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University Daily Kansan, October 2, 1984
Old Times, Good Cheer Renaissance
Page 7
Patrick Henry of Houston uses cheer and enthusiasm to evoke audience participation as she introduces a play.
Gene Foster, Prairie Village, tries to coax a smile out of his child at the Presence Downs.
The Festival
"I must go seek some dew-drops here,
" and hang a pea in every corset's ear.
"Farewell, thou lob of spirits. I'll be gone.
"Our queen and all our elves come here
anon."
By the Kansan Staff
From "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
William Shakespeare.
Beginning with the opening herald, guests can meander through the Canterbury Court
Jugglers meet visitors at giant gates. Wizards wander through shaded delis. Jesters dressed in velvet poke fun at passers by.
Visitors have only one more weekend to sample the frivolity and merriment of the Renaissance era at the eight annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival, a recreation of a 16th century European village at harvest time.
More than 2,500 costumed entertainers are everywhere, walking on stilts, waving and cavorting aboard the life-size pirate ship and milling in the crowd.
yard to see a face painting booth or to ride an elephant at The Widewood. And the Renaisance dows boosts colorfully clad lords and ladies jousing for awards.
Nearly 500 artists demonstrate and display their wares. More than 160 shops unfold weaving, quilting, candelabra-making, wood-framing, spinning the winding pathways of the festival
Characters like Lord Rolo Polo and tightrope walker Evan from Heaven along with magicians, storytellers and mimes crowd village lanes.
Nine theatres unveil plays, dancing puppets, bawdy and classical music, and jesting. Troupe de Jour amuses guests with levitation and music.
Visitors can munch on a wide assortment of food while enjoying the festival. Roast piglets, polish sausage smoking with savory spice and garlic cloves, apples and roasted corn tempt the tasteballs.
Last year's festival brought 150,000 visitors to its gates. Festival hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $7.75 for adults, $6.75 for students with identification, $3 for children 5 to 12; and free for children younger than 5.
Above, Merk Haviland, Detroit, tries to catch Sierra Rose. 4. San Jose, Calif., as she begins to stumble on Jacob's Ladder. Both travel with Suk Theater, Right, Rob Reeder, a bard from Overland Park, breaks out in a hearty laugh as the crowd mills around him.
Pictures by Buddy C. Mangine