To Go On Pilgrimage

VERNON, Ala. (WCBI) – Characters from the Middle Ages come alive at Lamar County High School in Vernon, Alabama. R. H. Brown takes us to the West Alabama school where students are resurrecting the life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English Literature.

The sights and sounds of the 1300’s come alive at this West Alabama high school. Geoffrey Chaucer, portrayed by Lamar High Senior Devon Cantrell, continues to inspire generations of young and old alike more than 600 years later.

Tyler Wilkins who plays the Yeoman says, “I’m the knight’s servant and I like to hunt and I basically do whatever the knight says. And I wear green, and I wear a St. Christopher’s medal.”

I’m dressed up as the Priorist and she is very tenderhearted and she carries around her little dog,” says Kera Price, the Priorist.

Dressed in customes, these actors somehow are reminding us of Halloween just past, this unique study and research of Chaucer has become a lesson in both academics and life. One lesson learned is that people are the same no matter what the time period is.

Javan Welch, the Summoner, “I’m the Summoner, and basically what I do is I summon people to the ecclesiastical court and take bribes.”

Ali Glasgow, the Wife of Bath, “I’m playing the Wife of Bath, she is going on the pilgrimage to look for husband number 6. She has been married five times already.”

Zack Clardy, the Squire, “I’m the player of the Medieval Times. I like to spend all my late nights with women. And I don’t hardly get any sleep. And all I do is play my flute and read my book of poems.”

This is the 13th year that students at Lamar County High School have dressed up in honor of Chaucer’s contributions.