Party Like It's 1599

It was that time of year again that we travel back in time to the Renaissance period and join our friends Mel and Chris for some debauchery. 

That picture was taken at the end of the day.  Dave actually came through the gates with a sword, but within the time it took to walk maybe 50 yards to get from the front gates to the beer stand he lost the sheath.  So he had to take his exposed sword back to the trailer.  He was rather bitter about it.

So to try and make him feel better we attended a few "new to us" shows - preferring the NC17 version kind of things since we didn't bring any of the kids.

Here's a video sample of their hit song... a bit of a warning, they have an NC17 rating for a reason. I don't advise listening to it while at the office and in earshot of your co-workers...



Dave had the hots for the redhead.

We then headed over to the joust and met up with Melody's sister and her boyfriend.  After the show we were amazed to find someone taller than Chris.

That man is a giant next to my 5'10" husband.

 After lunch we went back to another joust, thinking the Queen would be back.. no such luck.

Here's the gang.... starting in the 2nd row:
L-R: Eric, me
L-R: Megan, Mel, Chris

It was all about shows this time - we hit up another one, the Dirty Laundry Women (again on the "naughty" stage).  They asked for volunteers and my ever so "bashful" husband volunteered...

To earn a flower for his lady he had to make an ass of himself by wearing a feather boa...

... walking to the back of the  arena...

... and shouting about how much he loves himself and then proceed to hug himself.  He got off easy compared to the other guys.

My flower :)

Notice where I put it?  Another great afternoon, and thankfully the weather was perfect!  It's normally scorching hot, but this year was beautiful.