renaissancefestivalmusic.com/awards/Best Festival: The Maryland Renaissance Festival
Best New Renaissance Festival:
(3 years or younger)
Best New CD Released in 2011:
Best Music Group: The Pyrates Royale
Best Solo Music Act: John DuRant Jr.
Best non-musical group: Shakespeare's Skum
best non-musical solo act: The Renaissance Man
best comedy musical act: Hey Nunnie Nunnie
best non-musical comedy act: Hilby, the Skinny German Juggle Boy
best bawdy act: The O'Danny Girls
best street solo act: Gabriel Q
best street group performance: Out of the Box
best street cast: The Maryland Renaissance Festival
Best Stage Combat Group: Fight School
Best Jousting Troupe: The Free Lancers
Best Dance Troupe: Faith Ditty, Mistress of the Dance
Best Children's Act or Performance: Robin Hood & Maid Marion
(musical or non-musical, on stage)
Best Opening Gate Show: Maryland Renaissance Festival
(A Renaissance Festival)
Best Royalty: The Company of the Rose, Maryland Renaissance Festival
Best Shop Vendor: Black Fox Designs (Faire Mag & Pyrates Way mag)
Best Food: Steak on a Stake
Best Drink: White Snake (Cider, Meade, Oktoberfest)
Best Faire Photography: Kevin Hedgecock
Best Faire Web Community:
www.friendsofmdrf.orgBest Renaissance Festival Magazine: Faire Magazine
Nomination for Hall of Fame: Steve "Sir Black Fox" Kimball for his decade of service as founder of FriendsofMDRF.org AND creating the publications Faire Magazine (For Rennies) and The Pyrates Way magazine.