Re-enactment Experiences Mark II

[midwestmutt]

Hopefully we will see more of you now you have internet again?

Yeah, I see we have to start over with the reenactment discussion thread.I'll read up again on how to post pictures and rebuild the site as best I can for my part.

[Róisín]

Thanks! I wouldn't know where to begin.

[wavewright62]

Yeah, I see we have to start over with the reenactment discussion thread.I'll read up again on how to post pictures and rebuild the site as best I can for my part.

I still have a bunch of Róisín's photos on board hosted privately on my imgur account - I can reload them, possibly this weekend if I get a chance.

[Róisín]

So glad you still have them!

[Róisín]

And something that I would have put up on the reenactment thread, were it still here:

Timeline Festival, at Kryal Castle, Leigh Creek near Ballarat, Victoria. This coming weekend, October 19 to 21. Friday is reenactors only, Saturday and Sunday open to visitors. I wont get there this year, but a lot of interesting people will. Worth a look.

And Midwestmutt, I hope some of your photos survive - they really caught the spirit of the events.

[Róisín]

Thanks, Dan! Look after yourself. Most of our big events are in late summer through autumn, but there will be some smaller ones happening. I'm hoping we don't get overrun by weather, because I reckon we have a bushfire summer coming. Good luck with your winter weather!

[wavewright62]

Some recovered photos of Róisín:
Here's herself:


At the Medieval Faire:


Getting the goss on the Hootakainen:


In storyteller garb:


Barn Owl at this year's Medieval Faire:

[Róisín]

Wavewright, thank you!

[midwestmutt]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/602ce2f8f65f1b689e73c35e244d90ce/tumblr_pgww0o7QVH1ti7cwto1_540.jpg  Here I am in my red colonial suit which I wear as the traditional garb of a town cryer.

[midwestmutt]

https://66.media.tumblr.com/8447281b2f49a8da78725c0dcca7d869/tumblr_pgwww8rrmU1ti7cwto1_1280.jpg     A budding piper. My favorite picture of the year. I was showing her how to play the scales on a penny whistle. 

[midwestmutt]

My time period runs from the French and Indian War to the War of 1812. Here I am in the green waistcoat at the Battle of Prairie du Chien Wisconsin,, an actual battle when the British/Canadians lay siege to a frontier fort in 1815 with the help of their Indian allies. I am on the British side , in the local militia. We win.

[midwestmutt]

I play music for the public on penny whistle, Native American flute, and hammered dulcimer.
 https://66.media.tumblr.com/3ff9aa30f946b02cd25bce8470053392/tumblr_pgwxnllOU61ti7cwto1_1280.jpg

[midwestmutt]

With the exception of #15 I have done all of these, #11 most recently.

[Róisín]

Much amused by that poster! I've seen similar done for Viking-era and Mediæval period reenactors. The 'no-one will attend an historical film with you' was particularly funny, since I'm one of those awful people who sit through historical films grumbling about everything from kitchen utensils to blade techniques to the presence of inappropriate plants in a supposedly pristine wilderness setting.

[Iceea]

Much amused by that poster! I've seen similar done for Viking-era and Mediæval period reenactors. The 'no-one will attend an historical film with you' was particularly funny, since I'm one of those awful people who sit through historical films grumbling about everything from kitchen utensils to blade techniques to the presence of inappropriate plants in a supposedly pristine wilderness setting.

The classic one was many, many, many years ago there was a USA TV show about Daniel Boon. In one of the episodes a jet airliner could be seen streaking through skies of a "wilderness" scene.