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...

2008-7-31

Looks like the webmaster has been slacking off for almost 2 months. Where are those updates you've been waiting for? Well, here they are...

We had five PHENOMENAL weeks out in Wisconsin. The folks at The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire were, much like last year, great to work with. We had a chance to reacquaint ourselves with many of the friends we made last year plus we made some new ones. If you missed out on getting to this show, start making plans for next year.

During the week, we spent a lot of time training. Carolyn made her debut playing the role of Mucky Buckets. Seth took advantage of the time to work on his jousting and gaming skills. And Paladin proved, once again, that he can joust with the best of them. This also gave Scott and Becca a chance to try out some new tricks. Maybe you'll see Shadow holding rings. Mister Mister of course, oversaw everyone's training and made sure everyone had a good time.

But we didn't spend the entire time performing and training, although that's how we spent most of it. We made time for fun too. What do we do for fun? Look at horses of course. Among some other places we visited a Friesian breeding stable where we got to see and meet some lovely horses. Unfortunately, they wouldn't all fit in the car. We saw some other great horses as well.

We also took a trip out to the Mall of America. We weren't sure what it would be like, however, they had a Radio Shack which no mall can do without. They also had not one, not two, but FOUR roller coasters... IN THE MALL! An amusement park area takes up the center of this place. Great fun was had by all capped off with ice cream.

Lest we forget, we had a great time on our weekly trips to Dana's Grill & Bar in Chippewa Falls where we feasted on some fine beef, enjoyed some Leinenkugel's beer and ate cheese curds all served by the best waitress on the planet, Sammie. Next year, we're hoping to invade the Wisconsin Dells

After returning to the northeast, Paragon Jousting went right back to work. After performing three camps shows in two states over 6 days, we had the wonderful opportunity to perform at Fitch's Corner Horse Trials. Let's be honest, this was just a little more nerve racking than most performances. These were HORSE PEOPLE!!!! Well, suffice to say, we were a hit. Everyone loved us and we loved them right back. In addition to performing three shows, we had the opportunity to watch cross country riders jumping up and over and down various obstacles. All we could think was, "You could get hurt doing that!" Funny, they said the same thing to us. We danced and dined with our hosts Saturday night at the blue jeans ball and we're looking forward to a return next year.

And now, with another private show behind us, we look forward to this weekend when Paragon Jousting returns to Maine for the Maine Renaissance Faire at Castle Treasure. This new fair in Manchester, ME takes place at the Treasure Equestrian Center. We're going to be seeing both old friends and new. Take a look at this article which will tell you even more. We're looking forward to this return to the state of Maine and hope lots of people can join us.

2008-6-7

Apparently, when we weren't paying attention, Apollo picked up a second job. We hope he can get time off to come to Wisconsin with us.

2008-6-5

We're ready to head west for another great run at The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire. During the course of the 5 weekends, we'll be performing a variety of different shows. Watch for the return of Mucky Buckets as the plucky peasant girl marches her wits, her horse skills and, yes, her broom against the knights of the realm! We will also be showcasing our mounted knights working alongside their fully armored seconds on foot, as seen at The Connecticut Renaissance Faire in 2007. Watch the mounted riders battle against pollaxe wielding footmen in the new and improved Crest and Baton Tournament! Four knights battle for supremacy, but only one can claim the field. And last but not least...Becca in a dress? Come to The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire and see!

2008-5-29

Did you think we'd been sitting around doing nothing the past few weeks? Far from it. We've got some exciting stuff to tell everyone about. But first, meet one of our newest squires, Marshall Andersen. His picture is up right now and we'll have all kinds of great information about Marshall real soon.

Secondly, we just had a chance to see the advertising cards going out in for the NEW Maine Renaissance Faire in Manchester, ME. This event is part fund raiser and 100% excitement. To see the new poster featuring Paragon Jousters, click here.

Next, we've added a new show. This time in Maryland where Jousting is the official state sport. We're taking a step into higher learning as we head to Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD. We will be entertaining the university community at the 'Family Fun' weekend, where friends and family of the students are welcome to come visit this grand old university. It will be our first showing in the State of Maryland, and we're looking forward to making some new friends.

