Lily Alexander

One week remains to send in your registration forms. Even if you are still unsure of your attendance, please get your forms in.

http://iammaryread.c...lunteerReg.docx

If you sent one in but did not get an email confirmation in return, you are not registered. Please contact me.

No, I meant that ye know a good carpenter..ahem();-)

I won't tell him that either

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I won't tell him either. I'll make Scarlett Jai do it

Thanks for the reminder Cap. Hopefully they had to use it for Civil War days so it'll be fixed already *crossing fingers*. If not, I know a good carpenter

I believe I left all such things in the capable hands of the Angel of the Airwaves, Diosa!

Did you try sending her a pm?

Assuming I do come (I really do expect to), will I have a tent like last year? Also, I bought a nice air mattress which I left behind .. does anyone know if it was stored or whatever?

If anyone has a gun they don't mind being abused, I would love to be the volunteer abuser. (Exiled in Canada as I am, people are presumed incapable of owning and handling guns w/o MOUNTAINS of government "assistance.")

Beowolf,

I'm not sure what the status is of the tent you used last year. I'll get an answer for you asap. It would also help me to track down your air mattress if you know who you left it with or where you left it.

Lily

Edit - The Friends tent is available for you. However, depending on how many people need a place to sleep, it might be necessary to share.

*smack*

Drum Roll Please..................................

We are pleased to announce the Fort Taylor Pyrate Invasion has it's own website.

http://www.forttaylorpyrates.com/

With much gratitude to Mission our Webmaster, for the layout, all the technical work involved, not to mention the weeks of waiting, rewriting and editing up to the last minute. You are a one man IT department. And to William Red Wake for the amazing graphics work.

There is no way we could have done this without you.

From the bottom of our hearts. THANK YOU

Scarlett Jai & Lily

Michael, I just got word that you can put a bed roll in the casements to sleep in at night but it will have to be stowed away during the day.

Thank you but no apology is necessary. I wasn't all that thrilled when I first heard the news myself. We don't have the layout of the encampment yet, but you will be together with the Dark Rose. Glad to have you back on board.

Your welcome

Michael,

As to sleeping in the Fort, there is a chance. It's not so much as rules changing but safety. There are a lot of condemned areas to work around. What I'm not sure of is how much has been repaired during this year and what areas are open. I will get an answer for you asap. I'm sure we can work out the tent issue if needed.

Edward and I will be bringing all our weapons and quite honestly, I doubt I'll do much shooting so you are welcome to use mine.

If you would like to help us spread the word about this years event, feel free to use this banner, created by William Red Wake, in your signatures, websites, facebook pages, etc. Thank you all for your continued support.

Same with me. No issues logging in but it doesn't remember my password. I use firefox also.

I'll throw my name into the ring on behalf of the Dead Man's Chest auction for Fort Taylor.

Thank you Bo. Fayma still has the chest and we use it year to year. Although, last year it was a little hard prying it out of her hands. She loves it so much.

Your forged items are always such a bit hit and greatly appreciated.

For those of you that are planning to donate items and need to ship things ahead of time, please contact Scarlet Jai for shipping information. jaisomers@yahoo.com

Once again, Thank You all for your generosity.

Oh my . I don't wanna know what you two have planned. I know what ever it is, it's going to be awesome.

I'm looking forward to the auction.

I'm looking forward to you being the auctioneer

Chrispy too.

Naturally everyone is responsible for their own trash and I felt the jobs associated were fair for those camping. As for not being asked to do trash or bathrooms I seem to remember sign ups last year for gate duty, picking up general area, bathroom detail, and trash detail. I was under the understanding that these duties were to offset our being able to use the fort. As for performing living history demonstrations which started last year in addition that seemed to be understandable as part of reinacting. In gratitude of friends of the fort I have spent over $100 and countless hours building a small pistol that could be auctioned off to help so it isnt about not being able to afford $5. As for the status of the economy and being hard on people I would rather not talk on that topic. I think it would be a much better idea to pass a hat or use a portion of auction proceeds to help with the event if money is short.

