shakespeare and davy jones!
jousting and plank-walking!
turkey legs and… scurvy?
July 28 & 29th
Pirates Weekend:
Aye Mates! The Sterling Renaissance Festival will again host its Pirates Weekend July 28th & 29th. A bevy of early pirates, including Sir Francis Drake and his raucous crew will invade the festival and swashbuckle their way into the hearts of visitors with rustic sea shanties, tall tales, comedy and high adventure. This special weekend will feature the "Pirate Show", where Pirates devise fiendish punishments for unwary villagers.
Pirate songs and dance will fill the lanes, and beware lest you fall prey to a roving band and end up at the "Pirate Show" to walk the plank! Come dressed in proper seafaring attire and attend a pirate costume contest to be held at the Pubside Stage at 12:15p and "prepare to board!" this exciting Special Weekend, and don't forget your "Aarrrg!"
seriously, how is this the first time i've heard about this?
3 comments:
A few critical comments from your humble author....The Humanist
1) Thanks for your gracious invitation, but given the choice between going to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown or hanging with a bunch of dudes in scarves and eyepatchery...I'll take baseball.
2) "A bevy of pirates, including Sir Francis Drake..." Come again? Sir Francis Drake who circumnavigated the globe? The same Sir Francis Drake who defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588? The same Sir Francis Drake...uh, that was knighted? Oh yeah, when I think of notable pirates, Sir Francis Friggin Drake is the first name that comes to mind.
3) Oh by the way...it's considered proper etiquette to mention when you cut and paste an entire press release and pass it off as a post.
I apologize for the length and harsh tone of this comment, but Superfly made me do it.
Yours in buggery on the high seas,
The Humanist
ahem.
it is not my fault you lack a sense of adventure. enjoy learning about the greatest pastime ever, except for looting on the high seas!
as wikipedia has proven, sir francis drake was considered a pirate by the spanish. clearly, piracy is in the eye of the beholder.
click on the link in the post, dork. that's my citation. and the funny part in the beginning, that's all me.
now why exactly do you have an eyepatch?
because Mommy wouldn't let me be a pirate. And I have a whole sensitivity about the pirate thing. Thus, my reluctance to join in. That and hanging around "Dwayne the Pirate" who, when he's not volunteering his body for pharmaceutical research trials, enjoys dressing up in his finest silks and boots and impressing the "wenches" with his pirate machismo on the weekends.
Cheers...have a great time.
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