This past weekend I went to College Station to see Shane and Casey and we drove over to the festival on Saturday. It's about a 45 minute drive. This was our fourth year to attend and we always have a great time. Both of them are 21 now, so I got us tickets to the King's Wine Tasting event and show. We got to taste eight different wines along with a plate of fruit, cheese and bread. There were two servers that entertained us, and we got to take home a commemorative wine glass. We also saw a really funny show, kind of like a medieval vaudeville. We listened to Highland music and wandered through the many artist's booths.
The theme for the weekend was "1001 Dreams". It was magical fantasies come to life with wizards, elves, and faeries everywhere. We saw so many beautiful fairy costumes on people of all ages. The little kids really get into dressing up like faeries and they are so adorable. The women have very elaborate costumes that I'm sure cost a pretty penny.
We had so much fun and some great food.... love those apple dumplings. :-)
This was a belly dancing show. How do they do that??
The sun was shining through these fairy wings, which I thought was pretty.
This was one of our servers at the wine tasting show.
I'm not sure what these guys were suppose to be. The two on the ends have real snakes around their necks. The characters and the snakes were pretty creepy.
This is a wedding chapel. We saw a medieval wedding taking place and it looked like a lot of fun.
The Gutenberg Press makes handmade prints and sells them. This boy is printing a festival sign for me. They give those away free. There are other artisans; a blacksmith, armorer, glassblower, broom maker, candle maker, metal casting, coin minting to name a few.
A couple more elaborate costumes.
Casey, Shane and I had a great day, hope we get to do it again next year.
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2 comments:
I swear, that Shane gets better looking every time I see him! Casey looks so happy to be there with both of you! She sure is a sweet girl! Mom looks pretty good herself! She sure doesn't look like a gramma. Sounds like you all had a good time. Glad you got to go.
I can belly-dance, but you'll have to trust me since you might throw up if I showed you. :)
Glad you had fun!
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