Knighting ~ A Robin Hood Festival Tradition

Each year, several Sherwood citizens are chosen to be honored for their service to their community.  Each person is "knighted" at the Robin Hood Festival by Maid Marian and then earns the title of "Sir" or "Lady".

Knighting is an age-old tradition at the Festival.  Over 400 people have been knighted in ceremonies spanning 3 decades.

The traditional opening knighting ceremony will start off the Festival with flair and pageantry Friday, July 19, 2019 at 6 PM at the Family Stage in Veterans Park in Old Town. The Maid Marian Court, Robin Hood and his Merry Men and a variety of costumed villagers are always a part of the ceremony, with the Sherwood Renaissance Singers beginning their performance at 5:45 PM. The winner of the annual Medallion Hunt will also be announced before the ceremony.

The Knighting Committee is seeking nominations for people to be honored at this year’s festival.  We are looking for people who are long-time volunteers in our community,outstanding citizens who go out of their way to help others, and folks who make our town and our world a better place.  In the past, some of the knighted people have been very well-known citizens of Sherwood; others are folks who quietly make a positive difference to their neighbors.

 If you know of someone whom you would like to nominate, please send an email or letter with the following information:

**Your name, email address, and phone number

**The name of the person to be nominated, with email address, mailing address and/or phone number

**Information about the person’s service to the community and why you feel this person should be selected.  It is helpful to have this description be as full as possible, so that the committee can get a sense of the extent of the person’s service.

Please submit nominations by May 1, 2019.

Send to robinhoodfestival@gmail.com or
Sherwood Robin Hood Festival Association
P.O. Box 496
Sherwood, OR 97140. 

Sherwood Robin Hood Festival ~ Celebrating 65+ Years!
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