One of them took place in Austria on the Castle Piberstein at the beginning of September. There were courses about crafts one would need in middle earth, like archery, collecting herbs, speaking the language of the elves, to forge ornaments etc. People slept in a medieval camp or on the floor in the castle and there was a camp kitchen, where the collected herbs and beeries where cooked.
Unfortunately just at that weekend there were so many events attracting the same people, that only a few came to this magical place. I was there for just one day, once again with my friends of Dunkelschoen. It was an honour for us to take place and we had tried to dress accordingly. As I'm not very tall I had decided to dress as Hobbit woman: long skirt with an apron, blouse and bonnet - things I usually wear at medieval festivals except for the apron. Although the bonnet covers my ears, the elves in the castle insited on fixing my ears, so I really felt like being in the Shire. The head of the band had even grown hair on his feet and "smoked" a pipe, like the hobbits in the films.
There was a TV crew of a private broadcast station - you find the link to there broadcast in my blog "a weekend full of adventures". I had brought two cameras, one for photos & videos and the video cam of my husband which I gave a friend to fill with memories. This friend also looked after my stall of goodies for some time during the concert, so I could go up front to the stage, where the audience was having a ball. There was no big crowd, but those who had come, loved the music, clapped hands and danced as if they had taken some magic potion. They loved the themes of the films the band had added to their songs and sang along. After several encores two large men put the hobbit on their shoulder and carried him away. Luckily not to Isengard, but to the medieval camp to spoil the band with drinks. At the end the strongest even helped to carry the 1001 pieces of equipment to the car. It was the best party of the year!
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