You are correct in a sense. It was two years ago that there was a sign up sheet on the pub that had all kinds of extra duties required of us. However, gate watch and volunteers to be the town crier were the only additional responsibilities last year as well as for this year. Living history demonstrations have always been expected of us even though this expectation might not have been enforced.

All auction proceeds go to the "Friends of the Fort", which go directly to the preservation and restoration of Fort Taylor. This registration fee is being required of us by the Florida State Park Service, to cover the cost of powder, overtime, etc. and therefore, is not under our control.

Everyone is free to choose how they feel about having to pay this fee and you certainly have a right to your feelings. I can think of so many people that have very generously donated their time, money, goods and talents to the benefit of Fort Taylor and the success of this event. Every effort that people have put forth is greatly appreciated and we certainly couldn't have come this far without all of you.

You can remove Sansanee and Swab from the list, we will be in town for the entire week. If we come by the fort most likely it will be as patrons and not reinactors. Bringing all of our gear down cannons, muskets, tent, etc to benefit the event is one thing. Doing presentations for the public another, yet understandable when camping in the fort. Coupling that with additional duties such as standing guard duty, picking up others trash, cleaning bathrooms and then being asked to pay for the privilege of doing all of this something else regardless of the amount.

Wow, who have you been talking to? While it is true that we have to stand gate duties, that has been in effect for the past several years. No one is being asked to pick up others trash or clean bathrooms. Everyone is responsible for their own trash, just like last year and it is the responsibility of the members of the encampment to keep their area's presentable for the public. That's just common sense.

As for the registration fee, we fully understand that this fee is upsetting. However, it's always been the policy at Fort Taylor to charge participants for events. Civil War Days charges $5.00 per day. Since this is a non camping Park, the cost of having us there increases the man power and the Park cannot afford it. We have been fortunate over the years to not be charged this fee and they agreed to only charge $5,00 for the entire weekend. Unfortunately, in this economy, they felt that it was necessary to bring this event in line with all the other events currently being hosted at the Park. This fee helps to cover the cost of the extra man hours, insurance, black powder, etc. It is not unprecedented for events to charge a participant fee.

I'm sorry that you feel this fee is unreasonable and that it's preventing your participation to this event.

On behalf of the Friends of Fort Taylor and the Fort Taylor Pyrate Invasion, Ahoy!!!

The dates for this year's Invasion will be December 2-4, 2011.

Registration forms are now available. http://iammaryread.c...lunteerReg.docx

If you have any issues opening the file, email me and I'll send a copy in another format. Please see the attachments at the bottom for the Event Participant Guidelines and the Black Powder Safety Rules

To ensure a quick and painless check-in upon arrival, all participants are required to register in advance. One form is necessary for each individual. If you are planning on attending or participating (battles, living history demo’s, etc…) in any event inside Fort Taylor, please take a few minutes to fill out our registration form and return it to me by email lilyalexander@frontiernet.net or fax (877) 643-3874.

Due to increased cost of hosting an event in a State Park, there is now a $5.00 registration fee due for all participants over the age of 16. This fee is payable upon check-in.

Once your registration form has been submitted, you will receive an email confirmation that includes encampment information for both those camping and those staying outside the Fort, along with other important information. The deadline for registration forms is November 1st. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us: jaisomers@yahoo.com or lilyalexander@frontiernet.net

We thank you and appreciate your participation and are looking forward seeing you at the Fort Taylor Pyrate Invasion.

FTPI Black Powder Safety Rules 11.pdf

FTPI Event Participant Guidlines 11.pdf

Edit: Additional cannon procedures 10/24/2011

Additional cannon procedures.pdf

We hope you will also join us on our Facebook page http://www.facebook....30021940343737/

Fort taylor Pyrate Invasion Website: http://www.forttaylorpyrates.com/

YHS,

Captain Scarlett Jai

Event Coordinator

jaisomers@yahoo.com

Lily Alexander

Camp Mom

lilyalexander@frontiernet.net

awesome

LOL, I didn't know there was a storage building by the horses.

Do you know how to make fake rocks and fruit?