June 11th, 12th and 13th: Pirate Rendevous, Damariscotta Maine
As you all know over the weekend we had the pleasure of working with the pirates of the dark rose and the ancient ones at the Pirate rendezvous.
On Friday night most of the demo crew had a pirate dinner at the church that consisted of chicken legs and homemade corn beef. We spent most of the time getting reaquainted with Captain Tom, Bloodthirsty and many more of the Pirates of the Dark Rose. Our crew was greeted by them with open arms and open hearts. Being a fellow cannoneer we gave Captain Tom the blessing of St. Barbara in a pendent a gift from our crew.
On Saturday was the fun. We did the bulk of the demo explaining the history of some of the firearms used on board ship. The crowd was pretty interested. Some of the crew then left Battery Point to join the defenders on the other side of the bridge. When the Pirate ships came in the fiing commenced. Firstmate, Captain and Master gunner got off four shoots in arround a ten minute span with our cannon. We were keeping up with Captain Toms big guns. He had three. Let me tell you ever though we were the smallest we were just as impressive. Our smaller arms were pretty impressive also. Quartermaster got of 21 rounds in a little under 15 min of firing. Quite impressive I must say. Everyone else was averaging six to ten shoots. I must say I was quite proud of their preformance. After the live firing finished the Pirate crew invaded the shore. Then the sword fighting began. Of course the defenders lost. The Pirates then went on to convince the town folk to help them find their treasure. Clues were passed out to the wee ones to help them find the treasure.
They also had a costume contest and a crew muster for the kids. A wonderful group of teens known as the Sea Scouts did sea chanities. They were excelent. Your Captain was quite speachless (yes folks it is true) when the town and their ships Scribe awarded our crew the cane with the silver skull - the reenactors of the year award. I was quite proud of the crew and had to hold back tears of joy. But we do have the best crew arround and you guys keep proving that.
At the final part of the day all the long arms proceeded to board the two ships to do a salute to a fallen sailor that lost his life not to far off shore. Some of us hung arround for a while back at Battery Point to chill. Then we went over to Schooner Landing to have dinner with the crew of the Mus Roos. We shared stories and made plans for next year.
In the evening those of the crew that camped sat arround talking both evenings and just being the family we are.
I am proud to have the best crew. We could not have accomplished any of this with out their hard work and dedication. Weather it comes to Guild Hall, NHRF stuff and now our new adventures, I know they will always be there to stand behind their captain and their fellow crew mates. So pour yourself a big glass of rum, you all deserve it
I want to thank Greg (their ships Scribe) , Captain Tom CrudBeard, Bloodthirsty Barbarba and The Pirates of the Dark rose for their wonderful hospitality. They made us feel at home. We are looking forward to more adventures with them.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
May 2010
May 1st 2010:
Crew got together for our second rehersal for the year. Lots of kinks but coming along.
May 14th, 2010: Set up For NHRF
On Friday crew gathered together to get the site set up for opening day of NHRF. Set up Guild Hall, The medical tent and the Black Powder Tent. All went pretty smooth. All the big things got set up and everything ready for next day. All went back to the Captains house to crash for the night. Looked like tent city in the yard.
May15th 2010: Opening day NHRF
The day was a bright sunny and warm one. Crew arrived at 8:00am to finish the setup and drag out all the props. We decided to sell Pirate Pickles this year. Arround 10:15 we all set out for the opening gate to do the opening volly shot. Tazzy, Lord Charles and Firstmate Greylocke stayed behind to get the cannon ready for my que.We got involved with the plot once again this year. Once we were in place at the gate the Queen welcomed the crowd. I signeled the cannon waited for the Jestor to yell pirates and the we did our opening volly throught the gate. Funny thing the crowd must have jumped ten feet in the air when we shot. We thought one teenager was going to have an accident. Jestor quits and says he don't like pirates. After lines are spoken I then inform the Queen that we are having a memorial for the old town crier and ship mate imp. We then proceeded to the back field for the service.The service was very emotional for alot who knew imp. Everyone spoke a few words. We then proceeded to place roses at the base of the portrait of imp. I then did a last raising of the tankard and gave the order to fire the longs arms in honor. We then proceeced to do our regular demo. Went pretty well but still needs work at this point. One more demo done before end of the day. During jestor tryouts Phelan and myself proceeded to the stage and when Rufus tried to do a cartwheel knocked himself out I ran to his side and cradled his head in my bosum. Needless to say Rufus now loves as he puts it Pyrateteers. Got lots of laughs from the crowd.
