THE OTHER DAY I WENT TO SEBASTOPOL AT IVES PARK TO WATCH THE RENAISSANCE FAIR. THEY HAD MUSICALS AND PLAYS. EVERYONEWAS DRESSED UP IN COSTUMES TO THE TUNE OF THE RENAISSANCE DAYS. THEY HAD MANY TYPES OF CHARACTERS PLAYING IN MUSICALS OR IN DIFFERENT SINGING GROUPS WITH FIFES AND DRUMS, ACCORDIONS, AND OLDER TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS. I ATTENDED A SILLY PLAY WITH A CAST OF RENAISSANCE CHARACTERS THAT WERE ON A BOAT AT TIMES. SOME HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A WIFE. THEY WERE PLAYING SILLY GAMES WITH FOOD, NUTS AND BERRIES. A SMALL BOY WAS DRESSED AS A SUNFLOWER AND THEY PRETENDED TO EAT HIM. THERE WAS A LADY WHO NARRATED THE STORY.
THERE WAS A MAN TEACHING CHILDREN CALLIGRAPHY. THE CHILDREN WERE MAKING THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT TO USE A QUILL PEN AND INK AS THEY DID IN THE OLD DAYS.
THERE WAS A TYPE OF FIGHTING THAT WENT ON WITH CHILDREN ON A BALANCE BEAM - THEY TRIED TO KNOCK THE OTHER ONE OFF THE BEAM WITH A LARGE BAGS FILLED WITH SOME BALLS.
A WOMAN TAUGHT CHILDREN HOW TO WEAVE SYMBOLS FROM WHEAT AND OTHER STRAWS. ANOTHER WOMAN WAS SPINNING WOOL AND ANOTHER WOMAN WAS WEAVING WITH WOOL ON A SMALL LOOM. THAT WAS ON THE TABLE. CHILDREN HAD THEIR FACES PAINTED AS WELL.
THERE WERE KIDS LEARNING ARCHERY AND OTHERS LEARNING HOW TO MAKE HISTORIC SOAP - FROM IVORY FLAKES, PEPPERMINT, EUCALYPTUS, AND LAVENDER HERBS AS WELL AS OATMEAL AND WATER. IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THEM MAKE SOAP BALLS.
THEY HAD A CAMP OF GYPSIES WHO WERE PLAYING DRUMS AS WELL AND THEY HAD A TIPI NEARBY. ANYWAY, IT WAS MOSTLY SEBASTOPOL FOLKS HAVING FUN IN A DRESS UP COSTUME PARTY.
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