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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 51 C r Ch W h e n g r UD G e SdE N G over a l g - rgo e n W ha t Do u d o • Welfare and Recreation, though it was canceled last year because of Hurricane Florence. Michael Ashbaugh sat in the shade while his son, Jonathan, and daughter, Isabella, made candles. "ey're having a great time," he said. e fair drew plenty of fans wearing medieval and fantasy dress. Kimberly Rozier came in a wizard-style outfit and Eileen Snyder as a fantasy character with ears and a tail. Wendy Wayman wore a tavern maid's outfit as well as a befeathered musketeer-type hat. "We wear uniforms every day," said Wayman, who serves in the Army. "is gets me out of my every day." She said she and Jessica Ohle, who was with her but not costumed, love renaissance fairs and used to go regularly to a much bigger fair in Maryland. "I do it because I enjoy it," she said. "Life's too short not to have fun." Alyssa Penrod, Kaitlyn Whitehead and Rabbit Whitehead stood near a friend's cra booth and accepted hugs from awestruck children. Each of the young women was dressed as a fairy, with frothy tulle skirts, wings on their backs and flowers in their hair. "Kids really seem to like it," Rabbit Whitehead said of their fairy garb, which is a hobby for them. "is has been really enjoyable." Sir Ulric and Sir Keladry – aka Robert Earhart and Crystal Dorsey – walked around the fair between jousting shows, accompanied by Kate Hopkins, who as Dame Katherine in the show acts as emcee, and Grant List, who plays the squire. Members of Round Table Productions, they travel with their horses to renaissance fairs around the country most weekends. It's a lot of fun, Hopkins said. Later in the aernoon, the four were in character for another joust. Like the host of a TV wrestling match, Dame Katherine raised her arms and shouted to the crowd: "Are. You. Ready. For a joust?" e crowd roared its assent. First, though, came the silliness, courtesy of Sir Ulric, who shouted to the crowd that he and his fans would celebrate his certain victory "by going into the village and setting something on fire! en we'll get ice cream! en we'll put our underpants on our head!" Perhaps it was done that way back in the day. Perhaps not. But it didn't seem to matter. Everyone laughed and cheered both the bombast and the eventual joust. And some made mental notes to return next year. If you missed Fort Bragg's Renaissance Faire or are eager to go to another, one of the largest renaissance fairs in the nation will be held most weekends in October and November in Huntersville, near Charlotte. e Carolina Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace starts Oct. 5 and runs through Nov. 24. Check Carolina.renfestinfo.com for information. One of the largest renaissance fairs in the nation will be held most weekends in October and November in Huntersville, near Charlotte.

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