Medieval magic in Ocean Springs.King Arthur and Guinevere themselves couldn't resist an invitation to the Ocean Springs Renaissance Festival April 23-25. This "Faire Sur la Mer," or "Fair By the Sea," is Mississippi's only Renaissance festival and has been nominated as one of the Top 20 events in the Southeast. Festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. begin Friday night, April 23, with a medieval banquet honoring the king and queen of the Festival. Following the feast will be a celebration with music and dancing. The next morning, trumpets and bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes will announce the arrival of the baron, baroness, king, and queen in a colorful parade. Later on Saturday, the Society of Creative Anachrooism, a group devoted to the study of medieval culture, will perform a show featuring sword fighting, jousting jousting Medieval Western European mock battle between two horsemen who charged at each other with leveled lances in an attempt to unseat the other. It probably originated in France in the 11th century, superseding the mêlée, in which mock battles were held between , medieval dances, and equestrian demonstrations. Guests might think they are in Camelot as they stroll through a medieval village filled with shops, knights, fairies, and damsels. Children will love the enchanting Fairy Garden, a magical land filled with tiny furniture and fairy costumes, as well as the Royal Petting Zoo, puppet shows, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , and a castle climbing wall. The festival is hosted by St. John's Episcopal Church St. John's Episcopal Church can refer to one of the following registered historic churches:
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