Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Grab your shoulder parrot, shiver your timbers and head for Rotary Park September 16-17 & 23-24 where you will step back to the year 1755 for the St. Louis Pirate Festival.
The park, which also is home to the Greater St. Louis Renaissance Faire in the spring, will be transformed into the Caribbean town of Fort Royal for the two weekends. Reenactors will portray everyone's favorite (or most-feared) historical pirates including Blackbeard, Bart Roberts, Ann Bonny and Mary Read. Others will portray Martinique's French governor, townspeople and and the military.
The swashbuckling pirate music and entertainment, food and crafts and children's activities take place from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day. Admission is $12 for adults; $9 for seniors and students; $6 for children under 12; and kids five and under are free (because pirates just love children).
More information, directions, and a discount coupon worth $2 off your admission, are available at the festival web site.
# posted by The CVC Team @ 9:58 AM 
