10yo Seeks Volunteer Oppty as Historical Reenactment Character
My daughter loves history and acting. On a recent trip to Philadelphia, she experienced volunteers dressed in period-appropriate attire and acting as historical characters. She loved it and wants to find a similar situation here in the Bay Area. Looking for suggestions. TIA.
Jun 19, 2021
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She might want to look into the Dickens Fair, held annually (pandemic willing) at the Cow Palace in Daly City between the weekend before Thanksgiving and the weekend before Christmas. Many kids perform there as both historic and fictional-historic characters. https://dickensfair.com/involved is a good place to start - it links to other pages which are all hoping for updates while uncertainties about Covid and also diversity initiatives/corrections take place. Each year there is a series of "workshops" ahead of the events themselves, at which instruction is given on costume, language, period-appropriate hair, behaviors, etc.
Only thing I know is the Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco.
Look into Ardenwood, one of the EB Parks. In the before times, they had re-enactment events on weekends.