Having
always been interested in history Folklore and mythology I was excited to join
my fellow Troupe members to a Viking & Medieval event. Although it was only my
second gig with the girls and I didn't quite know what to expect.
On arrival Phoenece
and I treated ourselves to breakfast – we need to keep our strength up for
dancing – so that was two ye olde worlde sausage sandwiches and two cups of Viking tea! We'd managed to persuade Noor to come out of retirement and join us for the event. She acted as our "tent sitter" while we were off fraternising with the vikings! It also gave her an opportunity to show off her gorgeous Persian costume.
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| Myriam, Noor and Phoenece in our tent. |
Everyone was
in costume, putting up tents and setting up stalls. I was amazed by the unique
creative and quirky items and trinkets that were for sale. I have to confess to even buying some Viking
horns later in the day!
Soon the
place began to fill up with people and we started to attract attention from
children, mums and dads.
Kebi and Naima
handed out coin hip belts hats and headdresses for the children to try out and
even got some of the mums and dads dressed up too.
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| Phoenece, Kebi and Naima. |
It wasn’t
long before the knights were putting on an amazing sword battle re-enactment
and had children up to participate, which looked quite fun and I secretly
wished I could take part. Next up was a fantastic fire dance performance which
was quite hypnotic and enjoyable to watch.
Then it was
our turn to perform our routines and deliver a fun dance workshop. The crowd
where very supportive, cheering us on and getting up to participate. The
children really loved it and each of them left with one of our Ya Raqs
certificates.
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| Myriam, Phoenece, Naima and Kebi performing. |
As the day
was drawing to an end I got the chance to wander round the market mingling and
chatting to people whilst looking for things to buy. On my journey through the market
I was greeted by Viking men and women; a very large raven and a tarot card
reader, until I eventually stumbled into the mead tent and was treated to a
sample of Loki's Mead which tasted like Crimbo pudding...Yum!
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| Naima, Myriam, Phoenece and Kebi with two Vikings. |
All too soon we had to pack up our tent and say
our goodbyes. A enjoyable day was had by all and thanks to the Viking gods, the rained stayed off and we were blessed with
an abundance of cake and the cake stall match our costumes, so it was meant to be!
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| The cake stall in our corporate colours! |