Pickles did well this day. Made the money bcack to pay for them anyway.
May 16th 2010: Second Day NHRF
Day went well same as the first except we did not do the memorial cermoney. We have added a new act to out back field. Jake the Archer. He holds three world class records and is NH state champion.
May 22nd and 23rd: Second Weekend NHRF
This weekend went well. The scenes with the cast went smoother. Our demo finily evolved into a fun but professional preformance. The last one we did was our best. By George I think we got it. The crew showed real personality and great interaction. Congratulations everyone. You did good. I decided to ask for donations at the last demo. We have been putting out of our pockets for the last few years. The responce we got was awesome. The crowd thought we were informative and professional. We made enough from the pickles to pay for the generator that died, the pickles and the cooler that was purchased for the pickles(showed up 2 days after faire)
Guild Hall was a success and we did a Wench walk that was fun and safe.
All in all it was tiring but fullfilling.
Our next adventure is June 12th at the Pirate Rendezvous at Damariscotta Maine where we will be working with the Pirates pf the Dark Rose.
Crew got together for our second rehersal for the year. Lots of kinks but coming along.
May 14th, 2010: Set up For NHRF
On Friday crew gathered together to get the site set up for opening day of NHRF. Set up Guild Hall, The medical tent and the Black Powder Tent. All went pretty smooth. All the big things got set up and everything ready for next day. All went back to the Captains house to crash for the night. Looked like tent city in the yard.
May15th 2010: Opening day NHRF
The day was a bright sunny and warm one. Crew arrived at 8:00am to finish the setup and drag out all the props. We decided to sell Pirate Pickles this year. Arround 10:15 we all set out for the opening gate to do the opening volly shot. Tazzy, Lord Charles and Firstmate Greylocke stayed behind to get the cannon ready for my que.We got involved with the plot once again this year. Once we were in place at the gate the Queen welcomed the crowd. I signeled the cannon waited for the Jestor to yell pirates and the we did our opening volly throught the gate. Funny thing the crowd must have jumped ten feet in the air when we shot. We thought one teenager was going to have an accident. Jestor quits and says he don't like pirates. After lines are spoken I then inform the Queen that we are having a memorial for the old town crier and ship mate imp. We then proceeded to the back field for the service.The service was very emotional for alot who knew imp. Everyone spoke a few words. We then proceeded to place roses at the base of the portrait of imp. I then did a last raising of the tankard and gave the order to fire the longs arms in honor. We then proceeced to do our regular demo. Went pretty well but still needs work at this point. One more demo done before end of the day. During jestor tryouts Phelan and myself proceeded to the stage and when Rufus tried to do a cartwheel knocked himself out I ran to his side and cradled his head in my bosum. Needless to say Rufus now loves as he puts it Pyrateteers. Got lots of laughs from the crowd.
Pickles did well this day. Made the money bcack to pay for them anyway.
May 16th 2010: Second Day NHRF
Day went well same as the first except we did not do the memorial cermoney. We have added a new act to out back field. Jake the Archer. He holds three world class records and is NH state champion.
May 22nd and 23rd: Second Weekend NHRF
This weekend went well. The scenes with the cast went smoother. Our demo finily evolved into a fun but professional preformance. The last one we did was our best. By George I think we got it. The crew showed real personality and great interaction. Congratulations everyone. You did good. I decided to ask for donations at the last demo. We have been putting out of our pockets for the last few years. The responce we got was awesome. The crowd thought we were informative and professional. We made enough from the pickles to pay for the generator that died, the pickles and the cooler that was purchased for the pickles(showed up 2 days after faire)
Guild Hall was a success and we did a Wench walk that was fun and safe.
All in all it was tiring but fullfilling.
Our next adventure is June 12th at the Pirate Rendezvous at Damariscotta Maine where we will be working with the Pirates pf the Dark Rose.
The Firing Line NHRF 2010
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