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At Faery Fest there will be music and theatre all day long each day! From opening gate until we bid you goodbye with a song, prepare to be charmed by all manner of sight and sound.
Your 2010 Enchanted Ground Entertainment:
FRIDAY JUNE 18
7:00pm - Faery Fest's Crystal Ball Masquerade & Dance
(note: this evening event has an admission of $10 to cover the cost of the live band and venue)
SATURDAY JUNE 19
(no admission - gate donations gratefully accepted)
11:00am - Gustav the Bard (MAIN stage)
11:30am - Knight's of Valour Jousting (FIELD)
11:30am - Open Mic Reading (Storytelling Grove)
12pm - Faery Show Act I (MAIN stage)
12pm - Open Mic Reading (Storytelling Grove)
12:30pm - Dragon Show (SMALL stage)
12:30pm - Lesley Livingston Reading/Q&A (Author's Tent)
1:00pm - Jennifer White & Robert McMaster (MAIN stage)
1:00pm - Adrienne Kress Reading/Q&A (Author's Tent)
1:30pm - Birds of Prey (Small stage)
1:30pm - Faery Trees: workshop (Storytelling Grove)
2:00pm - Costume Contest (MAIN stage)
2:00pm - Adrienne Kress Reading (Storytelling Grove)
2-4:00pm - Pub Music (PUB)
2:30pm - Dragon Show (SMALL Stage)
2:30pm - Jennifer White & Robert McMaster (Storytelling Grove)
3:00pm - Faery Show Act II (MAIN stage)
3:00pm - Lesley Livingston & Adrienne Kress Signing (Author's Tent)
3:30pm - Knights of Valour Jousting (FIELD)
3:30pm - Hooping Session by Anwen Sutherland (SMALL Stage)
3:30pm - Enchanted Tea (Storytelling Grove)
4:00pm - Magic by Gil (MAIN stage)
4:00pm - Birds of Prey (SMALL Stage)
4:30pm - Fina Vista Horse Dancing (FIELD)
5:00pm - Faery Show Act III (MAIN stage)
5:30pm - Riddle off (PUB)
5:30pm - Auction (SMALL stage)
6:00pm - Volunteer Awards (MAIN stage)
SUNDAY JUNE 20
(no admission - gate donations gratefully accepted)
11am - Gustav the Bard (MAIN stage)
11am - Open Mic Storytelling (Storytelling Grove)
11:30am - Knight's of Valour Jousting (FIELD)
11:30am - Open Mic Storytelling (Storytelling Grove)
12pm - Faery Show Act I (MAIN stage)
12pm - Jessica Frey Reading (Storytelling Grove)
12:30pm - Dragon Show (SMALL stage)
1:00pm - Jennifer White & Robert McMaster (MAIN stage)
1:00pm - Faery Gardens: workshop (Storytelling Grove)
1:30pm - Birds of Prey (Small Stage)
2:00pm - Costume Contest (MAIN stage)
2:00pm - Ira Nayman Reading (Storytelling Grove)
2-4pm - Pub Music (PUB)
2:30pm - Dragon Show (SMALL Stage)
2:30pm - Jennifer White & Robert McMaster (Storytelling Grove)
3:00pm - Faery Show Act II (MAIN stage)
3:00pm - Ira Nayman Signing (Author's Tent)
3:30pm - Knights of Valour Jousting (FIELD)
3:30pm - Hooping Session by Anwen Sutherland (SMALL Stage)
3:30pm - Enchanted Tea (Storytelling Grove)
4:00pm - Magic by Gil (MAIN stage)
4:00pm - Birds of Prey (SMALL Stage)
4:30pm - Red Wolf Stable Horse Dancing (not confirmed) (FIELD)
5:00pm - Faery Show Act III (SMALL stage)
5:00pm - Ceili with Whirligig (MAIN stage)
5:30pm - Riddle Off (Pub)
5:30pm - Plant Sale (Back Garden)
Knights of Valour Jousting
We are pleased and excited to once again present the City of Guelph's Jousting show, as performed by trained riders and horses! Knights on horse back prance, lance and parry as they vie for the audience's favour.
