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Beer & Babes - Ren Faire's Greatest Band
At Southern California's springtime Ren Faire, look for the Poxy Boggards on the Rogue's Reef playlist & time your rambles accordingly. If you're with someone who doesn't enjoy ribald humor involving sailors & what they do when they drink, ditch him when he stops to buy fans or incense or robin hood hats. If you're accompanied by a small child, take him to the pony rides and give the attendant $20 to tie him on until he gets dizzy and dehydrated so you can get a handstamp and take him home in time to return for the afternoon show.
On your way to the stage, purchase a good beer, and by that I don't mean Budweiser, Miller Lite or anything wimpy and pale - no! Kick it up a notch and get a Black & Tan, quaff a bit and stagger over to the reef and find a seat. If the Belles of Bedlam or the Merry Wives of Windsor are already on the stage, you are in for an extra treat.
Don't sit too close to the stage because some of the Boggards spit effusively when someone improvs (and they will!) a new line or commercial spot or ribald gesture heretofore unseen. Try to get a shady spot, so you don't take home a souvenir sunburn.
Get comfortable, get friendly with the people next to you, get ready to clap hands, sing along and hopefully you won't blow that nice beer out your nose during the funny bits.
When the show is over, buy ALL the CDs & a t-shirt or 3, then hurry out to the car, lower the windows and blast Poxy Boggards music as you crawl through LA traffic on the freeway.
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Potter
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posted 11/30/05
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