Searching for a place where the whole family can mingle
with royalty and cheer dueling swordfighters and enjoy entertainment fit
for a king? If so, you won't want to miss the Cain's Crossing Renaissance Faire.
"Escape with us to another tyme….."
May 8th and 9th,
2010 we will be celebrating another year of Auburn's very own Renaissance Faire.
Designed as a replica of a merry olde English town in the late 1500's, the townsfolk
of Cain's Crossing are jubilant upon the arrival of Queen Elizabeth on
her progress through the area. Beautiful Cain's Crossing is set along a trade-route
where peoples from countries near and far gather to offer food and drink
and wares to the visitors who come to enjoy the merriment of this festive occasion.
You are encouraged
to immerse yourself in the stark simplicity of the times; dressing of
the period, speaking the olde English, and lending your good cheer to the pageantry.
Hark, be bold!
Take on the guise of a Renaissance
figure - Be it a Lord or a merchant, a peasant or a farmer or a court jester.
Then stroll through the spectacle of the marketplace in your new personae
and delight in the surge of strange sights and tantalizing smells.
Make way for the royal procession, lest you lose your
head to the Queen's Royal Guards. Barter with a merchant for fyne crafted wares.
Indulge your appetite with succulent meats, vegetables and fruits and ice cream.
Blush at the implications of a silver tongued scoundrel as
you walk past. Cheer on a dashing swordfighter from the Diamond Rose Academie dueling
for his honor. Rejoice in the ribald street performers and entertainers.
Be amazed at the magician who seems to make objects appear out of the very air.
Eavesdrop on the gossip mongering ladies-in-waiting at the House of Swindon.
For the price of admission you have bought excitement
and escape. Use it well. And when exhausted from your revelry, use this renaissance
faire to find some fine handmade wares that you have always desired.
All of this takes place in the large, oak studded
meadow of the Auburn Regional Park where Cain's Crossing will transport visitors
to an English style country fair with an agreeable array of colorful characters,
entertainers, rogues, royalty and craftspeople all roaming throughout the
village. The town will be bustling with activity to ensure a good time with a great
variety of amusement, food for feasting, swordsmen fighting for the prize,
a bevy of bellydancers and a children's glen for the little ones.
This event is co-sponsored by the Auburn Recreation District. Proceeds from this wondrous affair will go
directly to the students of Placer and Nevada Counties.
