Angela's Birthday

Monday was Angela's birthday. This year, instead of a birthday dinner, she wanted to see Medieval Times, the dinner theater show with Knights, jousting and horses. She had seen it years ago in Myrtle Beach and had wanted to attend the show again once they opened a theater in Atlanta a couple of years ago. So we made reservations for the Sunday evening show and took her and Adam and Taylor.

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the event and the show itself. (If you exclude the obvious hustling of Medieval souvenirs, flashing swords for the kids and charging you for photos with the costumed actors. And of course the Burger King type hats you had to wear to designate which Knight you rooted for and which section you set in. Some people looked better in them then others. Thank god I was the one taking photos and there's not much evidence of how foolish I looked!)

But like I said, the event itself was well done. The costumes and staging was very colorful, the sword play and jousting was very realistic and the blows dealt from one knight to the other was seemingly full force with sparks a-flying. The choreography had to be well rehearsed to keep anyone from serious injury. The Andalusian horses were amazing in their abilities and the falconry show was interesting with the hawk flying so close to your head that you could feel the wind from his wing flaps as he swooped past.

So while I have no desire to see the show again anytime soon, I do recommend it for an interesting and entertaining event. Angela loved it, (our Knight pitched her a rose) so that's all that mattered anyway!