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Pirates in Paradise
November 22nd - December 2nd, 2001  --  Key West, Florida

Musical Marauders
(all photos taken by Christine Markel Lampe, except where noted)

Singing was spontaneous all during the festival.
(Dan O'Driscoll of the Crimson Pirates, Mark Miller and Captain Bartholomew Roberts)

Page 1 (Pirates in Paradise) -- Page 2 (Battles at Sea & Land) 
Page 3 (Pirate Portraits)  --  Page 4 (It's a Bodice Thing)
Page 6 (Scribbling Sea Dogs)

Besides fighting, drinking and plundering, pirates are known for making music!!!!  Every pirate loves to sing (though, you may not love to hear him!)  But there are some musical pirates that are a delight to listen to.  The Corsairs gave us many hours of entertainment at the Pirates in Paradise Festival last year, and we were glad to see they made it again this year.  Besides the Corsairs, we were thrilled the Pyrates Royale made it this time, as well as the lads & lasses from the NY Ren Faire, who call themselves the Crimson Pirates. Other groups sang as well, including members of On the Lamb and the Pyrates of Tortuga.  But a pirate doesn't have to belong to an official musical troupe in order to entertain himself and others with song.  In fact ... just try and stop him (or her).

Pirates will break into song, anywhere, anytime, at the drop of a doubloon
(Red Dog, Winchester Crumbee and Bartholomew Roberts)

(Bartholomew Roberts, Mark Miller, Bawdy Be and ?)

Many musicians take a break here on the docks.
(One of the Corsettes, two of the Corsairs with another Corsette behind them, Mark Miller with concertina, Michael Noles with bodhran, and Winchester Crumbee)

Musicians and their instruments
Left:  One of the Crimson Pirates waits on the dock with her guitar case
Right:  A local, non-pirate brings his own drum and just joins in.

Spontaneous music at one of the numerous outdoor parties
Left:  Fiddler Amy
Right:  Patches McGee on bodhran

And, of course there was spontaneous singing out at sea.
(Louie Sanschagrin, Jamie, Blaze, and Evaine Mansfield)

A couple of the female Crimson Pirates

One of the lads from the Crimson Pirates

A few of the Pyrates Royale
Left:  Drake Mallard, with Skivee Long John behind him, aboard the Schooner Wolf
Right:  Ulysses Katherine Fairbanks (aka Darcy Nair)

Skivee Long John of the Pyrates Royal

Not only are these pirates musical, but they are colorful too.

Tiger Jim (aka Jim Rockwell) has recruited some of the younguns to join his musical band.

See much more of the Pirates in Paradise festival ...

Page 1 (Pirates in Paradise) -- Page 2 (Battles at Sea & Land) 
Page 3 (Pirate Portraits)  --  Page 4 (It's a Bodice Thing)
Page 6 (Scribbling Sea Dogs)

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