Right before Christmas, we had a visit from musician Jacob Breedlove, who was in town to perform as part of the Puget Sound Christmas Revels at the Broadway Theater. Jacob showed us how he made his own Renaissance-period costume (including his hand-stitched leather shoes) for the performance, and played some Middle Ages and Renaissance music for us on his beautiful, hand-made hurdy gurdy. He had us all up and dancing in no time!
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