OK - it has been a while since I posted.  I have been to several faires and have had such a good time.  Including this weekend meeting Sir Clisto, one of my bestest friends here on renspace, for the first time in person at the Des Moines festival.  Granted everyone ended up leaving goodgirl and me with all the kidos, we still had a great time.  I have been taking photos of KC and Des Moines and will post them soon but I will admit that I am messing with my camera to try and take “better” photos.  Sooooooo...  I will post them all soon, including our bud, Sir Clisto.  Buttttttttttt as a preview here is one on my favs of my daughter and goodgirls!

Hello Everyone...  I just got an email from Jeff Gasser, a friend of mine that I worked with for 10 years.  He said that he would keep me posted on any funeral arrangements.  He said that it looks like it might be this Friday.  If you would like more information, just let me know and I will send it to you as soon as I hear.

Cait

Here is an article from the KC Star...

KC Renaissance Festival actor dies in car crash
By SARA SHEPHERD
The Kansas City Star

In reality, Jim Gasser was only about 5-foot-10.

But most people who knew him as the Barbarian — the sword-wielding, bearskin-clad warrior from the Kansas City Renaissance Festival — pegged him at about 6-foot-4.

“Even friends that had known him forever thought he was taller than he actually was,” said friend and business partner Mary Hill.

“He was such a dynamic person. ... He was just bigger than life.”

Gasser, 46, of Overland Park, was killed Monday morning when a van slid across the median and collided with his vehicle head-on on Interstate 40 in New Mexico. Authorities said snow had fallen and the interstate was icy.

Gasser’s father, Max Gasser, said his son was driving to California, where he planned to spend seven weeks at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire, one of the country’s oldest such festivals.

Gasser, a Shawnee Mission East High School graduate and former Planet Hollywood chef, worked at the Mixx restaurant. He also created Barbarian Battles, a business that makes foam-padded swords.

He began playing the Barbarian at Kansas City’s Renaissance Festival in 2002.
“He’s one of those people who’s taken a character that could be a little scary ... and the kids adore him,” festival entertainment director Jim Stamberger said in a 2003 interview. “Kids are actually in a line surrounding him. Those kids walk away feeling like they met somebody special.”

Gasser loved the physical challenge and honorable tradition of sword-fighting, and he was passionate about sharing the skill with others, especially young people, Hill said.
Each Monday and Thursday, students — some of whom had been training with Gasser for years — gathered in Antioch Park to learn and practice.

Hill said about 50 fighters showed up Monday night. Most had already heard of Gasser’s death.

Hill urged them to fight anyway, she said, and they did.
“He was very, very well loved by so many people.”