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The Crossed Swords

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Nicole and Mike are The Crossed Swords. For over 20 years, their swordfighting combat shows have been seen across the continental U.S. and Canada at renaissance festivals and science fiction conventions. Recently, they've been hired to swordfight in such interesting locations as Honolulu, Hawaii; Blackpool, England; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; and Moscow, Russia.

The duo can also be seen in a TBS documentary on Pirates, in an A&E episode of The Unexplained, on the Larry Elmore cover paintings for two Dragonlance books (The Reign of Istar and The Cataclysm), and on the "Cure Light Wounds" card in the Spellfire game.

They also teach stage combat and have been fight directors in charge of swordfights for renaissance festivals and many historical plays including Hamlet, Cyrano, Camelot, Caesar & Cleopatra, Robin Hood, Romeo & Juliet, and I Hate Hamlet.

Click here to visit our webpage: Crossedswords.biz

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My Blog

Combat Workshop Photos Up

The new stage combat workshop photos are finally uploaded to a photo album.  The album is set for all of our MySpace FRIENDS to view.   Thanks to all the students who participated over all the days.  ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Andúril sword knights Stephen Colbert

http://www.hulu.com/watch/66837/the-colbert-report... Steven Colbert is "knighted" with an Andúril replica sword from Lord of the Rings. You just know its his personal sword that he b...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:42:00 GMT

Send Your Name To The Moon!

There's still time to add YOUR name to the list of names being sent to the moon.See, on November 24, 2008 NASA is launching the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The objective of the mission is to...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:49:00 GMT

HoHoHo

I titled my Christmas story, "A Helium Balloon for my Dead Grandmother." I'd heard there were already a couple thousand responses to this call for "heart-warming" Christmas story submissions BEFOR...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:07:00 GMT

Answer to the Musical Question

.. In the music section of our profile page we've asked: Can you name all 6 songs blended together to make up the mashup below by DJ Earworm? Here is the answer: Under the Influence of Giants ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:57:00 GMT

Captain Kirk and Batman star in

The other day I was researching Alexander the Great and I stumbled across some salvaged footage of young actors William Shatner and Adam West starring in a 1960s-era pilot for a TV series.Mediafunhous...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:53:00 GMT

The Dueling Oak

..One of my favorite trees lives in New Orleans in the City Park. For awhile I was worried about whether it survived Hurricane Katrina, and then I found a website with a recent photo of it, post-h...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:03:00 GMT

A squid, a pebble or a policeman...

If you're a writer, or if you're interested in writing, there's a comedy sketch on YouTube that might give you a smile. It may even give you a big smile. You may even feel the need to watch it over...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:46:00 GMT

Swordsman Hank Reinhardt

.. For photo credit click here. Today I'm writing a few words about a swordfighting friend of mine. He passed away recently. His given name was Julius Henry Reinhardt--but everyone called him by his ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:21:00 GMT

20 Foods to NEVER feed your pet

This is best list of bad foods to feed pets that I've seen so far. Since many of you own dogs or cats, I thought I'd just paste the entire article in here for you to read. The article comes from Par...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT