Welcome to the home of Paragon Jousting and Adventure Theater

Paragon Jousting is a theatrical joust troupe providing armored jousting suitable for renaissance faires, public festivals and private functions. We provide a wide array of entertaining and educational shows suitable for a variety of audiences. Whether you want heavily armored knights charging at each other with lances leveled, wheeling horses as the knights resort to the sword to win the day, or unarmored riders demonstrating their prowess with sword and lance in a variety of chivalric games of skill, Paragon has a show for you.

NEWS...

2009-6-30

Paragon Jousting will be performing at the annual "Aurorafest" celebration in Aurora, New York. We will begin by leading the Aurorafest Parade down Main Street. We'll have 5 of the Paragon warhorses in the parade, and Apollo will once again be pulling the Paragon wagon with some special guests. After the parade, Scott and Marshall will be jousting, and Becca will be hanging up her armor for the day, and donning a dress as Master of the List. She will be riding on Zeus for his debut performance with Paragon Jousting. The ground crew will be our local Aurora team of Bill, Missy and Andy Hitchcock. After the joust the festivities continue when Marshall will (hopefully) remove his armor and pick up a guitar to perform with his band "Visions of Cody". A full lineup of musicians will continue on until dark when fireworks will light up the skies over Lake Cayuga. We're all looking forward to having some fun with the hometown crowd and the Finger Lakes community we call home.

2009-6-23

Earlier this month (June 5 to be exact), Scott, Becca and Apollo were guests at 'Medieval Days' for the Geneva Central School district in Geneva, New York. This was an afternoon of activities and medieval themed learning. Paragon Jousting's most experienced Jousters answered questions about the medieval knight and did a mounted demonstration of Knightly Skills. A good time was had by all. It was not only a great opportunity for students to learn about a time period long ago, but a chance to see it live and in person and get wrapped up in all the excitement.

To find out how to bring Paragon Jousting to your school's event, contact us at

2009-6-02

Paragon Jousting is excited to announce our presence in the state of New Hampshire as we join Miracles in Motion at their Medieval Faire in Swanzey, NH. This benefit show has become an annual event for Miracles in Motion.

Miracles in Motion has been around since 1999 and has been holding this event since 2007. As a charitable organization, they are a member the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association improving the physical, emotional and cognitive independence of these handicapped individual and promote their self-esteem. When you come to this event, you not only get to watch the excitement that is Paragon Jousting but you also help a worthy cause.

2009-4-27

A happy ending to some sad news

In September 2008, Paragon Jousting purchased its newest warhorse from a jousting troupe in Wisconsin. Zeus is an 18.1hh Shire/Percheron cross, and is about 9 years old. Not long after he arrived in New York, his right eye began running and it was clear that something was wrong. On January 12, 2009, the specialists at The Cornell School of Veterinarian Medicine in Ithaca, NY diagnosed Zeus with cancer. He had a tumor that had consumed this third eyelid and attacked the lower lid of his right eye.

There were three options for Zeus:

1. Euthanasia.
2. Removal of his entire right eye and the surrounding eye socket.
3. Surgical removal of the tumor followed by radiation therapy.

With the hope of saving Zeus and his eye we chose option three. The specialists at Cornell completely removed his third eyelid and the inside of the lower lid. The surgery was followed by localized radiation therapy to the affected eye socket, to destroy the remaining carcinoma and retard future growth.

Zeus recovered well from the surgery, and appears perfectly healthy and happy. We don't know what the long term future will hold for Zeus, as this type of cancer can be very aggressive. For now he's back to his normal life of playing with his friends and training. Zeus will continue to travel and work with the rest of the troupe, and we will continue to provide the best care we can for this valiant horse.

Zeus is a great role model to us all, and we hope he can be an inspiration to others in overcoming adversity, never quitting, and living life to the fullest.

2009-4-11

We've begun posting our Schedule of Upcoming Shows. Dates are filling up fast.

2009-2-8

Paragon Jousting is going to THE KENTUCKY DERBY... kind of.

As many of you may remember, Paragon Jousting was featured in "The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life", an exhibit that pairs photos of today's riders with quotations from the world's greatest books. The exhibit opened in Chelmsford, MA and spent January in Burlington, MA. the exhibit is now on its way to Buxton, ME.

What does this have to do with The Kentucky Derby? We recently received word from Vanessa Wright, the woman who created "The Literary Horse" who told us the exhibit has been invited to the Oldham County Public Library in La Grange for The 2009 Kentucky Derby. That's not the only stop in The Bluegrass State. The exhibit has also been invited to the Central Library in downtown Lexington, KY for The 2010 World Equestrian Games and continues to have bookings throughout 2011 with requests pouring in from the US, Canada as well as abroad.

That's not even the best part of it all. One particular image of a certain Paragon Jouster charging toward the camera, paired with The St Crispin's Day Speech from Shakespeare's Henry V, has reportedly moved many people, particularly those with family in the military. As a result of the effect on one particular person, the exhibit has been invited to the US Marine Core library at West Point, and may even be their installation for this year's graduation.

It goes without saying that everyone in Paragon Jousting is thrilled with the reception which "The Literary Horse" has received so far in New England. As it travels around the country, we hope everyone gets a chance to go see this magnificent exhibit.