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John Levique Pirate Days, June 6th-8th. Bigger and better every year, so come on down!! For more info Go to johnspassfestivals Maggie

it's mine... the fairephotos.net site with the Jimmy Buffett music, Patrick. fairephotos.net Maggie Barb Trushaw

I still have a slideshow up of PIP 04 at fairephotos.net and from 05 and other years at photobucket.com/albums/a272/HaggieMaggie I hope to get down there this year...I really missed not being there last year.. Maggie (Barb Trushaw)

I'll be there, The West Coast Mutineers, and I believe Cascabel and Braze will be there as well. Maggie For more info go to JohnsPassFestivals.com

www.PirateFair.com Only 2 days to go...See you all there!! Sister Mary Phartius (stealer of souls) aka Maggie Piratefair.com

Only one week away! More pirates, more fighting AND a fireshow Whoo Maggie

AS did I...so good to meet you all.. Maggie

Make sure y'all introduce yourselves at the ball...I be the one in costume with a camera. I look forward to meeting you. Maggie Barb

Yeah, I saw your group on the schedule...Do you sing or perform? I'm looking forward to see you...For anyone else for more info go to JOHNSPASSFESTIVALS.COM

Awesome!! Be watching for ads on Brighthouse networks and in the SP Times,, Lots of great things planned! Whoohoo! Maggie

I'll be there...Camera in hand! Maggie I've been to a few rehearsals, and Yes It shall be the best one ever!

If you stay anywhere in Key West, you'll be close enough, It's a very small island. Maggie

Uh yeah not very appetizing is it? the link is photobucket.com/albums/a272/HaggieMaggie Maggie

Hey Patrick... I did get the guy wot gave us the rum...page 2 of the haggie maggie photobucket page...with Don Maitz...standin behind the white picket fence..nice guy... Maggie

I'm so glad you asked...I live in Florida, so my 2 favorites are Pirates in Paradise, and in my own backyard, the Florida Pirate Festival, in Clearwater...I've been to Gasparilla, Lee County, and St Andrews...all in Florida...So what else is out there??? Maybe NC or Virginia...I also would love to attend one I've never been to....Anyone need a photographer? Maggie aka Barb Trushaw

Aye Patrick, I love doing that parade, ...It's so much fun!!.. You are in the group shot from that night..and look who else I caught there!..(adds yet another photo) This is fun, putting faces to names...I wish we'd had a chance to talk too. Maggie

William, Awesome sunset pics, and great flash shots from the cannon!! Thanx for sharing...well...now I know who you are!!.. Check out picture number 5 I think you may like that one....I liked the Wolf framed by the flag too...Very nice.. . Also to Patrick...You actually caught me sans camera...not an easy feat! ( Lady in red, Sitting on the floor watching Empty Hats) Thanx. Maggie

Alrighty, then...you guys severely hidden by smoke...I posted yet another picture...so number 3...Are you that strikingly handsome one, in the tricorn hat? Maggie aka Barb Trushaw

Thanx...I just posted another view.. Which one is you? Y'know I tried to get a group shot out there , but the powers that were wouldn't cooperate, and y'all dispersed so fast when it was over...I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you.. Barb

I agree with Cascabel, when you're in good company, it sorta doesn't matter if events don't go as scheduled.. I still had fun...but for the patrons sake....I mean you want them to be satisfied... and this festival has been going on for awhile, and it's still an intimate venue..I like that about it too, but at some point it needs to pay for itself. .. Again next year should be better organized To compare this to the last 8 yrs??? Wellll...It started in Marathon, and the first one I went to in 1997 it was May, and it was HOT..but we had Pirates Royale to sing for us, Time Foolery, basically the old Ringling Chessmatch group to do Fight Circles, every hour, and a few Miami Chessmen, and I think Arthur was there..Michael Marzella, Jim Greene, Scott Auld, Pat Johnson...all very experienced, very funny improv actors, and we basically entertained ourselves all day long.. We had very few patrons....There was a fight circle, then go listen to singing and drink...try to stay cool... They had a dunking game there, and that was very popular...It had to have been 100 degrees, and there was precious little shade on the site. We had a wench auction., and a firing range for shooting black powder, an invasion on a ship Fri evening away from the site, and a smaller invasion at the site... announcing the crews, and reading of the articles..... Kirk Simpson played Calico Jack, way over the top and cracked everyone up..at 5 or 6 pm it was done, and we were on our own. I was staying with friends in Big Pine for that one..I was pretty new to it all then ,but I made some new friends and I've been a fan of Pirates Royale ( and the Pirate festival )ever since. No Quarter Given has some pics of that year on their site. I'm not sure exactly when PIP actually started...The year before they were on Pigeon Key...I've heard that was a really fun year....I may try to find some old photos and post them. The event is actually much bigger now than it was then, and I'm always amazed at how many people come from so far away to be there. Maggie

