The Renaissance Symposium

Classes for 2008

	Class Type	Instructor				Track
Basic Acting. You have to start somewhere.	Acting (Interactive)	Stephen Moore	n	n	n
Basic Scots: How to sound like a Highlander	Lecture	Alex Medeiros	n	n	n	Performance
Beginners instrustion to East Coast Swing on Saturday night.	Activity	Stephen Moyher	n	n	n
BFA (Basic Faire Language) How to speak at faire or How to talk like Yoda	Acting (Interactive)	Raelynn DeBone	n	n	n
Breakthrough in performance: Performance for the average or new performer	Lecture	Matt Bowes	n	n	n
Character Creation & Development	Acting (Interactive)	Bill Watters				performance
Characterization Lab	Acting (Interactive)	Rydell Downward	n	n	n	Performance
Costuming - Getting Started	Lecture	Laurie Tavan	n	n	n
Costuming Basics: Period vs Peroid	Lecture	Bree Fish	n	n	n
Costuming Details - getting the look you want	Lecture	Laurie Tavan	n	n	n
Discussion of Marketing Startegies	Roundtable	Michael Gardner	n	n	n	Roundtable
English Country Dance	Activity	Ellen Coatney	n	n	n	Music
English Money: What is a groat and why can't I eat it?	Lecture	Chris Morgan	n	n	n
European Civilization in 16c - A cross section.	Lecture	marta miernik	n	n	n
Fooling Around - How to be a Jester at Faires	Lecture	Harry Mossman	n	n	n
Highland Culture and Lifestyles	Lecture	Alex Medeiros	n	n	n	History
How Did They Do That?	Lecture	Cathryn Reynolds	n	n	n
How to stay Healthy (if not positively Happy) at Faire	Activity	Helen Alexander-Woods	n	n	n
Improvisational Theater	Acting (Interactive)	Deanna Jesus	n	n	n
Introductory Fundraising for Guildmasters	Lecture	Kris Jachens	n	n	n	Roundtable
Mens Costuming I	Lecture	Thomas Ignatius Chinn	n	n	n
Northwinds: Team Meeting	Lecture	See Description
Physical Characterization	Lecture	Rydell Downward	n	n	n	Performance
PIRATE SAILS AND CARAVAN TRAILS: THE DEADLY INTRIGUES OF EXOTIC TRADE	Lecture	Emily Cotton	n	n	n
Real audience interaction in the street	Lecture	Roger Wilson	n	n	n
Religion, Part 0: Comparitive Elizabethan Religion	Lecture	TIM DUNCAN	n	n	n	History
Religion, Part 2: Martin Luther and Ignatius Loyola	Lecture	TIM DUNCAN	n	n	n
Religion, Part I: Calvin and his Radical Reforms	Lecture	TIM DUNCAN	n	n	n	History
Renaissance Productions: 2008 Season Theatrics	Lecture	See Description
Renaissance Rapier and Dagger techniques	Activity	Steaphen Fick	n	n	n	Weapons
Rise of the European Middle Classes	Lecture	Cathryn Reynolds	n	n	n
Round About the Renaissance	Activity	Veronika Roberts	n	n	n
Roundtable: Black Powder & Things that go Boom	Roundtable	See Description
Roundtable: Faire Boards & Event Producers	Roundtable	Bill Watters				Roundtables
Roundtable: Guildmasters & Troupe Leaders	Lecture	Bill Watters				Roundtables
Roundtable: The Weight of the Crown	Roundtable	See Description
Scottish History Games	Activity	Claudia McCarley	n	n	n
SONGS FOR AN ENGLISH FAIRE: SELECTING AND ADAPTING TRADITIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE STREETS	Lecture	Gereg Jones Muller	n	n	n
Staging at faire	Lecture	Matt Bowes
Street Interaction: Using the Customer as a prop	Acting (Interactive)	Benjamin Quesada	n	n	n
SWORD & BUCKLER AND SWORD & DAGGER: SPARRING TECHNIQUES FOR THE STREETS	Activity	Gereg Jones Muller	n	n	n
The (English) Queen and you	Lecture	Deborah Doyle	n	n	n
The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem - Nor Cal Ren Priory	Roundtable	Deanna Jesus	n	n	n
The Wool Market of the Renaissance	Lecture	Cathryn Reynolds	n	n	n
Tudor History Made Easy - Pt 1 - Henry 8	Lecture	Dre Sargent	n	n	n
Tudor History Made Easy - Pt 2 - QE & Her Men	Lecture	Dre Sargent	n	n	n
Two sideways looks at Performing: 1) 7 venues at renfaire, 2) Is it Worth It	Lecture	Ralph Huntzinger	n	n	n
Understanding 16th Century Medicine: Humors aren't always funny	Lecture	Chris Morgan	n	n	n
Using the longsword	Activity	Steaphen Fick	n	n	n	Weapons
Vendors: A Piece of the Action (Hawking, BFA, & Interaction for the Vendor)	Lecture	Raelynn DeBone	n	n	n
Vendors: Advanced Selling Tricks	Lecture	mark reed	n	n	n
Vendors: Vendors 101	Lecture	Tina Bailey	n	n	n
Vendors: Vendors Roundtable	Roundtable	mark reed	n	n	n
Voice Projection	Acting (Interactive)	Claudia McCarley	n	n	n