The most original act of the faire was "Fowl Tales". It was the only one where I daned repeat viewings. Robert Bartley performs an act involving trained parrots that is surprisingly inventive. Some of the tricks the birds did were rolling sideways, performing somersaults and at one point acting like shuffleboard pucks! This is an act that must be seen!

There are also a number of enjoyable smaller acts such as the Berk Brothers. They performed the standard fare of juggling and acrobatics, but did so in a nice informal setting with a great deal of zest, humor and personality. And at the end of the day outside of the gate, they made ballon animals and flowers for the children.

Another act that was also done with a lot of zeal was the Bedlam Bells Morris Team. Morris dancing was a novel experience for me. This style appears to have the dancers wearing bells strapped to their ankles and beating sticks while doing their formations. In another part of their act, a pseudo-competition occurs between the female members as they try to outdance each other while holding white scarves (Photo, below). The woman pictured did some impressive jumps in the air and yes, those are pantaloons with cow patterns that she's wearing!

Something I usually look out for at faires are interestingly costumed people. The most striking were this brother/sister barbarian duo (to view an additional photo of the female Barbarian, click here). The costumes were fashioned by the brother and, as you can see, he is quite an adept at working with leather. They constantly drew attention wherever they went.

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