Thursday, May 14, 2009, 08:32 PM EST [
General]
Join me this weekend at St. Gregory Medievel Festival in Danbury, CT!
Here's just part of what's going on:
The St. Gregory Medieval Festival
"Medieval Adventure Comes to Western Connecticut!"
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
St. Gregory the Great RC Church
85 Great Plain Road
Danbury, CT 06811
Festival Hotline: 203-739-5129
Paragon Jousting and Adventure Theater
New England's Extraordinaire Jousters!
(Saturday and Sunday)
The Renaissance Players
(Saturday and Sunday)
The Renaissance Players, aka The Bawdy Buccaneers, are a fun and talented musical group! They have performed the New England Festival circuit entertaining hundreds with their melodic and whimsical songs. We are proud to be hosting The Renaissance Players at St. Gregs Medieval Festival where they'll be premiering songs from their recent CD and mingling in the crowds inbetween sets!
Thyme Awaye
(Saturday and Sunday)
Thyme Awaye has performed at Coffee Houses singing and playing folk music, since the early age of 12. She had an acoustic open jam that was well attended and received well by other musicians and has performed with various Area Bands as a Bass Guitar player and lead vocalist. "I Love Blues, So. Rock, Folk and Celtic Music, I love many other kinds of music as well and play a variety of styles/genre." A little known side of Thyme Awaye is that she plays Native American Flute.
She has performed with the Southern Ct. Renaissance Festival Singers at several venues including, Milford Oyster Festival Sea Chanty Night, Captain Kidd Day Pirate Festival for the Milford Downtown Chamber of Commerce for the past three years and Port Jefferson, LI Pirate Day.
Thyme Awaye has also been aired on Bilgemunky Radio and two of her songs premiered on Bilgemunky, including Captain Bold, an original song she wrote. She has also been featured on Celtic Mp3 website, and was reviewed very positively. Thyme Awaye was recently Spotlighted on the Renaissance Festival Podcast and her song "The Hare's Lament" was premiered on Podcast 81 and "Month of January" is on Celtic Podcast 48. " Highland Harry" is also included on the Renaissance Festival Podcast Compilation CD/2008. Most recently she can also be heard on Mystic Age Radio, Cygnus Radio.com, IRFT Radio, Celtic Radio/Highlander Radio, Phoenix Radio and RenRadio. She has also made several TV Appearances on Local Cable Access and WTNH Channel 8's Good Morning Connecticut and CT Channel 3.
The Iron Hill Vagabonds
(Saturday and Sunday)
The Iron Hill Vagabonds are an acoustic music duo performing a mix of traditional and original instrumental pieces and songs. This material includes Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional American, English and Irish songs from many eras, Renaissance Faire, Celtic, Folk, and Bluegrass standards, as well as original songs and instrumental compositions in many styles.
Brothers Ehrich and Mark Gauvin have been singing and playing music, together and separately, for all of their lives. Born of many late-night jam sessions and fireside sing-alongs, Iron Hill Vagabonds is the realization of their shared vision, bringing together their diverse influences and talents into a new form to bring to a wider audience.
www.stgregsmedievalfest.com/
Hope to see you there!
Best Wishes,
Thyme Awaye
Most wonderous news that thou art visiting the shire.
MackoMe and the Commodore will be there, roaming the streets and shangh....errrr, entertaining the "danes". :P
See thee at the faire. Less than 9 days and counting.
07:48 PM EST