Student Days?
Looking at the web site of the Ohio Renaissance Festival, you might wonder why there is a link to “Student Days”. After all, if you follow that link you will see only one date for the 2010 season: September 30. Perhaps they should change the title to “Student Day”.
Craft show or Overpriced Fleamarket
Do you pay $20.00 to shop at a flea market?
ORF Inc. slips further into the dark at the hands of Dan Roth (the Craft Director). At least I think he is one of the managers that escaped the recent shake up. No they aren’t slipping into the Dark Ages, but simply into the dark. One wonders how much further the place can slide into obscurity before it is considered yet another flea market. You see the great strength that Renaissance Festivals have against other theme parks are quality merchants. You are sure to see the “made in China” tag at other theme parks and it litters most flea markets, but Renaissance Festivals offer a different type of shopping. Or at least in theory, they offer hand made goods by craftspeople whose art form existed at the time in which the festival is set. Note, I said in theory. This seems to no longer be the case at the Ohio Renaissance Festival and I am not the only one to notice.
ORF employees contact Investigator #40
ORF Inc. employees:
I have been advised that any employee of the Ohio Renaissance Festival Inc. who was not paid minimum wage or better contact Shari Hetesheimer (investigator #40) immediately. The law does provide for compensation but there is a time limit.
Street Cast Update for 2009
What happened to the Street Cast?
As we reported last year, it appears Peter Carroll was too good for Ohio Labor Laws last year. As we reported, it seems the street cast and others were paid below minimum wage per Ohio law. Not per federal law which provides for below minimum wage for seasonal employment, but per Ohio law.
Sponsors drop out for 2009
Well, the 2009 season is drawing near and a few things have changed. The first thing you might notice is that the list of sponsors for this year’s event seems to have become quite a bit shorter. Oh Kroger is still there, but here is a list of folk who seem suspiciously missing from the list of sponsors of the festival.