Sponsored by the Kent Campus Humanities and Liberal Arts departments, this festival highlights some aspects of life in medieval and renaissance times. Attendees will experience displays of drama, art, opera, dentistry, fencing and food.
Florida Community College has courses and programs related to everything being demonstrated at this colorful spectacle. High school groups are particularly welcome. Many of the demonstrations are ongoing. For more information call 904.381.3691.
Medieval/Renaissance Fair Schedule: Oct. 27, 2004
- Ongoing Group Performances – Library Steps at the “C” Building
- La Dolce Vita – Medieval/Renaissance Music Group
- La Commedia dell’Arte – Renaissance Comedy Troupe
- Shirley Dunwoody, Story Teller
- Noon – Enjoy A Medieval Play at the Library Steps at the “C” Building
- Special Student Presentation of “The Harrowing of Hell”
- Scholarly Mini-Lecture Series – Room E-112F (Small Science Auditorium)
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Joy Smith, Professional Costume Designer
“History of Medieval Fashion”
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Thomas Warren, M.S. C.P.A., Professor of Accounting, FCCJ
“Luca Pacioli: Unsung Hero of the Renaissance”
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Suzanne Hess, M.A., Professor of English, FCCJ
“The Canterbury Tales General Prologue: A Reading”
11:30 a.m. – noon
Rachelle Wadsworth, M.A., Professor of History, FCCJ
“Lives of the Rich and Infamous”
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Break
12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Special Guest: Dr. Kristen Samuelson, Professor of Voice, Opera and Musical Theatre at JU
“Hildegard: A Renaissance Woman in the Middle Ages”
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Greg Dietrich, M.S., Professor of Mathematics, FCCJ “From Counting Rabbits to Planetary Paths: Some Mathematical Episodes from the Middle Ages and Renaissance”
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Bryan G. Spohn, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, FCCJ
“The Aberdeen Bestiary”
Ongoing Events
- Activities of the Society for Creative Anachronism
- Menedez’s Men of St. Augustine
- Medieval Dentistry demonstration by student of Professor Glenda Miller of the Dental Assisting Program
- Arthur Chiang, M.A., Adjunct Professor, Florida Community College, and his students of Beginning Chinese II and Chinese Intermediate IV classes, “Chinese Calligraphy” and “Transform Your Name into Chinese”
- Fencing Demonstrations by the Florida Community College Fencing Club and Fencing Master Raul Toro
- Free samples of grilled chicken wings provided by Florida Community College Kent Campus Student Activities
- Special gingerbread treats from Chef Lambert’s Culinary Food Management students
- Magic and Juggling
- Vendors of flowers, herbs and other items
- Chinese Opera Mask – Face Painting
- Japanese Dry Flower Demonstration and Sale
- Chinese and Japanese Gift Shop (Items for Sale)
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