will also give us more visibility in the Santa Fe community, letting those homeschool families know who we are and what we can offer them. We really haven’t made any contacts with homeschoolers in Santa Fe, so this will be an excellent opportunity.
Another very exciting aspect of this is that we will be working in concert with El Rancho de las Golondrinas, which is a Spanish-colonial era living history museum. Since one of our long term goals is the establishment of our own living history museum, being at this event will give us opportunity to visit with the staff at El Rancho de las Golondrinas and to gain some insight into operating a living history museum. I can also see the chance for some collaboration between Medieval Living and El Rancho de las Golondrinas, both in the development of our own program, but also in providing additional resources for their program . . . one of those proverbial win-win situations.
Oh . . . and if you have never been to a Renaissance fair, this would be a really nice first event. In particular, Santa Fe’s very own Clan Tynker will be performing throughout the day – juggling, music and more. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of knowing this wonderful family, as they are frequent attendees at Society for Creative Anachronism events. Visit the Santa Fe Renaissance Fair’s website to learn more.
And if you act now . . . I sound like one of those pitch men on those cheesy television commercials . . . there is a poster contest for the fair . . . here is the link for that as well. Hmmm, Septermber is looking like a great month already!!!