Dickens Christmas Fair - 2005

Pictures The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, held annually at the Cow Palace in (or very near) San Francisco. It's great fun, with much singing and dancing, games and revelry, and the characters of Charles Dickens doing things in the street. Ahem. Anyway, it's a four weekend thing, and we've only had one weekend so far. I, um, took a lot of pictures. They're sorted by subject, for simplified viewing.

If I didn't get to you yet, don't worry. There's still a lot of weekends to go.

As you enter - Mr. Fezziwig's Party

	Through the windows, before opening	A game of "Poor Pussy"
	Conversing with the children	Dancing!
	Miss Belle Elliot and young Mister Scrooge. He's so doomed.

The streets of London

	Fighting over the puppy	Fagin and company
	A couple of gents, talking	A couple of ladies, talking
	Mr. Pickwick makes some new friends	Mr. Monks makes a friend. What a nice guy.
	Street music	Glassblower at work
	The finishing touches far outside London.

Weird Scenes Inside Mad Sals

	Molly and the Boys	What is the Chairman thinking?
	Ladies	More ladies
	He's so shy.	Really, he is.
	Broadside Music Hall (post coffee)	Stretching
	Miss Molly Twitch	Ladies Oratorical (and Recreational) Society
	Miss Eileen Dover (and her pin)	Miss Eileen Dover (and something else)
	Can Can Bijou in action	Can Can Bijou at rest
	Jolly Young Coachmen	"and rode him 10 times 'cross the room"
	Mr. Obediah Felterup

Miscellaneous shows and people

	The Goblin doesn't get to be the Handsome Prince	At the Green Man Inn
	Meet the Cratchits	Mr. Dickens has "Great Expectations"
	Paddy West and Crew	Singers at the V & A
	The Crummels Family Players infant phenomenon	From the play The Outlaw Duke of Devonshire
	Hair braiding	Hair braided