And of course we've added more private shows to our schedule as well. Keep checking back for more great information. And don't forget, The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire in Chippewa Falls is just over 2 weeks away. We're looking forward to our second Midwest journey.

2008-5-7

Paragon Jousting has just returned from it's first public show of the year. We had a great time at the Celebration of Celts. Despite threats of driving rain, the weather held back. Making his debut this weekend was Paragon Jousting's newest four legged performer Shadow Joustington. Shadow had a fantastic debut in Chatham, NY as the knight of Dame Fiona representing as Lady Killian. Shadow quickly became a favorite among both kids and adults. New pictures of Shadow can be found on his profile page.

Meanwhile, Apollo celebrated the two year anniversary of his first public joust by serving as the mount for Master of the List, Sir William Sidney. While Apollo relaxed, the team of Sir Devon of York, representing as Lord of Guinness, was reunited with Paragon Jousting's reigning steed, Oberon.

Also making their debuts this weekend were squires Marshall and Kelly. Expect to see these two soon at a show near you.

Scott and Becca will spend the rest of May continuing Checker's training, and preparing to make the trip to The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire. We're all looking forward to five weeks in the mid-west performing for these great crowds.

2008-3-23

At the end of March, Scott and Seth will be returning to their sword fighting roots as they get together to teach a stage combat workshop at Wells College in Aurora, New York.

They will be jointly instructing the 'Pirate' and 'Ninja' clubs at the college in swordsmanship techniques of these mythic warriors. Scott will be teaching the skills employed by the Ninja in combat, while Seth picks up his cutlass once again to talk about Pirates in battle. Their methods will be compared, contrasted, and put to the test because as we all know, Pirates and Ninjas do not get along.

2008-3-9

Nobody can accuse Paragon Jousting of not staying busy. We've been training through the winter and we've added more dates on our calendar. Included is The Treasure Equestrian Center Renaissance Faire in Manchester, ME. We've also added three more private events in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

So that's not even the most exciting news so far in March. First, Paragon Jousting director and lead jouster, Scott Rodlin made the papers recently after his visit to the Emily Howland Elementary School in Aurora, NY. This article really does a nice job of capturing the reaction of the kids to the presence of this modern day knight.

Saving the best until last... Paragon Jousting was announced as a winner in the 2007 Renaissance Festival Awards held by The Renaissance Festival Podcast. This listed us as one of the top five jousting companies and we're in pretty good company so we're all very excited about this. Thanks to everyone who voted and special congrats go out to our friends at Lusty Leather, NE Rennies and Capt Redbeard (who has provided many of the pictures on our site) for their recognition as well.

2008-2-15

The days are filling up fast and Paragon Jousting is more popular than ever. Since our last update, we've added three more private shows. One of these shows will be a speaking engagement where Paragon Jousting director and lead jouster, Scott Rodlin, will be speaking on Friday, February 29th at the Emily Howland Elementary School in Aurora, NY. Scott, better known as Sir Devon Farrel of York, will be speaking to students in grades K through 4 about the life of a Knight in the middle ages. Joining Scott for this appearance will be Paragon Jousting squire Jennie Huling known on the field as Sophia Rainn.

That's not the only news we've got for you today. We've done a little bit of site redesign and we have a brand new Shows Page. This new page gives a brief description of all our shows with links to more detail and pictures of each. The pictures on those pages can be clicked for a more detailed view. We are still making changes but we didn't want to keep it under wraps any longer. And don't forget to keep checking back as we change the pictures around. You never know who or what you might see.

Finally, we've created a dedicated page for Videos. No longer do you need to download fancy codecs or have just the right viewer to enjoy Paragon Jousting from your computer. Just a click and you're watching Paragon Jousting streaming to your desktop.

Keep checking back for more updates.

2008-1-27

It's a new year and we've got a lot of excitement ahead of us. Check out our Schedule Page to get a preview of where we'll jousting in 2008. Already we are scheduled to make return appearances at A Celebration of Celts, The Wisconsin Renaissance Faire and The Connecticut Renaissance Faire. In addition to these events Paragon Jousting has been asked to perform at two new events and New York. Fitch's Corner Horse Trials in Millbrook and The Great New York State Faire in Syracuse.

We've also got a new video which you should be able to see on our Videos Page.