Hi Cindy...I have wanted to work at faire for a long time. When the fair was in Novato, it was a logistics thing - I lived in San Jose, and the idea of driving that every Sat & Sun was daunting. Then, I had a baby, and I was lucky to get there once in a season. So, the reason was then two-fold. Here in Colo, I live so close I could practically walk, and my baby is now 13 and not so needy of his mommy. Now my only drawback is that I am not as skilled as the next person may be in speaking proper, but I'm thinking that can be quickly learned. My riper age takes away many of my insecurities; I am not as concerned about doing things "right" so much as simply doing things because its fun and I want to. I know I'll have much learning to do when I do finally work, but I trust that it'll be fun and I'll find plenty of willing guides! Now, its just a matter of getting the job...

Too sum it up pretty much non-existant. Lets just say, I have a friend who worked Southern Faire in the past. She moved to Colorado Springs three years ago and has been working for vendors. She auditioned to be a participant this past year and was going to be doing Meet and Greet. She dresses as a peasant and has been approved bu Frieda every time in her garb. The Entertainment Director there was amazed by her use of BFA, something they don't stress or teach there. Anyways in regards to garb, the director loved her garb and accessories but wanted to know if she were able to color coordinate her entire outfit including the hat. This is a director who insist that every participant has a period storyline for the character that they portray along with explanations on accessories. This is all fine and all but where in the history books on 16th century does it say that all peasants wore color-coordinated outfits? As a worker for a vendor she didn't really have any garb requirements. She wore her regular peasants and her pendragon at during the whole run.