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And last, but not least, Part 5:

Part 4:

Part 3:

Part 2:

Peektures, Part 1:

I watched it as well and had the same thoughts. I expected to watch a History Channel-style documentary and actually learn something. Instead, I learned that the only thing these pretentious, privileged Harvard-educated white people were interested in was trying to figure out how to assuage their guilt by making reparations to the descendents of former slaves. And... at the end they discussed this over a loaded dinner table in a huge, expensive house in a probably all-white upper class neighborhood. Feh!

According to my esteemed associates, I'm a Professional Morale Officer.

Otherwise known as an HR Manager.

And regarding the privies - they actually FLUSHED. No hovering over the hole of doom.

-a good story line and a few regiments to "fight" are always a good thing. Research into the local history of pirates in Long Island would be good and then try to re-create some of that or build a story around some of it.

Great idea, Major. We had our share of pirate activity here on the Island:

--William Kidd - Gardiner's Island, off our East End, is where Kidd buried his treasure.

--Thomas Jones - He amassed a large fortune in the Sweet Trade (though he considered himself a privateer, of course) and built an impressive mansion here on the Island. Our most famous beach, Jones Beach is named for him. There is also a legend that he buried his treasure on his estate.

--And another, one of the most brutal pirates I have ever read about, is Charles Gibbs. He's after our period though.

I can see the festival having a Kidd and Jones, as they both operated in our period around the same time. And since they both allegedly buried treasure here, maybe they could do a treasure hunt with the kids.

I had a mini photo shoot done by my friend at LIPF last weekend.

This thread was a great idea, Capt. Thighbiter, as we didn't get to have the "Captain's Council" after the festival to discuss all this...

Some very good points made in the previous post. Here's my 2 pieces of eight:

--I was a little annoyed that the trash cans were taken away from the encampment area before we were done breaking camp. We had very little garbage, but still...

--The privies were top notch! I wish Pennsic had privies like that! And they had real sinks with running water and they kept the soap filled well! No need for Purell or baby wipes the whole weekend.

--A cold drink or maybe ice cream/Italian ices vendor with some tables would have kept more patrons on the vendor/reenactment side.

--The stages were DEFINITELY too close together. I was watching Strike the Bell on Sunday, and they were finishing their set. They were just about to do the song, "Strike the Bell", which is obviously their theme song, and the group performing on the other stage had just started it!!! That really sucked, but I suggested they just play along with the other group and we all sang it together.

--The Pub Sing was fantastic. As a singer of shanties and sea songs without anyone to sing with (I love my girls but they can't hold a tune), my dream of performing with the Crimson Pirates finally came true. :)

--I think the idea of having a regiment or two come out and do scenarios with the pirates is absolutely brilliant. My cousin does Rev War on the British side with the Royal Welsh Fusileers (he's in the the top row, 2nd from the left in the picture) and we might be able to persuade a few of them to come out.

--I think we could have played up "taking over the town" of Sayville better and had a running storyline as such.

Concerning the kids:

1. YPB does a lot of work with kids so it was pretty much expected that if they were involved, there would be kids.

2. It WAS formally advertised it as a family event. My understanding is that it was going to work like a Ren Faire, and since there are lots of kids at Faire I expected there to be a lot at the Festival. I even warned my crew ahead of time that there were going to be kids and to keep everything PG-13...

3. The kids were adorable! I love to watch a kid get wide eyed upon meeting a "real" pirate. And the little girls really liked us female pirates and wanted to take pictures with us.

I had a blast - hope you all did too!

Aw, thanks... ::blush:: We try

After attending the Long Island Pirate Festival, I thought it might be a good idea to create an online home for crews/musicians/vendors/performers etc. on Long Island to network and plan mischief. It's also good for out of area folks who want to do events on the Island.

Long Island Pirates Yahoo Group

Please join and spread the word - I've sent out a bunch of invites but only one person has responded!

After attending the Long Island Pirate Festival, I thought it might be a good idea to create an online home for crews/musicians/vendors/performers etc. on Long Island to network and plan mischief. It's also good for out of area folks who want to do events on the Island.

Long Island Pirates Yahoo Group

Please join and spread the word - I've sent out a bunch of invites but only one person has responded!

PEEKTURES!!!

Bluebeard's Pics - this one has the picture of all the pirates from the festival

Newsday Pics

Pictures from Flickr

My friend Kerry's pics - mostly of me, Capt. Rhedd, my crew, and our encampment. Good thing she got these, there are hardly any in the other sets.

Still waiting for ones from my crew.

MerryD - Mine is painted onto plain old cheap cotton material from Wal-Mart, and then sprayed with a finishing sealant I got from Michael's (the same as you spray on painted wood to seal it, it's a glue of some sort). It went through 2 thunderstorms this past weekend and nary a drop of paint was lost, It also dried out fairly quickly. But my crew actually likes when the flag gets a little wet and goes "thwap" when the wind blows; they feel like it ought to be wet from the spray of the sea anyhow.

Roy - He is going to round it down to 3 elements - most likely horned skull, trident, and hourglass.

Thank ye for the compliment! You don't know how many times we heard "that's nicer than my house/apartment/bedroom" over the course of the weekend. Hell, at the moment it looks better than MY house, as we just moved and everything's disorganized, to say the least. I swear, we should have taken donations to go in the tent - we would have made a bloody fortune for the museum...

I agree--buy this CD! I would have done so this weekend at LIPF, had the bastards not sold out of 'em all ! No wonder, though, they rocked the hell out of the crowd...

I can't stop singing the one about the guy who gets revenge on his mom's lover in the belly of a whale...

Everyone check in and let me know you got home OK!!!

I'll post a summary later.

Well, maties, it nearly be 5 o'clock an' I am about to finish with me tedious toilin'...I be off to load up the holds of the Midnight Rose and Devil's Chariot for our short trip up the bay. Smooth sailin' t' all an' I'll see you in Sayville!

LOL, Rumba...

Actually he's changed his mind after re-reading William's post. He's going to do a horned (human) skull with 2 crossed tridents below and an hourglass above on a red background. I did a rough layout last night and it looked pretty cool.

There are going to be both wenchy and GAoP correct females present so I say go with whatever you want. My crew leans a little more to the wenchy side as we mostly participate in the SCA and the local medieval/ren scene. This is actually our first straight pirate festival.

The weather forecast is calling for temps in the high 80s, so wench wear might be a little more comfortable.

Unfortunately my station requires more formal dress so I will be frying in my frock coat and breeches. We'll see how long I can hold out until the coat comes off. I'm thinking not past noon.

Correction: A skeletal winged monkey holding a pitchfork.

Thanks to everyone for your helpful advice.

Captain Rhedd has tentatively decided on these colors:

A skeletal winged monkey with a pitchfork on a red background.

He offers a personalized sandblasted bottle of his favorite rum to the person who comes up with the design he likes best.

11 out of 12...missed the dollar sign one...I always thought the dollar sign had two lines through it which were formed from the letters U and S, and then the curve on the U were dropped. I write the dollar sign with two lines through it to this day.