Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Just days away from our 2020 Texas Renaissance Festival, we're joined by the Matron of Education, Kim Bryant. Kim coordinates our School Days events, and she comes to us on this fine day to discuss the many changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many of the School Days festivities cannot happen on our festival grounds, Kim keeps us updated with the ways in which teachers and parents can still engage their children in our renaissance world at a safe distance.

With this year's Texas Renaissance Festival right around the corner, we take an amazing opportunity this week to meet up with Rhonnie Debose, the owner of two amazing food booths at our festival, The Queen's Pantry and Tea & Strumpets. Rhonnie heads into her 14th season here with us and she has a great deal of knowledge to share about our fantastic festival and all the fine food served throughout.

As our 2020 season of the Texas Renaissance Festival nears, we meet up with one of our most recently knighted members of our cast and crew, Chip Ware. You can find Chip galavanting about the festival and campgrounds each year as an Ambassador Guide Coordinator under the special name of Rok, The Wonderpuppy Pirate.

This week on Hear Ye, Hear Ye!, we were supposed to welcome our King of Fantasyland onto the show to talk about his fantastical royal role in our newest domain. Instead, we found ourselves interrupted by...the Mud Man, Billy Billy vonBilly, who claims to be our King of Fantasy and tells us incredible stories of tasteless acts, artistic ingenuity, and the not-so-exact science of mud-making.

On the newest episode of Hear Ye, Hear Ye!, we meet back up with some Todd Mission friends to continue on our journey to prepare for the 46th annual Texas Renaissance Festival this fall. With goals aplenty and opportunities arising, we can't help but hope that this year is the best (and safest!) year of the festival yet!

This week on Hear Ye, Hear Ye!, we say hello to familiar friends as well as introduce our listeners to some of the newer faces in Todd Mission. The Texas Renaissance Festival strives to improve every single season and set goals that push each attraction within our festival to new heights. To do this best, we combine steadfast passion with fresh faces and ideas, encouraging anyone from anywhere to pitch in and get involved.

We catch up with our renaissance festival regulars this week as we continue discussing all the latest happenings in Todd Mission and our efforts to get ready for this year's Texas Renaissance Festival season. We continue to discuss the inner workings of the festival, the new and exciting changes happening this year, and the extra safety precautions being taken during this time.

We meet with our familiar friendly faces of the festival to discuss the upcoming changes and late-stage rehearsals that are being done around Todd Mission prior to this year's festival. Although we're living in a time very different from our 16th Century festival setting, we're excited to bring our festival to life and provide our patrons with a fun and safe experience.

We touch base with the loyal subjects and Todd Mission townspeople that we met previously to continue to discuss the different roles we all must fill, both on and off-season. In each mini-interview, we continue on our journey to discovering what makes our renaissance festival so special. Huzzah!

These interviews include exciting tales that cover the following topics:

Finding optimism

Although the current state of the pandemic has created challenges for the upcoming festival, we are all working together to take it in stride. With adapted safety measures and a new approach to auditions, even the off-season of the festival is getting a makeover so that everything runs as smoothly as it has ever run here in Todd Mission.

"As long as I can be creative at my job, I love my job. And fortunately, I get to be creative all the time."

Planning ahead

Whether you're going to be setting up at the campground or marrying your betrothed at one of our coveted event areas, the renaissance festival runs best when plans are made in advance and personalized to each guest and patron. Although we pride ourselves on being able to think on our feet and create experiences on a whim, making plans with us in the months prior to the festival ensures a perfect moment that will live on in your memories for years to come.

Understanding intentions

With everything themed for an older time, it may be hard for everyone to understand just how much the Texas Renaissance Festival has to operate with forethought and professionalism. Each member of our cast and crew is specifically hired based on their skill level and consideration for what the festival represents and how we need to operate to make it genuinely enjoyable and educational for guests of all ages.

"At the end of the day, even though this is a beautiful 16th-century village setting, it's still a business."

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