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Huntersville, NC (Nasdaq) 16 September 2011
is a village north of Charlotte, where imagination, fantasy and history suddenly to life. It is a place where adults feel like children and can act, while the children are treated like royalty. It is a magical kingdom, where you forget all your worries and enjoy the magic of a simpler time and place. This is the Carolina Renaissance Festival and Craft Market.
in the Charlotte area in 1994 was introduced, contained the Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace, only six acres of village attractions. Now the event has now become one of the largest Renaissance-themed events in the country and one of the biggest attractions in the Carolinas.
operating system for seven consecutive Saturdays and Sundays in October and November is the 22-acre tree-lined Renaissance Festival wrapped village nestled among 245 acres of beautiful forest in autumn colors. An ideal setting for a fictional village with charming Renaissance storybook cottages, castles, kitchens and bars, all with an architecture, design and simulation of a village in the 16th Century in Europe filled. A fictional town called Fairhaven? a peaceful Shire, where the rules of fun and celebration of the day .????????
It is in the walls of the village of Fair Haven residents, artists, artisans, musicians, performance ensembles, and food vendors gathered to attend to make a market festival to celebrate the arrival of their king and queen.
Entertainment
radiation wave cannon and trumpets, to open the doors of Fairhaven at 10:00 clock and close at sunset. The day is filled with a wealth of attractions for all age groups, with 11 stages, each equipped with a unique blend of continuous music, dance, comedy and circus shows. The sword swallowing in one-of-a-kind musical instruments of the ancient world, the entertainment possibilities are endless. The shows are always spontaneous, and you can take part in the campaign, if you want? or sit and enjoy, the volunteers who make a public spectacle of themselves. You never know what happens next, on stage or off.
A special feature of the festival
Carolina Renaissance is that the show not only on the scene. The fun takes place directly in front of you in the streets of the village of Fair Haven, as a performer of 300 costumed medieval commoners, knights, kings and famous 16th Century to play one day. Experience a part of the Renaissance will encounter and interact with colorful characters roaming the villages, creating an interactive street theater. And animated musical fairy wood sprites personify the innocence of childhood. Close up magicians inspire and entertain. Beautiful sculpture awakens to life .???? There’s even a tree walk! You can an audience with the king and queen, or mix with the mud covered farmers who take to announce the time? Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth! Huzzah? Outrageously funny and relentlessly unpredictable, the Carolina Renaissance Festival mixes comedy of Monty Python with the mythology of the Lord of the Rings.
to remissed would not mention the incredible amount of live music? many of whom are from ethnic dances, accompanied by Ireland, Scotland, India, Africa and the Middle East influence. Veterans of the old world instruments such as hurdy gurdy, dulcimer, penny whistle, with sentences of classical guitar and harp soft music fills every street of the village. Even the pirates scurrrvy old Irish folk songs and ballads with a house packed adventure that you cry and make it sing – all part of the day of the festival.
New for 2011
Maidens IV
? sincere and full of life, has all the Celtic Band’s sister-action Celtic and roots music, mixed with a touch of pop, world, and the taste of gypsy jazz. Maidens IV charm audiences of all ages in the fun of the celebration of the four sisters join folk rock!
Laww Lord Marshall is the man that farmers love to hate! It tickles Funny Bones with his humor and his sense of taste for debauchery razor. No crime goes unpunished, when the public plays a jury in Marshall Lord Laww? Testing farmer s.
Hanseatic history
Camp Live! History is life in this realistic replica of the economic union of trading cities and merchant guilds of the Renaissance in Northern Europe. Learn more show about the life market and crafts of the time as reenactors various industries throughout the day.
Attractions
addition to hourly non-stop entertainment, you can not miss the exhibition of birds of prey, where the royal falconry hunting don his costume and take you on an exciting journey into the past and explain the use of falcons, hawks, owls and more in the old falconry! Listen to fascinating pieces of history just delivered a hawk flies over a simulated hunt, the unique abilities inspired the nobles long ago and made the sport of kings, falconry. It is both educational and awe inspiring as you learn about the popularity of falconry in the revival, while a falcon diving over 100 mph!
Leisure modern Renaissance wouldn t be complete without a representation of one of the biggest events of the time? The Joust Tournament! Highly attractive Carolina Renaissance Festival? S is the most popular, the game is full of pomp, pageantry and chivalry. Three times a day, strap on the noble knight costumes of heavy armor and assemble two tons snorting steeds. Rattle waving feathers and chain mail, they take their lances and charge in a different angle. Shattering spears, a clash of swords, daring and bravery in all the realistic rendering of a game collide to death! These knights (stunt driver and actor really) fighting in the village, on a golf tournament in a 2000-seat arena. Adults and children can join in the fun and cheer their favorite knight with creativity and sarcastic songs of agitators Fairhaven taught!
