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MISTRESS CHAS’ SUPPLIES LIST

This list was originally created to identify
“Stuff Every WENCH should bring to a Renaissance Festival.”
However, much of this list is applicable to ANY Faire Attendant!!!
(Rogues, Ladies, Lords, Hussies, Himbos, etc…)

  1. BRING YOUR TICKETS WITH YOU!
    As mentioned before, it’s wisest (cheapest) to buy “Advanced Tickets.”
    But, they won’t be much gude to you, if you leave them behind.
    Make sure your tickets are IN your pouch/pocket before you leave home!

  2. A Credit Card.
    You never know what you might want to buy –
    and X-mas shopping is often quite successfully done at a Ren Fest.

  3. Lotz O’ CASH!!! Some vendors will have credit-card-ability.
    However, many of them WILL NOT. So, be sure you have plenty of CASH!
    (Many Ren Fests have ATMs on-site!)
    Additionally, you’ll want to have lots o’ DOLLAR BILLS with you,
    for “tipping” Ren Fest performers!!!

  4. Your ID: You never know.


  5. FILM: Faires usually have film for sale –
    but, not at “Walmart” prices.

    • CAMERA BATTERIES:
      Either put in a fresh one,
      or bring an extra battery.
      (DITTO for Camcorders.)

    • YOUR CAMERA! (or Camcorder!)

  6. TOOTH PIX: I always bring a small bag o’ plastic “Pick-Flossers” with me,
    because Ren Fest Food often STICKS IN YOUR TEETH!
    (Wenches should periodically assist each other with
    “SMILE-CHECKS” to ensure the absence of unsightly chit stuck in our teeth!)

  7. WET NAPS: If you’ve got singly-packaged moist towlettes, BRING THEM. (Sometimes you can beg a few from a Gas Station, enroute to the Faire.) Ren Fest Food is often SLOPPY – and, although port-a-privies are readily available, sinks/running water are often NON-EXISTENT!

  8. A couple-three-or-four SAFETY PINS: You never know!

  9. Personal or Professional (or BOTH) BUSINESS CARDS:
    If you’ve got them, bring them with!
    You never know Whom you’ll meet at a Ren Fest –
    Whom you’ll want to share your address and/or Email with.

  10. CELL PHONE: BUT!!!
    PLZ leave it Turned OFF!
    You don’t need to RECEIVE calls at a Faire! (It’s truly un-Faire-like to have your phone ring, ESPECIALLY during a performance!!!) But, if you want one with you for “Safety” purposes, that’s fyne. Just keep it TURNED OFF.

  11. SMALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:
    Bells and Finger cymbals, Tambourines, are tres cool … and can be played by ANYONE!!!
    Drums are Yummy.
    … a kazoo works … But, a harmonica would
    likely NOT be gude.
    Whether or not you can actually play them in any meaningful (tuneful) manner, if you’ve got something “musical” (or noisy) that will fit in your pouch or attach to your belt, bring it with you!
    (I bring a penny whistle with me, even though I don’t know how to PLAY it! That way, if I meet someone at the Faire who DOES knows how to play it, the WENCHES have ACCOMPANIMENT wherever we go!)

  12. LIP STICK; cheap & brightly-colored. You needs must have PAINTED LIPS, so as to “mark” your “targets” during a Wench Walk! (A tiny lipstick mirror is handy, too.)

  13. GUM &/or BREATH MINTS! Figure it out.

  14. WENCH SONG LYRICS
    Even if YOU’ve memorized the
    Wench Songs,
    Wenches who join you for a
    sing-along or a Wench Walk
    will NOT know the lyrics!

    Bring a few copies of the lyrics
    with you, to ensure that you’ll have
    A Right-Wenchly-Chorus
    each tyme you syng!

  15. MORE CASH & An Extra Credit Card:
    Hey! You can NEVAH have “too much” cash or plastic with you! I do my best to buy at least one piece of jewelry, or one costume article, at EACH Festival I attend. Besides being FUN, it serves to remind me where the hell I’ve been. Additionally, you can do a lot of early X-mas shopping at a Ren Fest – buying unique and unusual gifts for those you luv, Luv!

  16. Likely, there’s plenty other things you should bring with you
    – but, this is all I can think of right now!

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This COUNTER was started on January 5th, 2001.