Once again I have traveled to a Middle School in King City to participate in their afternoon Renaissance Faire. I was fortunate enough to have Orion and young Gavin with me this year.
We arrived early and were able to peruse the castle projects the students had constructed. They were made from all sorts of material, from construction paper to foam to wood. Some of htem had obviously put quite some effort into their projects as some of them had people, animals and vegetation. The details on some were meticulous. Some had opted instead to build working siege weapons. There were mostly mangonels but also a few trebuchets.
We shared lunch with our friends in St. Andrews who did the morning presentation, then came the faire. The students used tickets to play at the booths or purchase food as this is a fund raiser for the following years students. They had archery, a dunk tank, bowling, foam swords and a jail.
We started off very slow until the kids realized we were throwing water balloons. Orion took tickets and Gavin was great at handing out the water balloons. In truth we had more kids volunteering to catch the balloons.
All in all a good time was had by everyone. And as always I look forward to next year.
Don Juan
