August 12, 2013
It’s not every day that you’ll see knights, damsels (not in distress), vikings, samurai and the odd dragon wandering around outside an art gallery.
But that’s what was happening at the Winds of Change’s Medieval Fun Day held in Nanango on Saturday.
The fun day – followed by a banquet held on Saturday night at Nanango RSL – capped off a month of medieval mayhem at the gallery which included workshops in a string of ancient crafts.
Re-enactment troupes travelled to Nanango from Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast and Rockhampton to add colour to the day.
At the back of the area, there were medieval-style tents housing a number of stalls and demonstrations of rapier fighting and heavy armour fighting.
“It’s been fabulous,” gallery spokeswoman Julia Shaw said. “A lot of these people have just donated their time. The costumes are just lovely.”
Julia said the medieval banquet had been booked out … “we could have probably sold a lot more tickets”.
A medieval-style dining room table and chairs, handmade by Tony Allen from Nanango (valued at $2500) was raffled; as were four hand-painted reproductions of sections of the Bayeaux Tapestry.
Julia said she would particularly like to thank the Nanango Bendigo Bank who gave $1000 (and loaned their tents) to assist with the event.
She said the day had been so successful, that there had already been discussions about doing it again next year.
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