Yes indeed, Tortuga Fans...Valentine and Bernardo made their Tortuga debut opening weekend of the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa, Florida on Valentine's Day, February 14.  Although nervous was the word for the day, success was the outcome!  So. Much. Fun!

Want to meet the new guys?!  You can find them on the Tower Stage for four shows daily including, dear friends, the R-Rated Show.

The following photos are courtesy Bianca Badia https://www.facebook.com/BeeGoesBuzz

Meanwhile in Arizona...

"Second week of faire was also a three-day weekend, so a dose of extra fun for all!

Saturday - During the R-rated show, D'Angelo tells Scaramouche to "prepare to leave this world the same way you came into it" and someone in the audience called out "by accident!"  Raphael walked out to him, gave him a dollar, and said "we own that joke now."  LOL!

Sunday - Based on a comment made the previous day, instead of saying "bad enough to pick a fight with Chuck Norris" during the Pirate show, Raphael updated it to Daryl Dixon.  It went over well so they may be using that one again!  (Now, Raphael owes me a dollar ...)

Monday - At the end of the Pirate show, Scaramouche kissed the Island Queen and asked the daughter in the audience if she got the picture, offering to do it again.  She made him wait while she hurried up to the edge of the stage.  As D'Angelo announced, she wanted a CLOSE-UP!!

There was also a moment during the R-rated show when Scaramouche approaches a child in the audience and says "Lesbian is just a cute nickname for grandma".  Then there was a pause, and he said "oh, are you grandma?"  Always fun when things like that happen!"

via Cindy Gray/AZ TT Fan Club Chapter Head/Tortuga Cart Manager

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(Weekend #2)

Via Cindy Gray:

Warm, sunshiny weather continues in Arizona and makes for a very nice three-day weekend at faire!  Here are just a few tidbits from this weekend's amazing shows:

- I've noticed our Robin Hood shows are now including Jodi Arias jokes.  Not sure if they play as well in other locations as they do here, although it did garner national attention.  Scaramouche tells Robin to stay in jail "just like Jodi Arias".  When the audience reacts, he says "no, no - I hear she's a killer girlfriend!"

- On Sunday, I overheard this comment after a rather lackluster audience response:  "We want to thank everyone for that moment of silence for the late, great comedian Sid Caesar."

- On Monday, I was surprised to hear "Errol Flynn, eat your heart out".  Not sure what happened to Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner!  🙂

- Monday's R-Rated show also brought more fun than usual from our 16-year-old "Masturbation Boy".  It began with "you're a teenage boy, you know what I mean ... and judging by that blushing, I guess you do!" - ended with Scaramouche telling a younger child to move because "the last thing he needs to see at this moment [the moment where he has two hot girls seated on either side of him] is his kid sister!"  - and somewhere in the middle of it all, this sage advice from Scaramouche:  "When someone is trying to have a conversation with you and is calling you Masturbation Boy, TAKE THE BACKPACK OUT OF YOUR LAP!  You're not fooling anyone!"

 

You can find Furball Photo on facebook to see more amazing photos from the Arizona Renaissance Festival.

Looking forward to Weekend Three?  Don't forget to post your pics from fest on our facebook page.

We can't wait to see what you share...

Tell us about your AzRF adventures this year...in our comments below.

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And so it begins...

The 2014 Festival season is under way and the Arizona Renaissance Festival is up first.

via our lovely Cart Goddess and Arizona FC Chapter Head, Cindy Gray:

"Opening weekend at AZRF was beautiful.  Weather was warm (and destined to be even warmer for our three-day adventure ... dig yourself out of the snow and come join us before the rain shows up!).  It was what is often referred to as "Dress Rehearsal Weekend" since everyone has been on hiatus for a couple of months.  Sometimes that makes for a lot of interesting mistakes, but sometimes it just makes for more fun!

We were busy at the cart getting things situated and double-checking ourselves, having our own version of "dress rehearsal weekend", so I didn't get to pay a lot of attention to the shows. Just a few things here and there.  Sunday's R Show did catch my attention though!  The bitch slap bit went on longer than usual, and the rating had been upped to xXx by that time, but all I can remember is laughing - loud and hard - a lot!!  It is very clear, though, that the show in their heads was even better than the one on stage:

Scaramouche to Raphael - "This is only Triple X ... you can't say what I'm thinking!""

It's only weekend one.  The best is yet to come.

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Because of your outpouring of love and support we came in First Place in the following categories…again.

“Best Non-Musical Comedy Show”

“Best Bawdy Show”

in the 8^th Annual Renaissance Festival Awards of 2012.

Although it was indeed an honor just to be nominated, it was also very humbling and quite touching that you guys took the time to cast your vote our way.  We look at the list of winners and find ourselves very lucky to be listed amongst such talented performers.

Thank You ALL!

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