My but time has flown! I tend to get caught up in the doing of faire, rather than the writing about faire!

Santa Cruz Renaissance Faire was small but wonderfully cool and temperate! The guild picnic and games were wonderful fun and every visitor to court recieved a wee gift from the Queen. Kogair! I do hope to see more folk at Santa Cruz next year....this faire needs to grow!

Oakland Scottish Festival at the Dunsmuir Historic Garden Park was splendid! This year we set up our encampment right by the front gate. The tall trees did give us goodly shade and the weather did cooperate nicely. We had the pleasure of a visit from an a capella group called the Solstice Singers which are part of the California Revels. What a special treat that was! I'll be keeping an ear open for those heavenly voices in the future.

The next event will be the Scottish Highland Games and Festival at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. I've heard this two day event (Aug 30 &31st) is the largest Scottish Gathering in the USA. St. Gyles will have the Royal Court of Mary Queen of Scots this year. Several of the guilds will be participating in a huge battle pageant. There will be knightings, squirings, a medieval wedding, handfastings, and bar brawls aplenty! Come to Pleasanton for fun and frolic!