Ren Faires

[aichambaye at yahoo.com]

That's a good question...

Well (and others can connect me if I'm wrong), they're more like 
warring nations. Not totally, as many people do both. SCA'ers often 
sort of look down on Ren Faires (but they're nice people, in fact I 
sometimes go to the SCA meetings here)..... SCA events are not 
normally open to the public - and they are sometimes called "costume 
Nazis". You can guess why - they are very funny about historical 
accuracy. I am pretty sure that they wouldn't like my cotton/poly 
blend bodice, either.

The SCAers won't let you call yourself just any name (you have to 
proove they were in use in a certain historical period), and you 
can't use a title like Mistress or Lady without earning it (how, I 
don't know - I think it's service to SCA). So my Lady Beatrice of 
Sleepyside would be nixed -0 not the Beatrice, the Lady... (And 
sometimes Mistress, dependning on how I am dressed). 

Finally, SCA covers a much broader period of time. Ren faires are 
normally either Tudor or Elizabethan, normally England (altho some 
are a more broadly defined "Europe", whereas in SCA, it's still Eurp-
centric but many more people are interested in things other than 
Britain. (I know a woma who makes 10th century Viking clothes - and 
wears them, and another who doesn't make clothes at all - she an her 
hubs make pots modelled on ones dated to the period.)

Heather M., who likes SCA just fine, but thinks Ren faires are more 
fun (plus they sell good meade!)


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Sister Mary Lunatic" <klaatu at p...> 
wrote:
> Are the Renaissance Faires and the Society for Creative Anachronism
>  http://www.sca.org/ )connected? Or are they warring nations?
> 
> SML
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: aichambaye at y... [mailto:aichambaye at y...]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:03 AM
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> Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Ren Faires
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., nera at r... wrote:
> > When I first started reading this thread, I had no idea what you
> were
> > talking about. Then, I realized you were talking about Renaissance
> > Faires ... oh! (are they always spelled with an *e* at the end? I
> > thought they would be spelled Fairs.
> 
> Normally they are - It's an older spelling, I guess. I'm no expert!
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
> Is there a website for that sort of thing?
> 
> 
> > www.renaissancemagazine.com
> 
> 
> > Doreen, who would have to have a bottle-green dress just because.
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