I don't spend a lot of time on Talk of The Villages and I wish I had more time to comment on this sooner.
For those who don't know me, I am Anthony DeNicola, I have been on the Relay committee for several years and now this year on the Renaissance committee.
I am not going to get into why we are not doing the Relay as that has been discussed so much already. I do want to mention a few things though for those who wanted to know:
1) There is another organization that is holding The Relay for Life in The Villages, they are called "Hope for Life". Last year was their first year doing it and I don't think they had publicized it much. I am not even sure if they are doing it this year or not. However, if you contact the ACS office they should be able to give you information on this years Relay.
2) The free survivor lunch was provided by Sunrise Cafe over on 466 down towards the school.
3) We did hire outside entertainment for the Jousting, living chess bard, Davinci Brothers, and Empty Hats (The empty hats in addition to doing Renaissance festivals has also performed several times on Town Square and Lake Sumter Landing).
4) The Renaissance Festival is going to be back in 2013. We are currently still in the planning stages but we are looking at making 2013 a two day event on January 5th and 6th.
If anyone has any suggestions or is interested in being part of the event, please post hear or message me. Not sure if the forum rules will let me post my email address, but if you message me I will get back in contact with you.
There is also a facebook page at
The Villages Renaissance Festival | Facebook which has information on the event.
Regards,
Anthony DeNicola