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Post by Sir Black Fox on Apr 11, 2007 16:00:05 GMT -5
The year is 1540. The season of mourning for his late, beloved Queen Jane has passed, and now King Henry awaits the arrival of Anna, princess of Cleves. Anna, the woman who will become Queen of England and Henry's fourth wife. Ever the romantic, Henry must marry for love, even if the alliance is political. He has been captivated by Anna's portrait and reports of her charm, beauty and talents. The King, his Courtiers, and Councellors are in Revel Grove, eagerly awaiting the arrival of Anna. Will this first face to face meeting spark the passion of love as Henry fervently believes? And what will Anna think of Henry? You are invited to attend on His Majesty and witness the historic meeting between Anna and Henry. Will it be true love? Or will heads roll. . . www.rennfest.com/renaissance-festival-storyline.shtml
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Post by Sir Black Fox on Aug 10, 2007 10:11:42 GMT -5
For those folks who were worried about there not being a lot of village interaction this year or heard the very-unfounded rumours that the village would be dropped from the storyline. . . . theres' an update at: www.rennfest.com/renaissance-festival-storyline.shtml----------- " In the Village
England in 1540: The country was concerned about possible foreign invasions. And in this time of heightened fear, the wrong man appears for the wrong job - and that would be Middle J. Middle, sheriff. Sheriff Middle had been deputy to the very able Zach Rackham. Yet, when their appointments were reconfirmed this winter, it appears Middle has been made Sheriff and Rackham has been demoted to deputy. Zach is determined to question the King, as he is positive it must be a mistake. But in the meantime, overzealous, paranoid Middle J. Middle is Sheriff and making many policy changes to heighten security around the village.
To protect against invasion, Sheriff Middle has hired the Felonius Fingers construction company - and security specialists- to construct a moat to surround the village. It was to have been completed before the King's visit, but alas - worker shortages and cost overruns have severely delayed completion of the moat. To be honest, they haven't even started digging the moat, and they are out of money. Sheriff Middle may have no option but to place a tax on the villagers to pay for the ongoing security costs. This news may just lead to a peasant revolt!
Justice of the Peace Sir Richard Southwell, and Mayor Hugh Wetherby, are starting to question the wisdom of Hiring Finger's construction team. But they have more urgent matters on their minds. Southwell has pinned his hopes to Master Secretary Cromwell to try and get him a place in Court. Meanwhile, Hugh Wetherby has only 24 more hours to watch over his very attractive neice Ursula before she is placed at the St. Scolastica convent. Oh, can he keep his neice away from the handsome rogues about town, just for one more day?
Stay tuned!"
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Post by Mathemactor on Aug 10, 2007 11:14:29 GMT -5
The Village storyline is great this season: building a moat around the village to protect us from foreigners, implementing off-the-wall security measures because of the fear of attacks, an "overzealous, paranoid" sheriff who is in his leadership position because of some questionable paperwork, an apparently corrupt and incompetent defense contractor---I look forward to all of this escape from the real world! Actually, it is very well worth getting to Revel Grove early enough to get a good "seat" outside the front gate for the opening gate. It is probably the funniest opening ever and definitely a not-to-be-missed introduction to this year's storylines.
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Post by ellejones on Aug 10, 2007 15:58:27 GMT -5
I'm already crying with laughter since I can see in my head how this is going to go. I can't quite agree with the escape from the real world with the story line though. I'm from Florida originally and we know all about "questionable paperwork". Also as former Army I'm to use to incompetent contractors.
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Post by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 13:24:25 GMT -5
Don't forget overzealous and outrageous security measures to protect us from foreigners! Yes, I'd say the Village storyline is very relevant to today!
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