As I said earlier, I was part of a contingent of Scarborough company members visiting the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. During the first day, most of us took time to enjoy the offerings of the KC faire. On Sunday most of them decided to give something back to enhance the experience for patrons and participants alike. Queen Anne's Lace, for instance, was hired to appear at KC for that weekend. They regaled the people with a interesting blend of sweet ballads and bawdy songs (Photo, above left).

As I wrote above, Sunday was much more pleasant. Many of the Scarborough people openly interacted more with the KC company and the patrons. Such minglings were exemplified by my friend Scott Goeringer. Throughout the day he traded barbs and flirted with this Canterbury noblewoman (Photo, right). As you can see, however, he was trying to flirt more with her jewelry!

Another group was luring and ensnaring hapless passerbys using the enticing bellydancer, Denise, as bait (Photo, left). Dan Grandquist (center) would try to "cure" them of their ailments, pains or hangovers with his trusty mallet. Bert Pfeiffer (right) would then truss them up as in the case of Bill Riddle who played one of their victims.

Later in the afternoon, some of the Scarborough dancers informally mixed it up with some of the Canterbury dancers, instructing them in a dance called "Yorkshire Square Eight" (Photo, right). They were accompanied by Brollywacker with music that was becoming successively faster paced until they were forced to switch to one of the jigs Scarborough dancers are known for (Photo, below).

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Standard Disclaimer: These webpages are strictly an *Unofficial* look at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival held near Bonner Springs, Kansas, in 1998. The author of these pages is in no way, shape, manner or form connected with the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Mid-America Festivals, Inc. and/or any of the sponsors associated with this event. All opinions expressed are strictly this author's own. Unless noted otherwise, all photographs are copyright ©1998 by Frank Hui.