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Liza Q's family has been studying the middle ages, so for Michaelmas they put on a medievel feast, including a dramatization of the story of St. George and the Dragon. Liza has generously allowed me to share these photos of their day, along with a few notes on how the day went. Thanks, Liza!

Some random thoughts on the day...

We got some ideas about Michaelmas from Catherine Called Birdy and The Royal Diaries:Elizabeth 1.

Our soundtrack (The Chieftains, The Battlefield Band and The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos) was lovely.

Peasants preparing the feast


Our home-made (no sewing, just scrounging around our closets and the dress-up clothes box) peasant costumes came out better than we expected!





Noble guests


Our store-bought costumes were very pretty.




Liza's ideas for the food were very creative:

The duck, which was easier to locate than a goose, was easy to make and tasted better than I remembered. Doing many things the easy way (like buying canned soup and bread from the bakery) made for a very relaxing time. Not authentic, but still lots of fun. Adding almond extract to French Vanilla pudding mix works very well. Marzipan looks better than it tastes. OK, that's just Mom's opinion - some of my children strongly disagree!

Valiant St. George and the beautiful princess Una


Una's costume was bought at a medieval festival sponsored by Medieval Adventures.





St. George triumphs over the dragon!