Gustav the Queen’s Bard
Gustav continues the tradition of opening Faery Fest with the first stage act following the opening of the Gates to Faery Land! Accompanying himself on an eclectic variety of instruments, Gustav’s voice travels across the fields of enchanment to your ears cradling you in its magic.
Magic by Gil
From a full scale stage show with masterful illusions, to astounding walk-around street magic, Gil is a wizard wherever he goes.
Watching him perform, is seeing magic for the first time! That's because, despite his knowledge and mystical power, Gil is still the wide-eyed boy intrigued with mysteries at every turn. He loves magic so much, he wants to share the feeling of "wonderment" with you.
Alexander Winfield
Alexander Winfield is a Bermudian-born puppeteer who has performed with his puppets across the world. He has been featured at the Oxford UK Oxfringe Festival, at the Puppets Up! festival in Almonte, and has performed at the World Festival of Puppet Theatre in Charleville-Mezieres, France. He and his puppets work to ensure the quirky, the bizarre, and the goofy have a fighting chance in the nine to five world!
WhirlyGig
Passionate about traditional music, WhirlyGig is a dance band from the Guelph/Kitchener area that plays music for ceilis, weddings and folk festivals. With Robin Aggus (borderpipes; Scottish smallpipes; highland pipes; whistle), Eva McCauley (fiddle; concertina: mandolin), Irene Shelton (keyboard), Jakob McCauley (bodhran), and Kari Kokko (caller), WhirlyGig will entertain you with blasts of jigs, reels and hornpipes from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany and Galicia, as well as haunting airs and songs.
Dreamweaver Productions - Dragon Scales and Faerie Tales.
Do you believe in Dragons? You will after this... we have the first baby dragon to be born at Enchanted Ground this year! Don't miss it!!
Relative Harmony: Crystal Ball Masquerade Party
http://www.relativeharmony.com
With Judy as caller, Relative Harmony has been playing for Contra, Square and English Country dances since the turn of the millennium. Their style is influenced by the playing of many of the current New England dance bands, and is sure to keep you on your toes with a strong, steady back-beat and energetic fiddling. They have performed all over Ontario, including Ottawa, Owen Sound, Toronto and Hamilton; in the U.S.; and at a plethora of school, community, camp and wedding dances.
Knockgrafton Productions
Jennifer White and Robert McMaster are a magical addition to any entertainment program. Jennifer works out of a long-standing bardic tradition of harping and storytelling, taking listeners on musical journeys into the magical worlds of Celtic myth and legend. She has taken a unique approach to the craft by enriching the storytelling experience with original and evocative musical settings she has composed for Celtic Harp. Robert McMaster is an eclectic percussionist. What, you may ask, is an “eclectic” percussionist? Well, to quote Robert, he’ll “hit anything that won’t hit back,” when searching for that perfect tone. You’ll find Robert behind the rhythm of each song and story he and his partner Jennifer weave magically on stage.
Birds of Prey Show
As presented by the expert animal handlers of Peregrine International, visitors will be introduced *up close* to a number of birds of prey including the falcon and the owl. Watch as the feathered athletes perform tricks and feats for their favourite treats, swoops mere feet above the audience!
Peregrine International are dedicated to the preservation, conservation and protection of falconry, birds of prey and the environment in which the art is practiced, including the quarry species. It is their aim through education to inspire conscientious, capable and informed environmental custodians who will have a lifelong passion for the environment. This will lead to a lifelong commitment to improving the environment.
Paso Fino Horse Dancing
The Paso Fino is a naturally-gaited light horse breed dating back to horses imported to the Caribbean from Spain. Pasos are prized for their smooth, natural, four beat, lateral ambling gait and are used in many disciplines. The horses and riders of Fina Vista Farms (Saturday), and Red Wolf Stable (Sunday) are full of grace and beauty!
Here is a note from Fina Vista Farms:
"From a magical land not too far away (Damascus, ON, 40 minutes North of Guelph) comes the dancing Paso Fino Horses of Fina Vista Farm. 12yo bay stallion, Mercenario, is owned and ridden by Camilla Willings and 10yo grey mare, Querica, is owned and ridden by Victoria Poe. They are channelling their peaceful inner knights today to present their horse dance for the fair people of Guelph.
