The Fanzini Brothers
Kerry's favourite Italians Ronaldo & Guido
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
SWORDS HISTORICAL DAY
Wa hey for Swords historical day.
This is our second year at this historic event which takes place in the enviorns of the castle in Swords which for one day only is transformed into ye olde castle of yore with medievel tents old style arts and crafts and portaloos. That along with the archery combines to make a great day out. This gig is organised by Barry who also doubles as a ferocious warrior who goes by the name of "the crack of doom" and also organised by a lady whose name escapes me for the moment but who does bear a striking resemblence to Jessica Fletcher from that great eighties television show Murder She Wrote.
Another great feature of this event was the barrel organ which was being played by a chap (when i say played it may be going a bit far cos he just cranks the handle and the music just plays itself) this produced a lovely sound which filled the air and kept our spirits up. And in fairness to the guy he does have to change the piece of paper on which the piece of music is mapped out on. The castle itself is a gorgeous example of medieval architecture which is being restored and preserved for future generations and it is easy to imagine it being a center of trade and commerce and also an important fortification in times of yore to keep out the invading hordes. It is slightly incongruous however when you emerge from the castle itself straight on to the main street of Swords itself which is bustling with modernity and activity. It also jars with the vibe when one of the medieval chaps breaks off a conversation to answer his or her mobile phone.
So we arrived early as usual and picked out the spot where we wanted to work now we were sharing the space with a crew of medieveal chaps who were going to be staging a medieval battle there followed a small game of cat and mouse (good natured at all times) whereby Barry and his crew tried to errect a series of posts and roping in order to fence off an area for their battle while we went about moving or removing the ropes in order to get our audience close into us and to promote intimacy.
This is our second year at this historic event which takes place in the enviorns of the castle in Swords which for one day only is transformed into ye olde castle of yore with medievel tents old style arts and crafts and portaloos. That along with the archery combines to make a great day out. This gig is organised by Barry who also doubles as a ferocious warrior who goes by the name of "the crack of doom" and also organised by a lady whose name escapes me for the moment but who does bear a striking resemblence to Jessica Fletcher from that great eighties television show Murder She Wrote.
Another great feature of this event was the barrel organ which was being played by a chap (when i say played it may be going a bit far cos he just cranks the handle and the music just plays itself) this produced a lovely sound which filled the air and kept our spirits up. And in fairness to the guy he does have to change the piece of paper on which the piece of music is mapped out on. The castle itself is a gorgeous example of medieval architecture which is being restored and preserved for future generations and it is easy to imagine it being a center of trade and commerce and also an important fortification in times of yore to keep out the invading hordes. It is slightly incongruous however when you emerge from the castle itself straight on to the main street of Swords itself which is bustling with modernity and activity. It also jars with the vibe when one of the medieval chaps breaks off a conversation to answer his or her mobile phone.
So we arrived early as usual and picked out the spot where we wanted to work now we were sharing the space with a crew of medieveal chaps who were going to be staging a medieval battle there followed a small game of cat and mouse (good natured at all times) whereby Barry and his crew tried to errect a series of posts and roping in order to fence off an area for their battle while we went about moving or removing the ropes in order to get our audience close into us and to promote intimacy.
We eventually thrashed things out peacefully treatys were signed territory was exchanged felaty was sworn and we all lived happily ever after with the Fanzini boys performing two shows the first of which was quite good the second of which was better. The medieval boys were happy also as they got to hammer the living daylights out of each other with swords maces and others types of olde weaponry. Quite a few of the warrior types seemed to derive great pleasure from beating seven shades of crap out of each other and joined in the battles with a disturbing amount of enthusaism. Hmmmm...... Make mead man not war!
Kiss my axe.
Barry consults with the lady from Murder she wrote
Kiss my axe.
Barry consults with the lady from Murder she wrote
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