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Here are the results of a search for anything that could be found that spectators and others have submitted online about the Western Circle at the Arata's Farm (some articles are just about the struggles of the Arata's Farm and the city to allow us to fight there).

Check out everything below. Some of the photography is really impressive. If you find something that is not listed, please send your link to the webmaster.

We have touched many people's lives in a positive way by doing these public demonstrations... creating fond memories for families, the special appreciation from those who do have martial arts and SCA backgrounds in the crowd, and many many people returning again to see us each year (the kids are always the first to tell me that they remembered us from last year). The reactions from the crowd have been pleasant every year with curious people (some from around the world) who may never see anything like this again in their whole lives.

Videos:

2007:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq5aYoirxMc&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxQiWLRSOmM&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkCfdVXiOk&feature=related

2008:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ucqq6YBSA&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeDS38TXn3o&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0myTLaiQBbY

2009:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks43JmgywW0&NR=1
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Th9Rja0RI&NR=1
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOUiWPbVuUU&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdins-L5wc&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJOKTCv5tKU

2010:

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU5f9ef4H0I

Photos:

2007:

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezlvr4u/1741100821/

2009:

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbarooah/4025417220/
  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasephotos/4103079064/

2010:

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/pr0digie/5088352459/
  • (extended gallery): http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaypasion/5107598598/

2011:

  • http://www.aratasfarm.com/?pid=photos

Articles and Blogs:

  • http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/FFjuPEdkD6s3DAUV07ljBQ?select=NXedwGKQKFk6BL-amNEekw

2009:

  • http://www.kidtastico.com/arata-pumpkin-farm-straw-maze-haunted-barn-gladiator-fights-hay-rides-minotaurs-and-king-kong-statues/
  • http://ayamikami.blogspot.com/2009/10/pumpkin-patch-in-half-moon-bay.html
  • http://thurberfam.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-fall.html

2010:

  • http://pescaderodaze.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
  • http://elizabethanderiks.blogspot.com/2010/10/pumpkin-patch.html

2011:

  • http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/gladiators-minotaur-pumpkin/
  • http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/topics/arata%2527s+pumpkin+farm
  • http://halfmoonbay.patch.com/articles/a-paddle-out-for-beth-kilpatrick-hmb-surfer-and-swordfighter
  • http://www.hmbreview.com/news/article_545b2656-7bf3-11e0-b162-001cc4c002e0.html
  • http://www.hmbreview.com/news/article_fcd4d49e-a812-11e0-ade0-001cc4c002e0.html
  • http://www.hmbreview.com/news/arata-farms-navigates-bureaucratic-maze-for-now/article_fcd4d49e-a812-11e0-ade0-001cc4c002e0.html