DUers to the Texas Renaissance Festival!

[PDittie]

"The Texas Renaissance Festival is one of the nation's largest, most acclaimed renaissance theme parks where the sights, sounds, tastes and beauty of the 16th Century come alive every Saturday and Sunday for 7 weekends October 2nd through November 14th, from 9 AM to dusk."

http://www.texrenfest.com/

Let's get a large group together and GO!

Post your weekend attendance preferences here and we'll work out the details!

(The Ditties are available anytime except for the weekend of 10/23-24.)

[dsewell]

1. Ideas for a Renaissance-themed B*sh bash

Okay, this part is obvious: you dress someone (preferably a good wit with some acting experience) up as a Fool, and provide him with a Bush mask. You'll need a few others to engage in colloquy with him, maybe: a Peasant (the working class), a Yeoman (the middle class), a decadent Nobleman (a Bush supporter, natch), a Knight (the military)...

The dialogues should write themselves. Peasant: "Lord Fool, I am hungry, the Duke needeth me not to till his land this season, my children run shoeless, my wife is reduced to beggary or worse..." Lord Fool: "Me understandeth well how hard it be-eth to put food on your familie! For that haveth I one sovereign remedie, to wit, I giveth this good man a greatte Cut in his Taxes!"

etc. etc. Wish I was close enough to Texas to join in! :bounce:

[Lisa0825]

2. anytime but Oct 9-10 for me

:hippie:

[crispini]

3. anytime AFTER the election....

:party:

[PDittie]

4. aha! I think this is a good idea as well

...which means November 6 or 7 or 13 or 14.

Who's in and who's out?

[slutticus]

5. I'm in.

I still want to buy a sword. Or maybe even a mace.

[foxy]

6. I've lived here almost my whole life and never been..

What does this event cost abouts? Maybe I can come.

[PDittie]

9. Click on this, foxy:

http://www.texrenfest.com/

[TexasLady]

7. I would LOVE to go!!

Great time of year for it, much better than the one in the spring up north. Ive never been to this one yet. Count me in for any weekend!

[WolverineDG]

8. after the election

so we can par-TAY!!!!!! :party:

(otherwise, the only weekends out for me now are 10/16 & 10/23 (i'll be on a cruise DAMMIT) ;)

dg

[fudge stripe cookays]

10. I have been wanting to go forEVER!

After we recuperate from our Halloween party, I may be able to sweet talk Al into it.

13th-14th sounds good. Not sure if we'll be able to make it or not, but I'll do my best!

The Pditties are great everyone. If you haven't met them, they are comsummate gentlefolk.

:hi: dittie!

[PDittie]

12. Hi pumpkin!

We'd love it if y'all could make it down!

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. Awwwww!!!!

Dittie's the only one who ever calls me Pumpkin! :-)

[sonias]

11. Hey I see we're thinking of moving this party to Nov

Hell what a great idea. We can celebrate giving bu$h the boot at the same time. I have always wanted to go to the Texas Renaissance Festival. Damn, count us in (for 2 with my hubby) for that weekend of the 13-14th. This is going to be so great to be with friends that know how to do this thing right.

Must start planning. Costumes anyone?

:party:

Sonia

[PDittie]

14. I think November 13-14 is going to be the one, people

Now would you rather go on Saturday or Sunday?

My preference would be Saturday (in order to let the long-distance travelers get back home leisurely, and so that I can have that recuperation day before Monday).

Past experience dictates that arriving at the festival grounds early in the day -- either day -- is better than arriving mid-afternoon, because it's cooler and less crowded in the morning (this goes for the traffic jams that can occur into and out of the grounds also). We may not have to worry about 'cool', since it's mid-November, but you never know.

Take note at the website above relative to discounted lodging. The festival is just west of Conroe, about an hour's drive north from where we live in Houston. I'll see if I can convince Mrs. Dittie to entertain some houseguests in the spare bedroom/home office (we have just enough room for two on the trundle bed, I think) if some of you need reallly discounted lodging. ;-)

[fudge stripe cookays]

17. Hey sonia!

I saw a gorgeous Renaissance lady costume at Target today; kind of a burgundy velvet.

I bet you'd look FABULOUS in it! :-)
FSC

[sonias]

19. thanks FSC

I'm going to try the thrift shops first but I'll try Target too. I am so excited about this.

Sonia

[crispini]

13. well, I just signed up for a weekend class

so I'm out. :(

[fudge stripe cookays]

16. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr......

Spoilsport.

[WolverineDG]

18. can't you ditch?

;)

just kidding...sorta. if you're in houston, maybe we could all get together for dinner somewhere so you won't get totally shut out of the DU Kerry Victory Celebrations?? :party:

dg

[fudge stripe cookays]

20. Sorry honey,

She's up here with me.

crispini and I are workmates. I told her she had to get on DU. She knew I meant bidness!

FSC :hi: Wolverine!