BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes

Subject: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Skivee
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:10 PM

for release on March 32

The Pyrates Royale will be following the examples of many popular fair acts by franchising the band in diferent locations. We are forming auxiliary performing troupes for the Pacific-Northwest, and southern regions, drawing on the talented ex-members of the recently disbanded "Them Seattle Shanty Boys" and, "LeFete's Breakfast" from the gulf coast.
This will allow us to maximize our fan base and product placement. The bands will be differentiated as The Red (original), Blue (PNW), or Green (Gulf) Pyrates Royale troupes. RPR, GPR and BPR; and will also be the primary artists featured on our online site,National Pyrate Radio, or NPR.

As you may have heard, the Maryland Renaissance Festival(MDRF) will be moving to the newly acquired location in Gettysburg immediately after the 2009 season. MDRF's current access difficulties should be a thing of the past. The site is just outside the battlefield park grounds on Rt.15; right across the street from the Picket's MasterCharge Shopping Mall. The Fair will probably be getting more tour groups for this reason. There is some talk of staging battles between English Civil War and American Civil war reenactors, but this still has to be approved by park officials.
The newly renamed Southern-Pennsylvania Maryland Renaissance Festival (SPMDRF) should be a huge step forward. Many new features will be available to patrons and performers alike (paved paths, tram trolleys, buffet dining, game arcades, and for the kids... ye olde go-carte jousting); but we won't reveal more because we don't want to preempt official announcements from the office. In any case, we're sure there will be lots for festival fans to get excited about!

Creative differences involving costumery have made it sadly impossible to continue our relationship with our Baton twirling duo,
Cindy Merkler and Bob Trample
As you know, they have been performing with us for the last year as "The Pyrates Royale Plus Two".
We wish them all the best in their future endeavors as "The Ships Company Shantymen Plus Two".

Also be sure to place your orders early for the new band pendant. This year's offering is a stylized cannon bas relief with the words "Love Those PR Wankers" stamped into the brass balls. Quantities will be extremely limited. The order number on the website merchandise page will be: PR-1 LFL

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:17 PM

Skivee, you're one day early with this wonderful announcement!

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Skivee
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:28 PM

Forgot to wind my calender?

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: MMario
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:51 PM

I enjoyed it anyway.

*sigh* hope I can manage MDRF this year because I *sob, sob* have to MISS Pirate weekend at Sterling becaue my parents are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary that weekend.

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Skivee
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 02:59 PM

Parents can be so inconsiderate in that way.

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 04:08 PM

MMario - it's really nice that they'll have you, their 66 year-old son, to help them celebrate! *G*

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: MMario
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 04:58 PM

heck Seamus - that would mean my oldest brother would be their 74 year old son....and lessee, that would have made Mom only 14 when she had him. And that was after a hitch in the Navy!

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: Skivee
Date: 31 Mar 09 - 11:27 PM

If that's mom's story, then I think you shouldn't contradict her, if only out of respect.

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale News Retraction
From: Skivee
Date: 01 Apr 09 - 05:43 PM

It now appears that little to none of the information about the MDRF moving to Gettysburg is correct; and it may well have just been some kind of misunderstanding. Where we heard," The Md. Fair is going to move to Gettysburg next year", what was actually said was, "The National Park Service will be refurbishing President Eisenhower's Gettysburg retirement cottage and updating the electric map of the battle next year."

Please stop calling and e-mailing the office to check for more details. This would take valuable time away from the construction of the torture devices they are building to use on us. If you have cut and pasted to other websites, please retract your posts.

We are terribly embarrassed. We pride ourselves on my journalistic standards. A quick scan back at previous PR Spring Notes will attest to a very consistent level of accuracy; but even we can be mislead by well-meaning speculation.
That being said, all of the other information in the release is pretty-much 100% guaranteed.

Subject: RE: BS: Pyrates Royale Spring News and Notes
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 09 - 09:46 PM

LMAO, Skivee, thanks!