Quiet Waters Park Time-Travels to 16th Century
for Renaissance Festival
By Skip Sheffield
I joust you not.
But if it’s jousting you want to see, come
to the 24th annual Florida Renaissance Festival at Quiet Waters Park
in Deerfield Beach. The Festival opens Saturday, Feb. 13 and continues for an
unprecedented seven weekends through March 27.
For this year’s event, producer Bobby Rodriguez has chosen
the theme “Renaissance Around the World.” As always there will a full
complement of 100 16th century costumed performers on 12 stages
featuring 20 acts from around the world, performing acts of dexterity, low and
high comedy, juggling, minstrel music, sword fighting, horseback jousting, pirate
high jinks and aerial acts.
The Renaissance Festival is the brainchild of Bobby
Rodriguez, who is a working musician, bandleader and head of his own talent
agency.
“This is my baby,” Rodriguez declares. “We have extended it
to a seventh weekend for the first time this year. We used to have three weeks
to set it all up, but this year we have to hustle and get it up in just two
weeks.”
Rodriguez says he is bringing back by popular demand the
rare, massive carillon instrument of bronze bells. As part of the Voyage to the
Orient, there will be dragon boat races on the Quiet Waters Lake.
Favorite acts include “The Harper and the Minstrel,” “Trash
or Treasure,” “The Kelly Irish Dancers,” “The Duelists,” magic with “Moonie the
Magnificent,” “Buckle & Swash: The Cobblestone Characters” and “Caroline
Williams Liberty Horse Act.”
Themed weekends are as follows.
“Swashbucklers & Sirens” Feb. 13-15.
“Vikings & Valkyries” Feb. 20-21.
“Fantasy and Adventure” Feb. 26-28.
“Voyage to the Orient” March 5-6.
“Kilts & Colleens” March 12-13.
“Time Travelers’ Weekend” March 19-20.
“Carnivale Masquerade” March 26-27.
Hours are 10 a.m. until sunset. Tickets are $21 adults and
$9 children 6-11 years (under 5 free). Season passes are $75. Call
800-3-REN-FES or go to www.ren-fest.com.
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