The Birds

One of the things The Fuzz's Sweetie and he like to see at the Renaissance Festival is The Birds.

Here you can see the Owl making a pass over the spectators.  This guy flies without a sound.  His feathers are designed special for this purpose.  And here's a look at him on the perch.

They got to see one of the Hawks , but The Fuzz didn't get a good pix of him.

But here's a look at Igor, the Vulture, in flight.

And on the ground.

The Fuzz and all had their usual picnic lunch in the nearby woods.  And then it was back for more fun and music. 

The Charlotte Waites. Waites were town bands in England from the 1300s to the 1800s, with counterparts in much of Europe. They welcomed important visitors to the city, led processions, woke the townsfolk on dark winter days, and provided music for the benefit and enjoyment of all, as well as performing night watch duties. The Charlotte Waites aspire to do the same in Charlotte today. They perform Renaissance and Medieval music on period instruments, with Don Boekelheide on cornetto, Susan Burns on alto dulcian, John Trexler on tenor shawm, and John Burns on bass dulcian.

Don Boekelheide studied music at UC Santa Barbara, but "discovered" the recorder at an adult education class taught in a garage. He has been very involved in the Charlotte early music scene. Susan and John Burns both studied bassoon performance at Oberlin Conservatory, where they now wish they had discovered early music, well, earlier. They are active in the Charlotte music scene, including the CPCC Early Music Consort, Harpers Four, and the Charlotte Philharmonic Orchestra. John Trexler is an accomplished performer on many instruments, and can be heard regularly at the Renaissance Festival and at Ri Ra's Irish pub. In addition to performing, John serves on the faculty of the Mountain Collegium Early Music Workshop held each year in Cullowhee, NC.