The Adequate Blog

… coming up on my 2009 Faire season, I thought I’d ramble off a short list (short - HA!) of my favorite things at Faire

• Watching the Site Go Up - yes, it’s a madhouse. Yes, I’m a stage act and as such, don’t always have to put together my own performance space, but it’s amazing and somehow reassuring to walk through what was an empty park and see it turn into a small, bustling village in a matter of hours.
•  The stars overhead at night -  Faires tend to happen in out of the way places. Places which don’t catch so much of the “light pollution” that big cities generate, so the stars are brighter, and more plentiful.
• That “New Privy” Phenomenon - Ok this one’s a little iffy but I’ll keep it clean. There’s a moment when you encounter a priv that has been cleaned recently enough that it is, in fact, freaking pristine and also dry* … and you’re the first one in there.  It’s like discovering the Northwest Passage and the Holy Grail all at once, my friends.
• The Renaissance Faire Soundtrack - find yourself a quiet spot backstage, pull up a bench or haybale, lean against a back wall, close your eyes, and listen - there’s so many layers of things going on… this also works out in the Real World.
• Smile - Nod - Yes I Know You From Faire - No I Don’t Remember Your Name Either - I don’t think I need to explain this one. But it tickles me nonetheless.
• The AfterShow - Unlike, say, shows in big cities, the AfterShow for me is a chance to sit down and review what happened. A chance to turn the personality back down to 6 from 11 (or possibly 12) on stage.
• The Bug Out After Faire - If I don’t have to haul myself to the airport ASAP, I love watching Faire come down - It just reminds me of the closing credits of The Sting… and that MASH episode “Bug Out”.  It doesn’t hurt that, again, I usually am not frantically tearing things down.
• The Traditional Stop at the 7-11 After the Day - For once I feel justified in buying that packet of red bites and the 1 liter of Diet Coke!

These are a few of my favorite things - what are yours?

* Privies or Port-a-Johns are cleaned through the vigorous application of water and cleanser. Through a hose. And a mop. And then the door is allowed to close. So drying occurs thorugh evaporation. Now you know… the rest of the story.

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