The Renaissance comes to Smithfield
Published 2:07 pm Monday, September 9, 2024
- Alex Foster and Jacob Mothershed of Garner, North Carolina-based Sword Circle joined forces with Ramirez of Tidewater Renaissance Fighting Arts of Norfolk for a demonstration of medieval combat techniques. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Smithfield’s Breezy Hill Meadworks was host on Sept. 7-8 to the 2024 Harvest Faire, an annual nonprofit medieval and renaissance festival that benefits the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore. The Smithfield Times was on scene to document the festivities and the attendees from Smithfield and surrounding localities who came in costume.
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- Phillip Dooley, Princess Francisca, and Jessica and Bryan Koury of Smithfield came in costume.
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- Madi Kincaid and Andrew Noggle dressed as 16th century plague doctors.
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- Charmaine Miller of Virginia Beach, at right, serves wine to Jamie Harlow of Norfolk.
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- Anne Morris of Hopewell opens a bottle of mead.
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- Jordyn Wallace and Chase Pate of Newport News came in costume.
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- Kitely Mitchell-Schwartz of Durham, North Carolina, practices axe throwing.
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- Tiffany Richardson-Herrell and Stephen Jones of Virginia Beach came in costume.
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- Hannah Jai of Williamsburg performs on the porch surrounding a converted grain silo that Breezy Hill Meadworks uses for honey-making.
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- Preston Gibson of Gloucester hands a sword to Angelica Walker of Virginia Beach.
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- Alex Foster and Jacob Mothershed demonstrate their combat prowess with medieval pikes.
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- Ramirez referees Alex Foster and Jacob Mothershed as they switch to Spanish rapier swords.
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- Maunie Baysol and Jim Bridgeford of Suffolk came in pirate attire.
