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Shakespeare and Friends
Jun. 1st, 2008 02:01 pmYours truly will be there playing the part of Anne Bonny :)
Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Faire
info@shakespeareandfriends.org
June 6, 7 AND 8, 2008
Open Rain or Shine
10 a.m.-6p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Admission $8 adults - $6 students and seniors (under 18-over 60)
Children 12 and under free
Located in Historic Rogersville, Tennessee. Rogersville is in the upper east side of Tennessee between Knoxville and Kingsport.
How to get there:
From Bristol on Interstate 81 take the Interstate 181 exit to Kingsport then take the Stone Drive / Hwy. IIw exit and go west to Rogersville. We're about 35 minutes from that point and you will see signs directing you to the festival site.
You can also take the Greeneville / Bulls Gap exit from Interstate 81. Go to Bulls Gap and turn right "At The Red Light". You'll be on Hwy. 66 and it will bring you into Rogersville. Follow the signs to the faire.
From Knoxville take I40 to Rutledge Pike/Hwy 11W and head north. Follow the signs for 11W until you get to Rogersville. You will see signs directing you to Historic Downtown and the Faire.
STORY LINE 2008:
The Golden Age of Pirates covers the time period around the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth - from about 1690 to around1730.
During the “Golden Age,” pirates roamed the Caribbean and other areas including the eastern seaboard of America and the west coast of Africa. These were high shipping areas and ships laden with riches from Africa and South America often traveled these routes. However, the pirates didn't only raid ships for treasures, they would steal food, water, alcohol, clothing, weapons - in fact anything they needed to live on, including the ships themselves.
Something had to be done. The English King sent a former privateer to the Bahamas to serve as governor. He brought with him the King’s offer of amnesty.
That is where our story begins. The Royal Governor of the Bahamas, Woodes Rogers has just arrived in Nassau and has decreed that any pirate who turns himself or herself in, will be pardoned. Here in a part of the island known as “Rogersville” (in honor of the new governor), a festival has been declared and pirates from the four corners of the world have arrived to decide if amnesty is right for them and to take part in the festivities, for the governor has supplied, food, drink, and entertainment.
Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Faire
info@shakespeareandfriends.org
June 6, 7 AND 8, 2008
Open Rain or Shine
10 a.m.-6p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Admission $8 adults - $6 students and seniors (under 18-over 60)
Children 12 and under free
Located in Historic Rogersville, Tennessee. Rogersville is in the upper east side of Tennessee between Knoxville and Kingsport.
How to get there:
From Bristol on Interstate 81 take the Interstate 181 exit to Kingsport then take the Stone Drive / Hwy. IIw exit and go west to Rogersville. We're about 35 minutes from that point and you will see signs directing you to the festival site.
You can also take the Greeneville / Bulls Gap exit from Interstate 81. Go to Bulls Gap and turn right "At The Red Light". You'll be on Hwy. 66 and it will bring you into Rogersville. Follow the signs to the faire.
From Knoxville take I40 to Rutledge Pike/Hwy 11W and head north. Follow the signs for 11W until you get to Rogersville. You will see signs directing you to Historic Downtown and the Faire.
STORY LINE 2008:
The Golden Age of Pirates covers the time period around the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth - from about 1690 to around1730.
During the “Golden Age,” pirates roamed the Caribbean and other areas including the eastern seaboard of America and the west coast of Africa. These were high shipping areas and ships laden with riches from Africa and South America often traveled these routes. However, the pirates didn't only raid ships for treasures, they would steal food, water, alcohol, clothing, weapons - in fact anything they needed to live on, including the ships themselves.
Something had to be done. The English King sent a former privateer to the Bahamas to serve as governor. He brought with him the King’s offer of amnesty.
That is where our story begins. The Royal Governor of the Bahamas, Woodes Rogers has just arrived in Nassau and has decreed that any pirate who turns himself or herself in, will be pardoned. Here in a part of the island known as “Rogersville” (in honor of the new governor), a festival has been declared and pirates from the four corners of the world have arrived to decide if amnesty is right for them and to take part in the festivities, for the governor has supplied, food, drink, and entertainment.