Alrighty mateys, I believe I'm done posting pics for awhile...I may do another photojam, so have to save some for later...if'n you wants to see more from previous festivals, check out fairephotos.net There are pics from the last 2 yrs, PIP is last year, Pirate fest is from PIP,, St Andrews Pirate and Seafood Festival, and the First Florida Pirate Fair in 2003. I'll post special requests and add names as I get them, Thanx for the feedback. Maggie (aka Barb Trushaw)

I missed you too!! You should have let me kidnap you!! We coulda used a pirate nun or 2 this year... We even had a real chapel!!...No walk the plank contest tho'...Dang it Re Cicis...Sounds good....in costume?? Maggie

I'll do what I can about names, but I'm afraid I knew precious few, myself...Cascabel, Braze, Raven, and Izzy, I think most people know..I roomed with Suzanne King, (organizer of John Levique days in Madiera Beach) and Sherry, Jamie, & Angelica. I knew Bill from POTC, and Lee County Pirate Fest... I met so many people, and am so bad at names...If anyone sees themselves unamed, or as unknown, please feel free to let us know who you are, and I will remedy the situation.Thanx, Barb

Thanks Hugh, Yeah, I thought you were going to be there....missed you and Pyrate wench, thank you too, but in my experience it's hard NOT to take a good portrait of Braze, he's SOO photogenic... Maggie

I loved reading your perspective of Key West...but what about your take on the actual Pirate Festival? I've been doing PIP for 7 yrs. and EVERY year is different...with various acting/reenacting /fighting groups...different music groups...different location.s..(started in Marathon) and I've always been part of the cast and crew to a certain extent, tho' my major responsibilty and talent has been photography...I liked some of the changes this year..the pub in the fort was great, Having red coats and the Lord Governor as antagonists to the pirates, was a good idea...I missed a lot of the old timers tho', The West Coast Mutineers weren't there, and Spyder and Jamaica Rose, Louis Lampe and Mad Eye Mitch weren't there...I missed the fight circles...There was some sword fighting, but much of it was up on the fort, and didn't seem to be scheduled...There was some great music provided by half of Empty hats, and the Budd Bay Buccaneers, The Tryal of Ann Bonny and Mary Read was fun, as well as the Key West Christmas parade, (despite taking down a phone line and losing a float due to a flat tire..)My favorite relaxation and photo ops at PIP have always been going out on the Wolf or one of the other ships to do battle, and I went out for 3 sails, so I was a happy pirate...All in all I had a great time, as did the people I stayed with...I met some great people from various corners of the country, got some great pictures, laughed and sang along alot... I won a water color by Don Maitz at the silent auction. This year there was some changes in managing the fair, and I think next year it should be a little more organized...Saturday at the fort was hopping, but Sunday, many of the scheduled events never happened, and I'm thinking if I were a patron, I would not have been happy about that. I also went to the Pirate museum while I was there, and was saddened to see all of the damage done by the hurricanes.. Key West is usually SOO lush and green with vegetation..But the weather was great, and while I almost didn't go because I hadn't gotten a comped room this year, I did end up with a free room due to the generosity of Scurvy Knockers and I'm definitely glad I went, and am looking forward to next year. Maggie (aka Barb Trushaw)