January -
Crew gathered at Birka for a fun day of plundering and spending some of our booty.
April -
We started out with getting the cobwebs out of our crew from a long hard winter. All weapons came out for our first rehearsal of the season. Weapons cleaned and prepped, and safety procedures revisited. Crew did very well on the first rehearsal but nailed it on the second one. We are now ready for NHRF.
May 13th
Crew members gathers for setting up our encampment for the 7th annual New Hampshire Renaissance faire. But this year we hosted the first Pirate invasion weekend in celebration of new Pirate's 4 movie.
May 14th
Opening day was grand. Almost 100 pirates on site. The crew of the Dark Rose Pirates from Maine and Captain Merit's Crew joined the festivities. Plenty of Black Powder weapons. All that fired other than my crew got to have safety lessons and enjoyed their own weapons.This year on opening day and on second day we had the Bawdy Buccaneers joins us for song and merriment. In the evening we had our traditional Celie Stone soup and invited our guests from the Dark Rose to break bread. We then went to our encampment and share a grand bottle of Pyrate Rum and planed our next adventure with them.
May 15th
On Sunday the sea gods were quite angry. When Davey Jones showed up we then understood the wrath of the sea gods, for they are are always good to our crew. Then Captain jack showed up the message from the sea gods was clear.
May 21st and 22nd
This year we brought our boss King William III with us. He was visiting the Queen while we all rested from our journeys. Of course there was an unruly sort trying to romance the Queen out of her Kingdom. But William came her rescue. Then we helped put the bloke away. Bet you he will think twice about trying that again....
June 10th and 11th
The crew was invited to play at the Pirate Rendezvous in Damariscotta Maine. We started out camping at Lake Pemaquid Campground on Friday night, then heading over to the town church for the Pirate Dinner. Renewing old friendships with the Dark Rose pirates and adding news ones with some of both our crews new members. Saturday was the best. We started out with the raiding of the church pancake breakfast then over to Battery Point too do our demo. Then Tazzy and Rachelle boarded the Must Roos and Daithi Dubh our ship Chaplin boarded the Sarah Mead and turned into full blown pirates shooting at us from the ships. We returned fire with a battery of four cannons and 20 small arms. But once we realized treasure was involved we headed up town to sword fight with our fellow pirates. Once agreeing we would share the treasure they proceeded down Main street to rob the bank. The rest of the day was full of contests and a final treasure hunt with the kids to find the lost treasure. After the excitement had passed we proceeded to join the crew of the Dark Rose for dinner at Schooner Landing. This years Pirate reactor's award went to Dotty. She had a small swivel gun mounted on her cart and it was decked out with roses and pirate stuff. It was AWESOME!!! After all was done we headed for a night of relaxation at the cabins.
Some of the younger crew were not use to all the excitement and sacked out early. Myself, First mate- greylocke, Boatswain - Rikkard Von Damage, Powder Monkey - Blackdog Mary Steel and Ships Surgeon - Phelan received a visit from some of the crew of the Dark Rose and proceeded to party till Midnight. A grand time was had by all.
June 25th and 26th
Something a little different for our crew on this weekend. We were asked to do a non firing demo at Winslow Shire Renaissance Faire in Norton Mass. This place is a beautiful animal sanctuary. We brought out the sword fighting for this one and still did the talk on the firearms. At one of the demos we even brought out the ships tools that could be used as weapons. Was a good experience for the crew. Gave us a little different perspective. A learning experience for sure.
Our next adventure is teaching and demonstrating black powder to the Boy Scouts.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
October 2010 - December 2010
October 2010 -
Tazzy, Sam, Tigerheart, Greylocke and myself went to King Richards on October 9th. Tazzy and Sam were judging the Tattoo Contest. Tazzy desided to suprise her captain and firstmate with having us called up on stage to celebrate our 17th wedding aniversary. It was a suprise. We got a chance to help judge the contest. Great time was had.
The next weekend Greylocke and myself were asked to show the Germans at the Conn Ren faire how to properly load a cannon. They were excelent students. Looking forward to working with them again. Later in the day we got to meet up with some more of our crew. Went over to Finn and Feather to see our ships cooks and had one of their awsome portabella sandwiches.
Sam took us over to the hitting and stabbing euphorium and treated us to some ax throwing. I love hanging with my crew.
Later in the month the captain had a small accident. Seems a lawnmower desided to try and take the captain down. She broke her tibia and humus bones. Ah but you should see the lawnmower.
November - December
I have the best crew ever. The whole time I was in rehab they all came by to show their support.
Our rule of All crew members shall watch out for each other when pillaging ashore really stands true. Thanks you all for your support.
2011 finds us in new adventures. In May we are hosting Pirate Invasion Weekend for the New Hampshire Renaissance Faire. In June off to Damariscotta, Maine to join the Pirates of the Dark Rose. And much more planned.
May your New Year be fun and a Happy one.
Tazzy, Sam, Tigerheart, Greylocke and myself went to King Richards on October 9th. Tazzy and Sam were judging the Tattoo Contest. Tazzy desided to suprise her captain and firstmate with having us called up on stage to celebrate our 17th wedding aniversary. It was a suprise. We got a chance to help judge the contest. Great time was had.
The next weekend Greylocke and myself were asked to show the Germans at the Conn Ren faire how to properly load a cannon. They were excelent students. Looking forward to working with them again. Later in the day we got to meet up with some more of our crew. Went over to Finn and Feather to see our ships cooks and had one of their awsome portabella sandwiches.
Sam took us over to the hitting and stabbing euphorium and treated us to some ax throwing. I love hanging with my crew.
Later in the month the captain had a small accident. Seems a lawnmower desided to try and take the captain down. She broke her tibia and humus bones. Ah but you should see the lawnmower.
November - December
I have the best crew ever. The whole time I was in rehab they all came by to show their support.
Our rule of All crew members shall watch out for each other when pillaging ashore really stands true. Thanks you all for your support.
2011 finds us in new adventures. In May we are hosting Pirate Invasion Weekend for the New Hampshire Renaissance Faire. In June off to Damariscotta, Maine to join the Pirates of the Dark Rose. And much more planned.
May your New Year be fun and a Happy one.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)