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May 20
2012
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Grand Pirates BallPosted by lindsey in Untagged |
Pillage and plunder your way through downtown Hampton on June 1-3 when the 13th annual Hampton Blackbeard Pirate Festival returns for another year of swashbuckling excitement! Celebrate Hampton's rich maritime heritage by commemorating the demise of our most infamous visitor, Captain Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard the Pirate. During the later part of the 1600's and early 1700's, pirates roamed the coastal waters of Virginia and North Carolina in search of ships laden with tobacco and other goods. The marauders terrorized waterways and unsuspecting cargo ships, capturing goods, sailors and ships. Captain Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the Pirate, was the most daunting of these menacing outlaws.
After years of wreaking havoc on Virginia's shores and economy, Blackbeard's life was finally taken in a violent sea battle with Lieutenant Robert Maynard in 1718. His severed head was impaled upon a pole near the mouth of Hampton Creek, now known as Blackbeard's Point, to serve as an unyielding reminder that piracy would not be tolerated in Virginia. Beginning June 1, roughly 50,000 seafaring attendees, as well as Blackbeard and his crew, will once again invade downtown Hampton during the 13th annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival! Interact with Blackbeard (personified by first-person interpreter Ben Cherry) and more than 100 other authentically costumed pirate re-enactors as they run rampant on the streets of America's oldest continuous English-speaking settlement.The festivities kick off Friday night, June 1, 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. at the Oyster Alley restaurant on the back of the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel with the 13th annual Grand Pirates Ball (creative black tie or period attire strictly enforced!). The celebration, a recreation of Blackbeard's Party at Okracoke, will feature Caribbean food, adult beverages, music by The Brigands, and more. Though the festival is free, there is an admission charge for the ball. Advance tickets can be purchased in the coming months at www.blackbeardfestival.com.







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