Ren Fair Poster Party, etc.

[dpitt@moscow.com]

Friends,

Two announcements from the Moscow Renaissance Fair committee:

1) Annual Poster Party

Join us this coming Sunday, April 8th, 2001, from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at Mikey's 
Gyros in downtown Moscow (527 S Main) to celebrate our annual Moscow 
Renaissance Fair Poster Party.  We will unveil the new poster and honor the 
poster creator.  We will also be honoring the work of our second place winner 
who's work will adorn the cover our program guide.  Here is an excerpt from a 
recent news release:

"First Place went to Kim Wiessner, she will receive a $200 prize for her 
poster.   Kim is a Junior, majoring Art with an emphasis in graphic and web 
design at the University of Idaho. Kim got her inspiration for the design from 
the mural in friendship square and watching people at last years Renaissance 
Fair participate in the Maypole dance.  "Iıd never seen a maypole dance before 
and thought it was really cool", said Kim.  Second Place went to Nathan 
Nielsen, he will receive a $50 prize for his design.  Nathan is a part-time 
designer for Printing and Design at the University of Idaho.   He is also an 
acrylic artist that likes to paint fantasy scenes with knomes and fairies.  His 
design is a composite of three or four of his paintings he scanned into a 
computer to creat the design that will be used as the program cover for the 
Renaissance Fair.  Nathanıs acrylic paintings are represented at the Douglas 
Gallery in Spokane,Washington.  Both artistıs work will be displayed at Mikeyıs 
Gyros 527 S. Main street Moscow, Idaho along with the past 27 Renaissance Fair 
posters. The public is invited to join us at the 28th Annual Renaissance Fair 
Poster Party at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday April, 8th to congratulate this year's 
Poster Contest winners. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be provided."


2) Call for Volunteers

This is the time of year we really get excited because the fair is only a month 
away - May 5th and 6th.  The Reniassance Fair committee has been working hard 
since September and we are looking forward to another great event that the 
whole family can enjoy.  As always, we depend on the good will and hard work of 
a great number of volunteers and this year is no exception.  We need people to 
help Friday through Monday with a variety of chore including setup and 
takedown.  

On Friday we setup canopy's, children's area stage, etc. from about 1PM until 
early evening.  Another big chore is hay bales, we have to have trucks and 
strong backs to help haul them in and stack them Friday afternoon.

Saturday and Sunday, we can always use help all day long.  Early Saturday 
morning we finish setups but where we really need any extra help you can spare 
is with the recycling and Stage 2 efforts that go on all day, both days.

Sunday evening and Monday we take down canopy's, childrens stage, stack hay 
bales, haul the hay back (this usually happens Monday afternoon).

So, as you can see, we can use help.  Any time/help you can provide with any of 
these activities will be much appreciated.  If you wish to volunteer, please 
contact Dean Pittenger (dpitt@moscow.com) or the volunteer coordinator, John 
Cronin (jaycron@turbonet.com) directly via email.  Provide us your contact 
information and we will get you signed up.

And, we do hold a Volunteer's Party, usually in early summer, to thank you all 
for the hard work.  We couldn't do it without you.

Thanks

Dean Pittenger
President, Moscow Renaissance Fair 

PS: See our web site at http://www.moscowrenfair.org for more information about 
the fair.


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