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Duncan - pirate with a camera

A few weeks ago I attended the penultimate day of this year’s Carolina Renaissance Festival at the Village of Fairhaven near Huntersville, NC. It was billed as “a Medieval Amusement Park” and “one of the most interactive entertainment shows ever created.” There were hundreds of people dressed in all kinds of costumes, from the Queen and her attendants to buxom wenches, from knights in shining armor to drunken bums, entertainers in every direction, and no shortage of pirates, including me! It was a great event for a photographer, because nobody seemed to object to their picture being taken. It was really interesting communicating with the people around me. Other visitors typically were there to have fun and talked and behaved in their usual way. But I found it a bit bewildering when communicating with some of the characters, who stuck to their roles, with plenty salutations like “M’Lord” and “M’Lady”. And if only pirate  vocabulary included more than that one word – “Aaarrrgggh…”.

Fairy at Carolina Renaissance Festival

My favorite character was a fairy. Not only was she beautiful, but she was also wearing a beautiful outfit. I watched her on and off for about half an hour, and she didn’t waver from her role. She moved in slow motion with graceful ballet like movements, offering little gifts to enthralled little people and playing her double flute. Occassionaly she would bob her head and giggle coyly while batting her eyelashes and raising her hand to her mouth.  She let me take a few pictures but when I tried to talk to her she just continued being a fairy. When I offered my business card, she accepted it with a curtsy, but so far no word from her. I’m beginning to think maybe she really was a fairy.

If you haven’t seen them yet, view the Renaissance Festival Pictures .

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Duncan Moody
www.sabelaimages.com