Please come and visit them if you would like to learn more about the Paso Fino horse. If your journeys take you to the land of Damascus, please come by for a visit and/or a test ride! website: www.finavistafarm.ca"
And from Red Wolf Stable:
Our Knight of Court here in our far off land of Winchester Springs (near Ottawa) has heard of your festivities. He is honoured to come and show his moves. Our proud Paso Fino will charm you ith hi prowess on the field.
Open Mic Storytelling/Reading
Come out to the Storytelling Grove to spin your own yarns and share from your own personal repertoire of fantasy writing. This session is open to those who would like some feedback from headlining authors, or simply those who would like to share. If you wish feedback, headliner authors will prepare comments for pick up later at the Author's Tent.
Author: Lesley Livingston
http://www.lesleylivingston.com
Lesley is a writer and actor living in Toronto, Canada. Captivated at a young age by stories of mythology and folk lore, past civilizations, and legendary heroes, she developed into a full-fledged Celtic Mythology Geek, steeped in stories of the Otherworld, Faeries and King Arthur. Lesley went on to earn a Master’s Degree in English from the University of Toronto specializing in Shakespeare and Arthurian literature.
For almost three years, Lesley hosted weekly late-night movie marathons on the nationally broadcast television show, SPACEBAR, as the Waitron-9000, a sparkly holographic waitress with an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure B-movie trivia. She is also a founding member and principal with Tempest Theatre Group and HardcoreNerdity.com
Her Books:
Wondrous Strange: Kelley Winslow is living her dream. Seventeen years old, she has moved to New York City and started work with a theatre company. Sure, she's an understudy for the Avalon Players, a third-tier repertory company so far off-Broadway it might as well be in Hoboken, but things are looking up—the lead has broken her ankle and Kelley's about to step into the role of Titania the Fairy Queen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Faeries are far more real than Kelley thinks, though, and a chance encounter in Central Park with a handsome young man will plunge her into an adventure she could never have imagined.
Darklight: In this sequel to Wondrous Strange, Kelley Winslow finds her NYC acting career blossoming as she takes the lead in Romeo and Juliet. But she also finds herself desperately missing Sonny Flannery—who was forced back to the Faerie Otherworld, charged with a dangerous mission...
Third Wondrous Strange Book (Upcoming)
Once Every Never (Upcoming)
Author: Adrienne Kress
Adrienne Kress is a writer and actress born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She majored in Drama at the age of 11 at the Claude Watson School for the Arts, and continued to follow this path through post-secondary school, graduating summa cum laude from the University of Toronto with an honours BA in theatre. She then moved to London England to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and stayed for three years, acting in a variety of productions. Upon her return to Canada, she joined the Tempest Theatre Group, a Shakespearean theatre company, and continued to produce and direct her own work.
Running parallel to her passion for acting was always her passion for writing. In high school, she won the Gordon C Johnson award for her work, and in university she studied with top Canadian playwright Djanet Sears. The play she wrote as a result of that experience, A Weekend in the Country, was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2004 and in Toronto at the Summerworks Theatre Festival in 2007, to excellent reviews and sold out houses.
Inspired by a trip to the town of Bath, Adrienne wrote Alex and the Ironic Gentleman while living in London, England. Although her first book, Alex, was snapped up almost immediately by publishers around the world – UK/Commonwealth, USA, Italy, Romania, France, Greece, Belgium, Indonesia and Germany – where the translated version of her title reads as Die halsüberkopfundkragendramatischabenteuerliche Katastrophenexpedition der Alex Morningside. Seriously.
The sequel to the book, Timothy and the Dragon's Gate, has also been picked up by publishers around the world and was released in the United States, Canada and the UK and Commonwealth in early 2009.
Adrienne is presently living in Toronto where she is continuing her writing, acting and directing careers.
Her Books:
Alex and the Ironic Gentleman: Alex is an orphan, her parents having been involved in a tragic spelunking incident in Iceland. She lives with her Uncle, who owns a doorknob store on the side of a bridge, and she attends a fancy-schmancy school called The Wigpowder-Steele Academy.
