The 5th Annual Greenbelt Green Man Festival was on May 8th-10th. Excellent little show. Happens in historic Greenbelt, Maryland at the Art Deco Roosevelt Center. We have attended 3 of the last 4 shows there, only missing a year due to car trouble and stress from our move. It's a great show, other than some logistic difficulties, and the last of our ( Read more... )

But I will giving it a try over the next few days. We have just come off a a string of shows, three weekends in a row. Which is a nothing compared to the the nine weekends in a row we do at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, except....at MDRF we are in a permanent booth, the same location, a easy 2.5 hour drive, and have a nice trailer to stay in. ( Read more... )

Created by the Blessed Order of the Greenman (B.O.G) to support the Order and share our mission with the public.


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Just playing a little catchup here, and I need to post my pictures from the Greenman March before updating about FaerieCon. So here are a few more pictures, some Boggies and a few words on the weekend.


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Not much of a post this week. It will have to wait until after the coming weekend to catch up. This week we are madly getting ready for the FaerieCon. So I will catch up later. For now, I will have to offer you a picture and two videos. The 9th Annual Marching of the Greenmen, by the Blessed Order of the Greenman (BOG), was this past Sunday. Here ( Read more... )

This delightfully sweet song about Spoutwood Farm May Day Fairie Festival was written by Janet Spahr, an excellent musician and player of the Hang Drum. It seems to be essentially an evolved steel drum. It is lovely, and a new instrument that only a limited number play. The simple joy of this song really gets across the spirit of the festival. ( Read more... )

Well, as my regular readers will know, we attended FaerieCon back in October of 2007. It was a real blast and an important event in our artistic careers with lots of connections in the community and friends made. You can read my post about it Here. So while the The Beloved Order of the Greenman was stomping about, blessing the booths, and doing our ( Read more... )

In the spirit of Lemmings, my contribution...


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Here is how we open the Green Man Marches at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. You can learn more about the Beloved Order of the Greenman (B.O.G) and the mythic image at www.bogbrothers.orgIt was a great March, with sixteen Brothers in attendance. Lots of fun was had by all. Lots of water was consumed in the heat. We hung in there. Don't think we ( Read more... )