Closing at The New Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival...

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As I type that line I am near tears. Granted we only closed the show for the season, and we will be back next year, but it's always so sad to see it fade away. This year was a break through year for me in so many ways. The new show that did wonderfully. The incredible new site. And especially the friends... The new and the old, who are forever making me realize just how lucky I am. I am not just sad that the show has closed for the season, but that I will miss my friends. At least it was the way it should have eben at the last pub sing of the year. Our close friends gathered together singing "Health to the Company", toasting each other with most of us crying or near tears. All I can say is that it was a good year. I had more fun this year than I had in all my other years combined. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm very sad it's over. So with this I will part...

"Oh all the money that e'er I had, I spent it in good company
And all the harm that e'er I've done, alas, it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit to memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass, good night and joy be with you all

Oh all the comrades that e'er I've had, they are sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I've had, they would wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call good night and joy be with you all..."

Thank everyone who made it an incredible run