FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Renaissance Festival Podcast
January 23, 2007
CONTACT: Marc Gunn
(512) 470 – 4866

RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL PODCAST ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF THE 2006 RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL AWARDS

AUSTIN, TX (January 23, 2007) – It is official, voter's have chosen the Renaissance Festival winners of 2006. An online popular vote for the best of the best in all things renaissance which has been hosted for the second year by are Marc Gunn and Kristen Rogers (details here). Voter's were invited to choose their favorite Renaissance festivals, performers, podcasts and more. Voter's had from September to December 2006 to sign on and vote for their favorites in categories such as Best Musical Group, Best Solo Performer, Best Festival and even Best Vendor. Now that is a comprehensive list!

Participants placed their votes online at www.renaissancefestivalmusic.com. Anyone involved in creation of or performance at a faire in 2006 was eligible to win. Voting closed Dec 31, 2006 and the results for 2006 were announced via podcast in February 1, 2007. Some of the highlights were Best Music Group: The Bedlam Bards, Best Soloist: Craig of Farrington, Best Renaissance Festival: The Maryland Renaissance Festival, and (we know your curious) Best Vendor: Thee Dragon Laire. Information about all of the winners with links to their respective websites are available online at the renaissance festival music site:

http://renaissancefestivalmusic.com/awards/.

The awards were sponsored by the Song Henge (http://www.songhenge.com/) and the Brobdingnagian Bards (http://www.thebards.net/). The awards continue to be tremendously popular with Renaissance Faire enthusiasts and the sponsors salute all of the winners for 2006 and look forward to sponsoring the awards once again at the end of 2007.

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KRISTEN ROGER grew up and lives on Long Island in New York. When she was little, her folks used to take me to a few local Ren Faires at both Sands Point and the Unitarian Fellowship in Huntington. She was hooked from a young age. It was so inspiring – all of the colours and the garb, not to mention the crafts, and of course the joust. She always wanted to go to the big one in Tuxedeo, and plan on it, hopefully this season. She hopes that people will hear our podcast, and come to be as inspired by the music itself, as I was.

MARC GUNN is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats. He is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian Bards, an internet music promoter, podcaster, poet, photographer and publisher of many, many things on and offline. Communicate with me through my websites:

http://celticmusicpodcast.com/ Irish & Celtic Music Podcast

Renaissance Festival Podcast – Music and Entertainment from Ren Faires

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