GVSU Renaissance Festival

These images are from the 2001-2002 school year, when the ranks of Grand Valley State Renaissance Festival swelled with the addition of new members, many of them freshman. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of the image.

The first day of faire in 2001 was a horribly wet, rainy, dreary day. The festival closed early as a result. That night, several merchants lost their tents completely.
	It started raining shortly before court on Saturday and just didn't let up. So...we had to hold court in the royalty tent.
	After court, we all headed to the fight lists, in the wet and the rain. (Yes, the second picture is SUPPOSED to look like that.)

The second day of faire was nicer. Here are some good shots.
	After putting our site back together after the storm of the night before, faire opened on Sunday with a salute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
	It was a nicer day for court, too. No more hiding in the tent!
	Of course, the jail was open for business. This poor chap had to be wenched as a punishment!
	Well, we'd established a rule that royalty and officers shouldn't be arrested. Well...that rule sort of got violated. Megan (one of the Princesses and an officer) got arrested and was forced to beg forgiveness of all the men at faire.

	Who could forget the fight lists on Sunday? Pictures here feature the two GVRen fighting groups -- Grand Valley Royal Guard and Grand Valley Militia -- and the Silver Leaf Royal Guard.


	Then there's St. Sebastian's Archery, a group that's been demonstrating what they do at our festival for years now. Thanks a lot for sending us the pictures, guys (the rest of them are up on the web community)!


1.	Now, for your viewing pleasure....a series of posed shots. 1. Grand Valley Wenches with the head of the Rogue's Guild 2. The men of the Silver Leaf Royal Guard 3. The men of Silver Leaf Royal Guard, a bit dirtier in this shot 4. Erin #1 and DJ 5. Jason and Nick (who's wearing Jeff's (?) armor) 6. And, of course, the infamous very bad shot of the cast (Sunday night, tired, someone didn't warn us, we haven't tracked down a better picture yet, yadda yadda yadda...)	4.
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