On the weekend of December 1st, I attended the Pirates in Paradise Festival in beautiful Key West. It's an annual event to celebrate the world of the buccaneer. The festival was full of a wide range of events. There were battle re-enactments on land and sea, treasure dives, nightly parties and piratical seminars including one by keynote speaker Dr. David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag. There were also a fair number of vendors and great entertainments.

The previous description and all these wonderful images are brought to you by Frank Hui. Because of his devotion, I have nothing to add. --Robyn Sotherby

For information regarding the faire, check out the Pirates in Paradise's Official Website .

As Always... click on the image for a larger view...

The Historic Seaport Harbor	Michael Lampe, publisher of No Quarter Given, the magazine of Pirates and Sailors	Christine Markel Lampe, editor of NQG	Tiger Jim of Ship's Company & the Pyrates Royale's Kat Fairbanks
Kat singing "The Boatman"	Here's Key West Fantasea Weddings adapting for the event	The Pirate Queen perusing through the Thieves' Market	A sartorial shock
The fight circle for the Pyrates of Tortuga	One of the pirate encampments	A battle performed by the troupe Time Foolery
The Corsairs singing near the Turtle Kraals Bar & Restaurant	Empty Hats on the main stage	Me with Jolly and Capt. Morgan	A crowd gathers for rat pucking

The pictures on this page were initially captured at a resolution of 2048 x 1536. Though they are presented by Robyn's Roost at a maximum of 640 x 480, the larger image files can be supplied for prints (does a great job at 8x10 and larger) or other things. For those I have captured a picture of, I'd be happy to supply prints via mail or other exchange for the cost of materials (printed off of an HP-970Cse). This service, of course, is intended to supply a copy of the images to the subject of the picture. Distribution for any other use (in any media format), common sense dictates, will need to be okayed by faire management and/or the subject(s) of the picture.

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