Chester events – recent and forthcoming…
Sue Hughes at the Grosvenor Museum has just sent us the following report on the recent ‘Minstrels’ Court’ event – it sounds like great fun. If living history and interactive events capture your imagination, then please do come and join us at the forthcoming ‘Mapping Medieval Chester Festival’ (Saturday 29th August). For further information see the earlier blog post or contact the Grosvenor Museum.
Minstrel’s Court Event
A successful Minstrels’ Court helped celebrate medieval Chester and publicise the Mapping Medieval Chester Festival on 29 August 2009. ‘Medieval’ Musicians were presented with their licences to play by Reverend Chesters and are now safe from being arrested as vagabonds for another year.
Musician Richard York demonstrated a wide variety of Medieval instruments and allowed the public to have a go. The 1265 group from the Midlands had volunteered to help with the day and gave a fantastic demonstration of arming a knight, whilst the women demonstrated textile and braid making and there was even a Medieval leper! Tom Hughes did some Cheshire story-telling about the dragon of Moston and St Werburgh. There were also displays about pilgrimage, relics and the church.
The Minstrels were joined by local musicians in a Medieval ‘jamming’ session and even the local Morris dancers got wind that there was something going on and joined in as well.
The Minstrels’ Court will be re-created again in June 2010, when we will discover how many of the musicians are granted licences this time!
Tags: Grosvenor Museum, Mapping Medieval Chester Festival, Minstrels' Court, public workshop
July 18th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
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May 17th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Hi all. Could someone inform me of the date that this years Minstrels court is to be held. If possible could you please let me have a contact for the organisers as I would like to see if I can get involved. Many thanks. Craig. (Cheshire).
May 18th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Hi Craig. Thanks for your interest in the Minstrels Court event. This is organised by the Grosvenor Museum. We’ve passed your query on and hope to get some details for you. In the meantime, you might want to contact the Grosvenor Museum directly so see whether they have any information yet. Thanks, Catherine