Queen Elizabeth, King Edward, Cosimo de Medici, and Pope Leo X welcome our guests.
The parents were a great audience.
Parents created paintings with egg tempra. They learned about this Renaissance technique from the artists.
The monks and the Pope taught about illuminated letters and religious art. Albrecht Durer, Michelangelo, and Leonardo DaVinci showed the parents how to make egg tempera.
Johan Gutenberg explained how his invention helped spread writing all over Europe. Petrarch, Dante, Machiavelli, Erasmus, and Shakespeare told the parents about their lives and their written works. Then, this group performed a few scenes from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Next, we moved into the atrium for a tour of Italy. Medici gave Italian florins to the parents and they were free to buy goods from our merchants. We had merchants who represented Genoa, Venice, and Florence.
Our merchant from Genoa sold wassail to our guests.
Our merchant from Venice sells lace and discusses her trade.
The students practiced several musical numbers to perform at the conclusion of our festival.
Students dance around the May Pole.
Students perform with hand drums.
The whole group danced the Pavane.
The students created songs to play on the recorders.
This event was a huge success. Thank you to all who attended!
There were also several requests for the Wassail recipe.
Make a syrup by simmering one and a half cups water, 3/4 c. sugar, 2 sticks cinnamon and 8 whole cloves.
Simmer until it has reduced to about 1 cup.
In a large pot combine 1 bottle apple juice, 1 bottle cranberry juice, and syrup.
Heat through and enjoy!
