The History of PiP

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Well remembered, Diosa. I recall all this fondly as well. 2004 was indeed a fun year and we had a really great crew there, including Wrongway, my son. I had also invited my ex-wife's group down to perform - the Thyrce Whycked Wenches, which is another story entirely.

The beach was terrific for the village market. No one camped there at the time and we were closer to the refreshment stand (and the bathrooms) under a canopy of trees. A great location. It was fun having the games table that year and we also had a group building the little boats you see in the photos Diosa posted. We had a falcon/hawk demo exhibit as well as Oreo. That was a great addition.

The National Walk the Plank Champions had Paisley as a nun offering last rites and communion (Nilla Wafers) just before we booted the contestants off. Bloody Jen won and the first prize that year was a costume from Cutthroat Island. What was I thinking?

This was the year of Sir Nigel. Oryginal Cinn autographed his back with five deep fingernail scrapes from the left should to the right waist. I offered that it looked a little uneven so she repeated the marking, making a huge bleeding X on his back. Looked like he had received 10 lashes.

The Kid's Day at Mel Fishers was a blast. They had rigged up games for the kids to play, including walking the plank. We performed and gave out a lot of treasure. As I said, we were a lot more visible in and around town, doing these events and promoting the final weekend, which was just a small part of what we were doing.

I loved going on the sails aboard the WOLF with the crewe. And what a great crewe we had that year - Diosa, Sheila, Olaf, Studley, Sir Nigel, Oryginal Cinn, Deadly Aim, Paisley, Merrydeath, WrongWay and Black Skot. If you ever get a chance to go sailing with Finbar do!

Diosa right, we did work our butts off there. But it was such a fun time for us all, none of it seemed like work.

And yes, I did try to walk on water. It almost cost Sir Nigel his guitar. I was taking it back to the van and didn't really bother to notice the pool in between me and the walkway to the parking lot. I stepped into mid air, guitar in hand, noticed the pool and by the miracles of miracles, found my way back to the pool's edge. Still don't know why I didn't end up in the drink that night.

Oh, and I picked up a really nice glicee at the auction that the Wycked Wenches wanted. I just kept driving up the bid because I could back then. Ended up with a $1500 pirate glicee for $250. Love the auctions there.

That is all, until I think of something else and edit, since Diosa loves it so much when I do. Oh, and I see she is copying me now and edited hers as well.

[Sheila]

2003 was my first year. I went down with a vendor, Pierre Rose. We got to work in Mallory Square and ended up across from the Schooner Wharf. That is where I ended up meeting this reporter chick soon to be known as Diosa. We became fast friends and became joined at the hip for the rest of the festival. It appears that Sir Nigel got around that year because I ended up married to him too. I met a large chunck of my future crewe there Diosa,Hurricaine, Nigel, Sully(Studly), and Olaf. I also met many other great people including Stynky Tudor which I have a great picture with on the courthouse steps but I seem to be having trouble uploading that image. I remember that during the battle with the Disney ship I got to be on the Wolf with Spider who escorted me and we got to fire on the large ship. We were still on the water when they did the fireworks and it seemed that we were right underneath them. It was beautiful! I remember there were events all over the town and it always seemed there was something going on. I also remember a guy named Blade who was always wearing a kilt. In his real life he was an exotic dancer and he knew ways to shake that kilt that I had never seen. He kept all the girls entertained.

I'm sure there is more and I will have to add my point of view for the next year but don't have the time right now.