I was thrilled when the Rogues were restored to Scarborough Faire this year after a year’s absence. We had a stage that kept us from projecting our bagpipe-ly goodness into the other parts of the Faire but it was kind of good to not be in anyone’s way. We got to share the stage with […]
It’s amazing how long one can go without writing when something happens that makes you speechless. You probably think I’m referring to Jeremy’s exodus from the band just before Memorial Day this year but no, that was pretty straightforward. I’m talking about the band getting stiffed for all but 10% of our fee for the […]
The 2006 Texas Scottish Festival will forever be known to me as simply “Arlington” since this is what we called it at St Thomas when I began going there in 1987. At time it was simply a highland games with bagpipe, drum, and dance competitions and held in the middle of a pretty but […]
What a sweet little Faire we just played this past Memorial Day weekend! The Castle at Muskogee restored my faith in the way a good Renaissance festival can affect people for years afterwards. Our day began with my reluctant and somewhat tardy (I thought) trudge toward the surprisingly charming metal building made to look like […]
Chicago games surprised me with how ready the crowd was to get involved. Friday night we had a huge stage set up with lights and everything, about the size of the satellite stage at Lilith Faire and we only used it for half the set because somebody (Jeremy? Nelson?) had the idea of going down […]