It seems that the original Wigpowder was a very wealthy pirate, who entrusted the distribution of his spoils to a rich philanthropist named Steele by way of a treasure map. Over time, bitter family feuds and fencing duels, the location of the map was forgotten and new generations of Wigpowders and Steeles are still quite busy hunting for it. Sure enough, some very unpleasant gentlemen soon arrive in town, and before long the trouble begins.
Timothy and the Dragon’s Gate: Timothy Freshwater has finally been expelled from the last school in the city. As if that were not enough, events conspire to ensnare him in an ancient quest. When he meets Mr. Shen, a mysterious Chinese gentleman who is a mailroom clerk at his father’s office, Timothy finds himself deeply entrenched in a rescue operation centuries in the making.
It turns out that the diminutive, elegant Mr. Shen is a dragon, banished and forced to take human shape for a thousand years until he can resume his true form by scaling the Dragon’s Gate during a festival for the 125th year of the dragon. When Mr. Shen falls into the wrong hands, Timothy is flailing in treacherous waters, literally. And then a strange-looking black brig with red sails, called, for some reason, the Ironic Gentleman appears on the horizon. Relying on his own ingenuity and an annoying new ally, a girl called Alex, Timothy must face up to his responsibilities and rescue the dragon from a fleet of Chinese pirate junks.
Author: Jessica Frey
oice actor and pop culture scholar, J. M. Frey is the host of the special-run podcast “GeekU” at HardcoreNerdity.com, discussing all things geeky through the lens of academia. She holds a BA in Dramatic Literature and an MA in Communications Culture, specializes in fancrafting and author avatars in modern online fiction, and has presented academic papers at international conferences.
J.M. studied with Colin Taylor and Daniel David Moses, David Fancy, Robert Alexander, and had the extreme honour of presenting the Joe Shuster Award for Excellence in Canadian Comic Book Creators for Best Writer in 2009.
Her book:
Tryptich (coming in 2011): Human kind has mastered the arts of peace, tolerance, and acceptance. At least, that’s what we claim. But when a single ship of alien survivors fleeing the destruction of a strange and distant planet suddenly appears in the night sky and its battered and hurting inhabitants ask for help, the people of Earth and their self-proclaimed tolerance are tested.
Author: Ira Nayman
http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca/
Ira Nayman is a comedy writer. In the 1980s, he was a writer/performer with the Earth Two and Dead Air radio sketch comedy troupes. Since then, he has written 14 feature length screenplays and approximately 85 scripts for television, most of which are neatly divided into 12 original series.
As if this weren't enough, "Les Pages aux Folles" celebrated its seventh year on the World Wide Web in September, 2009, and its 25th year of existence some time in 2008. Starting as a column of political and social satire, Les Pages aux Folles has now grown to include experimental writing, cultural parody and satire and three original cartoons: "My Toronto", "Blackout Funnies" and "Delicate Negotiations". Two Les Pages aux Folles books, "No Public Figure Too Big", "No Personal Foible Too Small" and "Alternate Reality Ain't What It Used To Be" are currently available in print. A third, "What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children's Toys" will be out in paperback soon. The audio drama
"Alternate Reality Ain’t What It Used To Be" will be released soon.
Volunteer Faery Show
In the spirit of Faery Fest's Enchanted Ground, the Faery Show is 100% volunteer run, scripted, costumed, propped, and staged! Volunteers portray the citizens of Enchanted Ground on stage and in the streets. Come to our shows to see what exactly is going on in the realm of Faery these days! Word has it, the new Empress and Emporer will be tested and found ... well you'll see ;)
If you are interested in being a part of this show next year, please come to our auditions in February of 2011. No one is turned away. Everyone get's a part to enjoy the whole process.
Our 2010 Cast List:
Costume Contest
Wear your craziest, your most fantasic, your best each day at Faery Fest's Enchanted Ground and then show it on stage! At 2pm each day gather with other creatures of the realm to compete for best dressed adult and and cheekiest costumed kid! Everyone get's a prize.
Enchanted Tea
The Enchanted tea is a special sit down event for your faeries and goblins to dine on cupcakes and lemonade and interact with Enchanted Ground characters one one. The cost is $5 and the proceeds go to our charity "Kid's Help Phone". Stop by the Information Booth at the festival and buy your tickets in time to attend the Tea in the Storytelling Grove at 3:30pm.
