Swords clanging, knights jousting, and men in kilts, it can only mean one thing: the Renaissance Faire.

Reenacting medieval times, the fair is like a blast to the past. Seniors Alpin Brown and David Bradbury are both involved in the Faire. The Faire itself is like a blast to the past where everyone is trying to reenact Medieval Time.

“It’s where you try and believe that you are in medieval times and you go about and there’s a bunch of homemade items, shops, jousting tournaments and all sorts of stuff to make you feel like you are in the renaissance period,” Bradbury said.

Both seniors got involved by going to Faire and getting to know others involved.

“I had a group of friends who were really into it and they were all in the German’s guild then I had one friend and she was in the Scot’s guild,” Bradbury said. “The Germans were already over populated so she said join the Scot’s guild. So I did.”

While Brown was introduced by friends as well, what sparked his interest was the atmosphere of the Faire.

“A couple of my friends that went to this school were doing it and they invited me to this thing called Mid Winter’s Ball last year,” Brown said. “After going to the ball they took me to Faire that year and I enjoyed that a lot and I was like I really want to do this next year and thats how I ended up joining them.”

Picking a guild (a medieval group of merchants and craftsmen) might be hard for some but Brown had a pretty good idea on where he wanted to be.

“I went over to the Scots who I had met before and one of them was like ‘hey, I remember you’ and I spoke to him about it and I was like oh, being a Scot doesn’t sound so bad,’” Brown said. “So I filled out their application and about an hour later I got in line to do my audition where I picked what I wanted to be.”

There are many things that go into joining a guild, you have to have the right garb, or the outfits they wear everyday, and you have to perfect the accent. For Bradbury the accent wasn’t hard to learn.

“My dad’s from England and we go there every summer and pretty frequently we hop the border into Scotland,” Bradbury said. “So I’ve been to Scotland a couple times in my life so I’m at least some what decent at faking the accent.”

Brown was so determined to learn the accent that he would bring the sheet with him wherever he’d go.

“I was going crazy because I couldn’t stand not being able to talk in a Scottish accent before I started Faire,” Brown said. “As soon as I got the worksheet I would bring it to school, go over it, read it out loud, and start answering peoples questions like that.”

The Faire has something for all ages from watching the jousting tournament to playing in the faye forest, many who have been say it’s a great thing to attend.

 “I think anyone who attends won’t be disappointed,” Mr. Chris Stout said. “Its a strong community of people who love to live in the past and I think it’s a rich place to be.”