Games & Rides
Carolina Renaissance Festival is
home to many activities for children, including a most unusual collection of people powered rides and skill games. Inspired by the game? Try your skill with a spear on the Slider Joust game challenge. You can try the castle in a paintball fight or solve the riddle of climbing Jacob storm? Scale s. Combine throwing fun and clever comedy-adventure from the insulting fools locked tomatoes in equity shares to the vegetables. Test your skills in games like Dragon Tower climbing, archery, and the labyrinth. Fly high into the sky on the Assault Catapult pirate. Try to Columbus? Voyage to the New World, the Piccolo Pony (a rocking horse bigger than an elephant), and the flying machine of Leonardo’s;? A vehicle operated business people on Di Vinci’s designs for human flight is based?.
family favorite and is the mother (and father) Goose brought to life with their costumed ducks and geese, a petting zoo and camel riding and elephant.
Already
the Carolinas’ largest party in costume, the Carolina Renaissance Festival in the list of things to do with Halloween free admission for all children under 12 years is, with free tips and deals are hard around the village, Halloween and a treasure hunt with prizes! Children are encouraged to show their Halloween costumes and participate in the costume contest for Halloween
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In addition, the Renaissance Festival is a great place to buy your Halloween costume or accessories. Early Christmas shoppers can by more than 100 craft in a village market looking outdoors offers a wide selection of handmade items like pottery, jewelry, perfume, jewelry, blown glass, ceramics, bath and body, medieval costumes, hand-carved candles, unique musical instruments children? s toys, a full range of clothing and much more. You can even have your own special gift for raku pottery.
storefronts in fairy tales and medieval-style tents set, you can watch craftsmen make a masterpiece right before your eyes. Enjoy demonstrations of fine skills such as weaving, wood carving, what blacksmithing, glass, ceramics and jewelry? while the use of old skills and low technology .????
Eat
Did you make the browser work hungry business and enjoy all the fun? Now you will be happy to know that the food is as spectacular as all the attractions. In addition to lost shows, music, crafts, and the wonder of being in a different time, people visit the Carolina Renaissance Festival for food as well. Village Kitchen, cooking a feast of endless bread bowl stews, steak-on-a-game, gourmet sausages, and the festival? The famous giant roasted turkey legs. For dessert, try the fresh crepes, cakes and biscuits Monks Bakery, candy delights of chocolate, ice cream shoppe Italian, ice, and the favorite of all renaissance wanderers: a bag of cinnamon almonds. Festival pubs alcoholic drinks, a wide selection of beers, wines, champagne, beer, honey mead, lemonade and margaritas on the medieval festival on the day of hearty meals complement the perfect fit.
Each year, the Carolina Renaissance Festival adds new entertainment and new plants, which makes it in the fall for quality entertainment in the Carolinas. And for the convenience of visitors, the festival has assumed in modern times. In addition to acquiring advanced discounted tickets at the Harris Teeter grocery stores in the region, visitors can now print their own tickets in advance of the festival? S RenFestInfo.com website.
So bust your sense of humor, leave your worries behind and take a trip on the very popular and entertaining time machine known as the Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace Carolina.
The 18th Anniversary of the
Carolina Renaissance Festival is held during the weekend, Saturday and Sunday from October 8 to 20 November. For more information, call the event, free of charge. 877-896-5544 or visit RenFestInfo.com
, if you go:
What: The 18th annual Carolina Renaissance Festival.
Where: North of Charlotte in Concord and Huntersville. The festival is located on Highway 73 to Highway of tent poplar (between I-77 and I-85).
: September consecutive weekends (Saturday and Sunday) October 8 to 20 November. The festival is from 10.00 to 17:30 clock, rain or shine.
Presale discount: $ 19 for adults, $ 9 for children ages 5 to 12, available at Harris Teeter Stores region wide. Children under 5 are always free. Tickets are purchased at the box office, $ 1 more, or print your own online RenFestInfo.com. Seniors (60 years) and adults military discount tickets are $ 18 at the door. Parking is free courtesy of Harris Teeter.
Event sponsors
: Carolina Renaissance Festival from Harris Teeter, Pepsi, and the Charlotte Observer is presented. Other sponsors are the Diamond Springs, California Medical Center Northeast, Sunbelt Rentals, Valpak, Party City, New Jersey, Mike? S, Chick-Fil-A, Autobella Carwash, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Donatos Pizza, Barnes & Noble, AAA of the Carolinas, USA SmartBox, My School Rocks! Magazine, Wilson secret Travels, Barnes & Noble, Visit Lake Norman and Comfort Suites? Huntersville.
Information: Online at RenFestInfo.com, or call (704) 896-5544, Toll Free (877) 896-5544.
information and Renaissance high-resolution photos of the festival are available online by typing? PRESS & MEDIA? at: http://www.royalfaires.com/carolina
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