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Maryland Renaissance Festival My distant cousin lives in Maryland. My mother sent me her phone number and told me to give her a call. I called her and we made arrangements for the three of us (including my wife) to get together and go to the Maryland Renaissance Festival. I have never been to a Star Trek Convention, but I will say that I think the Renaissance Festival might have a more intense set of followers. At least one in ten people were in costume. Most people were not just in costume, but they were also living the roles they represented by their words and actions. One guy walked past some people dressed in modern clothes and he said, "What strange vestments!" I also noted the diversity of the attendees who dressed their parts. Fantasy people, Harley Davidson people, and people who seemed quite common were all in various fancy costumes. I think that some Civil War reenactors might be more serious about the roles they play. Many reenactors do not partake of modern conveniences in the ways I saw some renaissance-ers doing. |