Lawrence resident Alison Flannery braids 6-year-old Savannah Miller's hair. Flannery, who is a graphic artist, has worked at the Braidin' Maiden booth at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival for five years.

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Marianne Carter, left, and Kent Deeds, both of Lawrence, perform Sunday at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

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Debra Jennings, Lawrence, braids 7-year-old Cora Garsow's hair on Sunday at the festival.

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Adam Buritsch, of Kansas City, Mo., ventures into the audience while dancing with his gypsy family Sunday at the Renaissance Festival. Many of the costumed characters interact with festivalgoers.

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Josh Hildebrand, left, and David Harter, both of Lawrence, wind up The Crowe's Nest at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Hildebrand said the weekend job is "a good workout."

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Lawrence resident Sara Hildebrand, who works at the "Soak a Bloke, Drench a Wench" booth, says she gets dunked up to 150 times a day.

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Halliday Weston, Lawrence, works at a game called "Seige the Fortress" at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. She said she has been caught saying her lines - "Knock down one of these guys and win a prize. Only a dollar for three tries" - in her sleep.

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A performing knight rallies the crowd in his favor Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 during a jousting show at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival in Bonner Springs.

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Two knights joust during a performance Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 during the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

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After battling on horseback, two knights set out to resolve their conflict hand-to-hand Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 during a performance at the Kansas City Renaissance Fair.

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Alison Flannery, second from right, of Lawrence, braids 6-year-old Savannah Miller's hair, of Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at a Braiden Maidens booth at the festival.

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Alison Flannery of Lawrence braids 6-year-old Savannah Miller's hair, of Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at a Braiden Maidens booth.

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Alison Flannery, center, of Lawrence braids 6-year-old Savannah Miller's hair, of Kansas City, Kan., Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at a Braiden Maidens booth. Flannery has been braiding hair or five years.

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Earl Rose of Lawrence works in the marketing division for the Kansas City Renaissance Festival but on the weekend he's a runner, going from booth to booth making sure everyone's needs are met. In this spot, he stops for a portrait in the place he plans to get married.

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Debra Jennings, right, braids 7-year-old Cora Garsow's hair, of Leavenworth, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

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Oliver the Fishmonger, right, watches fairgoers interact in a courtyard Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.

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Fairgoers watch a game of tug-of-war under their parasols Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007.

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Festival patrons exit the fairground gates Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 as the festivities begin to conclude.

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