Sponsored by The Fort Tryon Park Trust
12:00: Marco the Magician
12:30: Meet Robin Hood & His Band of Merry Men
1:00: WonderSpark Puppets: Join Kid Lancelot in his Adventures
1:30: Teel Hamish & Aislin Storytellers
2:00: Marco the Magician
2:30: WonderSpark Puppets: Join Kid Lancelot in his Adventures
3:00: Mistress Tale Weaver & Lady Isabelle: Participation & Fun with Chester the Jester
3:30: Meet Robin Hood & His Band of Merry Men
4:00: Marco the Magician
4:30: WonderSpark Puppets: Join Kid Lancelot in his Adventures
5:00: Mistress Tale Weaver & Lady Isabelle: Participation & Fun with Chester the Jester
^^Last Years Calendar -
In one Era and Out the Other!
Enter 2011, Exit 1110
Puppet making, arts & crafts for kids.
both the Kid's Zone and the Time Tent are Located adjacent to the
Edinburgh Castle - Scotland
In the Middle Ages, Edinburgh became Scotland’s chief royal castle - seat of royalty, headquarters of the sheriff of Edinburgh, military garrison and storehouse of the royal gun train, and repository of the nation’s crown jewels and state records.
Impressive buildings were constructed, including the 12th-century St Margaret’s Chapel, the oldest building in Edinburgh, David’s Tower, built for David II, Robert the Bruce’s son, in the 1370s, and the monumental great hall of James IV, opened in 1511. However, the long and bitter Wars of Independence with the ‘auld enemy’, England, took their toll, and the castle endured a siege upon siege; Edward I, Edward III and Henry VIII all did their utmost to batter down the walls.
In 1566 Mary Queen of Scots gave birth to James VI in the royal palace within the castle. The tiny bed-closet still survives, a room that has a special significance for Great Britain, for in 1603 James VI became also James I of England - the ‘Union of the Crowns.’. The departure of the Scottish court for London saw much of the royal ‘glitter’ go from the castle. Thereafter, the stronghold became little more than a garrison fortress and arsenal. The last sovereign to sleep; there was Charles, I in 1633, prior to his coronation as King of Scots. More about Edinburgh Castle.
