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Artisans at the 2009 Sterling Renaissance Festival

Sterling, NY, May 2009 - Unique handcrafted art wares will be showcased at this year’s 33rd Annual Sterling Renaissance Festival. The 2009 season runs seven weekends, July 4th through August 16th, in Sterling, New York along the shores of Lake Ontario. More than eighty highly skilled, full-time artisans and craftsmen are chosen by a jury committee to practice and display their wares at the Festival. Selections are made based upon the quality of products and relevance to the Elizabethan time period. “We are very careful in selecting artisans,” said Garry Izzo, Creative Director at the Sterling Renaissance Festival. “We want to ensure that visitors have a unique and satisfying shopping experience.”

Selected artisans display their works in decorative booths throughout the village of Warwickshire—many provide demonstrations of techniques used in the crafting of their wares. All pieces are designed and handcrafted by the artisan themselves who are present throughout the entire Festival season.

This year’s featured items will include custom-minted coins, created by the Heinen family; a wide selection of leather goods, by Potomac Leather; sculpted leather masks by Richard Thompson; hand-made flutes and drums by Fire Om Earth Studio; jewelry from ostrich and emu egg shells by Claire Ludovico and TJ Deluca; flowered garlands by Linda New-Craig; hand-blown glass by R. Foster Holcombe; and gold and silver jewelry by Cole Sheckler.

Artistic services include Everlasting Braids by Gwendolyn McLaughlin and costume rentals by Laura Roe.

The Festival Grounds Stay Alive After The Renaissance Festival Ends! Plug in and pipe up at the Sterling Celtic Rock Festival, a weekend of heart-pounding live music, authentic food and drink, and unique Celtic crafts, debuts August 22nd and 23rd, the weekend directly following the Sterling Renaissance Festival. Details are available at SterlingCeltic.com.

The Sterling Renaissance Festival, presented by Empire Attractions, LLC, is located at the Sterling Festival Grounds in Sterling, NY, just 45 minutes north of Syracuse, NY, near Oswego, and one hour east of Rochester. Festival dates are Saturdays and Sundays only, July 4th through August 16th, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine. Free parking is available. Sorry, no pets allowed. For festival details, discount ticket information, driving directions and important notices regarding special events, visit our website at SterlingFestival.com or call 1.800.879.4446.

Empire Attractions, New York’s premier themed events and entertainment provider, proudly owns and operates a variety of venues throughout the State, including the Sterling Renaissance Festival, the Sterling Celtic Rock Festival, and Screamers’ Hollow haunted attraction located at the Sterling Festival Grounds in Sterling, NY; Historic Sylvan Beach Amusement Park, Yesterday’s Royal, and the Sylvan Beach Screamer Speedboat Thrill Ride, located along Oneida Lake in Sylvan Beach, NY; and Santa’s Workshop at North Pole, NY, located on Whiteface Mountain 12 miles east of Lake Placid, NY. For more information on Empire Attractions and its upcoming events, go to EmpireAttractions.com.

CONTACT: Doug Waterbury, Owner, Empire Attractions, LLC, 315.593.9677